Tag Archives: glass

Sealing the shower- glass mosaic tiles

Posted on May 20, 2017 by coteetcampagne

Do you remember the issues with the shower on the 2nd floor at the house? It is lined with six large panels of very beautiful silvery grey/blue granite. These are marked with 90 years of limescale but we are hoping … Continue reading →

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Restore, recycle, reuse, relook it, relove it

Posted on January 30, 2017 by coteetcampagne

I have been blog-chatting with JP at https://husifrankrike.com/ where he and his wife have been musing on restoring features at their medieval village house ( also in the Aude) and perhaps commissioning replacement features. JP has what looks like a … Continue reading →

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The mirrors are coming out.. 

Posted on October 8, 2016 by coteetcampagne

  The mirrors are being unpacked. No, we are nowhere near finishing. But my mirrors are important in the great scheme of things and will manipulate the light in each space. Coincidentally, the first two out of their box are … Continue reading →

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In which I do something I’m not sure the house wants, but it’s exactly right

Posted on July 28, 2016 by coteetcampagne

Yes, I said the house doesn’t want anything as glamorous as a chandelier. They are for grand houses like bizzyella’s and poshbirdy’s, not mine. But I had this little Italian one I bought ten years ago that sat in the … Continue reading →

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Episode 134 – Small room, big headache

Posted on March 16, 2016 by coteetcampagne

It’s a bit of a pain,  the deuxième étage shower room. It has basically looked like this since we demolished the wall that divided the tulip bedroom in half; one side then a dark box save for the tiny dirty skylight … Continue reading →

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Episode 123 – more on the door

Posted on September 12, 2015 by coteetcampagne

It’s not as easy as 123, by the way… And, yes, this is probably Most Bizarre Photo Of 2015. What’s going on with the end of his nose? Who needs a Punch & Judy show? Trev still had a sense … Continue reading →

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The Thursday Three- Maps, whales, butterflies

Posted on July 22, 2015 by coteetcampagne

#1-Here is my antique map of the Languedoc. Posted before but it is so precious and beautiful & evocative that I thought I would share it with newer followers. I can date it to somewhere between 1648 and 1659, when … Continue reading →

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Episode 111 Bowled over-Les lavabos part 2

Posted on April 23, 2015 by coteetcampagne

As a COMPLETE contrast to the Chinese basin I posted last, here is my bowl and stand for the en-suite to cave bedroom. My bowl is actually perfectly plain apart from subtle ribbing, whereas the one –left- has a raised … Continue reading →

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