This is the field out the back. I met our neighbour (who was parked in our drive when I arrived) who is building a house in this field. He came back an hour later with the plans. It looks like it will be a stunning property. We've agreed that we will practice our language skills on each other.

Mr Eydely is the partition wall man. He should be building us a false fireplace in plasterboard so that we can see the size we want for the real one.

I layed out the tiles in the pattern that we will be having throughout the barn. They look fantastic!

The plasterer said it was like a puzzle. The tiler just shook his head and grinned (so he should at the price he is charging to lay them...)

The last of the internal doors, standing in the 3rd bedroom

View through to the kitchen

Getting closer to being finished.

This will be a bar, it already has a beer on it!

This is the door into the master bedroom. They have managed to keep the feature wall in the hallway.

This is the stack for the large fireplace in the white house. I think we'll be able to turn it into a feature in the attic conversion

The attic of the farmhouse. Kevin came around to discuss our options for converting it into another bedroom, living room and bathroom. We will open up the window at one end and turn it into patio doors looking over the fields. Stairs will go up the outside so that it is a self contained appartment.

View from the white house attic - we will be expanding this opening to be a set of double patio doors

Cyclamen are everywhere

The underfloor heating pipes in the baunderie

The kitchen plastering looks fantastic.

The atttic of the little house that we are planning to convert.

The master bedroom and bathroom walking into the second bedroom.

The hall from the kitchen through to the bedrooms.

Here's a tour of the salon and kitchen.

The window has finally had the glass fitted.

The master bedroom has now been plasterboarded out completely

I just ordered all of the furniture from www.indigofurniture.co.uk

Here is what we have bought: -
1 Chunky top table (10ft x4ft)
12 Straight back shabby diners
2 Chunky arm sofas-shabby
1 Three'er coffee table
2 Shabby tubs
1 Double bookcase (2 extra shelves)
1 Plank lowboy
1 Plank mirror
1 Gun cupboard (or games cupboard)
1 Windsor bed (Four Poster - SuperKing) + 1 Coniston mattress
2 Plank bedside
2 Single wardrobes
2 Slimboy
1 Plank Mirror
2 Tall shabby stools
2 Loft beds (Lowfoot) + 2 Coniston mattress
2 Skinny drawer bedside
1 Loft bed (LIME) + 1 Coniston mattress
2 Skinny drawer bedside (LIME)
1 Dressing table (LIME)
1 Cheval Mirror (LIME)
1 Single wardrobe (LIME)

Another view of the plastered kitchen wall. All we need now is the tiles to go down on the floor before the kitchen fitters arrive with the kitchen and Rayburn.

The kitchen wall has been plastered - It's been done since last week and is almost dry. It will stay in this traditional finish.

Floor after 10 days of drying.

Space left for the shower..

The hallway. you can see the distributors for the heating.

Kitchen floor down. They poured liquid concrete into the entire barn so that it self levelled.

More floor.

More floor - this is actually dry.. the tilers are measuring the humidity in the floor to see when they can start tiling.

The concrete floor is layed over the underfloor heating pipes!!