To answer your question, it's the stand of an ancient farm table. The top was removable and those squares goes under the top table to stabilize it. If it's too low, it's because they cut the feets. If you work (clean and varnish) the base you can put a wood top if you want and you will have a table. You just have to adjust the feets.That's it. Simple is that! My grandmother have one 50 years ago (at least). That table was done to use it outside and you can move it everywhere you want. Note: I am French and try to explain it the bestI can. Hope it's going to help. :)
Bienvenue! 🙂 Actually in my house I have an antique table. I went to someone who restore them and he said »The feet of your table have been cut» I said what? She is too low. And he fix it, he add an extension on the legs. Nobody can see them. You should see this farm table, a real beauty! Her restauration cost me the price of his cost but I do not mind. She remind me the beautiful and charming summer house of my parents ❤ A loving place we used to go younger. Au revoir! Bon succès avec tous ces travaux.
We are in the states experiencing the arctic blast. Currently 16 below. We finally captured a stray kitty that has been roaming our neighborhood for months. The first thought that came to my mind immediately after capture was “what would Amanda do?” He is inside living his best live at the kitty spa. 🤣
They are coastal redwood trees.Sequoia Sempervirens. They may have been planted to resemble a naturally occurring cathedral ring. The main tree is in the center and basal sprouts grow around the tree. When the main tree is cut down or dies the outer sprouts grow in a ring formation around the stump. Some of the rings are very large. The one on my property is about 15 ft in diameter. We affectionately call it our Fairy Ring.
Hello, luckily I came across your channel! We are a Swiss couple and are currently buying a farm 5 minutes away from you. Hopefully we will get to know each other, even though I speak very little English. Best regards from Switzerland.❤🇨🇭
It’s alright that you speak little English. We have Framily in Austria! We communicate well with sign and Google translate and lots of hugs. They are the parents of our oldest non -daughter! She came as a foreign exchange student at age 17 almost 30 years ago and never left! They call us their American Framily (Friends who are more family) I think you will all hit it off! 🥰🥰🥰🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
I can’t go to France myself, so I am living my dream life through the two of you. I love the donkeys and the cats and your three-legged dog. Your work ethic is unbelievable. And I love the comfy, unpretentious way you finish and furnish the chateau.
Amanda, look thru comments! Everybody just Loves the Donkeys! Use their picture in your thumb size picture! We can then spread the picture and associate it with Your channel .
A tarp put under the hole in the floor will catch all the plaster and bits. It makes for easy cleanup. Once you pulled all the wood out, it is just plaster left. Picking up the tarp by the four corners then putting the plaster bits into the bags. Demo is always messy, knocking down concrete and bricks is never easy. So rewarding when it is all done. Love the size of your vegetable garden ❤
I remember seeing a table base like that , antique picnic table that could be folded and stored every winter. It had a huge round table top. Back then boulders would have been used under the legs to avoid wet rotten legs and help level it on uneven ground. The picture I saw looked like between 12 and twenty people seated around it .❤
I also believe it’s a base for a table. Maybe it’s for a coffee table? And not as old as the chateau but left behind by previous owner? I have a similar base w/o the square notices that acts as a serving tray stand or can be placed sideways like a lower coffee table etc…. The stand looks somewhat like that. Just a smaller version.
If you end up pulling out all those floorboard you could probably get them re-planed by a local sawmill, or buy a planer and do it yourself, and end up with some really beautiful finish flooring.
I bet if you ask your farmer neighbor when he moves the bale of hay, to scrape the top layer off with the hay fork on the tractor, he would happily do so for you before putting it in the feeder. Mine always did.
New subscriber here! The algorithm worked it's magic and landed me on one of your videos. I watched one and immediately went back to binge watch from the beginning, and I am now 2 videos away from being completely caught up! I have not been disappointed! The wood frame you've found is part of a drying rack. Slat boards would have gone across the top and it would have been used to dry various foods.
When you go into the woods hunting for hunters you should wear a very bright color like red , orange, yellow so the hunters will know you're not wild. You can put a red bandanna around the dog's collar when they are running outside.
Absolutely love watching your videos. You are both so down to earth, hardworking, & talented. Love your humor, patience, kindness and practical natures. What an awesome neighbor you have! The wooden frame is interesting, hopefully you have an antique expert among your viewers who can identify it.
My grand parents had one of those suports. It was used as a drying rack. They had boards that went from leg to leg with slats that went across, like a bed frame. They would hang foods to dry or box screens with grapes, corn or whatever. It was extra space during harvest time. Hope that helps. Thers was not that fancy. Grandma would also use it as a quilting frame.
Since you originally were from Connecticut Amanda you will know LI sound and the North Shore of LI . This is where I live. On my way to my brothers house one day I pass an old cemetery. There are deer there often,many of the homes below sit on the sound. I saw a truck on the side of the road. A man sitting there in camouflage. Not something we normally see here. Concerned people with children, dogs and generally all living things called the local police. This man came here from Connecticut because he saw on one of the beaches across the sound an “ 8 point buck”! I won’t go any further but many of us started our response with “ What the absolute #!*…”I had seen the buck crossing the road one morning. I stopped let him cross when he got into the woods he stopped turned and looked back at me, his eyes were staring at me he was stunning. I told him please be careful. Probably he was staring because this crazy lady was talking to him. But I’d like to think he was thanking me. Love your channel. I appreciate your love and care of animals. Please be safe , maybe orange vests when your out there. Your land is beautiful.
I was telling my husband about your into,as being undercover MI6 agents. Told him how much I love your sense of humor. He said “obviously, I heard you cackling”
You should be wearing a safety vest in the woods or carry an orange bandana. good care! Maybe the table was for a washtub station or something similar. Probably had a wooden top as well. Very cool
I should have mentioned this before but I'll say it now, you should both gift yourselves motorized dirt bikes so you can get around your property faster, when need be, create your pathways faster and chase the dam hunters off your property! Happy giving! Btw, it's cold and rainy here in South Florida too. Hate it!
It was the sweetest the way Lincoln looked at you and laughed when you said he was the boss man . I love working alongside my husband before I got sick.
Freezing here too. As far as boars are concerned, they're smart. I saw that one of the chateau owners encircled their park area with a low electric fence. Once a boar hits that, he won't do it again. For the donkeys, you might try a heated electric water bucket.
So many good ideas in the comments - it looks like you have a really handy multi-use thingy there. One rectangular top makes it a coffee table, bench or coffin carrier - add some extender blocks and now it's a console table, an extra space to sit canning jars as you preserve your apples and other produce, or open it up all the way and pop on a huge square or round picnic table top. Maybe that one rotted looking piece can be wood-hardened and filled. What a fun project for your 'spare time' if that is even in your current vocab.
Hi Amanda and Lincoln, I think you have every right to go after the hunters, I don't care where you live, it's your right not to have them on your property. Especially if one of them shoots first and finds out if it's a deer or boar later. I can't wait to see the cottage as it progresses. I think that wooden thing is upside down, and I have no idea what it is. Sorry. Thanks for making my Sunday. Love from N.Y.
Ah, but the locals don’t think like that in France. They do respect property boundaries per se but the hunters will have always been able to hunt wherever they normally hunt. They generally respect changes but not always happily. However, I think that it should be vital to wear a yellow vest to make yourself more visible just in case you get an unhappy hunter, especially if the boars are making their happy breeding home on their land. The farmers will become increasingly frustrated if that happens.
I must admit that the wood thing does look like a casket stand. We live in Osses, France (Basque country) and displaying the body still exists here. That is the first thing that came to mind when I saw it.
I saw this stand last episode and I totally agree with you. They can still be found in Quebec and in the Eastern Marines of rural Canada. I've seen them used as extra kitchen counter space for canning and preserving food when not being used as their primary purpose. Wonderful find.
You have a gate leg table. The top is apparently lost, but it’s “portable” (snicker) in the old times sense. And your trees appear not to be Sequioa’s or Redwood- but Western Red Cedar. They are now found throughout Edwardian gardens, hardy and with insane growth rates.
Hi I would take the wood out by plank, you can later plane them and reuse them. If not rotten they are nice old wood. That costs a fortune today. Have fun demolishing !
Y'all are my favorite channel! Love your music selection. I'm in Texas and as other US folks have mentioned, it's flippin' cold, in the 20s with a windchill of 15. I'd typically be up in arms about it but after the abusive summer, not a peep. 😆
Here here! North Texan here! Got down to 11 degrees F last night. Our heater can’t keep up. We now have a portable clean kerosene space heater. Thankful to have that since they say the power grid may not be able to cope with the supply. We are more prepared since the 2021 Snowmaggedon! Lol
At the point of view of possibly renting in the future, remember that a clawfoot tub is beautiful, but what people really want is a nice large walk-in glass shower. No shower curtains because they are gross in rentals. 😮
Hello from Western New York, I love your channel, your love for animals, your humor, your hatred of hunting, and your beautiful home and property! I live my dream life through yours! Keep up the great videos, I truly appreciate the effort and love watching 🥰🐶🐱🫏 Not sure if that's a donkey emoji, but it's close!
The wooden table base or casket stand wouldn't seem to make sense since one cross beam is higher than the other. How would anything balance on it? Hmm 🤔
This was my thought too! I think it might be a quilt stretcher with corner pieces missing. Church ladies would stretch out the quilt & hand sew as a group. Gram used to have one but now my sister has it.
I suggest putting in a water trough for the donkeys (so they can’t turn it over) and running a water line down to it. Hauling water is not good for the back. Digging a trench for the water line would be fairly easy with all the rain you’ve had. The sooner you do it, the longer you get to enjoy it.
It's an out door farm serving table, for when they took their tea , breakfast or brunch out doors. These items were carried out as well as tables, chairs and even art work to decorate the day. made easy to store as well. Typically much taller than this one, yet that could have been altered.
About the mystery object -- because it folds, I'd think it's designed to be collapsed and put away when not in use. Makes me wonder if it's used for some textile purpose, like the base of large quilt frame, or some similar craft for use by a group of people seated around it.
Amanda… take the video of the ‘coffin stand’ to your local brocanteur… they will know. I wondered if it was for a bed canopy? Also it might be upside down…
Yes, we have a chainsaw and not afraid of hard work. Will work for your delicious dinners! It’ll seem like a vacation! Cold in Kentucky at 22 but out to check and collect the game cameras. Need some hunters orange when you’re in the woods. We have poachers here too! Such a nuisance! Love the moveable decorative wood furniture piece, hope it’s used for outdoor picnics!!!
Maybe get the tree surgeon fellow that works at Chateau la lande or with Dan at Escape to rural France. The tree fellow can make planks from trees with his equipment
Here's how you tell a pine from a fir tree: Look for the number of needles that come out of the same spot on a twig. If a twig bears needles in groups of two, three, or five, you can safely call it a pine. If the twig carries its needles singly, it's a good bet you've got a fir or a spruce. You're welcome.
Worried about you, couple, not using masks during reno. Hundred years of dust may be dangerous to breathe. Take care 🙌so beautiful the donkey sniffing the camera😅
The wooden base looks like it had a wooden top that sits on the leg fittings. I have seen these benches sometimes upholstered in front of open fireplaces so people could sit and warm themselves by the fire. It can be used at the foot of beds, in hallways and under windows. It could be placed behind a lounge as a table or a bench making it two sided if it is placed in the middle of a room. It could be placed in front of a chaise lounge. I have seen them in a lot of the historical movies/shows, 1800-1900s eras. It could be upholstered and used in the middle of a dressing room or walk in closest. Could be used as a bench that goes under a hanging rack or wall shelving. Depending on the height of a lounge can be used as a coffee table. If it is knee height it could be used as a bench for a dining table.
The "Table' is indeed a casket stand. The reason for the height is so that the body sits at about 1m with the lid off. the tops of the table are designed to fit in the bottom corners of the casket as there is normally a void in the bottom. OR, in earlier years of casket making a table top was place on the legs and the casket sat on that. These were portable tables as churches didn't need them sitting around taking up space. When I lived in Germany there was one of these in the garage. The garage owner explained to me what it was.
My first guess: a coffee table. Glass or marble go on the top. Again, just a guess. **You need to make a video for Geobeat Animals or the DoDo channels on your cats or the donkeys. Or all the animals! It would be adorable.
Living in the Pacific Northwest We have abundant Douglas fir trees like the one that fell. When looking at the underside of the needles look for two prominent white lines along the edge of each needle, this is the indicator for Douglas Fir. Fir trees grow in groves. They rely on other fir trees to "link" their roots together and hold each other up since they don't have tap roots. Your "tree hole" is a common sight after a rainy/ windstorm here. Also once ivy is allowed to grow up them that is a death sentence for the tree... Enjoying you latest construction project. Best, Brian
Definitely the French equivalent of a farm workers table. In the states, most farms had gateleg supports that were pinned open with a hook and eye. Farm workers were then fed at these tables. After finishing the gatelegs were folded shut and table leaned against the barn wall. We have a twelve foot long one that we refinished and use everyday!
❤😂😊❤….thx for the walk though the woods…. I would make a picnic table from the wooden thing- even if it was for a casket… repurpose- reuse…. I actually like the old wood floor in cottage!… looking forward to spring already!!!…. Have a great week!
I understand that your beautiful house has great potential when renovated but how lucky are you to have those wonderful looking outbuildings also 😳👏😳👏😳👏
It looks like it may be a casket bier. Family member had a funeral home and this looks like a homemade one, maybe for a particular family members final journey. There may have been cross cuts of wood that slipped over the post ends to prevent it slipping. Either way it is a creepy fun find.
We are cold here in Canada and now we are getting so much snow. You are lucky that you don't have to shovel snow or blow snow. I love your property and the size of the Chateau, also the charm of your cottages are worth the price of charging an admission. Wow so charming. I'm in the same camp as you with the hunters. Years ago I used to ride in the woods and they would trespass and I would freak out at them and called them some dirty rotten language. Years from now you'll look back and chuckle about your work etc. Keep your spirits up. This year will be a great year for you.😊
It would be great if you could get someone to come in and thin out the woods beside the garden wall and over by the water feature. Maybe you could entice them by giving them the wood…. lunch 😊 You are doing great….carry on!!
Bath description was perfect and hysterical! Solid concrete? No way! I immediately heard that shot. I understand hunting but agree about safety. My husband is a veggie for over 50 years. I will eat meat sometimes, seldom really. The day after he finally arrived, after we bought, was hunting season. Since then he puts food outside, apples and such, for the deer now. We also had a pine fall near our house. What an expense to just get it hauled into the back field. You've an undertaking there, with trees. Excited to watch the progress! Lots of volunteer trees. Piece looked like a short table of some kind, to me.
i so look forward to your vlogs your crazy sense of humour makes me laugh...i love your cottage its so sweet and can't wait to see it finished i know you both will do it justice😊❤
Perhaps the stand is a quilting stand. Thanks for your channel. I’m not a RUclipsr but I went through breast cancer and your channel helped me. You’re extraordinary people creating extraordinary things. Thanks so much for your channel.
It’ six below zero here in Indiana. Your physical working. But so nice that you are not living in the politics of work. Lifestyle is so much happier in France. I hear working as a spy will not reward monetary but let’s u get to live in a chateau.
I’ll bring my chain saw and fishing rod...oh the possibilities ..You are blessed. Blessed with plenty of work in an enchanting land. All the running water !!! And yes, hunters please respect landowner. Once we were asked if a family could hunt bear and dress it in our drive way...easy answer...NO. 😂
Hi guys another great vlog and thank you for the tour of your woodland. The frame looks like a scissor leg frame for a square table and we love your sequoia trees, it is a great timber for making windows and doors. We have two cubic meters of it slabbed up ready to make our doors and windows at our French farmhouse ❤
We recently had a large pine fall into our yard from our neighbors. It was covered in English ivy which can eventually weaken and kill a tree. I know that you have plenty of time on your hands, so you may want to go around your property and cut the vines at the base of the trees. 😊Be careful of those hunters, I don’t blame you for hating them being on your land. Love your channel!
Cold in the US too (about 2 degrees F. above 0), and a stiff wind, but little snow, maybe 6 inches. I would put a good fence around your property, a good fence makes for good neighbors and buy about a dozen goats. They will eat the undergrowth and keep the weeds down. The donkeys and goats should get along well. And if you buy the right breed of goats, you could milk them and make your own goat cheese😁
I agree. Been told by goat and donkey owner that the donkeys protect the goats. They have five goats, plan to buy at least two more, and two donkeys. However, they have a fence around their acreage. Hello from frozen Oklahoma with single digit temperature, minus double digit wind chill, and snowing with mild wind of 13 mph as I write. Don't have much time for YT, but you're at the top of my list.
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To answer your question, it's the stand of an ancient farm table. The top was removable and those squares goes under the top table to stabilize it. If it's too low, it's because they cut the feets. If you work (clean and varnish) the base you can put a wood top if you want and you will have a table. You just have to adjust the feets.That's it. Simple is that! My grandmother have one 50 years ago (at least). That table was done to use it outside and you can move it everywhere you want. Note: I am French and try to explain it the bestI can. Hope it's going to help. :)
Merci :)
Bienvenue! 🙂 Actually in my house I have an antique table. I went to someone who restore them and he said »The feet of your table have been cut» I said what? She is too low. And he fix it, he add an extension on the legs. Nobody can see them. You should see this farm table, a real beauty! Her restauration cost me the price of his cost but I do not mind. She remind me the beautiful and charming summer house of my parents ❤ A loving place we used to go younger. Au revoir! Bon succès avec tous ces travaux.
@@clairetremblay3023 your English is pretty good! I bet it sounds good too.
Thank you so much! It's very kind. 😇@@kathyeyesopen4078
@@clairetremblay3023, I’m sorry we can’t see photos here, but it’s just a stunning view 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
'We're two bumbling MI6 agents impersonating an American couple restoring a chateau!' Hilarious! 😂😅😊🤣👏
We are in the states experiencing the arctic blast. Currently 16 below. We finally captured a stray kitty that has been roaming our neighborhood for months. The first thought that came to my mind immediately after capture was “what would Amanda do?” He is inside living his best live at the kitty spa. 🤣
How wonderful! Lucky kitty 🐈⬛
Sending you warm air from down here in Florida.
Same here! Thank goodness for my woodstove and being fully prepared! Stay warm and stay safe friends!
Wow we are only -10 here. Needless to say my indoor/ outdoor kitties have each claimed a spot in the house.
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We don't have 🥵 warm air like Florida but it's really cold in Southern California.
They are coastal redwood trees.Sequoia Sempervirens. They may have been planted to resemble a naturally occurring cathedral ring. The main tree is in the center and basal sprouts grow around the tree. When the main tree is cut down or dies the outer sprouts grow in a ring formation around the stump. Some of the rings are very large. The one on my property is about 15 ft in diameter. We affectionately call it our Fairy Ring.
Hello, luckily I came across your channel! We are a Swiss couple and are currently buying a farm 5 minutes away from you. Hopefully we will get to know each other, even though I speak very little English.
Best regards from Switzerland.❤🇨🇭
Wow! We must meet :)
It’s alright that you speak little English. We have Framily in Austria! We communicate well with sign and Google translate and lots of hugs. They are the parents of our oldest non -daughter! She came as a foreign exchange student at age 17 almost 30 years ago and never left! They call us their American Framily (Friends who are more family) I think you will all hit it off! 🥰🥰🥰🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Wishing you two good luck with your new farm ! From Timmy in Texas, USA
I can’t go to France myself, so I am living my dream life through the two of you. I love the donkeys and the cats and your three-legged dog. Your work ethic is unbelievable. And I love the comfy, unpretentious way you finish and furnish the chateau.
Me too. In fact living far from this incredible universe, but feeling as if I had taken part of it lost in time 🤗
You need Nick to come look at your trees. Maybe Dan can spare him for a day?
I always think they need Nick whenever they show the trees 😊
I was thinking the same thing. :)
Oh! I love seeing the donkey close up when you were working on the hay bale. Too cute!!!
I'm ready for my closeup Mr. De Mille !😂
Amanda, look thru comments! Everybody just Loves the Donkeys! Use their picture in your thumb size picture! We can then spread the picture and associate it with Your channel .
You absolutely have the right to say who goes on your land. I hate all forms of hunting.
A tarp put under the hole in the floor will catch all the plaster and bits. It makes for easy cleanup. Once you pulled all the wood out, it is just plaster left. Picking up the tarp by the four corners then putting the plaster bits into the bags. Demo is always messy, knocking down concrete and bricks is never easy. So rewarding when it is all done. Love the size of your vegetable garden ❤
I remember seeing a table base like that , antique picnic table that could be folded and stored every winter. It had a huge round table top. Back then boulders would have been used under the legs to avoid wet rotten legs and help level it on uneven ground. The picture I saw looked like between 12 and twenty people seated around it .❤
Interesting...
I also believe it’s a base for a table. Maybe it’s for a coffee table? And not as old as the chateau but left behind by previous owner? I have a similar base w/o the square notices that acts as a serving tray stand or can be placed sideways like a lower coffee table etc…. The stand looks somewhat like that. Just a smaller version.
Always fun to watch your videos. I agree with others who believe you have a table base.
If you end up pulling out all those floorboard you could probably get them re-planed by a local sawmill, or buy a planer and do it yourself, and end up with some really beautiful finish flooring.
That is a good neighbor!
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When cutting through the floor using a circular saw, you must saw straight down. Do not use the side of the blade.
I bet if you ask your farmer neighbor when he moves the bale of hay, to scrape the top layer off with the hay fork on the tractor, he would happily do so for you before putting it in the feeder. Mine always did.
Even after several bold hints my neighbour still hasn’t shown up to clean my eaves! Big kudos to yours.
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New subscriber here! The algorithm worked it's magic and landed me on one of your videos. I watched one and immediately went back to binge watch from the beginning, and I am now 2 videos away from being completely caught up! I have not been disappointed! The wood frame you've found is part of a drying rack. Slat boards would have gone across the top and it would have been used to dry various foods.
Super! Glad you found us :)
When you go into the woods hunting for hunters you should wear a very bright color like red , orange, yellow so the hunters will know you're not wild. You can put a red bandanna around the dog's collar when they are running outside.
Absolutely love watching your videos. You are both so down to earth, hardworking, & talented. Love your humor, patience, kindness and practical natures. What an awesome neighbor you have! The wooden frame is interesting, hopefully you have an antique expert among your viewers who can identify it.
Ha ha ha! LOVED your intro! You have such a good sense of humor! 😂 Stay warm--we're freezing here in Illinois, too!
My grand parents had one of those suports. It was used as a drying rack. They had boards that went from leg to leg with slats that went across, like a bed frame. They would hang foods to dry or box screens with grapes, corn or whatever. It was extra space during harvest time.
Hope that helps.
Thers was not that fancy. Grandma would also use it as a quilting frame.
Since you originally were from Connecticut Amanda you will know LI sound and the North Shore of LI . This is where I live. On my way to my brothers house one day I pass an old cemetery. There are deer there often,many of the homes below sit on the sound. I saw a truck on the side of the road. A man sitting there in camouflage. Not something we normally see here. Concerned people with children, dogs and generally all living things called the local police. This man came here from Connecticut because he saw on one of the beaches across the sound an “ 8 point buck”! I won’t go any further but many of us started our response with “ What the absolute #!*…”I had seen the buck crossing the road one morning. I stopped let him cross when he got into the woods he stopped turned and looked back at me, his eyes were staring at me he was stunning. I told him please be careful. Probably he was staring because this crazy lady was talking to him. But I’d like to think he was thanking me. Love your channel. I appreciate your love and care of animals. Please be safe , maybe orange vests when your out there. Your land is beautiful.
Oh my gosh, what is wrong with people? That's nice of you :)
OMG I’m from CT and I can vouch for the crazy. I’m so glad you intervened!!
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Maybe you should adopt some beavers to help with a dam build and to run your hydro electric plant.
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How do I love your channel…let me count the ways…❤
Thanks for taking us along!!
Ok, what about using a Debris chutes and collect straight into sacks!
We prefer chaos and mess 🤪
@@OurFrenchChateau You sound like me. I aways seem to do things the hard way.
not a casket stand.... just take a photo and take it to brocante... they will know
I was telling my husband about your into,as being undercover MI6 agents. Told him how much I love your sense of humor. He said “obviously, I heard you cackling”
I'll bet he'd probably heard a lot of us cackling, if the windows were open! 😂
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You should be wearing a safety vest in the woods or carry an orange bandana. good care! Maybe the table was for a washtub station or something similar. Probably had a wooden top as well. Very cool
I should have mentioned this before but I'll say it now, you should both gift yourselves motorized dirt bikes so you can get around your property faster, when need be, create your pathways faster and chase the dam hunters off your property! Happy giving! Btw, it's cold and rainy here in South Florida too. Hate it!
It was the sweetest the way Lincoln looked at you and laughed when you said he was the boss man . I love working alongside my husband before I got sick.
Freezing here too. As far as boars are concerned, they're smart. I saw that one of the chateau owners encircled their park area with a low electric fence. Once a boar hits that, he won't do it again.
For the donkeys, you might try a heated electric water bucket.
Get a big bull horn and shout “NO HUNTERS ALLOWED ON THIS PROPERTY!’ Before approaching gun shot area please! ❤
So many good ideas in the comments - it looks like you have a really handy multi-use thingy there. One rectangular top makes it a coffee table, bench or coffin carrier - add some extender blocks and now it's a console table, an extra space to sit canning jars as you preserve your apples and other produce, or open it up all the way and pop on a huge square or round picnic table top. Maybe that one rotted looking piece can be wood-hardened and filled. What a fun project for your 'spare time' if that is even in your current vocab.
Yep, casket stand. Wakes used to be in the home. Yep, nope! ❤
Hi Amanda and Lincoln, I think you have every right to go after the hunters, I don't care where you live, it's your right not to have them on your property. Especially if one of them shoots first and finds out if it's a deer or boar later. I can't wait to see the cottage as it progresses. I think that wooden thing is upside down, and I have no idea what it is. Sorry. Thanks for making my Sunday. Love from N.Y.
Upside down? I think you may be right!!! Amanda, take a picture of it like this😅
Ah, but the locals don’t think like that in France. They do respect property boundaries per se but the hunters will have always been able to hunt wherever they normally hunt. They generally respect changes but not always happily. However, I think that it should be vital to wear a yellow vest to make yourself more visible just in case you get an unhappy hunter, especially if the boars are making their happy breeding home on their land. The farmers will become increasingly frustrated if that happens.
This program has everything, funny donkeys, scary gun shots, suspenseful demo and the best looking cast. (Ask Budo what type of pine you have. Lol)
I must admit that the wood thing does look like a casket stand. We live in Osses, France (Basque country) and displaying the body still exists here. That is the first thing that came to mind when I saw it.
I meant to say that displaying the body at home, still exists here.
I did a search and it seems the old casket stands have a similar decoration to what we have. Very interesting...
I saw this stand last episode and I totally agree with you. They can still be found in Quebec and in the Eastern Marines of rural Canada.
I've seen them used as extra kitchen counter space for canning and preserving food when not being used as their primary purpose. Wonderful find.
Interesting... I did know that...@@l.m.2404
You have a gate leg table. The top is apparently lost, but it’s “portable” (snicker) in the old times sense. And your trees appear not to be Sequioa’s or Redwood- but Western Red Cedar. They are now found throughout Edwardian gardens, hardy and with insane growth rates.
Hi I would take the wood out by plank, you can later plane them and reuse them. If not rotten they are nice old wood. That costs a fortune today. Have fun demolishing !
It looks like a victorian coffee table base, but my morbid brain is delighted at the idea of a coffin stand 😅
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Y'all are my favorite channel! Love your music selection.
I'm in Texas and as other US folks have mentioned, it's flippin' cold, in the 20s with a windchill of 15. I'd typically be up in arms about it but after the abusive summer, not a peep. 😆
Here here! North Texan here! Got down to 11 degrees F last night. Our heater can’t keep up. We now have a portable clean kerosene space heater. Thankful to have that since they say the power grid may not be able to cope with the supply. We are more prepared since the 2021 Snowmaggedon! Lol
Also here in Texas
At the point of view of possibly renting in the future, remember that a clawfoot tub is beautiful, but what people really want is a nice large walk-in glass shower. No shower curtains because they are gross in rentals. 😮
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Hello from Western New York, I love your channel, your love for animals, your humor, your hatred of hunting, and your beautiful home and property! I live my dream life through yours! Keep up the great videos, I truly appreciate the effort and love watching 🥰🐶🐱🫏 Not sure if that's a donkey emoji, but it's close!
Hi from Niagara!
Hello! We are in Jamestown NY😊
It's a table stand. An ancient version of a modern folding table. Greetings from France.
I’m so grateful that you do follow up with these hunters!
The wooden table base or casket stand wouldn't seem to make sense since one cross beam is higher than the other. How would anything balance on it? Hmm 🤔
This was my thought too! I think it might be a quilt stretcher with corner pieces missing. Church ladies would stretch out the quilt & hand sew as a group. Gram used to have one but now my sister has it.
@@marshawargo7238 This will probably be the questions 200 years from now when they are trying to figure out what a water bed is 😂
EXACTLY what I was thinking! Nothing placed on top would be level!
I don’t know if it will help, but I’ve seen people cut top layer of hay roll off with a chainsaw, stops you hands getting sore ❤🇬🇧
You are my “tv show” to watch. The cottage would be an amazing holiday let!
Dominic's ready for his close-up, Mr. DeMille! Such a personality - love them!
I suggest putting in a water trough for the donkeys (so they can’t turn it over) and running a water line down to it. Hauling water is not good for the back. Digging a trench for the water line would be fairly easy with all the rain you’ve had. The sooner you do it, the longer you get to enjoy it.
It's an out door farm serving table, for when they took their tea , breakfast or brunch out doors. These items were carried out as well as tables, chairs and even art work to decorate the day. made easy to store as well. Typically much taller than this one, yet that could have been altered.
Low table or consule/consul table...add a 2" thick top...could be amazing
About the mystery object -- because it folds, I'd think it's designed to be collapsed and put away when not in use. Makes me wonder if it's used for some textile purpose, like the base of large quilt frame, or some similar craft for use by a group of people seated around it.
Amanda… take the video of the ‘coffin stand’ to your local brocanteur… they will know. I wondered if it was for a bed canopy? Also it might be upside down…
Yes, we have a chainsaw and not afraid of hard work. Will work for your delicious dinners! It’ll seem like a vacation! Cold in Kentucky at 22 but out to check and collect the game cameras. Need some hunters orange when you’re in the woods. We have poachers here too! Such a nuisance! Love the moveable decorative wood furniture piece, hope it’s used for outdoor picnics!!!
Won't dy-no-mite be quicker? 🤔 Oh, asking for a friend. 😏
Maybe get the tree surgeon fellow that works at Chateau la lande or with Dan at Escape to rural France. The tree fellow can make planks from trees with his equipment
Here's how you tell a pine from a fir tree: Look for the number of needles that come out of the same spot on a twig. If a twig bears needles in groups of two, three, or five, you can safely call it a pine. If the twig carries its needles singly, it's a good bet you've got a fir or a spruce. You're welcome.
Well, I learned something today. Can’t wait to use that knowledge to impress my family!🌲
@@dottieditto9064 So did we! Thanks😊
Pine needles are usually much longer, at least in Canada they are. I am sure there are many different types of pines.
You are both M16 agents?? It’s great to know the world is in good hands 🤣
Worried about you, couple, not using masks during reno. Hundred years of dust may be dangerous to breathe. Take care 🙌so beautiful the donkey sniffing the camera😅
Just a tip I saw from the convent restoration you tube, install a shoot from second floor window to throw out debris directly into your cart
Don't mess with mamma bear😊
The wooden base looks like it had a wooden top that sits on the leg fittings. I have seen these benches sometimes upholstered in front of open fireplaces so people could sit and warm themselves by the fire. It can be used at the foot of beds, in hallways and under windows. It could be placed behind a lounge as a table or a bench making it two sided if it is placed in the middle of a room. It could be placed in front of a chaise lounge. I have seen them in a lot of the historical movies/shows, 1800-1900s eras. It could be upholstered and used in the middle of a dressing room or walk in closest. Could be used as a bench that goes under a hanging rack or wall shelving. Depending on the height of a lounge can be used as a coffee table. If it is knee height it could be used as a bench for a dining table.
The casket idea makes some sense, but maybe it has something to do with tapestry making? Like a tapestry work table?
How dreamy that you consistently discover things on your land and that you can even get lost. Wonderful.
Temporary bed but I like the idea of a casket stand. 😊
I saw a table that looks like that in Egypt, they would bring a copper tray to put on it and everyone would sit on the ground and eat from it.
The "Table' is indeed a casket stand. The reason for the height is so that the body sits at about 1m with the lid off. the tops of the table are designed to fit in the bottom corners of the casket as there is normally a void in the bottom. OR, in earlier years of casket making a table top was place on the legs and the casket sat on that. These were portable tables as churches didn't need them sitting around taking up space. When I lived in Germany there was one of these in the garage. The garage owner explained to me what it was.
I would probably make your stand into a sofa table - put it behind a sofa and put some table lamps on it.
Your hard work, custodianship of the buildings and grounds and love for Animals are very inspiring!❤
My first guess: a coffee table. Glass or marble go on the top. Again, just a guess.
**You need to make a video for Geobeat Animals or the DoDo channels on your cats or the donkeys. Or all the animals! It would be adorable.
Living in the Pacific Northwest We have abundant Douglas fir trees like the one that fell. When looking at the underside of the needles look for two prominent white lines along the edge of each needle, this is the indicator for Douglas
Fir. Fir trees grow in groves. They rely on other fir trees to "link" their roots together and hold each other up since they don't have tap roots. Your "tree hole" is a common sight after a rainy/ windstorm here. Also once ivy is allowed to grow up them that is a death sentence for the tree...
Enjoying you latest construction project.
Best,
Brian
Definitely the French equivalent of a farm workers table. In the states, most farms had gateleg supports that were pinned open with a hook and eye. Farm workers were then fed at these tables. After finishing the gatelegs were folded shut and table leaned against the barn wall. We have a twelve foot long one that we refinished and use everyday!
House has good bones it will be lovely 😍 xxx
We are having the same weather,rain,rain,wind,now cold. Trees falling with a booom! Sorry about the hunters.
Love your sense of humor! 😊👍 We are experiencing extreme winter temperatures in central USA! 🥶
❤😂😊❤….thx for the walk though the woods…. I would make a picnic table from the wooden thing- even if it was for a casket… repurpose- reuse…. I actually like the old wood floor in cottage!… looking forward to spring already!!!…. Have a great week!
I understand that your beautiful house has great potential when renovated but how lucky are you to have those wonderful looking outbuildings also 😳👏😳👏😳👏
I totally support you about the hunters. I would feel the same way. Love your vlogs. I as wondering about the MI6 thing.😂🇨🇦
It looks like it may be a casket bier. Family member had a funeral home and this looks like a homemade one, maybe for a particular family members final journey. There may have been cross cuts of wood that slipped over the post ends to prevent it slipping. Either way it is a creepy fun find.
We are cold here in Canada and now we are getting so much snow. You are lucky that you don't have to shovel snow or blow snow. I love your property and the size of the Chateau, also the charm of your cottages are worth the price of charging an admission. Wow so charming. I'm in the same camp as you with the hunters. Years ago I used to ride in the woods and they would trespass and I would freak out at them and called them some dirty rotten language. Years from now you'll look back and chuckle about your work etc. Keep your spirits up. This year will be a great year for you.😊
New sub here..from Tiburon, CA
Enjoying your channel...makes me want to visit France ❤your kitties, donkeys and dogs
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It would be great if you could get someone to come in and thin out the woods beside the garden wall and over by the water feature.
Maybe you could entice them by giving them the wood…. lunch 😊
You are doing great….carry on!!
You could use a consult from Chateau Lalande’s Nick, the Tree Surgeon! He’s probably hours away from way but he’s great at forestry management.
Great idea!
Bath description was perfect and hysterical! Solid concrete? No way! I immediately heard that shot. I understand hunting but agree about safety. My husband is a veggie for over 50 years. I will eat meat sometimes, seldom really. The day after he finally arrived, after we bought, was hunting season. Since then he puts food outside, apples and such, for the deer now. We also had a pine fall near our house. What an expense to just get it hauled into the back field. You've an undertaking there, with trees. Excited to watch the progress! Lots of volunteer trees. Piece looked like a short table of some kind, to me.
You guys live one of my dream lives ❤❤❤
i so look forward to your vlogs your crazy sense of humour makes me laugh...i love your cottage its so sweet and can't wait to see it finished i know you both will do it justice😊❤
When Lincoln is standing on something and says “rotten” and “we’ll see” ….😮
My dad who is a former antique dealer says it’s the bottom part of a wine table.
Interesting!
Perhaps the stand is a quilting stand. Thanks for your channel. I’m not a RUclipsr but I went through breast cancer and your channel helped me. You’re extraordinary people creating extraordinary things. Thanks so much for your channel.
It’ six below zero here in Indiana. Your physical working. But so nice that you are not living in the politics of work. Lifestyle is so much happier in France. I hear working as a spy will not reward monetary but let’s u get to live in a chateau.
I’ll bring my chain saw and fishing rod...oh the possibilities ..You are blessed. Blessed with plenty of work in an enchanting land. All the running water !!! And yes, hunters please respect landowner. Once we were asked if a family could hunt bear and dress it in our drive way...easy answer...NO. 😂
Hi guys another great vlog and thank you for the tour of your woodland. The frame looks like a scissor leg frame for a square table and we love your sequoia trees, it is a great timber for making windows and doors. We have two cubic meters of it slabbed up ready to make our doors and windows at our French farmhouse ❤
Hello, fancy - running into you here. : )
I love your channel. Thanks for your humour and fun updates! You are a great team.😊
We recently had a large pine fall into our yard from our neighbors. It was covered in English ivy which can eventually weaken and kill a tree. I know that you have plenty of time on your hands, so you may want to go around your property and cut the vines at the base of the trees. 😊Be careful of those hunters, I don’t blame you for hating them being on your land. Love your channel!
The silt at the bottom of your pond is fantastic compost. If you ever have it mucked out, save it for your garden.
I loved the donkey camera shot! Almost looked like they wanted in the shot too!
"I wonder what this is & why the carrot lady always has it in the hand, that could be carrying more carrots?😅
Aaaand lol
Kinda love the old fish pond the way it is
All natural
Bet the wildlife love it too ❤
Cold in the US too (about 2 degrees F. above 0), and a stiff wind, but little snow, maybe 6 inches. I would put a good fence around your property, a good fence makes for good neighbors and buy about a dozen goats. They will eat the undergrowth and keep the weeds down. The donkeys and goats should get along well. And if you buy the right breed of goats, you could milk them and make your own goat cheese😁
I agree. Been told by goat and donkey owner that the donkeys protect the goats. They have five goats, plan to buy at least two more, and two donkeys. However, they have a fence around their acreage. Hello from frozen Oklahoma with single digit temperature, minus double digit wind chill, and snowing with mild wind of 13 mph as I write. Don't have much time for YT, but you're at the top of my list.
Ohh, sorry guys, currently 60° here in San Diego, Calif