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This (Really) Old House: September 2009
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This (Really) Old House. A journal of the restoration of a really, really old house in northern Burgundy. Wednesday, September 23, 2009. Why do I do this to myself? I stop blogging for months at a time, then I have no idea how to cover everything that has happened in the interim. And so much has happened over the past few months! It looks pretty good, no? It’s not the color that we wanted. It’s too yellow, too light. But the good thing about restoring a ruin is that everything looks g...But look at this:.
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This (Really) Old House: July 2008
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This (Really) Old House. A journal of the restoration of a really, really old house in northern Burgundy. Tuesday, July 08, 2008. Three Bathrooms and a Range-Cooker. OK - forget about the "what-happened-in-the-past-year-and-a-half" stuff for awhile. As of today, we are finally on our way to the one thing that, in my mind, will make this house habitable: a bathroom. I am so excited about this. This is the dream. A house with a brand-new bathroom. No, no - a house with. Well, take a gander:. Model, but we ...
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This (Really) Old House
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This (Really) Old House. A journal of the restoration of a really, really old house in northern Burgundy. Saturday, May 16, 2009. We still can't decide on the colors for the house! We have to make a decision this weekend! We don't want to do the wrong thing! All the colors seem to change depending on the brightness of the day, or the angle at which you look at them, or whether you look at the house individually, or as part of the neighborhood. Oh yikes. Thanks so much for your comment, Di!
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This (Really) Old House: Lovely, lovely
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This (Really) Old House. A journal of the restoration of a really, really old house in northern Burgundy. Wednesday, September 23, 2009. Why do I do this to myself? I stop blogging for months at a time, then I have no idea how to cover everything that has happened in the interim. And so much has happened over the past few months! It looks pretty good, no? It’s not the color that we wanted. It’s too yellow, too light. But the good thing about restoring a ruin is that everything looks g...But look at this:.
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This (Really) Old House: February 2009
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This (Really) Old House. A journal of the restoration of a really, really old house in northern Burgundy. Friday, February 27, 2009. Deserving A Post All Its Own. I think the most beloved object in the house, other than its occupants, is our lovely Lacanche range-cooker. Remember when we were trying to decide on a color and were leaning towards something vibrant like or tangerine or lemon yellow? It was hideous. It was orange. Orange! Cooking on this thing is such a pleasure. We went with the six-bur...
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This (Really) Old House: We did it!
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This (Really) Old House. A journal of the restoration of a really, really old house in northern Burgundy. Wednesday, November 12, 2008. So, walking into the house, it felt great to realize that even with all its shiny new doors, windows and walls, it still was a Really Old House. The house was warm! Before picked up a broom and got to work. All that day, we swept, mopped and scrubbed, but when we left the house the next day it was. Sleeping there that night was. interesting. We were on an air mat...Now, ...
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This (Really) Old House: September 2008
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This (Really) Old House. A journal of the restoration of a really, really old house in northern Burgundy. Friday, September 19, 2008. Very wisely, I once advised other potential house-restorers. To avoid hiring architects that do not live in the same country as your house, and who do not speak the language of the people who will be working on your house. I stand by this advice. To do otherwise is crazy. But oh how I miss our former architects. I mean – can you imagine how it was for Dawg? It was just imp...
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This (Really) Old House: September 2006
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This (Really) Old House. A journal of the restoration of a really, really old house in northern Burgundy. Monday, September 25, 2006. If there's anyone out there considering restoring a ruin, allow me to offer you three tips that might - just might - save your sanity:. 1 Don't visit your ruin when it is raining. That is wrong and you will be gripped with the terrible knowledge that you could not rid yourself of the house even if you wanted to at this point, because who would want this heap of junk? 3 Don...
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This (Really) Old House: November 2008
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This (Really) Old House. A journal of the restoration of a really, really old house in northern Burgundy. Wednesday, November 12, 2008. So, walking into the house, it felt great to realize that even with all its shiny new doors, windows and walls, it still was a Really Old House. The house was warm! Before picked up a broom and got to work. All that day, we swept, mopped and scrubbed, but when we left the house the next day it was. Sleeping there that night was. interesting. We were on an air mat...Now, ...
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This (Really) Old House: June 2008
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This (Really) Old House. A journal of the restoration of a really, really old house in northern Burgundy. Wednesday, June 18, 2008. Because it is June, I know that this statement doesn’t pack much of a wallop. But I tell you, in wintertime it was cold in there. You know how Dante’s vision of the 9th circle of Hell was a giant lake of ice in which the very worst sinners were encased alive? What kind is most efficient? What kind is typical for the region? Where will we put the heater? Does our insulation a...