Monthly Archives: May 2016

Tread carefully….

Posted on May 31, 2016 by coteetcampagne

Many moons ago; maybe six years, we decided that the lethal access to the terrace bedroom needed addressing urgently. ( HA!) The reason for the crazy perch of that doorway over the stairs is that the terrace bedroom side of … Continue reading →

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French village houses

Posted on May 30, 2016 by coteetcampagne

Taking our promenade around Campagne one evening we notice that many of our neighbours are painting their shutters and walls. There are no colour restrictions imposed here; despite the historical buildings and yes, you can see the church from our … Continue reading →

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Some you win some you lose

Posted on May 27, 2016 by coteetcampagne

It’s a miracle! The last row of insulation batts going under the kitchen floor butted up perfectly against our crazy walls. REE….sult. The last whole plank of wood under the window is tough to get in as no room on … Continue reading →

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Episode 140 – the phoenix will rise, eventually

Posted on May 24, 2016 by coteetcampagne

I have been prompted to post today by three things really- after reading about  Poshbirdy’s mammoth work on “de-guano-ing” her attic in her recent post on 23/05/16 “L’Air de Pigeons“; https://poshbirdyblog.wordpress.com/ I had also been looking at the photos on … Continue reading →

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French Property P**n Fix- pratique? non…..!

Posted on May 21, 2016 by coteetcampagne

I have had to censor my own posts FOR THE FIRST TIME on FPP because several folk have searched and found me using the tags “French P**n” ; I expect they were very disappointed when this search led them only … Continue reading →

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Kissing coussins

Posted on May 20, 2016 by coteetcampagne

DO you remember the three antique Indian cushion covers that I rescued and washed about fifty posts ago? No? And the others I’ve tried in the salon that don’t work because the house does not appreciate dainty textiles that any … Continue reading →

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Buying Property in France- A cautionary tale

Posted on May 13, 2016 by coteetcampagne

Just to let you know, I now take requests.See “Taste of France” blog- https://wordpress.com/read/feeds/37172339/posts/1025435832 The area around Puivert is mentioned. Very pretty, has a chateau & museum, too cold for me. It took a while for us to find out … Continue reading →

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Me and Room Service (baby)- The Thursday Three

Posted on May 12, 2016 by coteetcampagne

You may be familiar with the Jackson C Frank song “Blues run the game“, covered by Counting Crows, Sandy Denny, Nick Drake. Anyway, it was played on the penultimate episode of “Vinyl” a couple of weeks ago and has been … Continue reading →

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Project B- Argeles again

Posted on May 9, 2016 by coteetcampagne

Long term followers will know that our  Project B was, after  buying the village house in Campagne- sur- Aude, to find a second seaside bolthole. We had considered buying in UK, but that made no sense if we are relocating … Continue reading →

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Friday French Property Porn Fix- by popular demand

Posted on May 6, 2016 by coteetcampagne

No, really, I have been asked to bring on the FPPF at least once a week. Would I ignore my blogbuddies? Left – from http://indulgy.com/post/vf11h4S3U1/french-countryemagdeco Right- Sorry, the link to this is so old it’s disappeared. Love the use of  … Continue reading →

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Flipping Furniture Finds with Fabulous French Finishes

Posted on May 3, 2016 by coteetcampagne

I have posted about Trevor being bored since taking redundancy last year. “What” I asked him “do you want to do with yourself now, apart from driving me to distraction?” “Something completely different from what I was doing before; with … Continue reading →

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