Like the bathrooms, the kitchen was quite functional but dated.

• First step: dismantling the existing cabinets WITHOUT BREAKING them, so that they could be reused in the cellar for storage.

• Second step: treating the saltpeter and creating ventilation

• Third step: plugging the holes and creating electrical outlets

• Fourth step: restoring the fireplace to its former appearance by exposing the stone

And last but not least: tiling, repainting and furnishing.

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There you have it! After endless talks about tiling and furniture, on the look we wanted to achieve, but also on the sustainability and cost of each element.

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Old house also means humidity! The various previous occupants, anxious to limit heat loss, sealed the chimneys. Generally a bad idea, considering humidity builds up in the ducts until it infiltrates the walls... Saltpeter flared up on the walls and the floors in old terracotta. The first thing to be done was therefore to reopen the caulking, let it air out, sweep it, and then let the walls dry.

 

We finished by creating ventilation channels on the EIGHT chimneys of the house. 

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