Living room looking towards sofa nook

I’ve continued restoring the originaltomettes, traditional southern Frenchterracotta tiles I discovered(and uncovered) in December. As a reminder,this is what the living room looked like before, whilethis photo shows the tile adhesiveI had to remove.

The photo above,tomettesnow clean, shows how the sofa nook looks now, andhere’s the other half of the living room. Last Sunday I decided to test my theory about a heavy-duty cleaner (décapantin French) that I had used before and that didn’t work so well. Instead of diluting it as recommended, I added only half the amount of water prescribed, making it more concentrated. This worked nicely, and I was able to scrape off tile adhesive residue very quickly. About two-thirds of the living room still needed adhesive scoured off — I finished it all that same day!

What most surprises me is that the floor is in such good shape. The apartment building dates from 1953, so the tomettes are 56 years old, and yet only one of t


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