Primavera means: new living room

It has been a number of weeks since my last entry. After the roof episode we took some time off from house restructuring. However, with the arrival of first signs of spring we have started work on the garden again and finished another room.

The living room was in a huge mess after 20 years of basically being uninhabited. In fact, this was originally the main room of the house, which included both cooking and living facilities. What is now the kitchen was formerly another stall. So originally, the whole family would have lived in this room, and the one upstairs. Similarly, over the last year we have spent nearly all of our time living out of the kitchen. So it will be nice to have this new room furnished and livable by summer.

Jose and his sidekick Roberto did an outstanding job prepping for a rewire, and then plastering the walls and repairing the mantel over the fireplace. The tone of the plaster actually changes throughout the day - it is almost iridescent. We have to figure out how to paint this without losing the natural warmth. Now onto the second bedroom...