A doorway to nowhere

As I said in a previous posting, there is no point in making firm plans for too far ahead with this house because it will take any opportunity that it can to throw an obstacle in your way.

Blocked up doorway revealed during renovation work

This morning we were minding our own business, gently bashing down the plaster panels in the bathroom that were lining the tuffeau wall when a wooden lintel hove into view.  What, I said to Mrs RiotLife, is a lintel doing in the middle of a solid stone wall?  Well, a bit more gentle tapping and it became obvious that it's the old doorway into the next room.  

Blocked up doorway revealed during renovation work

Now, this is a wonderful house, but previous renovations have modernised the interior to the extent that other than the stone walls there is nothing of character visible.  Because of this, wherever we find a 'feature' in the house we aim to highlight it.


The upshot is that what we had intended to do in the bathroom just won't work, so we are looking at how we re-jig the room to show off the doorway while taking account of the need for the room to be closed.