Another huge room to renovate and we also had to  continue to ensure that the dust and rubble didn't go into the rest of the house which seemed harder in this room as it was in very bad condition. The ceiling and walls had to be re-plastered, plus all the wiring and plumbing had to be renewed - there was a lovely old sink, which we managed to keep, but this caused problems with the size of pipework as it was no longer standard - but a way was found to make it work. The floor was in a terrible condition and tiles had to be 'borrowed' from places where they wouldn't ultimately show such as under the cooker, then they all had to be thoroughly cleaned and re polished so they matched (well, more or less).  The window had already been replaced with a new double glazed window but  it still needed to be properly fitted and a windowsill made.

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After pulling off plaster and making channels for wiring, I started renovating furniture we had accumulated as we were not going to have a modern kitchen, but one more to our taste utilising some of the wonderful vide grenier finds we had made over the years. Many doors needed stripping, all were very old, some with hand made nails, and I was glad of the good weather so that this could all mostly be done outside.  I also re painted some items such as a lovely little cupboard and a bookshelf, which was going to be turned into a dresser to accommodate some of the crockery and kitchen memorabilia that I had also collected.  In between I painted the walls as the plastering was finished.

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We retained the lovely Languedoc fireplace with its traditional rounded shape. The chimney will not be used but the fireplace was too gorgeous to take out.