French farmhouse to rent in South West France

July 2008

The tiles are on the wall in the main house shower. the limestone is really beautiful. You can see all sorts of fossils in the stone. Expensive, but gorgeous. I asked the man at the tile shop to show me something that looked like real stone. He either misunderstood my french, or he was very smart. Once he showed me the real thing I lost interest in tiles that only looked like real stone.
Barrusclet - French farmhouse to rent in the Midi-Pyrenees

Tiling a kitchen floor in France

July 2008

The kitchen floor is done. It looks quite wonderful. After so many months of dust and dirt, I feel overwhelmed to see a room nearing completion.
Barrusclet - French farmhouse to rent in the Midi-Pyrenees

Moving to France

There is furniture everywhere. It is going to look fantastic.

Barrusclet - French farmhouse to rent in the Midi-Pyrenees

Moving to France

July 2008

All the furniture has arrived safely in France. It is so frustrating that I am not there to start making our home in France comfortable and even more beautiful.
Barrusclet - French farmhouse to rent in the Midi-Pyrenees

Pool Filter

July 2008

Swimming pool plant is going in. Another step closer to happy sunny splashing around.

Barrusclet - French farmhouse to rent in the Midi-Pyrenees

French farmhouse to rent in South West France

July 2008

Look at that blue sky. Can't wait for the pool to be finished.

French farmhouse with swimming pool

July 2008

Stones are added around the polystyrene and concrete walls. Hopefully they will stop the mole coming through, as well as adding strength before the water goes in.
Barrusclet - French farmhouse to rent in the Midi-Pyrenees

floor tiling

July 2008

More progress. The floors are being tiled. What a relief to get rid of that bare concrete.

Barrusclet - French farmhouse to rent in the Midi-Pyrenees

Swimming pool steps

July 2008

The steps are nearly done and the walls are ready to be filled with concrete. Hurry up ........ the summer is nearly here!

Barrusclet - French farmhouse to rent in the Midi-Pyrenees

building a swimming pool

July 2008

All hands on deck. Matt is over there helping dad finish the pool.
Barrusclet - French farmhouse to rent in the Midi-Pyrenees

Burke Brothers

July 2008

A good advert for Burke Brothers. they did a pretty good job.

Mark will be in France to meet them and help them unload. I can't wait to get over there and start unpacking. This is just soooooo exciting :-)
Barrusclet - French farmhouse to rent in the Midi-Pyrenees

Moving to France

July 2008

Lots of bed frames and mattresses ready to go. I was really lucky and got some beautiful bedroom furniture from a local bedroom shop that was closing down. 5 king size beds, and some massive french oak wardrobes. They will look fantastic!



Barrusclet - French farmhouse to rent in the Midi-Pyrenees

Moving to France

July 2008

Lots of bed frames and mattresses ready to go. I was really lucky and got some beautiful bedroom furniture from a local bedroom shop that was closing down. 5 king size beds, and some massive french oak wardrobes. They will look fantastic!



Barrusclet - French farmhouse to rent in the Midi-Pyrenees

Ebay Bargains

July 2008

I have been buying bargains from ebay and other places for the last few months. At last the time has come to ship it all to France. We can hardly move in the garage and the house. I have gathered enough to furnish the whole house. So glad I did this now, as although the removal is expensive, it would have taken me way too long to collect all this in France.


Barrusclet - French farmhouse to rent in the Midi-Pyrenees

swimming pool construction

June 2008

We have friends coming to visit for the summer. The pool is coming together, but will it be ready?

French Renovation Project

Originally we all thought a low doorway would be characterful. Once we had all cracked our heads on it, we changed our minds. Some 'new' stones have been added, and the height is raised.
Barrusclet - French farmhouse to rent in the Midi-Pyrenees

Skiing in the Pyrenees 2009

Only two hours drive and we were skiing at Tourneboup. Not sure how you spell that, but it was a good day out. You could ski over to La Mongie. We stayed in a lovely chambre d'hote near Cauterets. We were not too keen on the skiing there, it was all too open and uninteresting.
Barrusclet - French farmhouse to rent in the Midi-Pyrenees

Tulip Spring Bouquet

A spring bouquet of tulips at Barrusclet to cheer the day.
Barrusclet - French farmhouse to rent in the Midi-Pyrenees

Sunflowers

Breakfast in the sunshine makes me smile ;-)

Barrusclet - French farmhouse to rent in the Midi-Pyrenees

sand blasting

June 2008
The stones are being cleaned off and the mess and dust is terrific. It will be worth it though.
Barrusclet - French farmhouse to rent in the Midi-Pyrenees

Renovating a french farmhouse

It is a slow and painstaking job knocking all the old render off and cleaning up the stones.
Barrusclet - French farmhouse to rent in the Midi-Pyrenees

French farmhouse to rent in South West France

June 2008

The house has been stripped back to the original stone. It is so lovely :-)
Barrusclet - French farmhouse to rent in the Midi-Pyrenees

Horse and Cart

This lovely knackered old cart was rotting in a pile of brambles outside. The farmer thought it was hilarious that I might want it. Not sure what to do with it now. It would take about 1000 busy lizzies to fill it and that would probably look a bit naff anyway. Any suggestions?
Barrusclet - French farmhouse to rent in the Midi-Pyrenees