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French Farmhouse Diaries
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Приєднався 10 гру 2020
We are renovating an old French farm house using lots of traditional materials i.e. lime. wood. Tomette tiles and slate. We will be making as much if not all that is needed to complete the project like making the doors windows staircases plastering with lime & horse hair and hot limes. also taking you on journeys around our area in Normandy to local Brocante's places of history like very old Abbeys towns and villages as well as live chats and meeting local people and friends we have made, popping into other youtubers videos who have become our friends too, we will incorporating crafts we do as well showing how we do things like small cooking vids and Tracy's soft furnishings crochet and knitting projects my Bee keeping system and boxes I am developing and how I catch local Bees and keep to a completely natural system as well as managing our land growing food and lots more over the years coming so sit back and enjoy our journey as we build the channel for our subscribers to enjoy .
Undoing Hours Of Work|…We Got It Wrong
Bonjour to you all and a happy new year to you all from us here in Normandy France
We had to undo hours of work as we got it wrong …
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Follow our journey as we renovate an abandoned ancient old farmhouse we bought and creating a off grid homestead by being self-sufficient growing our own food and creating an orchid for fruit, managing our own fire wood with our two woodlands to give us free heating and hot water and making every thing we need in our renovation like the doors, windows, floors, staircases, Kitchen, panelling, bathroom, porch, and many more projects as I'm a Carpenter & Joiner using my skills to build this dream which you can see in lots of our videos we have all ready loaded up on our channel and also we will be sharing our crafts and also Tracy will be doing all the soft furnishings in our farm house on our homestead. So come join Tracy and I Budo on this amazing journey and way of living.
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Follow our journey as we renovate an abandoned ancient old farmhouse we bought and creating a off grid homestead by being self-sufficient growing our own food and creating an orchid for fruit, managing our own fire wood with our two woodlands to give us free heating and hot water and making every thing we need in our renovation like the doors, windows, floors, staircases, Kitchen, panelling, bathroom, porch, and many more projects as I'm a Carpenter & Joiner using my skills to build this dream which you can see in lots of our videos we have all ready loaded up on our channel and also we will be sharing our crafts and also Tracy will be doing all the soft furnishings in our farm house on our homestead. So come join Tracy and I Budo on this amazing journey and way of living.
Support and be part of our journey on Patron.
www.patreon.com/user?u=64732749
Tracy's Etsy shop
www.etsy.com/shop/TGLAVENDER4YOU
15%off selected items for a limited period.
Lavender buds free with every scallop dish and free crochet heart.
Buy me a coffee
www.buymeacoffee.com/frenchfarm9
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MAKING THE RIGHT DECISION - SAFETY COMES FIRST
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Bonjour and welcome to our French farmhouse here in Normandy France where we are renovating an ancient farmhouse. In this weeks video the clear up begins after the snow here on the homestead also making the right decisions as our safety comes first. Tracy shares a project she has been doing. The tv crew are back filming for an upcoming and British tv program. We also do a collaboration for a tr...
WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY CAN MAKE !!!!!!
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Bonjour to you all we have had an interesting week here at the farmhouse. But towards the end of the week everything changed !!!!! Budo is back in the workshop making the face frames and doors for the units which house the cooker/hob. Tracy doing some last minute jobs in the potager. If you are enjoying these videos then please give us a thumbs up as it helps our channel grow and it is totally ...
THE WORLD IS YOUR OYSTER WHEN YOU OWN ONE OF THESE
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Bonjour to you all and welcome to this weeks video. We were super happy when Creality approached us to do a collaboration for the Creality pro 2 laser this is going to be a game changer for the future here at French Farmhouse Diaries. If you are enjoying these videos then please give us a thumbs up as it helps our channel grow and it is totally free. Creality Falcon Black Friday Laser Engraver ...
HARD WORK RUNNING 4 ACRES!!- #homestead #renovating #selfsufficiency
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Bonjour to you all and welcome to another video here at our homestead in Normandy France. In this weeks video Budo and Tracy catch up on jobs on the homestead that are priority and need to be done now before winter sets in. And work is moving on in the kitchen If you are enjoying these videos then please give us a thumbs up as it helps our channel grow and it is totally free. #homestead #renova...
Is it to LATE TO CHANGE our MINDS- ABANDONED FARMHOUSE
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Bonjour to you all and welcome to our farmhouse here in Normandy France. In this weeks video Tracy is busy painting in the Kitchen and we have a dilemma is it to late to change our minds, we need your suggestions !!! Budo tests the new itehil water purifier If you are enjoying these videos then please give us a thumbs up as it helps our channel grow and it is totally free. FFD20 uk.itehil.com/p...
We bought an ABANDONED FARMHOUSE- Hand built dovetail draws by Budo
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Bonjour to you all and welcome to this weeks video. Budo is busy in the workshop hand making dove tail draws for there Bespoke kitchen. Tracy is busy painting the Venetian window in the kitchen(outside ) and also the kitchen door (inside). If you are enjoying these videos then please give us a thumbs up as it helps our channel grow and it is totally free. #homestead #renovation #carpentry #farm...
Pressure is on- We need to get the KITCHEN Finished
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Pressure is on- We need to get the KITCHEN Finished
This Year Was Not A Good Year -Plans Had To Change!!!!
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This Year Was Not A Good Year -Plans Had To Change!!!!
Carving An Ancient Oak Beam For Our Barn Renovation.
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Carving An Ancient Oak Beam For Our Barn Renovation.
CHANGING PLANS BUT FOR A GOOD REASON -SAFETY COMES FIRST !!!!
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CHANGING PLANS BUT FOR A GOOD REASON -SAFETY COMES FIRST !!!!
COULD THIS STOP US MOVING FORWARD WITH THE BARN RENOVATION!!!!
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COULD THIS STOP US MOVING FORWARD WITH THE BARN RENOVATION!!!!
Exposing The BARN For The First Time in HUNDREDS Of Years!!!
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Exposing The BARN For The First Time in HUNDREDS Of Years!!!
DISASTER AS THE RENOVATION COMES TO A CRASHING HAULT ????
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DISASTER AS THE RENOVATION COMES TO A CRASHING HAULT ????
Learning Life’s Lesson -Preparation ls The Key
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Learning Life’s Lesson -Preparation ls The Key
Enjoying Time Away From The Renovation. We Needed This !!!!
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Enjoying Time Away From The Renovation. We Needed This !!!!
ITS FINISHED NOW THE KITCHEN BUILD CONTINUES…
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ITS FINISHED NOW THE KITCHEN BUILD CONTINUES…
WILL THIS GET DONE IN TIME AS THE PRESSURE IS ON BEFORE OUR BIG ARRIVAL !!!! - NO 165
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WILL THIS GET DONE IN TIME AS THE PRESSURE IS ON BEFORE OUR BIG ARRIVAL !!!! - NO 165
KITCHEN WORK BEGINS IN HASTE-NO 164
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KITCHEN WORK BEGINS IN HASTE-NO 164
WE CAN DO IT !! WE HAVE COME THIS FAR !!! NO 163
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WE CAN DO IT !! WE HAVE COME THIS FAR !!! NO 163
GREAT NEWS FOR THE FUTURE !!! NO 162
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GREAT NEWS FOR THE FUTURE !!! NO 162
We bought an abandoned Farmhouse-Building secret wall panelling -No 161
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We bought an abandoned Farmhouse-Building secret wall panelling -No 161
We Bought an Abandoned Farmhouse-WHAT IS IT- No 160
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We Bought an Abandoned Farmhouse-WHAT IS IT- No 160
We bought an abandoned farmhouse-What is in the wall !!! No 159-
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We bought an abandoned farmhouse-What is in the wall !!! No 159-
Reclaimed Chateau slate tiles for our Farmhouse No 158.#renovation #frenchfarmhouse #simpleliving
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Reclaimed Chateau slate tiles for our Farmhouse No 158.#renovation #frenchfarmhouse #simpleliving
We Bought an abandoned Farmhouse - Our dream Kitchen !! - No 157
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We Bought an abandoned Farmhouse - Our dream Kitchen !! - No 157
💜💙💚 Happy new year. Hope you are feeling better. I vote for no window cover. Especially since you have a wonderful view with no one overlooking you. Best wishes for 2025.
Happy new year!!🥳 and thank you 🙏🥳
I can’t wait till your kitchen is done. It’s just gorgeous. I’m glad you’re feeling better. I suggest this detox bath that is amazing and helps you recover quicker. 2 cups of sea salt, 2 cups of baking soda and one cup of borax. Get the bath hot enough to open your skins pours, stay in the bath for a minimum of 30 minutes and soak. Take a small towel and get it wet and put it on your chest baths pull out even more toxins if you have the time stay in for 40 12:55 hour rinse your skin off when you’re finished be careful , this can make the tub slick. After you’re done use a magnesium spray or a magnesium lotion. I’m sure you grow thyme and oregano, which is a very good tea to drink, as well as Mullen flower leaf tea.
wow thank you for that i would love to give it a go but we don't have a bath set up yet only our shower room but its one to use in the future thank you all the best Budo
Hi, I've just rediscovered your channel and find myself at a similar point to yourselves with my kitchen renovation. We are complete DIYers not a skilled a carpenter like yourself. We just wondered what if any was the reason behind the choice made with the worktop around the sink. Is there an intentional reason for not installing one continuous piece of worktop rather than the three joining pieces you have here. Many thanks in advance for your time and really enjoying revisiting your channel
Hi Naomi it was the sink and plumbing that dictated it for me but both ways will work remember wooden work tops are made up and glued together so it all ends up a solid length in the end butler sink areas are always a bit of a problem solver but we are all done there now and Tracy is using the sink with cold and hot running water thanks for your question hope this helps
Glad you’re back 🎉
Thank you happy new year to you 🙏🥂🎉😊
You make wood working look so easy
It’s like all things it’s easy when you know buddy
Watching from South Carolina! Happy New Year! Feel better soon. Kitchen progress is so exciting! ❤️🤩
Thank you! You too! 🥂🎉🥳
You are such hard workers. The kitchen is stunning. I think I would keep that beautiful window and view curtain free. All the best for 2025! Feel better Budo❤. Your hair looks beautiful Tracy.
Great idea!! Happy new year Vic and thank you 🥂🎉🥳🙏
Pleased to see you both, and that you are both ok, can't wait to see you finishing the kitchen for Tracy to make us some of her recipes on the stove 🎊🎊
Can't wait! Denise happy new year to you 🥂🎉🥳🙏xx
Plain or a cafe curtains on the lower.
Thank you for your suggestion 🙏☺️
Can you inset the draining boards a bit?
Good idea thank you 🙏
Would love to hear more from Tracy. Love her explanations and seeing what she is doing! Great lady!
More to come! Jennifer keep watching happy new year to you 🥂🎉🥳🙏
Hello Tracy and Budo Happy New Year to you and yours. Welcome back you have been missed. You got me with the whole filling. I have actually seen somebody do that with bog filler to fill in a whole in a door oddly enough. May 2025 bring us great things and that you have a happy and healthy year ahead. Hopefully the weather will get a little bit better here in France though this week we have a forecast for wet all week. Can't wait to get out into the garden and get planting, my garlic is yelling at me to go in the ground along with the Dahlias and Hostas, Cheers from Plessala. 😊
Hi Kim happy new year to you it got everyone 😂fingers crossed it eases so we can all get planting. Happy new year to you Kim 🥂🎉🥳🙏xx
I'm assuming it's an epoxy clay, with coloured pigmentation ....and or .....super fine wood dust....mixed in with the clay... You tricked us...... Isolation valves are a no brainer and they'e super cheap, that was great little tutorial you created to go with them.
Thank you glad you enjoyed the vlog buddy
@@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries Great detailed, practical advice,...very well explained....
Tommettes for sure!
We agree 🙏☺️
The window looks perfect without window coverings. Unless the sun hits it directly and bothers your eyes, I would leave it as it is. Tracy I must complement you on how lovely you look today. Budo feel better soon. Happy 2025
Thank you Sharon the view is lovely ☺️ how lovely 🙏 happy new year to you 🥂🎉🥳🙏xx
Happy new year to you 🥂🎉🙏🥳
The new faucet looks great. I agree it fits your style perfectly. Hope Budo is better soon.
Thank you!🙏 happy new year to you 🥂🎉🙏🥳
Bonjour Tracy and Budo, I can't believe I was this far behind, I am going to try really hard to see your video, as you put them out at the time you do, hopefully that will help your channel and to make sure I SHARE IT. Tracy the windows look beautiful I love Budo's design, I think he should Patton it and when he has time, when your house is done, make them, sell them ship them around the world, he has amazing talent and should share it. I think the drawers are fantastic well done again. Tracy our painting queen, I love the color. Love from N.Y.
Thank you so much Joni for your wonderful comment always very positive and kind. Happy new year to you 🥂🙏🎉🥳xxx
Bonjour Tracy and Budo, what a hell of a storm, well done on the cleanup, you have had all four seasons in a weeks' time. You two are amazing, talking it all in stride. Thank you for saving the toad, I haven't seen many around where I am for decades now. Love from N.Y.
Thank you onwards and upwards as they say and yes toad lived for another day 🙏🥳
Happy New Year Missed you both! Get well soon Budo. I prefer the new taps, who needs fancy modern! Personally a roller blind incase, but what do I know.
Happy new year! And thank you 🙏🎉🥂🥳
It's so nice to see you back and now well. Your kitchen looks fantastic....I have the English country kitchen and I managed to get just the right tap for my porcelain sink....I agree with your thinking on the one you showed initially....I really like the one you got in England. Happy New Year to you lovely people.
Sounds great! Thank you and a happy new year to you 🥂🎉🥳🙏xx
Hi Tracy and Budo, the opening shots were just beautiful, good job on the filming. The perfection of the beading is amazing. A lot of people have custom kitchens but not made with their own hands. Your work is second to none and better than any manufactured piece. Tracy your gardens are the best, I absolutely love them, still producing this late in the season. A little extra protection on the Lavender will go a long way come spring, especially now with this storm. i did hear the explosion and thought the same thing, that it was thunder in the middle of a snowstorm. Please the three of you stay warm until help arrives. I think you should have a generator, considering sometimes help can't get there quickly. Love from N.Y.
Thank you so much! Joni that was so serile hearing the explosion/snow thunder. ❤️🙏xx
Hi Tracy and Budo, I am a little behind, I love the way you are keeping the wood dry as possible, Tracy the porch painting area look perfect as usual. The kitchen is getting there. Well done. Love from N.Y.
Thanks so much Joni so glad you are catching up of the vids 🥳🙏
So sorry to hear you have been so poorly, but hope you’re back on the road to recovery.. kitchen is looking beautiful.
Thank you Happy new year to you 🥂🎉🙏🥳
I watched you with that filler and I thought man! He’s lost it. The big guy needs help! I kept saying to myself ‘ surely he’s not actually thinking that’s gonna work?!? Haha. April fool come early
It fooled a lot of people Daren 😂🤣xx
@ that’s hilarious mate, well done
Glad you’re your back and feeling better.
Thank you Daren Happy new year to you and your family 🥂🎉🙏🥳xx
Man Budo, i fell for it.😮
Your kitchen is going to be wonderful. Never let Budo go he is quite handy. Many men are not. 😅
We have been together for over 43 years so I think l will hang on to him now 😂😅happy new year
Thanks very informative!
Glad it was helpful! thank you for watching
@@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries health wealth and wisdom and the happy times!
My vote is no window covering for the kitchen! Bring the beautiful view to you daily as you cook in your kitchen or wash the dishes. Your work already accomplished in the kitchen is simply awesome. Keep on getting your health back!
Thank you so much for your suggestion Vicki happy new year to you 🙏🥂🎉🥳
I hate to critic ithers work as uts your home...but don't you find the ceramic drip tray laying on the counter lioks exactly that, like an infinished piece just laying there?
Okay thank you for your comment. Happy new year 🙏🥂🎉🥳
We missed you guys 😂
Thank you it is good to be back Jimmy 🙏🥂🎉🥳 happy new year to you
Happy new year. The kitchen is getting more and more perfekt
Happy new year!!🥳 thank you 🙏
Pleased to see you back. I'm sorry to hear that you have been poorly. Covid does take its toll. The kitchen is looking lovely. Hope to see the next video soon. Wishing you both a happy, healthy New Year. X
Thank you coral and a very happy new year to you too 🙏🥂🎉🥳❤️xx
Kitchens can be quite bare, so I personally love having a little rag by the sink to have nice feel while I work by the sink and on the window I would put very short voile valance, which would not obstruct or block the view but soften the feel of the space. They now have loads of colours and feelings like muslin and such, so can look cool. I have white with a pale green stripe and it looks good 😊
Thanks for sharing!! Zlata we love to hear everyone’s suggestions🥰happy new year to you 🥂🎉🥳🙏
Nice to see you back, sorry to hear you've been ill Budo. I have horizontal blinds in my kitchen, they fold up tightly & are useful if I need shade from the sun (on rare occasions haha)
Happy new year to you 🥂🎉🥳we had the same in one of our houses in England good idea thank you 🙏
An idea for you might be to run a wire (next time you do a trench) between the kitchen and workshop for an intercom. That way the house can talk with the shop without shouting, running out in nasty weather, etc. Love the cabinets and can't wait to see the finished room. One question is after the kitchen tiles are installed will there still be comfortable headroom at the original doorway?
Cool idea! Thank you 🙏 happy new year to you and yes it will be fine thank you for asking 🥂🎉🙏🥳
Can I ask where the ceramic draining boards are from? And what they are called? Desperately need one to cover my wooden sink surround as the plastic drainers available are awful. Dawn UK.
Hi Dawn you can buy them from a company called tap warehouse in the UK they are a internet based retailer look them up the writing is in blue there delivery service is excellent and they email you to tell us how you get on if i remember they start around £40 and up each hope this helps all the best Budo xx
It is wonderful watching a Craftsman at work. From martyn at mrh brickwork restoration ltd
Thank you so much 🎉🥳🥂
@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries my pleasure. Very informative. Enjoy France they have good lime there.
I was hoping you'd show us how to make a patch in wood. I have a 110 year old door frame with holes from multiple locks. Rebuilding the door frame is out of the question because it's American Chestnut that will be varnished and it's basically impossible to find as the forests were wiped out by a blight in the 1910s. A restoration carpenter friend filled it with wood filler and it look awful. I am thinking about going back and cutting a hole (round) and a plug from scrap chestnut. Obviously in your situation, replacing the board is better, but I would have loved to see how to do the repair. Sometimes this is necessary in antique furniture or architectural restoration. You definitely did the right thing for your situation and it's beautiful. But if you are ever in a situaiton where you need to make a patch, I'd love to see how you do it.
Hi there thank you some times patching things to perfection and not to be seen is difficult some times its best to show the wooden patch by using a contrasting wood and say making it into what we call a butter fly patch but it all depends ill try a do some thing in the future to show what i mean all the best Budo
Sorry for the lack of content remark,had no knowledge that you were in UK and quite unwell.
No worries hope you enjoyed this weeks video all the best Budo
No Worries hope you enjoyed this weeks video
Happy new year to you both. Good to see you in this new year. May Budo have a speedy recovery from his bronchitis. Looking forward to this year’s projects. ✌🏻❤️🙏🏻🇺🇸PA
Thank you kindly Debora x
Bonne année à vous. Take it easy. You should have more honey 🍯 😊
Thank you Florence i will do x
When you said about making the hole disappear, I thought "new piece of timber" but the Hocus Pocus label made me certain... Sticking putty in the tap hole was a bit like" The Quatermass experiment" .The other tap with spring thing is on my son's sink... Could never get my head round it.... The original farmhouse model was a stinker and I had to replace countless ones (normally in a faded bronze tint) but they are now reliable and do not leak from top joint. They look much better than the ultra modern job and I have found them with the sprayer not being used! Tracey, Keep yer needles sharp for another job and enjoy the view. Happy and healthy new year . Bob (Weston super Mare)
Hi Bob and thank you yes them taps did leak some times and tarnish but normally it was down to how and were they were made these ones are guaranteed and solid as well as a good well known company its all down to what you pay for things i think today buddy
The drain boards are genius....i wonder if i could find them in France ? Happy New Year 🎉
Hi Cyril i think it would be hard to find them in France as this was a very British thing from the Victorian period but they are readily available in the UK second hand and new from £30 up to £200 for the real old ones hope this helps
You bugger, you tricked us, I really thought wow that’s amazing I can’t believe it would fill the hole and look like new!! And you tricked us, it’s looking amazing absolutely love it, not long now before you’ll be cooking in that amazing kitchen Tracey xx
Good to see you both, Happy and healthy New Year.
Thank you Lisa and a happy new year to you 🥂🥳🎉🙏
Oh Tracie, you got there my Dream kitchen 🥰 Absolutly stuning and the highest quality ! Congrats for the best Artisan master incharge 😜 Prosperous 2025 and keep healthy 🙏🏼
Thank you so much we are flattered 🥂🥳🎉🙏Happy new year to you
Happy Healthy New Year to you both. Budo I thought you were going to plug it and finish it with filler so you did have me hook line and sinker 🙂looking forward to 2025 and the fabulous videos you produce.
Thank you so much ☺️ it was a good one. Happy new year to you and your family and thank you for watching 🥂🥳🎉🙏