The Reason My Post Have Been Short and Sweet These Days

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The reason I haven't been writing much and posting so late at night is that we have started another project. Crazy, certainly. My mother would say, "I am burning the candle at both ends." Actually the candle was lite in the middle which caused a bonfire of activity.

Yes, we bought another property. When the house next door came up for sale, we asked several friends if they were interested in it…  as the house wasn't on the market yet there was a deadline to beat. When nobody bit, French Husband couldn't resist, saying, "It is too good too pass up, plus it was part of our home over a hundred years ago."

I know what you might be thinking, "Gee they buy houses like they are gumballs." Well yes and no. You see Yann"s work is in real estate (long term) investment so he tends to buy gumballs. And lately I have taken an interest in fixing them up.

We are waiting for the stairs to go into Cassis. As the stairs have to be made inside the apartment, we decided to put it on hold, as the apartment needs the kitchen space to became the workspace for the stairs. I would rather not have any worries regarding scratches or soldering marks in the kitchen. So once the stairs are up, then we will return to complete the kitchen etc.. Meanwhile we started on the house next door.

And I am burning the candle at both ends as my mother would say, and loving every minute of it!

As soon as I can I will add photos of the before and after of this new project. Until then here is a peek.

 



Comments

46 responses to “The Reason My Post Have Been Short and Sweet These Days”

  1. Is it in your village, or in Cassis, or Paris, or… where???

  2. French Husband knows… you were definitely supposed to snap up the property next door! Post when you can…. and enjoy the adventure!

  3. Oh you didn’t have to buy a house just for me! Seriously it sounds like a wise investment, and really it would be fun to be your neighbor. Is it the house where the stinky cat lived.
    HGTV needs a new series with you and Yann, sort of a FrancoAmerican version of Fixer Upper.

  4. How exciting. Are you going to connect the house to yours again or are you going to renovate and sell it, being very picky to make sure you have awesome neighbors?

  5. Oops, needed to read your post more carefully (blush).

  6. Jacklynn Lantry

    Don’t blush Kathy, I’m totally lost! Corey, is this a house in Paris, Cassis or where you live now? This is totally exciting and I agree, an HGTV show is TOTALLY in order!

  7. Katie E.

    Are you going to keep it separate or open up the walls to your home? I’m thinking I read that correctly, that its next door to your current house and used to be part of it? What an exciting project–can’t wait to follow along, as usual!

  8. Barbara Blizzard

    And now you have more excuses to go to the brocante for more furniture – what fun you will have! Perhaps you should have bought that buffet last week after all.

  9. Dave said “Now someone else can hang their underwear out the window”. I loved that!

  10. mmansker

    Gumballs? I need to find a new candy store! Can’t wait to see more.

  11. Well young lady you walk in God’s good graces! This is a fabulous gem put right in the palm of your hands. congrats!
    Will follow your journey!

  12. Chico Sue

    So fascinating to have seen the new place from the outside, and now to be getting peeks at the inside. This has got to be exciting! Carry on!

  13. I would like that, a TV show dust and wine, lol. I hope you will come and see your new “home” lol.

  14. Our home town. Not Cassis nor Paris.

  15. We haven’t decided. I guess it depends what we will do with it afterwards.

  16. I think I have enough stuff to fill it, lol. Though I will have to buy a bed.

  17. LOL!!! Isn’t that the truth, let’s call Denise!

  18. I do not know why gumballs came to mind. But they did.

  19. I hope so. I believe so.

  20. Oh that is right you saw it, well the inside is coming!

  21. How exciting, another project, more brocante buying and more renovations. I think it’s fabulous to be burning the candle at both ends, it keeps us young and alive and busy!

  22. Good on you, you have to grab every opportunity with gusto.

  23. Teddee Grace

    You’re going to have to start your own T.V. show! Can’t wait!

  24. So exciting. Maybe it will be done for my next visit!

  25. I dream of living your life. Wonderful!!! xo

  26. How exciting!! Can’t wait to see what you do with it. I know it will be beautiful. Is it the same size as your place?

  27. Charland

    10 years minus would have done it! Miss you.

  28. Fun, fun, fun– with the odd pounding headache ☺️

  29. Can’t wait to see it! Either way you decide to use the space, it will be perfect. Have fun!

  30. Corey..can I come and live with you and buy gumballs, drink red wine and brocante “till the cows come home”…please?? 😄

  31. Janet Eiffel

    And I thought collecting lamps
    was a bit obsessive.
    Good on you. Another adventure !

  32. ChicagoSheila

    How exciting–a place for all the brocante stuff! I bet your brother Mat is rolling his eyes in exasperation.

  33. Please adopt me!!
    Yes, God has blessed you.
    Very happy for you!!

  34. Leigh NZ

    Fantastic Corey, I remember you saying it was coming up for sale a year ago. I can see it opened up and becoming part of your home again…hmm Corey and Yann’s Bed and Breakfast! Book me a room! X

  35. If you knock out the walls between the two houses upstairs, you could create a fabulous ballroom!!!

  36. Wow! How exciting indeed! Look forward to progress updates.

  37. GREAT idea! Tee hee

  38. Happy for you, Corey! And allez Yann! I would love to see you on TV. You and Yann need your own program!

  39. What fun!!!!
    I dream of projects like this!!!
    Seriously Corey — my background is in architectural conservation, and I used to work advising people on what to do with their old houses — how to intervene in such a way that it respects the historic fabric.
    And I am a design-aholic — I have had my nose firmly planted in design magazines since the age of 5 (the first was Maison Francaise, interestingly enough!).
    I cannot wait for the pictures! Post soon!

  40. Congratulations!!

  41. kathleen short

    Ohhhhhh…that’s where you have been busy! It looks like it has potential…even from two photos…You could rent it?? to meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

  42. Rebecca from the pacific northwest

    Aha, so this is why you were so quiet all that time.
    “Like gumballs” — Haha! Only the gumballs that FB buys are so longterm that if they were really gumballs, they would be concrete by the time comes to lick them.
    Of course I join your other fans in eagerness to watch the development of this process too.
    It’s one way to control who lives next to you!

  43. Delightful! Good move! I can not wait to see the progressive posts! Godspeed!

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