#21 Painting 20 sqm of doors & mysterious helpers - Renovating a farm in Italy
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- In the summer of 2023 we moved from a concrete suburb in The Netherlands to a dilapidated farmhouse in a tiny village in the northwest of Italy.
This week we're greeted by a surprise, start painting all the iron doors on the property, and enjoy the last beautiful and warm days of autumn.
Thank you for joining us on our renovation adventure.
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About the 'cellar' rooms: We probably could have given you a little bit more information. We will not be digging out the floor for several reasons:
1) This extension is built on a concrete slab foundation.
2) To reach the legally required ceiling height for living space in Italy (2m70), we'd have to dig out 1m45 minimum (1m25 plus c. 20cm for the new floor).
3) We have no shortage of living space.
We're looking for ideas on how to use the spaces in their current volume. All your out of the box thoughts are much appreciated.
They were probably used for crop storage. Ask your neighbours!
Typically a cellar would have wooden bins for storage of potatoes, onions, and other root vegetables. These days there are more efficient ways to store those crops using layered straw, etc. However, the whole area would be a good spot for storing canned vegetables too, especially if you hope to have a large productive garden next year. Just a few shelves would do the trick. (Provided you know the space will not freeze in cold temps.) It may have also been used to cure meats in the traditional ways of the time. Perhaps you could explore that option, after inquiring in your local area about historic practices of preserving foods. Your channel is so inspiring and relaxing at the same time. Such quality work, both what you are doing physically and how you present and edit your videos. Keep up the good work!
Maybe the cellar space would be handy for wheelbarrows, mowers, etc.
My grandmother used something similar to raise pigs, with a larger pen outside. Pigs are actually not too hard to raise, but don't know if you guys are interested in raising animals.
@@farmerconnie8172 from what we have been told they probably were used for raising pigs at some point, even though you'd expect them to still smell a little of the pig manure - but they don't. in the cow stables next to them you can still smell the manure.
Impressive repair job on the bottom of those metal doors. The color looks great as well.
I would use the cellar space as a root cellar. An insulated door might be all you need it keep it reasonably cool in the autumn/spring and warm enough not to freeze in the summer. A place to store your own canned goods from your future garden and boxes of carrot, potato, turnips in slightly damp sand and squash/pumpkin to use over the winter and spring.
I absolutely love your videos. 😊 In both your story telling and your being, you exude a calm steady tranquility that is both relaxing and inspiring. I love watching the slow but logically steady progress as you transform this abandoned farm and breathe new life and purpose into the buildings and the land.
As someone who is also living in a space while working to transform it, I know that it is, in reality, stressful at times and often hard to see the progress you have made when so much is left to do.
Thank you for sharing your vision and storytelling with us. 💗
With calm, dedication and attention you are creating your increasingly beautiful home.. 😊👍✨
Stories from the Cascina ASMR style… Fast/Slow… Light/Dark… Magritte vs Tati… and such dedication & determination!
Really enjoying your stories 😊
Another thing that you could use it for is for housing a off-grid power system, somewhere where you'll be able to control temperature for batteries maybe.
Wine cellar or root vegetables? Must have been so satisfying to paint those doors. I’m excited for you and your steady progress.
love the idea for a root cellar there! thank you ❤️
Good color choice for the doors and excellent metalwork repairs. Thanks for sharing.
I enjoy watching all of your hard work or 'sweat equity' as we call it here in USA. Such good work. You both are so thoughtful and thorough in everything you do.
I love watching what you do each time. A truly fabulous house which improves all the time. Great that you've painted the doors - pretty colour. The cellars, couldn't you use them to over winter root veg etc. A safe place for when you start producing crops.
Great fix for the doors, your metalworking abilities matches your woodworking.👍❤
Bertus has a way with metal that keeps amazing me for sure :-)
This is a great episode!
As for the the cellars it seems like a logical space for chickens.
Attached open pen outside for the free range aspect.
Great color choice for the metal doors!
glad you enjoyed it! ❤️ we'll be considering it as a space for chickens for sure!
I suggested similar - but miniature goats: chickens need coops to protect them from predators.
You would still have to get in there weekly to clean it out and get the eggs. I would store items that you don't need often in the off season.
@@jeanettefrancis6473 yes, that's the thing holding us back from using the space for animals. someone else suggested housing a rainwatertank there and we like that idea very much. lots to consider!
@@storiesfromthecascina I would store materials and things I don't have a plan for, like a window you have removed that might be handy some day but you don't know what for yet. It can't be heavy things though.
Plants look so tiny when we plant them but some of yours will get huge. It’s a learning process that has taught me for 49 years. We learn constantly!🌻Laura
Isis please please tie your hair back when using the dril or sander I lost 4 inches of my hair last week.i normally wear it in a bun I had it in a plait forget and when I was using the auger it caught in the drill end and just ripped it off.not happy I can tell you.I did try to untangle it but it just broke off,don’t want to see that happen to you.the bulbs should look great in spring maybe dig up and split the tulips bulbs might rejuvenate them love the sky view’s.and the way you have planned the jobs out for the right weather.must have been a shock to see the whole in the wall filled in.
I am so glad to see this comment as I want to write it in most episodes especially with tools but also when fixing the toilet seat😮 Pls be safe and protect your beautiful hair.
Bertus is very talented with the metal work on the doors, the repairs look great!
The 2 cellar areas could be a source of income.
Make some large flats about 6 to 10 inches deep with wheels, or put them on pipes so they can roll in and out of the cellars eaay. Attach pull ropes or wooden long pull handles could be used.
Fill the cellars with these flats. The flats you fill with fertilized dirt. Start growing bulbs in these flats. The bulbs can be sold online or to markets near you grown there in Italy, on your special farm. This could really be a big deal in your community and in an online market. Wrapping in hay and send them out as they're ordered.
Started bulbs would be a fabulous thing to sell from your farm. Putting the low ceiling cellars to good use..you need only pull the flats in and out as you start them, and pull them as they're sold.
I can see it in my mind, I hope it all made sense here.
I put bulbs in pots in closed paper bags then in closest to keep them and pull them out when their season of bloom is. I have year round bloomers this way. Most bulbs love the darker moist dirt to grow good roots.
Love all you've done!!
Oh about my you tube page name and pics. I'm allowing my 12 yr old grand daughter to use my youtube page so I can block users that are not her age and suspicious. I kinda watch over her on you tube but allow her to have her art, you could say.
My name is Heidi.
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I love the metal doors, Bertus did a great job on the repairs and the paint colour is lovely. I hope some of the doors stay if possible. Enjoyable video again, everything you do enhances the house in such a sympathetic way.
The cellar project - how about you make it as a food storage (potatoes, onion, carrots etc.) If you can make the room rat proof. Erik, Stockholm
My proposal: Use this room as a shelter for chickens.
Bellissimo video come sempre. 😊. E avete scelto un bellissimo colore per le porte e prossime persiane. E tu Isis mi sembra che sei anche un ottima cuoca. Voglio provare anche io a fare le mele con la cannella come nel video 😋😋. È veramente un piacere guardarvi. ❤❤
Love your aesthetics - you guys are real artists - your wood pile was a work of art and I love your systematic and sympathetic improvements - the steel doors look amazing...
Prachtig hoe jullie de metalen deuren hebben hersteld!!!
Hello, I love your vlogs. They are so peaceful to watch. I really respect your slower lifestyle, although I see how hard you work. My favorite suggestion is as a chicken coop. Putting the resting roost near ceiling will help them stay warmer in winter. Colorado Cherri
You were so right to paint the metal doors. Love the colour and they look great!
It's easy to see your contentment and happiness in all that you do to your wonderful place - your painting, planting of bulbs and herbs, and your beautiful cooking. ❤
Ah I'm glad to hear it's shining through! Thank you for noticing and supporting our journey
Ik kijk altijd enorm uit naar jullie video's. Zo mooi en ze stralen zoveel rust uit!
Leuk om te horen Malaika! Dankjewel voor het meekijken
Great job as always.Sage green is perfect! Hello from Houston,Texas,USA!
In those little small rooms you can put wine, cheese and hang salami! Should be cold all year around.
That moonrise! How lovely. Thanks I&B.
Really admire what you two are doing. Regarding bird strikes on windows, I’ve had a lot of success - not total success, but a major reduction in numbers - with bird-shaped anti-collision stickers. The ones I have are a frosted translucent non-color, so even though I’ve got a lot of them, they just blend right into the views. *edit: Also, I wonder whether one of the cellar rooms could be used as a root cellar and/or storage for preserves.
Love your videos! We watch you work, then you're off looking at your surroundings, great distractions! The doors look great, glad you had time to do them before the bad weather sets in. I love the "Thalia" Narcissus too, they smell so good! Reminds me, I need to get some more! Thank you for another walk with you as you continue making your house and property a real home!
The two cellars you can use for food storage, potatoes, vegetables etc.. I’m sure it is cool and dry enough to be able to store in it. This is why you have mesh on the door.
Bertus, nice job on the bottom of those metal doors!
Due to the uncomfortable ceiling height in those 2 rooms under the house, I would think long term storage would be the best use for them. Perhaps off season items, things like snow shovels and skis in the summer, and outdoor furniture and bikes etc in the winter, anything that you don't need to access on a regular basis, really. I love the paint color, every little bit you do is a wonderful check mark on the list. 💚💚💚(Robin E)
For an "out of the box" suggestion, I'm not sure if there are young kids who will be visiting but one could be a fun secret play house/hobbit house for them to use. Low wood furniture made from logs/branches from the property, battery powered lamps, books and games....now I want one for me! LOL😁💖(Robin E)
If you have fruits then make wooden racks and store for the winter months, also certain vegetables 😊
Tallahassee, Florida, U.S.A. here thinking outside the box!? Firstly I would put a thermometer on the back wall of both sections and find out what the temperature is for the seasons. Knowing the fluctuations will allow you to decide what you can do. There are some thermometers with apps for phones. Secondly, take a chair or stool with casters and now you can roll around inside without bending over. Thirdly, wine or root cellar?! Or how about a mushroom growing area? But I would start with a thermometer!
Thank you for your super thoughtful comment! As we like the idea of turning one of them in a root cellar getting an idea of the temperature fluctuations in there over the next year will be the first step for sure. Love the idea of the stool with casters - so simple but clever!
What a treat for a Tuesday. Great color for the doors and great metal work for the bottom of those doors. Thank you again!
Such a pleasure to see your progress , slowly but surely!
Step by step, you are getting there.
Really enjoying your videos.
The metal doors, looks great, love the colour you choose.
What a beautiful old house and land with gorgeous views.
Thank you for sharing this with us.
Love the garden, with your herbs, it will look and smell lovely next year when your lavenders flower.
Well done both
Bertus and Isis, I love the way you recycle and reuse the materials at hand AND 25:59 have so many practical skills for different kinds of work!
The painted doors are a huge improvement!
Cellar - for root vegetable storage? or yes, for a chicken coop…
you don't need to make use of every inch of space, sometimes it's just good as it is. a cellar-like space at least offers an insulating effect on the upper floor 🙂
Agree👍
we have no plants of digging out the floor here 😅 and you're right, not every inch needs to be used and when it's ready to be used, it will tell us 🥰
Agree with other posts that those cellar rooms would be great for food storage if the temperature stays consistent. You could build wooden shelves along the walls so crops like onions don’t sit on the concrete floor. Cute little rooms. It’ll be fun to see what you decide to do with them.
We'll have to keep an eye on the temperatures there next summer. :-)
Use the cellars for fore wood storage and a root and preserves canning store
Love the sage green! Thank you for sharing your progress 💚
Your video is so beautiful and such a pleasure to see the transformation over the past months. Thank you for sharing your journey with us.
Perhaps those low-ceilinged rooms were for animals?! Pigs? Chickens?
most likely for pigs, although there is no trace of them ever having been inside.
Good morning from a chilly, snow covered Ontario 🇨🇦
Watching you digging in the garden is a nice retreat from the -19 wind chill here! I'm 100% positive you're going to enjoy your new experience of winter there ❤
Thanks as always for sharing with us!
Omg wow that is so cold!!!! We've had frost on the fround a few times this past week but no freezing during the day yet.
Lovely colour on the doors, great repair jobs on the doors too, you’re a dream team!
You guys make an awesome team getting things done.❤
The allium will be fantastic there. Can’t wait to see it bloom.
so looking forward to spring and seeing them all bloom!
The cellar rooms….
Fence off the land outside and use them as animal shelters.
You could keep miniature goats and move them around during the day to work as lawn mowers and clear your brambles.
Ziet er steeds beter uit jullie huis. De kleine dingen maken al een groot verschil. Heel fijn om te zien.
A root cellar for future storage of potatoes, onions and other root crops?
That's the best 'watching-paint-dry' video I have ever seen!! Good job!
The cellar looks like a fox-proof hen house or a root cellar.
What about finding some storage crates on wheels?
Nei ripostigli bassi, potreste mettere la legna, buon lavoro
Your new home is going to be a nice place from day to day. 👏
The Rosemary grows and becomes a very large bush over time. Don't put the flowers too close to it, then you have to move them. 😊
we'll move the other plants as the rosemary grows. we just wanted a full border next year and the rosemary will need a few years to grow bushy ❤️
I can already see a difference in the plants, they are looking really happy.👍
I really like how you are planting the bulbs, it will look very natural. Stunning.👍
Everytime i see that tree by your viewspot,i think to myself how wonderful a round bench around it would be…
you are not the only one with this thought 😉🥰
Every video you make is beautiful. ❤
I'm a little concerned neither of you are wearing face masks or eye protection whilst you tackle the metal doors. It only takes the merest trace of metal filings to cause an injury. You really don't know whether there was lead in the paint previously on the doors, yes it may well be rust now but there will still be a trace. Your health is very precious, please take care. You need to be fully fit and healthy to carry out all your restorations on this beautiful building. To make it into a home. Your bulbs should look stunning, your colour palette is very Monet! ❤
Hi Rosemary! We appraciate your concern for our health and safety. ❤ Allow me to take you along in our thought process. We didn't file off any metal, just the old layer of paint. When brushing/sanding the inside of the doors and in spaces with minimal ventilation we are wearing a full face mask (there's a brief moment in this video where you can see me wear one from behind, there's grey straps that go over my black hood - and today when sanding the indise of the big doors Bertus was wearing one too - you'll see that next week 😊). These doors were all installed and painted post 1970, at which time lead paint was already illegal in Italy. There might have been the odd can of lead paint sitting on a shelf still, but it's unlikely that they had an old supply of lead paint big enough to paint around 45 square meters of door all in the same colour.
You could use the small store rooms for next year's wood store, that would free up space in the main barn which you could (in a few years time) turn into an Aquaponics Farm....Fresh fish and veg all year round.
Un doux matin en votre compagnie, merci!
Hi greetings from south germany, the bird you see in 11:48 is called in german: Wintergoldhähnchen' goldcrest in english, beautiful very little Bird.
I love your vids.stay safe greetings susan
Acompanho recentemente e dou vos os parabéns. Pela escolha, serenidade, aptidões e organização. 🎩 🤗 (Gosto do chapéu 😁)
Beautiful episode. Wondering if you might just paint one Red door 🚪 ❤. The basement storage … maybe farming equipment… or plant storage that needs overwintering 😍. It’s coming along serenely and swimmingly
I doubt we would get permission to paint external doors red here, as it's not one of the traditional colours of the area (green is) - unless we paint it in the exact same shade of brown/red that they are currently. but we're not a big fan of that colour on wood. so much to learn about overwintering plants! thanks for suggesting that idea ❤️
Such a calm colour. I can imagine the complementary colours of the narcissus and rosemary blooming near the doors. 😊
i've been wondering if i need to buy some extra bulbs to put in pots that we can place near the doors 🤣😅
The doors look so beautiful now!
the colour looks great by the way!
Great work on those doors guys , keep up the good work ❤
Those poor tarmac guys, they were soo kind to give you the left over tarmac, and they get blamed for damaging the dry stone wall, that they never even touched, I do hope that you told the major what really happened x
of course we did! they did damage a wall though, just a smaller piece on the other side that we only noticed later 😅
@@storiesfromthecascina did you tell them and mayor or did you just repair it yourselves ?
Your home and property is as gorgeous as the sunset in this video! 🌄
Complimenti piano piano andate avanti molto bene buon proseguimento
grazie mille carmen!
The doors and the repairs to the door really look nice.
Could possibly use the low cellar rooms as a drying space for longer pieces of wood until they’re dry and ready for cutting up.
De metalen deuren zien er prachtig uit!
Loving the color of the doors…nice repair…🌟
I'm about 7 months late to this discussion :) But I guess those cellar rooms would be good for storing things like potatoes or apples? Root storage?
I'm watching all your videos from the beginning to catch up. They are so delightful!
It better degrease the metal surface before paint,with solvent(white petrol-petrolio bianco or similar),its more durable.
You could use one of the cellar rooms for chickens. Fencing around and in the night they are safe from animals
This would be nice chicken coop. In front fence area.
J’aime beaucoup ces portes en métal, et c’est bien que vous ayez pu les restaurer; je leur trouve un charme intemporel, et la couleur adoucit l’aspect rude .❤
Goat stalls! And they will take care of the weeds.😊
Dear Isis & Bertus
Yet again a wonderful film. Previous owners had some forethought (and probably significant investment) about the robust nature of metal; tough, UV proof , secure and serviceable. Great idea to prolong their life and at the same time get an aesthetic feel for the future ‘look’ you want to achieve. Very impressed with the metalwork Bertus. On the cellars… I do not think they are right for animals. Surely one is perfect for wine? The other as others have suggested great for land tools, garden equipment or even wood. Sage Green very cool indeed... it looks great.
Thank you Andrew! The doors certainly must have been an investment back in the day. If you'd buy them new now they wouldn't be cheap.
Given the basic tools you have, that was great sheetmetal work on the bottom of the doors. I use to have a full fabrication workshop and the guys would struggle with such a small offset, they had a hydraulic press. 👏👏👏
Isis' response to your comment: Let's say this wasn't Bertus' first go at shaping something from sheet metal - maybe one day we'll share about that!
Bertus' response to your comment: The offset isn't quite consistent along the length but decent enough that you don't see from that distance.
;-)
Love seeing the progress….you will make it beautiful 😊
Maybe a chicken coop for the low ceiling cellar rooms?
I am very impressed with your steady teamwork, great job as always, very good colour choice
The Cellar rooms will be good for storing your vegetables that you grow throughout the year and wine if you make wine racks (I am presuming it is cool throughout the year). The metal doors are a beautiful colour and suit the house very much.
We will probably use one for food storage if neccessary (we also have other spaces suited for that) and the other one will probably house two rainwater tanks in the future. :-)
The sage green looks more olive to me, but I think it works really well. Great choice.
As for the rooms: you seem to have tons of space, so don’t use them at all? It’ll come to you. Probably a good space to store wood that hasn’t fully dried yet. Long term storage.
I think you're right - they can remain as they are for now and when they are ready to be used, they'll let us know ;-)
The colour kind of changes between sage and olive depending on the light. In warm sunlight or artificial light it's more olive, in the shade and on the north side of the house it's more sage. i like how it changes with the light :-)
pis stie.....chicken for your morning eggs...veg. for coming crop in years to come!!!!..
You can buy stickers to put on windows so the birds see it is a barrier 😊
we want to hang light transparent curtains there, that should help too!
Apart of letting live animals like chickens or pigs there, you could store the wood for the stove, and store the lawn mower and other tools/machines that are not high.
welcome back
Another great video. Keep up the good work, the metal doors look great!
Nothing says the Netherlands like tulips! No tulip bulbs? 😊
The color you chose for all the doors looks amazing. Just a suggestion for the storage rooms down under... Maybe you could use them for a root cellar for potatoes beets whatever you grow.
Love the idea of a root cellar! We'll have to keep an eye on what the temperature does down there over the course of next summer, but as our vegetable garden will probably be quite close to the storage rooms anyways it would be super a super practical spot for it.
Hi Isis & Bertus,Catching up with you again , the outside planting bulps and greenplants were the new waterpipes are installed looks very nice,so also progress on these parts of the propperty.The metaldoors looks great after painting these👍🏻🇮🇹Greetings.Hubertus.🙏🏻🇳🇱🇳🇴☮🍀🇮🇹
my thought was wood storage, or such, yes I know you have the fire wood storage already 😆
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