Chelsea and Martin (who live and work in Paris) came "home" for a long weekend. Their first stop was a local second-hand store where they bought a few pieces for the new apartment. Nothing puts a fire under one to get a move on like an upcoming baby. Nesting is a real thing, and it was in full gear this weekend.
Luckily we live fifteen minutes or so from Martin's parents, so it tumbled into place, each us of picking up a task to cleaning up the pieces Chelsea and Martin bought, a work day and shared lunch together.
Spring was in full glorious force!
If the pool was warmer I would have jumped in.
This little cupboard needed more than its share of TLC, Martin's mom removed the dark brown color, plus the doors were wobbly.
A laborious job.
This is not the finished product.
Brown stained furniture takes time to strip.
Donna's daughter Katie who I have seen grow up online on her mother's blog came to France and will be in Europe of two months. Katie arrived today, so she was thrown into preparing the nest work day. She fit right in. Katie will spend a few days with us.
Chelsea is work mode.
Wearing work clothes, or I should say clothes she didn't mind getting paint on,
also, adorn flip flops, a mask, and a six-month baby bump.
Martin's family has a workspace that has ever tool and thing needed.
It was a dream spot with everything in place and nothing missing.
Alette made this delicious Paella for lunch.
Bought a demi lune that opens up to a large dining table. We painted it.
The guy who hates being a handyman was a brief handy man today.
A small glass cabinet, we painted the inside and outside.
Mo from Reve d'Argiles pottery will go inside.
Now to get it all to Paris and in one place.
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