Monday, February 06, 2006
Cerise gite redecorated
Cerise was one of the first gites we renovated about three years ago. Upstairs we laid carpet and after three full seasons it was starting to look a little tatty; split sugary drinks, general wear and tear etc. so Caroline decided to replace the carpet with laminate flooring in the corridor and one of the bedrooms. The bedroom also needed redecorating to spruce it up a bit.
Caroline stripped the existing wallpaper and used toile de verre to re-paper the ceiling and walls. Toile de verre is a thin woven glass fibre 'wallpaper' that is fireproof, very tough and helps cover surface imperfections. The rolls were 1m wide and applied by rollering the adhesive onto the wall/ceiling then sticking the 'paper' to the surface. Once dried she painted over the covering and the results are superb. A big improvement over the old wallpaper.
Caroline has also laided light oak laminate flooring in the redecorated bedroom and corridor to replace the carpet. It's really freshened the place and and looks brand new again. I think her plan is to redecorate the other two bedrooms before the start of the season, time permitting.
Redecoration is going to be a constant ongoing winter project. With five gites to maintain I think we are going to have to redecorate each gite every winter then after 5 years start back at the begining again. A bit like painting the Forth bridge.
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Cerise gite redecorated
