After a couple months of having roofers clambering about like monkeys, we finally have a gorgeous new roof.

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This is the back side of the house. I’ve learned that this style of roof, where it goes down to almost touch the ground, is called a cat slide roof.

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Drumroll, please…

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Kitchen progress.

Before the kitchen cabinets can be ordered, you must have accurate measurements of the wall space. And before you can do that, you must straighten out the uneven stone walls by building an insulated wall in which the electrical and plumbing can hide.

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Here are images of the proposed kitchen layout as sent to us by our kitchen designers. We are making the most of the space we have, but we also have the bonus of the giant pantry through the door in the back.

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The attic is coming along, too.

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Now that the roof is in place, work up in the attic can “crack on,” as our British work crew says. The above photo is the bedroom space. You can see that the bed is there, under the green tarp, and the old tomettes (classic old French floor tiles), have been removed and stacked up, waiting to be reinstalled.

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This photo is the bathroom side of the attic. The floor has been strengthened and leveled, and next week the power-washed tomettes will be reinstalled. Hopefully, they will go from looking like this…

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…to something like this:

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There’s still a lot of work to do on this beautiful old house before we can move in, but I feel it coming to life, and it’s exciting to witness.