Lessons learned from family history - end of summer at our Italian farmhouse
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- Опубликовано: 9 июл 2024
- Young family restoring great grandparents’ ancient stone farmhouse in Southern Italy.
Turn on subtitles for narration.
00:00 Evening work
02:39 Fireworks
04:08 Plaster top coat
07:58 A watercolor
11:30 Night work
17:04 Finishing details
22:55 Cleaning up and leaving 
Хобби
This is the final video from our trip to Italy last summer. Turn on subtitles for narration.
This channel is primarily our family journal for this project, but we've been very happy to have helpful and kind comments on our videos. For those of you who have been interested in following along, thank you for your supportive comments and suggestions.
Best wishes for the new year!
I love your videos. I am retired and moved from the US to Italy 11 years ago all by myself. I bought a house in northern Tuscany (Lunigiana), but it only had a small garden. I sold it after covid and I'm now renting in Liguria. Sadly, I can't afford to buy a house and property like the one you inherited. You are very blessed. Yes it's a long and hard job to restore the home and eventually work the land, but it is your family's heritage and your son will surely enjoy it when it becomes his. Your style of filmmaking makes me relaxed and happy. I enjoy listening to the birds in your videos and can almost feel the air you breathe there. I wish you and your precious family every blessing both now and in the coming new year. As I say to my friends, I didn't choose Italy, but rather, Italy called me to live there. It's that powerful a place on a spiritual level, in my opinion.
Hello, your heritage is of unmeasurable value, I am green of jealousy, you have been there as a child, not knowing but registering values without knowing. Treasure the place maybe one day it will be a place of the most valuable refuge in the world. Thank all the same for your fantastic video.
Complimenti per la vostra scelta coraggiosa e sentimentale. Grazie per essere tornato in Italia per scoprire ed amare le tue radici. Saluti dalle Marche.
Beautiful dreams in Italy, art, love and sensitivity.
Beautiful series - can't wait for the next videos.
How sad it must be to drive away from that beautiful house! Beautifully rendered in ink and watercolor too.
The house is improving a lot and also the cleaning of the garden that you have done is transforming everything around the place into something wonderful, and the story about your family is amazing, it's nice to know about family memories that carry on for generations, I hope you will return to Italy soon
I really enjoyed watching your videos, I watched all 6 of them, it made me feel at peace with the future, the music in combination with the beautiful scenery, your beautiful family and your soft voice has made me feel at ease, as bleak as I may view my future it has given me hope. Thank You.
Been following your journey from the beginning. With lots of hard work on the land and the neglected house, you and your family are
slowly transforming it into a wonderful home. The sweat equity that
y'all are investing is already paying huge dividends, in my book. I applaud you for your tenacity and drive to learn new skills. May you
be blessed abundantly in the coming year! Loved your wife's watercolor of the house! 💯 👍
I enjoy your commentary. Really appreciate your insights into building a healthy family culture. Thank you
I know the feeling , we have a house in Puglia and we wish to spend more time there , seeing you in the video closing the doors has brought to me so many memories
Great work.!
The sound of grass hoppers chirping!
Man i cant wait for summer time in Wisconsin.
The cold winters are to long here!
Oh, that was lovely. I watched one of the first vignettes of the summer, I think, and then this last one. What a beautiful diary. Poignant, trying so hard to finish the roof and having to leave it en medias. Throwing rubble into the shed and locking it up: is that metaphoric for something too? Love the fading away of the last images of your son first looking out over the land of his summertime, and then turning calmly forward into what lies ahead. Hope another summer in Italy is happening already now for you three!
I’m not a plasterer but I watch a lot on RUclips 🤣 I think it is best to drag the plaster away from corners rather than towards as it has nowhere to go. So e.g. the ceiling join you would start at top and swipe down. Also don’t come back to it until you have the whole section done so it has time to grab. You are making a lovely job of it 😀
it's the journey that counts, no matter how long or short it is, this is a very special journey & one deserving of time; you will be there eventually & you now have a place you can go & wind down; i think it's lovely that you are restoring the old farmhouse & i think your grandparents would be very proud
thanx for taking us along on this slow journey of yours, hope to see more next summer
Part meditation, part philosophy, part famiglia, = SERENITY🙏..... you guys are a beautiful expression of the best qualities of the human condition!....blessings and good vibes, Buono Natale!😀❤🙏
Just binge watched your 6 episode's. Thoroughly enjoyed them. Can't wait to see some more. Good luck with your ventures. ❤
Best wishes for a happy 2024! I also wish you to find ways to be back soon.
Beautiful filming.
It’s always a pleasure to indulge with your family.
Loved the water color!
Such nice videos, it feels like we are right there with you each step you make. Sometimes the most rewarding things emerge afterwards.
Ciao ! ti aspettiamo qua'! tornerai... hai del sangue sannita! 😉
Love your content! Keep them coming.😁🤗🤗🤗
We are so happy that we discoverd your videos
They are amazing.
The bird singing, the outsights, your boy, the drawings, the work you did, it’s so peaceful.
Thank you so much for sharing.
Lovely birdsong look forward to 2024
WOOOOOW
SO VERY FANTASTIC PAINT I YOUR HOUSE✅✅🇨🇮
Thank you for sharing your journey in calm, beautiful videos. Best wishes for the next year! Saludos desde el sur de México.
👍👍👍 one after the other, everything in its own time. Rome was not built within one day either.
Still a lot of courage and strength.
The many roads to life! Imo yours seems very pleasant.(albeit some labour of love involved) Thank you& Good Health.
Rica is a very talented artist!
Thank you!
Nice house , great piece of land and good neighborhood...lol
Congrats on that TREE EPISODE..!
Carry on...
J’aime vraiment beaucoup vos réflexions et pensées sur la vie…..je cautionne fortement ! Profitez à fond de chacun de vos retours sur le domaine familial
Lovely watercolor! 🙂
Я рада что еще посмотрела одно видео хоть и последнее - хорошего Нового года - и ждем вашего возвращения чтоб смотреть ваши работы как вы устраиваете ваш дом - легкой вам дороги❤❤❤
Where are you guysss!!! I need more of your vids!!!
Lovely
Beautiful video, I enjoy them all. Your music choice resonates in my heart. Thank you for sharing Rica's watercolor session, it was thoughtful and beautiful. I shared this video with a friend who is an artist 💚 Happy New Year 2024~!
Thanks, happy new year to you as well!
Merci pour le partage, hâte de vous revoir. ♥️😊🇧🇪
Looking good. Everything all in good time.
Seguo sempre i vostri video e sono curiosa di vederei vostri progetti finali
What a joy❤
Thanks, glad you enjoyed :).
Thank you for sharing❤️🙏
Che magnifico progetto che avete, portato avanti con misura e intelligenza. I commenti sulla storia familiare passata e presente sono pieni di comprensione umana e saggezza. Buon viaggio di ritorno in America e buon 2024.
Grazie di cuore, e ricambio gli auguri di buon anno nuovo!
值得用一生的時光追求的平安感。
The birdsong is beautiful
well done, keep up great work
Un long chemin pour tout rénover, mais au bout du chemin , le bonheur! Magnifique endroit!
Merci bien! Je vous souhaites une bonne année !
Is this in Molise? I’m from Molise, this seems nearby. Beautiful house and place btw!
Not far, our place is in the foothills of the Matese area.
Ciao, la vostra è una gran bella proprietà ed hai fatto benissimo a tenerla. L'edificio è armonico, delle giuste dimensioni e ben costruito (l'opus murario è molto bello). Non sembra avere alcun problema strutturale. Il paesaggio circostante è uno dei punti forti del complesso. E' importante che tu proceda con un restauro conservativo per valorizzare al massimo l'immobile. Questo implica studiare la storia dell'edificio (quando è stato costruito, da chi) uno studio dell'architettura locale, dei materiali e delle tecniche utilizzate all'epoca. L' archivio del Comune e l'Archivio d Stato locale sono fonti imprescindibili. E' un lavoro preparatorio non da poco ma fondamentale per evitare errori grossolani e per accrescere il valore economico dell'immobile (la poesia deve essere accompagnata da un solido realismo). E' anche da evitare l'inserimento di elementi provenienti da culture remote ed estranee: questo eclettismo stilistico non da quasi mai buoni risultati. Sono curioso di vedere il vostro progetto. Ciao da Milano.
P.S. per gli intonaci guarda questo video: ruclips.net/video/LLovKAntr5Y/видео.html
Put mortar under the tiles to hold in place also near the wall.
Pure cinematography 😊🙏
Summer. I remember that...
It looks like you've got the lime plastering licked - thanks for passing on the process.
Wondering how easy the transition is between your different lives.
I find the hardest part is estimating how long it will take to finish up projects and preparing to leave, especially now that our son is coming with us. In the future I think better contingency planning for weather, and maybe better organization of our space (tools and such) could help make the start / end go more smoothly.
Just curious, are any of those large trees you’re cutting up good enough for milling? With all the thought you’ve put into everything I’m confident if they were you would have saved but have to ask. Thanks for sharing, I’m a handyman and feel inadequate by some of the things you’re tackling.
The oak species around the house is Q. cerris, which is not milled commercially in this area from what I understand. The reason is that these trees tend to have large cavities and they tend to get wind shake (fractures between growth rings). I've also read that boards will tend to warp more than other species when drying. Still, I think we may mill some for use in various projects with the understanding that most of the tree will end up as firewood. I have dried out a few pieces just to see how it looks and I think we can mill and use some. Finding the time to do so is hard though.
Best for 2024.
Nice. The title says southern Italy. I know Puglia is very dry and this looks very green. This means this area is somewhere south of Abruzzo and north of Puglia??
Our place is in the cultural territory of Sannio, which covers parts of Campania, Molise, and Abruzzo. Specifically, the house is in the foothills of the Matese mountains. Water is abundant here. There are two natural springs just a short walk from our house, for example, and the surrounding towns have many such springs and waterfalls coming down from the mountains.
This was a wonderful video. What area of southern Italy is this?
In the foothills of the Matese mountains, near the border between Campania and Molise.
@@SouthernItalyHomestead Oh, thanks for the infomation. A couple years back we had a family trip which included a stay in Cortona, Tuscany (just north of Umbria) and also a stay in Priaino (Amalfi coast). A hill town in your video reminded me of Tuscan hill towns, yet you also showed shoreline which looked similar to that near Napoli. Such a wonderful country, north to south and shore to shore. I look forward to your next videos, they're wonderfully paced and interesting.
Hi! Loved this episode! We also live in Campania and we're wondering what town this is at timestamp 26:13?
It's Santa Croce.
Questo posto somiglia molto dove abito io state a benevento per caso??
Vicino a Benevento, si.
Beautiful! We are following your journey as a family. How many acres did you inherit as my parents were asking, Cheers! 😊
35 or so, but it's very fragmented into smaller parcels due to how land used to be managed in our area. Would be nice to have things better organized, which is something we may try to do over time (sell certain parcels, purchase others, to consolidate). Costly process though.
Please don't let the vines grow on your home. They'll get in cracks and destroy if.
Il tuo video è molto poetico e molto commovente quando parli di tua nonna e della tua bisnonna. Sai, io credo che per capire veramente la vita che conduceva la tua bisnonna dovresti documentarti su quello che è stato il periodo fascista e della seconda guerra mondiale. Io so che la vita per le donne sole con figli,o perché vedove,o perché i mariti erano partiti all' estero per lavoro o perché erano soldati sul fronte, la vita delle donne rimaste sole non era per niente facile. In più c'era la miseria, la fame e tutte le responsabilità di avere due figli da crescere. Stranamente sento affetto per lei e chissà quante cose non ha potuto o voluto dirvi di ciò che aveva vissuto. Sta alla nuova generazione avere un modo di vivere diverso ma bisogna capire anche il passato per comprendere meglio. Un abbraccio affettuoso alla tua meravigliosa famiglia e tanti auguri di buon anno nuovo ❤
Grazie di cuore per i tuoi commenti, e ricambio gli auguri di buon anno nuovo!
@@SouthernItalyHomestead grazie mille 🙂
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J'aurais profité de refaire la toiture pour refaire le mur d'origine... et agrandir la maison...
Bienvenue! On ne refait pas la toiture 'pour bien' en ce moment, ce travail c'est juste pour ne permettre pas la pluie d'entrer dans la partie en bas. Il serait bien de agrandir la maison, mais c'est plus qu'on peut faire en ce moment. Peut être un jour. 😊
Je comprends. Vous faites un travail superbe dans les règles de l’art !
C’est déjà beaucoup 👍👏
а продолжение будет?
Lovely videos…when will you be back?
Later this spring.
Any updates on when you’ll be returning?
Editing a video right now from a recent trip. Not sure how much longer it will take to edit but should be posted within a few weeks.
@@SouthernItalyHomestead - Thank you for the reply!! I really enjoyed your previous videos, looking forward to seeing what is to come!
Roofing always starts at the bottom and works up. Ask any contractor.
For asphalt shingles that's true. For barrel tiles, it makes no difference. What matters is the overlap.
Mhh, "lavori di notte e vergogna di giorno" me lo diceva sempre un operaio di mio nonno che veniva dalla tua terra quando facevamo tardi per finire un lavoro.....lavorare su un tetto di notte è sempre pericoloso.
You're not just renovating a house. You are writing a poem for those who lived there and are no longer here. Maybe it will be a poem that will last for those who come after you. Those stones and that forest, wherever you are forced to go, will always be with you and you will know that there will always be a place to take your heart
Gibt es da keinen Winter und keinen Sturm. Die Dachsteine ohne Befestigung ist mutig anzubringen.
Maybe a sibling would be good for him to play with and love.