The Repair shop

Early start today, we wanted to visit the ‘déchèterie’ before it got too hot. We have a lot of cardboard from the move, and what seems like a garage full of garden clippings. We have three recycling tips all within a 15 minute radius from us, so you never seem to have to queue. We lined the back of the car in an old dust sheet and stuffed as much in as we could. I must say sitting in the car smelt like sitting in a rather large lavender bag, as I had needed to cut some of the lavender back. Ideally I would have collected the seeds to make small lavender bags, but for now I just needed to get the job done. 

On the way back we drove past a Vival, it’s like a Co-op. We hadn’t been in it before, so thought we would take a look as we could do with some provisions. What a pleasant surprise, they had a small fresh bread counter, and also a small deli counter selling cheese and ham. For now I just got two small baguettes for cheese later, and two croissants which we promptly ate as soon as we got back. 

This afternoon, we wanted to get one of the cabinets up that we had been working on. There are still unpacked boxes in the salle à manger, and I’d like to get them cleared before the weekend, as we have a couple of friends arriving on Sunday. 

Really pleased with how this one is looking, I’ve included before and after shots of the mend Brian did, I’m really pleased with the outcome. Think he could be on The Repair Shop at this rate.