Making the new space ours

In the new shower room we now have beautiful tiles and a very smart floor as well as our simple but very classy washbasin with its elegant tap column. We're just waiting for the electrician to come back to fit the bathroom cabinet we bought on Saturday.

The new bedroom is now full of light but nothing else! The electric heater recycled from the kitchen is now on the wall and functional.

We now have a door between the new landing and the new bedroom. The design is "chapeau de gendarme" - apt we thought!

This shower takes some believing!! Not only does it have a roof, a radio, a light and a fan but it could also have a telephone connection!!!! We decided against.

The loo smart and understated is all that can be said really but oh how good to be able to make middle of the night visits without having to negotiate the narrow stairs. The heated towel rail behind the door means the room is lovely and warm too.

It sounds ridiculous to say it but this newly created little landing is what makes all the difference to the alterations. We now have light and space to manoeuvre at the top if the stairs and the whole area has been opened up. The lovely oak door you can see is a fabulous little cupboard.

We are so excited to be back in France and to see the work that our wonderful builder has done in the attic in the flesh so to speak. We have seen the emailed photos as he has gone along but the real thing is so much better and so impressive. We have done further work since these photos were taken and, with help from my sister and brother-in-law, we have now painted the walls and ceiling in the bedroom and stained the floor and other woodwork. It is looking clean and elegant and is just waiting to be filled. This afternoon we arranged van hire and tomorrow we shall have an adventure in going to IKEA in Rennes to buy a bed and other furniture, rugs, bedspread etc. Can't wait!!! Watch this space.