2005 - Some first improvements

In Spring 2005 I started renovating the house, or more precisely: while I was working in Brussels, I found a plumber to install a new bathroom in the garden house. This plumber knew of an electrician who renewed the electricity circuit, replacing the antique sockets and adding a few lightbulbs here and there:





The new bathroom actually replaced a toilet and a very primitive kitchen - remember the photo?


What was needed now was a new kitchen - and the best place for that was in the main house, on the ground floor. Fortunately I found Marc van Houten, a Dutch carpenter who now lives and works on Samos, sho did the job in the Summer of 2005. Before / After:



My sabbatical started in October 2005. Plenty of time now to come to Samos, and to start tearing down the plasterwork hidden behind those shiny green walls. A tough job, and a dusty one at that...



Meanwhile, some first curious guests came by, smelling the coffee...