How we restored a hundred-and-forty-year-old house
Three years, forty craftspeople and a great deal of lime plaster.
We removed fourteen layers of paint to find the original lime plaster. Zellige tiles were cut by hand by a family who had made them for the previous owners.
What we kept
The cedar lintels, the well in the courtyard and the crack in the staircase that tells you the house is alive.
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