Mardi en Duras

First thing this morning Didier, the technician from France Telecom came to install my telephone line so I can have wi-fi. Tony, the guy from Internet Aquitaine, who I paid to make all the arrangements  for the wi-fi installation, showed up shortly afterwards with my Livebox modem, programmed it and VOILA, I had wi-fi. As all this was going on, the painting crew--mother and daughter Julie and Jasmine, showed up on schedule to begin their work. They were here all day and got a good jump on the project, which will likely be done on Thursday.

Here's the back of Jasmine putting the first coat of my blue/green/gray color, which they had mixed using a chip I got from the Sherwin Williams in Beaufort. The SW color is called Tidewater and it changes color depending on the room, the time of day, etc. Now that the livingroom has a full coat, I can see I made a great choice.

After lunch, I drove over to Eymet, about 20 minutes from here, because they have a lot of cute shops--lots of antiques--and one of the shops sells all the Annie Sloan chalk paint products. I called ahead to be sure they had my colors in stock. In addition to the paint, I found a great cream-colored enamel coffee pot and a funky, big green tassel, which looks great at the bottom of the stairs.

After the painters were done for the day, I made myself a quick dinner, then got out my tools and took all the doors off the cabinets above the kitchen sink. 

I have one coat of Aubusson blue on the insides and will try to get the second coat on later tonight. I already feel the kitchen is lighter and less stodgy with the doors removed. The plan is to paint the insides blue, the outsides a creamy white, then display all white dishes in the cabinets. I brought some beautiful crocheted cotton lace here with me that I bought in Italy a few years ago and will use that to edge the shelves.

Tomorrow, the painters return for day two, and Ludovic comes in the afternoon to hang all the light fixtures I ordered. The final ones were delivered to Rosalind's office today.