Front door to our house on the Impasse des Fleurs
This week carpenter Laurent Bonnet and assistant Hugo made wonderful progress. They installed a custom-made Queen size bed in the room that faces the Impasse. The wood Laurent used for the bed is “tilleul” – linden or lime tree in English. It is light- colored, clear- grained and a beautiful choice. I complimented him yesterday on the wood and today he arrived with a branch from the tilleul tree for me! Tilleul herbal tea is favored for its calming properties – how very appropriate for a bedroom.
Hand-crafted bed made of tilleul (linden tree) wood for the back bedroom.
They installed shelves and hanging rods in the master and middle bedroom closets. Built-in bookshelves were installed in the fireplace room as well!
On another front, Max and Thomas demolished the stairs to the terrace level in preparation for the installation of the new stairwell next week. We transported all the geraniums on the terrace to the front entry because I won’t be able to reach the terrace for a few days for lack of stairs. Happily, the weather here is consistently sunny and gorgeous with daily watering is a necessity.
New tiles grace the alcove on the bedroom level. Its such fun to finally place the furniture in this wonderful “extra” space — perfect for reading, computing, playing games or the occassional extra house guest.
Bookshelves built into the fireplace room — a cozy place to read and relax in the wintertime.