Updates on the medieval hall

 Before leaving France last month, I added wood panels to the medieval hall. They were designed by Arjen Spinhoven, who created them for this room. It gives the room more warmth and authenticity, I think.

What do you think?

Le bistrot and the Japonese room.

 Last month, I decided to recreate a French bistrot. In my mind, it was a small local café, like thousands we had in France. Most of them have disappeared today. Before the 70's, almost every street had one bistrot or more. Workers would go there before work for a glass of wine. At lunch time, neighbours and friends would gather for an "apéritif", and later people would come for a "café noir" we call espresso today. Amazone didn't exist then...

There was one opposite the house where I grew up. I can remember its odor, even 60 years later. That bistrot was also a small grocery store. 

Some tables, chairs, mirror, a counter and shelves. That was it, no juke box or TV screen. Large cafés sometimes had a French billiard. 

This is my bistrot...... Do you like it?

And the last one.... I created the main room of a Japanese house. I have never been to Japan but I searched Pinterest for pictures. Most of the structure is wood and rice paper. While I was building it, I learnt a lot about Japanese houses.

Some Japanese on Instagram told me that it really looked like an authentic Japanese room... Here we go.

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The medieval suite

 Hello everyone, I've just realized I haven't posted anything for months.

Is that another Post-Covid effects? I noticed that the number of posts of miniaturists has dropped enormously. 

Have people lost interests in blogs and prefer Instagram with shorter posts and more pictures.

May I ask you something? If you read my post, could you please send me a "I still follow your blog" message in the comment section? That will allow me to decide whether I stop or continue posting on ajarnpatrick.blogspot.com.

Do you remember the medieval cuisine? Then, I added the main hall and the bedroom.

The hall. 

The bedroom, with its secret door.

The three rooms connect with each other.

I tried to recreate the atmosphere of medieval French chateaux which are located in the Loire valley, where I come from. Was I succesful? I don't know. What do you think?

You can follow my work on Instagram. Search for Patrick Courdouzil. I didn't change my name , it's my late mother's maiden name.