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 how's the decorating going?

lots have asked

slowly is the answer

the stripped walls have been sanded

but are still incredibly lumpy and bumpy

you can't buy lining paper in France

stuck in the 80's when it comes to

all things interior design

yep anaglypta and something called

toile de verre are the wallpaper choices

we have been told to use this

stuff on our walls to cover the cracks

meanwhile the ceiling has been painted

after we borrowed a tower to reach it!

12ft is a long way up

we've used up this massive tin of paint already

paint here is expensive and not very good

you can buy Dulux but at a premium

so it's a challenge indeed

- - colour me

 so we started stripping the red bedroom

at first it was a painterly thing

revealing old walls

these ceilings are over 12ft high

and the walls are really bad

hundreds of years of filler

it is taking forever

as the paper only comes off in tiny pieces

and the steamer is a no-no

but we will get there