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At the end of march, we bought a old French farm with a big lot of work....
I would put pictures regulary here (before/after) just to share my dream (real now) !!!
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sissibrode
12 Jun 2011
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Our new village : Laveissenet (near to our actual village)
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Oops, don't know why we can't see the picture...?????
It works with Firefox :o)
ok, you can see the picture now :o)
That is a beautiful view!
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sissibrode
12 Jun 2011
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Our old French farm. In order : front, side and back. 1500 square meters of land
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the grass was tall by 25 inches in march :o(
Gorgeous!
Lovely.
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suzettebritz
12 Jun 2011
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Looks like heaven to me! Congratulations, not many people can say that they have fulfilled their life long dream! Best of luck Sissi!
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stitchship
12 Jun 2011
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Congratulations! I am so happy for you! You will enjoy it. I hope you can post more pictures. The area looks beautiful!
Do you still have enough sewing space? :)
Do you still have enough sewing space? :)
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yes i will have a space for sewing !!! in the attic i think (like actually)
That is wonderful. I love the new pictures you just posted.
Enjoy every second of the renovations.
Enjoy every second of the renovations.
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rosannacaria
12 Jun 2011
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Auguri e tanta felicità per la nuova casa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Congratulations. I wish you all the best. Enjoy it. Love & hugs Arlene
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Congratulations. I wish you all the best. Enjoy it. Love & hugs Arlene
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Congratulations. I wish you all the best. Enjoy it. Love & hugs Arlene
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Very nice. You are going to have lots of fun now.
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Wow! Are you sure this is the same place?!!
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May God shine brightly in your new home i am very happy for you:):) carolyn
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Have any idea of the age of the farm house? The stone work looks to be in excellent condition. So glad your dream home is now a reality.
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about 150/200 years old
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jacquipaul
12 Jun 2011
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I'm so happy for you Sissi; I was raised in a historic home (by US standards) and love your beautiful farm. Will you raise crops, flowers, animals, fruit, or family? It does look like a storybook!
Congratulations!
Hugs,
Jacqueline
Congratulations!
Hugs,
Jacqueline
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I am considering making a vegetable garden next year. I would also like to chickens and a rooster, some ducks and maybe a dwarf goat or a sheep ... to start :o)
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I do love your home beautiful place lots work it is worth all the time you spend and you well enjoy for many many years to come. CONGRATULATION .,, GOD BLESS YOUR PLACE...
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Please post more before/After photos. I love old things, that is why I've been married over 40 years!!ha ha **4u
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Please post more before/After photos. I love old things, that is why I've been married over 40 years!!ha ha **4u
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:o)
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I am soooo Happy for youns!!! Enjoy your Dream Home. Hugs & Blessings, Judy
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This is wonderful Sissi. God has blessed you immensely. Congratulations on your wonderful new home & Gods blessings upon it./Lillian
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What a beautiful dream home. Right up my line a few years ago. Don't think I could do the work now. Enjoy for many years and make your own memories.
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emily16838
13 Jun 2011
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OH how cool we will all come for a visit .... it truly is a dream come true ..Congratulation.
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How truly wonderful! I am so happy for you I hope you will have a long and happy life in your home and all your renovations go smoothly.
Hugs and blessings, Meganne
Hugs and blessings, Meganne
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snowbird42
13 Jun 2011
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i am a little green with envy ...good luck and many happy years in your dream location..soozie
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sissibrode
13 Jun 2011
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after hours and hours spent in the garden (but I'm far from finished...
there are dozens of currant trees and cherry trees !!! yum, lots of jams to do :o)
there are dozens of currant trees and cherry trees !!! yum, lots of jams to do :o)
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Share pictures with us when the trees are full of fruits. They will be a beautiful sight!
This place is gorgeous!
This place is gorgeous!
It will be worth the effort - lots of work.
I can only imagine how beautiful they will look when in full bloom!
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sissibrode
13 Jun 2011
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the wood is ready and stored for winter (before/after)
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How wonderful!
My husband will have a super time with this much space for wood.
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sissibrode
13 Jun 2011
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...and I started to paint the shutters the color that I like names "lava stone" (who's nice for a volcanic region !)(before/after)
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They are so pretty!
love this look.
I love your blue shutters; they look romantic to me.
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cathiejones
13 Jun 2011
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HOME SWEET HOME !
It's fantastic, it looks superb and already you did a good start to make it beautiful ! I love that blue too !
Is it, what we call in french, "une longère" ?
Good luck Cathie J.
It's fantastic, it looks superb and already you did a good start to make it beautiful ! I love that blue too !
Is it, what we call in french, "une longère" ?
Good luck Cathie J.
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not really... a "longère" has no floor :o)
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Was für ein wunderschönes haus,aber noch sehr viel arbeit.Ich wünsche euch das alles gut klapt und ihr bald fertig seid
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Congratulations on your new home. Pictures are great. It looks like a beautiful place.
Cindy B
Cindy B
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It looks like such a pleasant place to live! Beautiful!
Enjoy! Congratulations on finding such a lovely spot!
Angel
Enjoy! Congratulations on finding such a lovely spot!
Angel
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sissibrode
13 Jun 2011
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In the house we have : 5 bedrooms, 1 kitchen, 1 living room, 1 bathroom and 1 office and the attic to convert in the first part of the house. In the second part everything must be broken to build 3 cottage rooms with bathrooms and 1 living room...
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sissibrode
13 Jun 2011
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location on the map of France
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thank you, it's good to know!
Thank you Sissi;
*4u!
Hugs,
Jacqueline †
*4u!
Hugs,
Jacqueline †
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stitchship
13 Jun 2011
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I'm wondering about the kitchen... is it modern? Or is it more the old country style? Do you like your new kitchen?
Do you have many fireplaces? :)
Do you have many fireplaces? :)
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sissibrode
13 Jun 2011
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the house opened directly into the "kitchen" (very rustic...). with my husband, we built a wall and added a door separating the kitchen to entrance (picture coming soon)....
Huby inspects the kitchen every angle :o)
Naturally, everything is at it again. I make designs for a new kitchen "cottage style", but the prices are scary...
I already bought the old oak floor(imitation), I hope to put it soon !
Huby inspects the kitchen every angle :o)
Naturally, everything is at it again. I make designs for a new kitchen "cottage style", but the prices are scary...
I already bought the old oak floor(imitation), I hope to put it soon !
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I will save the wood stove (that works): it will heat the kitchen and will keep food warm
lovely
It is a charming kitchen, and your DH is very handsome as he inspects from every angle. I love the cottage style.
I love the kitchen I love the wood stove.
Lenamae
Lenamae
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crafter2243
13 Jun 2011
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It is so romantic looking. I can imagine it will keep you busy for a long time, but that is what makes it fun.
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wow, isn't that great such a lovely romantic dream coming true. It's lovely!! congratulations!hope to see it one day in real. It looks so pretty. Enjoy!
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Beautiful pictures and wonderful home. I hope you have many, many long and enjoyable years in your new nest.;)
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On HGTV the have a show called House Hunters International and they showed people looking to buy a house just like yours! So cool, I wonder how cold it gets and how hard it is to heat the big old place.
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Congratulations on the new home. It's nice to have a dream come true and a place to create your own. Good luck on your endeavors and love the pictures.
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Love the photos, I wish I was there to help. I love to do things like this!!!!
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OMG, this is beautiful. Will come back and check for update pictures. Thanks for sharing with us. Hugs Yvonne
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I absolutely adore your new home.
May you live for many happy years in it, making it your very own haven and enjoying every minute you spend there.
AlmaG.
May you live for many happy years in it, making it your very own haven and enjoying every minute you spend there.
AlmaG.
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Wow Sissi, that is one gorgeous property. Your work is surely cut out for you. I love renovating and hope that the work is not too much for you to do. Good luck with all the things you are planning to do. Can't wait to see the fruit trees in blossom. Love and blessings Chris
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sissibrode
21 Jul 2011
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some new pictures :
remember the kitchen before and now (not finish): we separated the kitchen to create an entry
remember the kitchen before and now (not finish): we separated the kitchen to create an entry
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sissibrode
21 Jul 2011
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New kitchen window and door (before/after)
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So pretty! I love your choice of color!
Coucou Sissi des volets super la couleur comme chez nous en bretagne, bravo. bise, j'adore ton lavabo. Bises
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sissibrode
21 Jul 2011
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terrace on one side of the house (before/after)
I work hard, really !!! but i have not finish for the moment :o)
and one of my cat (the happiest cat !!!)
I work hard, really !!! but i have not finish for the moment :o)
and one of my cat (the happiest cat !!!)
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don't let the cat catch your avatar LOL
Love this beautiful kitty, as well as the other photos!
Trop beau ce minou, Smart le minou de Sissi mamy m'a dit Amaury.
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Your new home is beautiful and I can see you are living your dream. Enjoy. Love to see all your pictures.
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Congratulations with your new home. Enjoy all the renovations and so far it looks lovely. I like your before/after pictures. The fruit trees will make a lovely picture when they are flowering. Hugs
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You bought a lot of work ;o)
But it looks great and you will feel so comfortable when it is ready to move in (an old house is never finished :o)
Greetings, Bettina
But it looks great and you will feel so comfortable when it is ready to move in (an old house is never finished :o)
Greetings, Bettina
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shirlener88
21 Jul 2011
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wonderful photo's - you are very lucky to have such a special place.
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catsnhorses
21 Jul 2011
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Oh, how lovely! You are making a lovely home even more beautiful! Best wishes to you and your husband as you make it perfect.
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Lovely pictures Sissi and I like your house, I hope you'll have many lucky years in beautiful France.
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jacquipaul
21 Jul 2011
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Thank you for posting more photos Sissi; it is obvious that you work hard on your home. It is lovely, sweet and delightful. I love your darling kitty, also.
*4u!
Hugs,
Jacqueline †
*4u!
Hugs,
Jacqueline †
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marjialexa
21 Jul 2011
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Oh, Sissi, I just love your new home!! Even though there is so much work to do, it looks like such a happy place, and you can feel the great history even in the pictures! I am so happy for you that you have your dream!! Big hugs, Marji
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emily16838
21 Jul 2011
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One of my favorite movies is UNDER THR TUSCAN SUN with Diane Lane buying a house house in Italy. You are like the real story....Your home is beautiful and with each steps looks better and better. HOw fun for you
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sissibrode
22 Jul 2011
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my kitchen is scheduled to arrive in early August ... and yesterday I ordered my shower cabine...but I still have a lot of work before installing them !!!
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It's progressing wonderfully!
Hugs,
Jacqueline
Hugs,
Jacqueline
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Your home looks so warm and inviting. It will all be worth it when you are done with all the work. Love the cat too.
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Congratulations, hope you and your DH have wonderful time, god bless you and your home.
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wow purple everywhere i would be in heaven.I wish iwas there to help i love doing that sort of thing and the gardens oh my :):)i could really get to work there hugs and congrats carolyn
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sissibrode
17 Aug 2011
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Heavy work today : Up to standard sanitation... it looks like war trenches in my garden... :o( (pictures 1 to 4).
Today I also get my kitchen with my son (no photo yet) and my cooker arrived a few days ago (picture 5)
I also finished painting the shutters on the floor (pictures 6 and 7)
Today I also get my kitchen with my son (no photo yet) and my cooker arrived a few days ago (picture 5)
I also finished painting the shutters on the floor (pictures 6 and 7)
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amazing photo's
You are making good progress on your renovations.
I absolutely love your home and that stove/oven is gorgeous. Thanks for sharing.
Looks great. You are making rogress.
Sorry progress
Looking great. Thanks for sharing.
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wow Sissi, a lot of work has been done ! and the lavender purple looks great and lovely!Great cooker too. Isn't it great to see the improvement day by day.
but it all looks so inviting and cosy. keep on going. Thank you for the update!
but it all looks so inviting and cosy. keep on going. Thank you for the update!
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Wow Sissi, you are making progresse with the new house, it looks beautiful and once the pipes are in the ground your garden will look like before,
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Country living? You are so lucky. Congratulations with the new home
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17 Aug 2011
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can i come and help it looks fabulos i love doing thiskind of work and will lbe looking forward to more progress reports................soozie
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Great job on the house. Love the stove and the color on the shutters. DeVon
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blueeyedblonde
18 Aug 2011
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looking absolutely awesome! When do I get to move in to my part? hehehe!
Nice job!
Nice job!
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baydreamer
18 Aug 2011
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How lovely. Living the dream. I foget cuties wake up at a different corner of this world. Its when we see the pictures we also live a little of the dream with you. Thanks for sharing.
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dailylaundry
18 Aug 2011
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Your home is coming along so beautifully! I love the shutter color - such hard work for you and your hubby! But, the results are so well worth the hard work! How do you ever find the time for us? Please continue to keep us up to date - it is wonderful!! Hugs, Laura
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Sissi, I love your new home! It is a beautiful place; looks so serene and quiet. I, too, live in the country and enjoy nature. Good luck on your continuing restoration! Such a paradise!
Angel
Angel
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Sissi, it's a thing of beauty! What character and memories that must be stored there. Can't wait to see the new kitchen you have designed.;)
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sissibrode
09 Sep 2011
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REMEMBER the garden during the up standard sanitation....
I work hard since last weekend...just see....
See the beautiful weather we have today (last picture)
Suite soon !!!
I work hard since last weekend...just see....
See the beautiful weather we have today (last picture)
Suite soon !!!
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beautiful!!
Your gardens are lovely, and I'm hoping to see photos when you add your chickens, rooster, ducks, goats and/or sheep. When I was a child, we had ducks, and grandmother had chickens and a rooster, which I fed when I visited her. Sheep are certainly lovely animals to look at, but I've never raised them. It is all so wonderful!
Wow I'm so jealous: On the weather, the garden and most of all the house ;o)
I know it is a lot of work to renovate an old house but it is worth the musclepain.
Greetings, Bettina
I know it is a lot of work to renovate an old house but it is worth the musclepain.
Greetings, Bettina
love your house and garden. Was always a dream of me. Now we have a Camper for touring through France. Small house no garden but lots of perfect places t be. Have fun with your house and garden and lots of lovely weather, Yvonne
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joanne8125
09 Sep 2011
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It is so cool that we can go through this dream with you from old to new and how beautiful it is coming along. I know you will be glad when it is over and you can just sit and enjoy it all.
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sissibrode
09 Sep 2011
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I forgot to put the pictures during the operation of gear and just after...
Here for you
Here for you
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cherylgauteng
09 Sep 2011
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I called my husband to look at your pics !! We are both REALLY impressed - your home is lovely.
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claudenicolas
09 Sep 2011
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How much work
You will have a nice home and beautiful garden
You will have a nice home and beautiful garden
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Have been enjoying your progress. There has been a lot of work done. Looks like you are trying to get as much work done outside before winter starts.
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40 cm is just shy of a foot. There must have been a lot of noise and dust going on. At least you know now your house was built sturdy.
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sissibrode
23 Oct 2011
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UPDATE :
do you remember this part of my kitchen ???
Look now : we wanted to open the wall to communicate with the other house ... and this is what we found under 40 cm of stone .... :o)
(last photo view from the other house)
do you remember this part of my kitchen ???
Look now : we wanted to open the wall to communicate with the other house ... and this is what we found under 40 cm of stone .... :o)
(last photo view from the other house)
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Amazing - you are doing so much work - but when you are all finished - you will love and adore all the creative and wonderful additions. It will be a show place.
and I punched the wall alone !!
ttt
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thanks for the update, great work so far. Keep up the great work. DeVon
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sissibrode
23 Oct 2011
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A part of Back kitchen :
After and now (the toilets are nearing completion, the laundry will come later). on the last photo, one part of the stones that were taken out of the ground
After and now (the toilets are nearing completion, the laundry will come later). on the last photo, one part of the stones that were taken out of the ground
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ttt
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asterixsew
23 Oct 2011
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Looks liek you are very busy. If I look correctly the houses have been made into 2 at some point and now you have found the doorway that joins them up?
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Exactly !!!
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Wow!! I take it that the last photo is the other side looking back into the kitchen. I admire your huge undertaking to renovate this old farm house. Do you plan to use antique sinks,etc. or will it be a modern kitchen?
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the kitchen will be a mix of old and new, same for the bathroom :o)
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sissibrode
23 Oct 2011
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the living room before and now with a door leading to the new toilet and utility room
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ttt
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sissibrode
23 Oct 2011
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we decided to remove the old bathroom to turn it into office and use a bedroom for the new bathroom.
we also try to recycle as much furniture !
(soon be over i hope)
we also try to recycle as much furniture !
(soon be over i hope)
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loved this change to sink! It was beautiful!
Your old mobile is wonderful!
Your old mobile is wonderful!
gorgeous mobile!!!!!I loved it!
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sissibrode
23 Oct 2011
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Precision : I have been working since mid-September 6/7 days, 8 or 9 hours per day.... I'm tired but pleased with the progress of work :o)
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this house will become your dreamcastle. A lot of work but , worth all the hard work! it was lovely already but it's going to become beautiful!
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baydreamer
23 Oct 2011
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looking good , so when will you be ready for a cutie summit :)
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It is looking great I bet you are having fun I am jelous but I am so happy for you I know you will have what you want when you get it finished Mt mother cooked on a stove just like that when I was really young loved that stove it kept the kitchen worm and heat filtered through the house was nicew.
Lenamae
Lenamae
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23 Oct 2011
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Your progress is wonderful, Sissi; I know it must be exhausting to be working on the house 9 hours a day, but you will be so happy with the results. I'm proud of you and of the work that you have done. Congratulations on all of it. It's a lovely place, and I'm sure that you'll love living there for years and years to come.
Love and hugs,
Jacqueline
Love and hugs,
Jacqueline
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WOW! Looks like one of the DIY TV shows! Fantastic! Thanks for sharing!
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Such a beautiful home. I love your furniture. Thank you for sharing. Sarah.
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sissibrode
29 Jul 2012
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UPDATE July 29 :
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FRONTAGE
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recently, we took care of the front (well, this is a mason who did the work !)
remember before (1) and look now (2 to 4). But the work is far from over: the mason took away all the joints, sanded all the stones and now he has to repeat the new seals.
We also installed two roof windows (picture 5)
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FRONTAGE
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recently, we took care of the front (well, this is a mason who did the work !)
remember before (1) and look now (2 to 4). But the work is far from over: the mason took away all the joints, sanded all the stones and now he has to repeat the new seals.
We also installed two roof windows (picture 5)
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Looking great
Oh Sissi this is a lot of work but it starts now to look like a little chateau :o) Absolutely stunning and I lve the blue color you used for the shutters. Interesting to see the progress in all the pics in this post ;-)
Greetings, Bettina
Greetings, Bettina
This is so great, so much work, but beautiful, beautiful!
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Fabulous...it gives me goosebumps to look at this lovely property! The time, work and money this must be taking is mind blowing!
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hightechgrammy
29 Jul 2012
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Toooo amazing! I am sooo happy for you! I hope you had help fixing it up!
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susiesembroidery
29 Jul 2012
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Wow!!!!!! Amazing and fabulous. Your house is going to be your kingdom. You will be so proud when it is finished. Congratulations on living your dream. *****
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sissibrode
29 Jul 2012
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2nd Update : THE ENTRY
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Remember before....there was not entry (pictures 1 to 3)
During (picture 4) and after (pictures 5,6,7)
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Remember before....there was not entry (pictures 1 to 3)
During (picture 4) and after (pictures 5,6,7)
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Your results are impressive...I am in awe! Wow! It is looking fantastic!! You are doing great work!
Beautiful!
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sissibrode
29 Jul 2012
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3th update : KITCHEN (in progress)
remember : before (pictures 1 to 4)
During (pictures 5 to 8): I think I try to place the furniture a dozen times before arriving at what I really liked :o)
Now, but there are some little things to finish (pictures 9 to 12). On the last picture, we see a white door: I break through the wall with a jackhammer to open an indoor access to the other house (will be for cottages within 2 years I hope)
remember : before (pictures 1 to 4)
During (pictures 5 to 8): I think I try to place the furniture a dozen times before arriving at what I really liked :o)
Now, but there are some little things to finish (pictures 9 to 12). On the last picture, we see a white door: I break through the wall with a jackhammer to open an indoor access to the other house (will be for cottages within 2 years I hope)
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Unfortunately, we were not able to keep the old cook: she was too damaged and warmed almost more ...
Too bad about the little white cookstove, I thought she was cute!
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What you are doing is just wonderful! I don't know that I'd have the energy or know how to do it, but your new home is developing into something you must just love!
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This older home sure has turned into something very different! The way it is built. I am sure it has been a tremendous job for all of you. All that heavy stone to be refinished and moved in so many places would have been a job I could never have tackled. Maybe in my younger yrs before the arthritis crippled me but not now because I can no longer even do simple things.
It looks wonderful! I know with all of the work you have done on/in it that you are very proud that it has turned out so lovely! The landscape looking from your house looks like pictures from postcards. This would be what I would like to retire to and live out my old age in peace and serenity! This is an oustanding remodling job! Thanks for sharing with us. Linda
It looks wonderful! I know with all of the work you have done on/in it that you are very proud that it has turned out so lovely! The landscape looking from your house looks like pictures from postcards. This would be what I would like to retire to and live out my old age in peace and serenity! This is an oustanding remodling job! Thanks for sharing with us. Linda
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gigi70alvarran
30 Jul 2012
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Wow looks great i love old houses. Thanks for sharing.:}:}
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Looks fabulous, Congrats on all you are doing. Looking at some to the pictures brought back a lot of memories of when my parents did a simalar thing to a house when I was a child. Hope you have a wonderful time in your new home.
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A lot of work turning it into the home of your dreams and it is beautiful! I so wish my husband was a little handy so he could fix up our little house.
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You have really worked hard. I love your before, during, and after pictures. It is so exciting to see what you are doing. Thank you for sharing.
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31 Jul 2012
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I vote we all go to Sissi's house next summer! Your house is magnificent, well done! Just you be careful with that jackhammer, ok? Hugs, Marji
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4125✽
Magnifique ta maison, bravo, je te souhaite d'y être très heureuse.