Preparing for Something Terrifying... Building Our Stone House in the Mountains.
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This week we continue to frame out new walls, hang drywall in the bathroom, plant a garden, and prepare for something truly terrifying.
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We are Heather, Bradey, Alexa and Chloe. We purchased an abandoned stone barn in the foothills of the Italian Alps and we are working together as a family to renovate and restore this old stone barn into our dream home.
Japanese thought. Always have something that is not perfect in your garden, your house , because nothing is perfect in life, in nature and it brings you closer to reality.
Your hard work is showing! No accidents, no one hurt! That is a blessing in and of it self! I'm excited for you all! Stay safe! Blessings from New Hampshire USA!
wabi-sabi
I would trust the italian way of building. Houses have been standing there for thousands of years ☝️
Especially compared to the wood / dry wall constructions they build in North America. I mean, it is great that ou can just move a window in a day if you want to, but durability is terrible.
I agree. As the old saying goes, “When in Rome, do as the Romans”
@@BenvanBroekhuijsen and btw I do not like drywalls because they do not hold anything like a shelf or similar. Much better to use walls made of ytongs.
White always makes a space feel large. Black or dark shrinks a space. So white or light floors and walls wherever it fits in. Of course, you want the natural wood and stone as much as possible, but don't shrink your rooms with too much dark. A nice balance of stone, wood, metal, and glass in light and dark will make the perfect home. Especially on that perfectly natural lot and setting.
On your deck, try to use a metal cable horizontally placed. Your view will be so perfect. That's how we do it here in Florida on our Gulf properties. You see right through it and preserve your view. Hopefully, Italy codes will allow you to do this.
I have watched you guys work since the beginning. BRAVO! You're doing an amazing job, and I can't believe the progress you have made. I can't wait to see it when the bathroom goes in. The final touches in the kitchen....so exciting. It will be neat to see it in a time lapse from beginning to end. It's going to be the perfect haven in that gorgeous natural setting. Saving history is so important. There is nothing worse than historic lots with a new structure. Italy is lucky to have you guys there to preserve this old barn. Your girls are lucky kids to have parents like you two.
Keep up the good work. You're doing an amazing job! All the best, Cheryl😊
An Italian architect here, to avoid the drum effect use the double sheet of plasterboard, the bathroom has no windows so you have to choose whether to cover the plasterboard with waterproof mortar such as Mapelastic or use sheets of Aquapanel instead of plasterboard (obviously I mention very available materials Here in Italy)
We will be using an ultra durable panel, not standard drywall.
@@RaisingVoyagers I was about to suggest Aquapanel but then I'm not a fan of the stuff. It looks too sterile for my taste. However, it might be the right move because of the location of the bathroom. At least consider a textured PVC paneling.
Yes, I'm a building and interior designer in Australia, and I use Aquachek in my bathroom and laundry projects. It is a special waterproof plasterboard, and it can be waterproofed with membrane, and tiled over.
@@daisy9910 we plan to use knauf diamont
@@RaisingVoyagers that sounds very similar to Aquachek. Great choice!
Strawberries are called strawberries because they winter over covered in straw. They are perennials and grow and spread year after year. You don’t have to replant them every year. Place straw between the rows and around the plant! You will have them for years to come
The primary use of the straw was to lift the strawberries up out of the soil to keep them clean as they were growing . Strawberries were called strawberries long ago in England where because of the warmer climate straw was not required as a top dressing to over winter the plants.
Make to get a good local strawberry so it will thrive…hybrids don’t reproduce 😊
@@johnfranks9271our strawberries always come back every year. We never used straw. I never even thought about that.
They even create lots of runners, so there will always be plenty of little plants.
Fabulous progress this week again! Can’t wait for your posts each week.
That wide window sitting area is known as a “window seat” regardless of the width. It is quite common in older mansions in Wisconsin where I’m from, but I’ve also seen them in great houses in England. You will love sitting there reading your favorite books and sipping coffee! I love how you both included your girls in the labor of love in the garden. You give such encouragement to each of them and I’m sure they will cherish these memories forever.
Actually, it isn't a piece of cake to renovate a stone cabin on a steep cliff. You guys are heroes and deserve my applause👏👏👏👏for your determination and commitment. Keep at it, never give up🙌
You must be so proud of keeping the heritage while building your home. It's going to be stunning
I've an idea to get daylight into the bathroom. Why not insert an oval/octagon stained glass window into the wall? 😉
What a beautiful idea!!! I suggested frosted glass above eight feet or so ...instead of bringing the brick all the way to the ceiling ...stop at eight or nine feet or so and then glass it in above that ...but a huge circle or oval of stained glass would be GORGEOUS ....maybe with a MOUNTAIN/ ALPS THEME!!! ///that could be seen from the inside as well as the outside of the bathroom giving it a less closed-in feeling!!!
@@Dorimiramor
Strawberries are perennial! Don't take them out! I've been growing the same plants for years and eating their strawberries without doing anything more than adding some fertilizer... The plants tend to crawl and expand even farther than where they were originally planted.
Yeah, dont pull them out ...they have runners that make new plants just cut the runner once the plant is established
Imho you should put a window above the bathroom door to let it some light
No one is going to die.
As lover of terrace and those stairs please show them in every video.
Just a second of looking at that terrace and views is enough to make me happy
I have always found that projects take longer, are physically harder, and cost more than I thought. AND turn out better. That's for just relatively small ( compared to this job!) projects. It's amazing to see you bring vision to life, in solid stone.
THANK you for sharing this!
The Old English word for strawberry is streawberige, and in that language 'strew' and 'straw' were both used to mean 'to spread or scatter'. So, the name likely meant a berry that spreads, which perfectly describes its growth habit. Strawberries spread by horizontal stems called stolons
Its like a tradition for me to watch your video on sunday and one thing I particularly loved was your wholesome bonding with your family especially your wife and Chloe has a fairy like energy .
Love and peace upon you
My daughter used to sing and talk to the fairies when she was working or playing in the garden ...sweet memories. She also made her own staff/walking stick that doubled as a magic wand. She grew up on Narnia, The Lion The Witch & The Wardrobe, etc. as well as Tolkien (later) and went to a Waldorf School where things like that are 'normal'.
You can take rocks and paint them like strawberries, so the birds try to peck on the rocks and eventually they will realize they can't eat them and by the time you have real strawberries they won't know the difference🍓🍓🍓
This really works. I always keep fake strawberries in my patch. A good project for the kids.
When you pull thg weeds, shake off the dirt back into the garden before you throw them away. You might need all that dirt to hold back the erosion!
Talking about culture differences, in Italy (but I'm sure also in the States) you'll find different professionals who work in different ways. Something I CAN tell you about drywall (cartongesso) is that an Italian professional here in the province of Parma once taught me that it should never touch the floor but should be raised a little (you can use a little piece of drywall which you will remove once screwed in) to avoid humidity or even water spills. That area will be covered by the skirting boards anyway.
Hope this too helps. Ciao!
In 50 years, I have laid many hundreds of sheets of drywall 4 x 12 & 4 x 8 and ceilings , but on the walls it is always up off the floor about a half inch so you use 2 pieces of drywall and always do the ceilings first so the edges are held up by the drywall on the walls . I prefer screws over nails and here’s one for you if you use nails, have you ever seen a professional sheet rocker put two nails about an inch and a half apart and then two more and then two more and then two more but on the edges one nail . Well ,I ask 20 sheet rockers. Why do you do this, and finally, one of them said, and by the way, he was 78 years old and been rocking all his life and he said the first nail sucks it up to the wood ,stud , rafter ,whatever , but in doing so it fractures the sheet rock somewhat from the hammer blows, the second nail holes it there so 1 sucks it up, and the second nail hold it there. You’ll do these two patterns on a 4 foot run in the middle and then 2 - 2 pattern nails between the edge and the center, and the other side between edge and Center so across 4 feet it would be five set of two and one on each edge. If you use screws and the screw head brakes through the paper on the drywall, then take it out and put it back in about 1/12” from the hole not breaking through the paper. and then take a putty knife or pocket knife and tear the paper out around the hole about the size of a dime or a little less so the paper is tapered. I’ll say from the backside of the paper to the surface of the paper, if that makes sense that way when you mud the hole, it won’t pop out as a plug later with the house, cooling and heating and moving.
Skylight and transom would dramatically improve the light in the bathroom!
To add to all the other comments about strawberries which are all correct.
the straw also gets the fruit away from the soil cutting down on fungal spores splashing onto the fruit when it rains, also it acts as insulation from the sun which does cook the strawberry's roots & help prevent moisture loss .
Kiwi Rod
Italians have been building things for thousands of years. I would listen to the construction workers when they give advice. Your home looks beautiful. Great job! Stay safe. God bless.
The attachment for the props is called a strong boy, it slides into the stonework and supports the weight above allowing you to remove the stone below it then you build the stonework up putting the lintel in, I've just done it on a 600 old olive mill in Greece
A skylight in the bathroom perhaps? Great work! Looks awesome! 🤩👍
I just LOVE what he did with the cement at the top of the rooms! Just amazing! I can't believe spraying those sparks on your clothes doesn't set them on fire! Or at least leave them with burn holes!
the interior is looking incredible! you have have put in SO much work you should be proud
Thank you for sharing your girls’ delight as they help make a garden. It’s a pleasure to see Chloe learn and grow. I love the way y’all teach your children. Blessings to all ❤
Such good memories to be capturing 😊
Да ,было бы ещё замечательно,что дя такого замечательного папы этой семьи,соответствовала замечательная мама, с хорощими кулинарными способносиями! Если кроме своего традиционного вау, она может порадовать ежедневно ,большим разнообразием итальянской кухни,для своей семьи,это был бесценный дар для мужа и её деток! Пока, мы никогда не видели её хорошей кухни кроме её, ужаснуснувшей нас , одной попытки и весьма неудачной! Как может создать такая женщина атмосферу "дома полной чашиЙ"? И Хочет ли?
It's truly beautiful. Progress is swiftly happening. You all should be so proud of yourselves❤❤❤
A labour of love to be justly proud of, and it could be a home for 1000 years!!!
Your charming little Italian castle is looking gorgeous! I can imagine wall-mounted lanterns (black or copper) in the hallway and in that beautiful bathroom-lit and casting a warm glow in the evenings. Oh, and now I’m imagining gas lanterns mounted on each side of your main exterior door to welcome visitors. The entire house, interior and exterior, will be stunning when you hang live Christmas garland for the holidays. So excited for you!
Are your sweet daughters learning to speak Italian pretty well? They’ll be fluent in no time. Children learn foreign languages so quickly.
Be safe and happy this coming week!
I can already see that Chloe will have her own GARDENING channel someday!!! :)
I’ve gotten to where I get excited for each Sunday knowing I get to enjoy your video! I don’t suppose you could show us an over all plan of the house? I have a hard time imagining the layout even though you’ve let us know so many times 🤷♀️
So very proud of all of you. Prayers for your safety always. A house built on love and dedication.
Huge Learning Curve working with European Tradesmen! Language not to mention building codes!
Outstanding progress on your mountain home!!! 🥰🎶🐐🎶🌻🌻🌻🌻🏡🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
Think about the impact you are having on the contractors as well. Your perspective and creative ideas teach them something and visa versa. Great job!
You guys!!!!! This house is getting Sooo, sooo B E A U T I F U L!!! 😍😍😍 I am very excited for you!’
And you guys… this TEAM of all of you are getting so much progress!!! Wonderful!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I’m wishing my life away. I cannot wait for next week. I have to wait a whole seven days it’s crucifying me. I just love what you’re creating for your family. Take care lots of hugs from Cathy in Cheshire UK ….
A skylight in the bathroom would be sick! I had one in my master bath and absolutely loved it.
Maybe a window in the bathroom on the hallway wall wouldn't be such a bad idea & would let a LOT of light in from the outside window ....it would also feel less closed-in inside the bathroom! ;)
Just FABULOUS! ❤😊
I can’t believe how young the girls looked just two years ago. Your Family is beautiful along with your Stone home. 🙏🙏🙏Blessing’s
Crazy how fast time flies!
I think the reason they made the window and door headers angled at the top ends is so in case the building ever catches fire and the wood burns it will fall out without taking the wall down. If the ends were square then think what would happen if the middle Was burned out and the two ends fell down to the floor. In Michigan in 1985, I remodeled a building that was built by Ford and Edison 113 years earlier and the 2“ x 12“ oak floor Joice’s were angle cut, and then laid in to the brick walls that way, and that’s what the old bricklayers told me. So maybe it applies on your house too.
That upper hallway! Everyone should be as pleased as I am with how fabulous it is. Those two windows under the vaulted ceiling look stunning. If one window is "imperfectly "
lower, call it Wabi Sabi.
The house becomes a home
SO GRACEFULLY AND ORGANICALLY.
I can see how much you two are enjoying this.
Happy home 🏡 💓 💛 💖
A full-size gardening fork would have made a much faster job of digging over that garden. Teach Chloe to knock the soil off the clumps of weed against the fork prongs before tossing the weeds. Strawberries like to be well fed. If you heat your used eggshells for 10 mins at about 150 degrees C, then crush them well and sprinkle around your strawberries, they will discourage the snails and help the worms. You can soak the weeds in water until they rot to make a weed-tea to use as fertilizer. Use the previous year's strawberry runners as your new plants.
I enjoy so much of this work but it always is a joy to see good ole' family life and values .. keep the highest of all values.
Thank you my friends ❤
🙏🏻🍓🍓🍓🍓❤️ Happy and excited for you all!🎉
Thank you for my Sunday afternoon fix. Absolutely beautiful ❤❤❤
You have found some Great guys working for you. Pros. 🤗🤗
Greetings from France...such courage..your doing beautifully.🎉❤)!
See you all next week! Cheers!
Looking amazing guys
You guy's are amazing!!! 💖
You can be so proud of yourself, what a labour of love and it’s go8ng to be stunningly beautiful
Idea- add some clerestory windows to bathroom at hall. To let some light in naturally. Looking good…you are such a hard worker! Dream coming together.
Aww thank you so much for sharing this beautiful journey with us I can’t wait to see how everything turns out after it’s done
Our family LOVES THE HOME
You can take rocks and paint them like strawberries, so the birds try to peck on the rocks and eventually they will realize they can't eat them and by the time you have real strawberries they won't know the difference🍓🍓🍓.
Awesome idea!!!
@@RaisingVoyagersA great little project for the girls!
What a super clever idea! I may try to get my nieces to do that for a Saturday afternoon project!
Lifelong gardener here- this worked in my garden!
Great video as always guys.
A hand pick, hand tiller, is great for weeding. Very quick and also great for digging holes for planting
So exciting to see how close you’re getting! Where is the plumbing for the bathroom?
Love your video and look forward to seeing every week. Wish you would do 2 times a week, but I know it is hard to do. Thank you, blessing to all of you.
It is wonderful to see the progress that you are making on your future home, which will be beautiful. I hope that you have worked out the visa issues so that you can remain in Italy to enjoy it. Any news on your appeal? We are all wondering.
It continues to become more beautiful...the stone, the chestnut lintels, the house is moving forward so so beautiful.
Great work!
So exciting to see the drywall going up! The hills look so green and lush after all these the rain you have been having. Strawberries are the best to plant. They seem to grow in almost any environment and that bed’s soil looks so good. Love seeing your beautiful daughter learning to garden too. Looking forward to seeing next week’s show. Hopefully all goes well!🙏🏻🍓🌸
My friend,,,,,,,, every Sunday i am waiting for your video and watch you. Together with my wife. May God be with you and bless you and your family. My good friend, you are THE BEST!!!!!
Love from Greece.
I say it every week and every week it get more stunning. The corridor that leads your eyes to the beams in the ceiling. Wow,. ❤️❤️
Another great vid the progress is looking fantastic 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Skylights in the hall and areas would really bring light in
I watched this video twice because I love it! The shot where you show Chloe and Heather working in the garden with the stone house behind them and a view of the scenery in the distance just shows how much you all belong to this home. All your hard work is paying off, It's already beautiful. missed Alexa.
Aww thanks so much!!
Everything is looking great , and the progress is amazing… I love the wooden beams over the windows and doors.. Great job guys!!!
Thanks so much!
Planting with Cloe touched my heart, she loves your attention and patience , your making a future farmer 🌹💖so happy with your progress good job! And what a beautiful view, simply stunning 💖💖💖💖From seattle
Thank you so much!
Great progress! You guys rock greetings from Massachusetts 🇺🇸🇮🇹❤️
Awesome you guys ❤
The guys working on your house are true Masters. I hope they are training younger people to do this craft or it will die out. That would will be a lost art. They are amazing🦩
You have beautiful wooden beamed ceilings and lintels. You're right the barn has become a home, and the deck outside your bedroom does have a gorgeous view. Look forward to seeing the completed home construction.
Love watching your house come together. Me and my dad did something similar north of the border (CH). Also, hats off for the way you're dealing with local officialdom. Only last week it took almost four days just to pay a parking ticket in la bella Italia (!?) You have my utmost respect!
after you plant the strawberry plants, if you put straw between the plants and rows, it helps keep soil most when it gets hot, and keeps most of the weeds from growing.
It will be a lovely window seat.
It is really remarkable how much you and the crew have accomplished together, Brady! This is going to be so fantastic! Congratulations!
That beautiful view of your house is worth more than your own house. I congratulate you, very beautiful house. The boy is a great father, works and a great husband.
It's looking beautiful 😊😊😊😊
I love watching it come together each week. You guys are renovating a farm barn and turning into a masterpiece and most beautiful home.
it’s exciting to see these current developments! 🦌💌❤️🔨
I never thought that I would keep looking at your videos because I know nothing about building or preparing a house, but I know about family and raising our kids. Thank you for being so friendly and honest. Keep on keeping on! 🤗
It's a window seat!
Woohoo! Here you are❤
Such progress! Amazing 😊
It must be wonderful to see your home finally taking shape.
Your videos have so much to offer. Even though there is so much happening, I feel relaxed and happy watching your videos. I always love how you angle the camera to show us your unbelievable countryside when you garden, look out the window, making coffee, on the terrace.... Hope you decide on a couple of skylights in the bathroom. Thanks again and again for before and after because it shows so much and is very satisfying.
The house is looking beautiful.
The 'Energizer Bunnies' have got nothing on you guys!! Dont know where you get the energy but glad you do, so we can enjoy this massive progress you keep making. Thanjs for sharing.
The amount of work that is progressing is impressive. It is coming together fast. I am so happy for you all. Chloe, you did an awesome job planting the strawberries with mom.❤
The vision is coming to life!❤
The progress you guys have been making is incredible! Totally loving all of your plans and ideas
Amazing transformation I could not imagine this place looking like a house you could live in ,but it is going to be so beautiful with a fantastic view
Your home is an absolute masterpiece. It's so inspiring watching it become the dream you've envisaged. The workmanship of the building crew is incredible.
Your home is becoming more beautiful each day. What a blessing to be able to see your family adapting and building your new lives and home at the same time. May you have many happy years ahead to love and enjoy! ❤
AMAZING!
Oh it’s looking so good wow stunning great work guys!!
Hello I can’t wait to see the finish house of your dreams
My favorite Sunday pastime is watching your videos. Been following you since the beginning. What a journey. Cheers from Reykjavik, Iceland.