#2 Tour of our Italian farmhouse - Cleaning the first rooms and going for a walk
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 มิ.ย. 2024
- Our first week at our house in Italy back in January 2023. We’re showing you around the inside of our abandoned cascina, making a start with clearing out and cleaning up the first rooms before starting the renovation work, and exploring the area.
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00:00 Introduction
02:58 New farmhouse ground floor
09:36 New farmhouse upper floor
14:04 Old farmhouse ground floor
17:52 Old farmhouse upper floor
21:09 We have running water outside
23:40 Tuesday market in Canelli
24:10 Going for a walk
25:31 More kitchen cupboard cleaning
26:37 Making a wreath
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The creative options (for a creative couple) in your setting is endless. Curious to see how you'll renovate and decorate all that space and make it even more beautiful! With an art atelier! As for the grounds, you've got so much land! Hope you'll take us on a tour some day. Also, do you have an olive grove? What plans do you already have in place for the use of it? Truly exciting times for you guys!
We just discovered a small old olive grove on our land last week. It will need a lot of love to come back to life. We are not in a region where olives are typically grown, so this is quite exceptional! We'll absolutely show you around more of our land in a future video :-)
@@storiesfromthecascina Well, first I'm very honored to have my comment pinned, thank you!
How exciting you have an olive grove!!! Nothing beats the taste of freshly pressed olive oil, besides its many healing properties. You've been very blessed with that discovery by itself. And it does deserve to be loved, something we already know you have no lack of. Looking forward to follow along this most exciting of journeys! Cheers from Newton, MA, USA
We've been getting more questions on the land so I thought I'd pin this so that others can easily find and read it too ;-)
Martijn and Johannes are still about 2,5 hours drive from where we are, but we've been following their journey's from pretty much the very beginning :-)
@@storiesfromthecascina No kidding. How wonderful! I hope some day I get to know you all in person. Until then, I'll continue living my Italian dream vicariously through your videos! :o) Much love
I love how you are doing this - slowly and carefully, enjoying the small stuff. It's already looking more homely. These are the most precious days, growing memories.
Doing a house tour in conjunction with the floorplan was very helpful! TY for that inclusion!! 😊
I agree ❤💚
Yes, I thought that was very helpful too.
We're glad you liked it and found it helpful!
I also thought showing the plans was very helpful. Thanks for doing that!
Yes! That was very helpful. A video tour only, which most people do, doesn't really help much in terms of layout, the plan and little arrows helped so much!
I enjoy your style of Storytelling; no forced drama or awkward comedy. Many Thanks, and I look forward to your next video!
I'm from the Pacific Northwest in the US and love finding these video's that let me travel to new places and meet new people. Am looking forward to watching the change you will be making to your new property as I have been with Martijn Doolaard. Take care and keep on keeping on.
I thought of Martijn too! They're practically neighbors; he's in the mountains east and a bit south of Turin.
“Creating for the joy of creating” Thank you for reminding me of something I have let slip in all my concerns for the future of the planet. From Australia
Your home is absolutely beautiful! My wife and I can relate to the adventure of moving to Italy and purchasing a house here. In 2017, we left everything we knew behind in Los Angeles and moved to Tuscany to live our dream and start new lives. After 5 years of living here, we were able to purchase our dream Italian villa along the Tuscany seaside and we couldn't be happier. We can only imagine how excited you both must be to move into your new home, especially during the beauty of the Italian summer. If you ever need advice on navigating the Italian bureaucracy, we are here to offer our support. Best wishes and congratulations from Casa Ardor ❤
thank you so much! we wish you so much joy and satisfaction with your renovation project in tuscany! ❤
Love the Bowler Hat....Almost from the Godfather movies walking down the lane......
We love it too!
Thanks for sharing your video! The wreath was beautiful! My favorite part of your videos is the way you narrate them. The words, your voice, and the speed. Very soothing!
Yes, loved the wreath as well!
love all the diagrams, explanations of the state of affairs of the buildings, and drone footage. Great to get a sense of the place to become orientated to everything. So exciting.
I dream to do what you both did. I am 55 and I can see that a dream like a my wife and I have, it’s possible. Thanks a lot. Beautiful video. Nice music. Fluid edition. Keep your channel this way. I love it
They left you a fortune in tools. Congrats. I just love your farm. REMEMBER ANTIQUES ARE WORTH MONEY.
Absolutely! As an archaeologist & historian by training we are very well aware ;-) Such a shame how many beautiful old things get destroyed by people who are unaware of the value!
@@storiesfromthecascina Once you get caught up or have a day you want to take a break, it would be so interesting to have you share some stories and/or a small 101 on Archeology and History.
@@meri8746 Thank you for the suggestion! We'll let that idea simmer in our creative brains for a while and see what that could look like 🙂
Oh my goodness, I love your video! Your skills at putting it together are amazing. Love everything about your beautiful new home, and can't wait for the next video. The wreath is gorgeous and such a sweet addition.
I can see why you fell in love with this place. It has a feeling of home.
It would be a good place for an artist retreat, lovely light and beautiful views. What fun you will have planning everything. A lot of work also but that’s good for the soul. I’m glad I found your videos looking forward to more. Best wishes from Montana, USA.
We think so too! Coming from an artistic background ourselves, artist retreats are one of the things on our list with possible projects for this place. It would be just perfect for this. Welcome to our channel!
Wat een prachtig en spannend avontuur! En wat een mooie omgeving! Ik wens jullie vanuit Nederland heel veel liefde, geluk en plezier met het opknappen van jullie huizen!😊❤ Prachtig!
Hartelijke groeten van Truus.
Dankjewel Truus!
Grazie per aver salvato questa vecchia casa. Lunga vita a voi!
Concordo plenamente. E a casa ainda está em bom estado. Uns restauros e fica bem. E algumas mobílias são fantasticas. Aquele guarda fatos com espelho enorme .lindo
Wow! This was a beautiful video. So well put together, so peaceful and enjoyable to watch. I can see you are both creative souls, I really look forward to following your story and seeing how your new home and land evolves over time. Thank you for sharing your adventure. Loved the wreath!
Enormous potential! Best wishes as you move forward with your new life on this property.
Thank you Barbara! So much potential indeed, no shortage of ideas here! 😅
I love that you were fortunate to have some of their furniture. I would move some of those things around and it would be great. Keep positive and you will make this amazing.
What a gem of a property.. lots of work to come, but so many options and a liveable space while you do it 😊
Seeing that long neck wine bottle brought back lost memories of the 1960's. More of a tourist trend than anything else. Best of luck on the renovation.
For us it was the first time we saw one of these! After some googling - thanks to your comment - we learned that this is a vintage Chianti wine bottle (the original labels on our bottle have worn off to a point of not being legible anymore).
@@storiesfromthecascinamy parents & I lived in Germany in the 1970s & I remember Mom buying a bottle of wine like this (I’ve forgotten if it was Chianti, I wasn’t old enough to drink at that point, lol), but the neck was twisted like a grape vine & she kept it for many years, even after the alcohol was long gone. Great memories, thanks!
I really enjoyed this video. It’s in better shape than I imagined . starting to look like you are moving in. Lots of rooms. Texas USA
I was impressed with the kitchen, cabinets, stove, countertop, backsplash. Was surprised how nice it looked.
You're lucky some nice pieces of furniture where left behind. Also some fun treasures. The cupboard in the bedroom will be fun to go through. the brick floors and the painted ceiling are nice.
The views are spectacular
Greetings from Canada. I very much enjoyed the tour of your home to be! Thanks for sharing. 💕🇨🇦
So glad you are filming this, I can’t wait to see what you guys do with the place. What an incredible place you have! Cheers from Alabama!
You are doing a fabulous job with the tour and editing. Bravo!
Stunning place. Beautiful furniture. Lots of small treasures. Enjoy all of the old memories. Thanks for bringing it alive. Happy exploring
Subscribed after 4 minutes, I like your narration, attitude and place in Italy 🇮🇹 😀 greetings from Australia 🇦🇺
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Wow the cupboards were so dirty! I love your wreath it is very pretty. Greetings from UK. 🇬🇧
Thank you so much Alison! The kitchen was something else 🤣 Still more work to do to get it clean, but "poco a poco" (bit by bit) as they say in Italy. We just got rid of the incredibly dirty fridge and oven last week. 😊
Thoroughly enjoyed your well-guided tour through the house. What a fabulous place! Can't wait to see the next video.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Congratulations on your new home! It’s beautiful and has so much potential. Thank you for taking us along on your journey.
It is fascinating how these hills have been sculpted and utilized. So much work!
Your videos are stunning! Well done with those. 🤩 I'm so looking forward to see your progress, and maybe even come visit some time! 🌸
Thank you so much dear Andrea!
Really enjoying the way your telling us your journey’s story
What a beautiful part of Italy you live in
Enjoy and I look forward to seeing more of your journey
Thank you so much Ron!
What part of Italy is it? I missed that part.
@@betsyarnoldlmt see the about section in the description area.
@@betsyarnoldlmt We are in the region of Piemonte, in the north-west of Italy, about 2 hours drive from the Alps and one hour from the Ligurian coast.
What a beautiful setting--I can see why you fell in love with this farm. The house has so much potential & I'm excited to see your plans & progress. Lots of work, but much reward.
It is almost like a meditation watching your videos. Super excited for both of you and can’t wait to see the changes you will be making.
Oh wow! Thank you!
Wow! Looks great!glad you have usable spaces for now. I love the blue bathroom tiles, that cool stone sink with white surround tiles. And all the tools . Those things I would probably keep.
I am loving your videos! My favorite thing is to follow along with people who are chasing their dreams!! I am not able to, so much…so your journey is very inspiring to me. Thank you.
-Orlando FL
Thanks for sharing!! We don't know your particular situation but if it is of any comfort: we never thought this was ever going to happen for us, until it did. More often than not chasing your dreams means putting one foot in front of the other, slowly, for years. Focusing your energy on what feels doable in the here and now. For us it started with dreaming, going on workaday/wwoofing holidays, taking Italian classes, and much more. It's a journey that began 15+ years ago, but that was largely invisible to anyone but us. We hope you find those small ways to bring your dreams alive too!
You have a big job to do, you only live 100 km from Pinerolo where live.I'm Scottish my wife Belgiam
I admire you both and can’t wait to see the progress that you’ll make for this home. We bought a French country farmhouse in December 2021 and although not in the condition you have but still lots of work we want to carry out. It amazes me how wonky the walls are, nothing is a straight line. The 19th century stone sink is a treasure I love seeing and I hope you keep yours as well. ❤All the best!
The sink is there to stay! It's damaged and doesn't have good drainage because of it but we'll find a way to incorporate it! Good luck with you project
You are very courageous. Greetings from Paris.
What a beautiful place. Amazing.
Nice natural touches for the outside. Loved it !
Hallo Isis and Bertus, it is so nice that the newer part of the house is habitable, it makes it so much easier to renovate when you have a decent place to stay. I love all the old treasures as well; I hope you find some really beautiful ones you can keep. The older part needs a lot of work, the possibilities are endless. Your property is so amazing, and the views are stunning, and the sunsets are beautiful.
We'll definitely be holding on to a few of those treasures that we find :-) Thanks for following our journey!
#1890 here .Congrats on you're purchace. Thank you for taking us on this incredible journey. Much love from, Alberta, Canada.
Thanks and welcome!
It looks so beautiful and peaceful....😊
You’re almost in the middle of the Asti zone in Piemonte. That would make your property a prime vacation place for wine enthusiasts. Maybe even set up your own artisanal vineyard?
What an exciting project! So glad you made your cheeky offer on the farmhouse and were accepted. What a find!❤
The diagrams are a great help. I wish you the best of luck
Oh thank you! We're so happy that we did too!!
You will need a lot of money ,Time and nerves to fix this wonderful Farm BUT than you will be very very very happy with it❤❤❤❤
We have a very old house in South Germany…since 2 years we are fixing 99 Prozent only my husband and me AND we ARE very happy BUT not all is always positive those old houses have a lots of hidden things that need to be fixed and and does cost a lot of nerves and money BUT we stay positive and I hope you two will do that too.Stick together and you both will be very very happy there ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you for the encouragement! And best of luck with your own renovation project !!!
You are a Life Poet. Evidenced by your closing soliloquy. I look forward to clocking your journey.
Oh, my goodness! Amazing place and breathtaking views! The possibilities reach to the moon, almost! 😊 I can see why you are so excited. Thank you for sharing. It sure brightens my life. Janice from Arkansas USA
Complimenti e buona fortuna nei prossimi lavori. Congrats Guys! 🎉
Grazie mille Rosa!
Oh those views ...... :)
Wow you are on top of the world Belisimo, I would paint those 1970's kitchen cupboards ,lime green, or sky blue, some bright fun color, great video, lots of hard work, cleaning up someone else's mess, The things you don't want, maybe you can sell them,or take them farther Away, than the nearby village, where they will gossip
I read that woodworm can be killed off in furniture by placing the furniture where the temperature gets below freezing for a couple weeks in the winter.
Awww comon, show us that wine!!!! I would have been into that next to the fire on night one!
We are cracking a bottle in the next video ;-)
Thank you for taking us along with you. I know it’s early days but what are your plans for all this space? Looking forward to seeing your life evolve in this incredible house. Greetings from New Zealand.
Hi Isaac! Thank you for stopping by our channel! Our plans are still fluid and we'll talk more about them in a future video, but for now: we want to create a few holiday cottages in the outbuildings, and there will also be a separate appartement for Isis' mom who'll come and live with us in a few years time. As we are both creative people we'll also reserve a good amount of space for a workshop and art atelier.
So, you are here now huh !
Another adventure by an intrepid couple, I follow a lot of you. Thoroughly enjoy the DIY, garden renovations and seeing the beautiful places around the world. 😊
I could see this place being a hostel, with all the bedrooms upstairs, especially if there is hiking and skiing in your area.
I have say I'm partial to u-tube channels that bring old properties brought back to life, it looks like you have some work ahead of you so I've subscribed and looking forward to watching your progress.....
wishing you the best of luck
from Thailand 🙏
Beautiful house and property you have 😁
Your videography in exceptional!, by the way….I want to taste the wines stored there in those pantries and shelves. I bet they are wonderful.
Thanks so much!
I love your wreath made of bay leaves. It's good to have a bay tree.
Bay trees are amazing! Especially in winter when almost everything else loses its leaves. And to use in the kitchen, of course!
@@storiesfromthecascina We always use bay leaves in all our soups and lentils and such ...can't imagine cooking without them. How nice to have your own tree! And the olive grove is unexpected in the higher altitudes. If it has survived then perhaps it is a special kind of olive? Good fortune in your endeavors!
Awesome video
Very nice house with great potential. I was delighted with the old part of it with the built-in cupboard in the wall with wooden doors and stone floor, the windows give a lot of light. There is a bricked up fireplace in one of the rooms? They must have used to heat the house before they installed central heating? There are indeed many things left from the former owners in the living room there is a very nice chandelier and the furniture is interesting too. The house is very cosy, I think you will enjoy living in it and the views from the window WOW.
Wonderful to see your beautiful old home, and the start to a great adventure. Looking forward to the next years of renovations. Greetings from Thailand 🇹🇭
you need some Beautiful glass chandeliers.❤
So many possibilities, a complete wedding destination with chapel and accommodation in the old house. Market it to the Netherlands. I am sure you can connect with local people to source food.
Isis has been working in the wedding industry (as a photographer) for the last 8 years and we're fairly sure we don't want to turn our property into a wedding venue. it would be suited for it, yes. but it's not the kind of life we want to create here. ❤️
You could put some beautiful cobblestone flooring. Would be very nice. It's a beautiful farm.
BEST TO YOU
Poor people who lived there at the end had a sad situation. I think the house yearns for a new chapter in its history. The sunken pantry on the North side of the building im guessing, is a natural fridge. Nice feature.
Yes, the natural fridge is at the north side of the building :-)
Welkom in Italië..wat een plek e wat een huis! Ik woon hier al 5 jaar maar dan in Liguria..ook in de bergen in een klein dorp.
Veel succes en hou vol😉🤗
How epic
Kon slechter hé :-P
I like your approach to the vlog and to you both as a couple. Have you mentioned what you planned to do with all those bedrooms? A B&B? Excited to see the progress.
We'll do a dedicated video about our plans but yes, we'll do a few holiday cottages and b&b. Since we're both creatives we'll also make a few dedicated creative spaces/ateliers for different things (metal working, wood working, textiles/art).
aventura fascinante y bella cinematografía. Me encanta como el hombre contempla, observa, camina, come, relaja frente al fuego, mientras la mujer hace todo el trabajo. Típico.
I love all the old furniture!!! You must keep it.....❤
We are planning to keep almost all the furniture that's there. There are a few pieces that are so eaten by bugs that it's nearly impossible to restore them, but everything else stays.
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Snow for some reason I did not think Italy got snow. The roads look so narrow whining but the views are wonderful. I like the way you present your video. I especially like the tour of your home using the draft of the rooms this is very understandable. It looks like a lot of cleaning and painting ahead of you. I am looking forward to next week.
Italy has alpine region in the north.
The Langhe is the hilly area that connects the two mountain ranges in Italy, the Alps and the Apennines. Our house is at 555 meter above sea level and on a ridge which means it is often colder there than down in the valleys.
👍Good job guys
I love the Time Capsule of furniture. Some of it is very nice. Looks like real wood. Not like todays pressed board. Hopefully just some woodworm treatment will suffice. The farmhouse has a lot of charm. And it’s very spacious. Can’t wait to see you’re progress.😊
Thanks for following our journey! The furniture is of varying quality but we will be keeping many pieces. And there's definitely many that can be saved. The items which have woodworm damage are mostly the ones made from untreated (not stained, painted or varnished) wood.
You guys really lucked out! It’s so special, congrats.
Test the water👍
Very interesting week of discovery in your house!! Blessings to you on this new adventure.
Thank you for the tour, it must be hard to decide how to make a start when there's so much to do. The kitchen is already starting to look very different, just by bringing in the old table, a few objects and the wreath. I enjoyed the sights and sounds of the market, and your walk in the landscape. Beautiful panoramas.
What a beautiful canvas to build on. The views around your property pull on my emotions.
Those mortar's were a nice find!
Yeah, we were totally surprised we found those mortars. And there's a 3rd one as well, larger and way more worn, lurking in the stables.
We count ourselves lucky to have found this property and been able to buy it, in such beautiful landscape. Every time we walk out the door or go grocery shopping, we're awe struck. We hope all is well in down under?
The tour was very visual, very interesting thanks!
Love 💗 the window shutters
how fun to go thru and discover all these treasures!...like an archeological find....found the mice yet?😀
no mice yet :-) dead or alive :-P
@@storiesfromthecascina wow!....that's a very good sign!!😀👌🙏
@@robertsteele8688 there have probably been a few at times in the past. found some traces of news paper scraps that have been used for nests and mouse poo. but only in the old part of the house.
Geweldig project! Super gaaf dat jullie deze stap hebben genomen. Zoveel mogelijkheden aanwezig! Heerlijk al die oude meubels, gereedschappen en meer... Love it! En mooie editing van jullie video's ook, maakt het prettig om naar te kijken... Goede start. Gefeliciteerd! En ...subscribed ;-)
Dankjeeee!
Thanks about well done video - calm and intesting content. We bought a small house from Piemonte’s Roddino and two years renevation is nearly done. Nice to follow your renovation and life here in Piemonte.
Thank you! This channel seems very promising so far and I'm happy for being allowed to follow your journey. Good luck with everything! I live in the south-west of Sweden btw.
Thank you so much! We have considered for a while to move to the south of Sweden, as we have quite a lot of friends in Skane :-) The Italian sunshine hours eventually won :-P
Gotta say those kitchen cabinets are gorgeous! The wood looks so nice.
yes, the fronts are good quality solid wood! 👌
Thank you for sharing your precious adventure...🙏🌸🌸🌸
Welcome home 😊
Thank you! 😃
Italy has so many beautiful old farms and homes. Unfortunately, the rules and regulations make it very difficult to purchase and then renovate. I wish you luck and success. It is a lovely home.
Yes, in that respect Italy has its challenges - but it's more a matter of being patient and learning to navigate the bureaucracy (and calling in a good geometra and commercialista to help with that). On the bright side: those rules and regulations are also why historic town centers in Italy are some of the best preserved in the whole of Europe. Renovating an existing structure here is a lot easier than getting the permissions for building something entirely new in a location like ours.
Love your videos! I lived in that area many years ago brings back good memories😊
Love your hat
Your videos are magical and geveldig. You’re my new favourite channel, after my daughter’s (Anna Dueck). I can see why you fell in love with the area and the property. Soooo much potential. Your wreath is heel mooi. Can’t wait for the next video.
Well done!
Seems odd all that farm stuff and tools are not in a barn.
There's a barn too 😛 We'll take you there in our next video ;-)
Such a pleasure to watch your films, the editing, the music---surely not canned youtube music?---all just superb.
thank you! at this time we are still using youtube's audio library for our background music, but we spent a good few afternoons to pick out the best that it has in store 😅
OK, then you just have better taste than most. Had either of you any previous experience in video editing?@@storiesfromthecascina
@@yusufabukaarmen270 hi jusuf! We didn't have any experience editing video, but isis has worked as a professional photographer (mostly weddings) for 8 years, and that experience has definitely helped.