The Master Bedroom at Barrusclet

The new beams are in and the roof is going on. Shame about those beams!!!!!! Get over it, they are doing a good job. Yes, but surely we could have had beautiful oak beams if we had looked for longer, and spent more money and if we hadn't been in such a rush. Too late now. The other weird thing is that the upstairs is now going to be really dark because we only have the little square windows letting in light.

Barrusclet - French farmhouse to rent in the Midi-Pyrenees

The new roof.

Hey look ....... The new roof is going on. This is great news. It means that there is a chance we will be water tight before the weather deteriorates too much.

Barrusclet - French farmhouse to rent in the Midi-Pyrenees

Chinoise

November 07

Things are still moving on. The Chinoise is being repaired and rebuilt; that is the pattern you can see on the top of the wall. It is made of canal tiles and makes an overhang. The guys are making false stones around the windows that don't have corner stones. They need a bit of 'weathering'.
Barrusclet - French farmhouse to rent in the Midi-Pyrenees

Morning sunlight in south west France

This house may have no roof and has been turned in to a building site. But early in the morning before work starts it is like heaven on earth to me.
Barrusclet - French farmhouse to rent in the Midi-Pyrenees

Roof Beams

When we bought Barrusclet an upstairs did not really exist. We hoped that we might find some lovely old beams up there, but it was all pretty industrial. We have now taken delivery of new beams to support the roof. I am a bit disappointed with the designs for the trusses because it is all very angular and I don't think that attractive. I feel we have not explored the options well enough because we are now having to make quick decisions to get things on to site and keep the workforce busy and the project moving forward. This is all roaring ahead quicker than we imagined it might, and decisions (even important ones) are having to be made daily and at speed. I know they will look fine, but I also know they will never be as lovely as they might have been. We certainly won't be doing them again. I guess I should just get over it!
Barrusclet - French farmhouse to rent in the Midi-Pyrenees

French Renovation Project

This is the biggest room in the house. Two storeys high on one side. We have taken the horizontal beams out, and put in recycled longer beams at a slope up to full roof height. This means our new room will have a magnificent open feeling. All the rubbish has been cleared out, so it just needs a roof putting on it now. Good job that Norbert D has delivered those roof panels!
Barrusclet - French farmhouse to rent in the Midi-Pyrenees

Barrusclet Kitchen

We have knocked three rooms in to one to make a great big kitchen/dining/living room. There will be a log burner against the wall at the far end. One plaster board wall had been built around a columbage wall. That was a great surprise, and the whole timber framework is going to be moved to create one of the hall walls. The acroprops are supporting the new block and beam floor in the master bedroom. The concrete has been poured over the blocks and needs supporting until it is stable.