We call this room La Chambre Cheminée because it has a fire place and the French word for a fire place is…. you got it !

Síle and I have started the pre painting work on this room today.
Our first job was to take out the cowering Armoires who were huddled there in fear of a wee splash of paint off a roller and to move these into the now painted Family Room.
Then there was the removal of all of our effects into the Red Room, the laying of the dust sheets, the installation of the scaffolding, ladders, paint station, spackle station, stripping station- then we could start the prep on the room (which I had previously stripped of wallpaper)

First job was the removal of all flaky paint, next the filling of all holes.
And this before a brush is even taken out of its sheath.
I expect that we will start painting on about Weds or Thurs.

At a moment of supreme confidence I decided to let you all have “Before” pictures of the room.

I just hope to hell the “Afters” are an improvement