Enough’s enough

Today was a difficult day getting out of bed, however we did not have time to laze around as Jöel was back to progress the ‘Atelier’ (studio). That’s what we are now calling the work space in the barn. He arrived just after 8.30 am.

I think we were both tired from yesterday’s floor creation, so I cooked us scrambled eggs on toast to give us a good wholesome start to the day. Brian was then going to tackle the fireplace in the Magnum, and I needed to paint some wooden strips to be used to tidy up the skirting. It was such a beautiful day, clear, bright blue sky - not a cloud in sight - that I set myself up outside and got to work.

before long Brian was asking if I could look at what he’d done, and did I think he should go any further. It was one of those moments for me of ‘I’m not sure I knew it was that bad’. I thought he was going to fill a few gaps and cracks. But as he explained once he had started he realised it needed more work than we had both thought, and to be prepared that it would look worse before it got better!

Behind the plaster he revealed some beautiful looking stone, so then he proceeded to look to see what was behind the tiles at the back - that was less exciting, he found nothing! That was when I said, ‘I think you’ve gone far enough, you now need to rebuild it’.