Update on the renovations of our farmhouse in France

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little more and I wanted one of those concrete floors like we have in the cottage and I well this was the initial plan for the kitchen and it changed over time because we ended up living here permanently which wasn't our plan initially and then when we decided to use that huge phas and make a really big family warm cozy but spacious at the same time kitchen I kind of changed a couple of things and then I still wanted that concrete floor now we put that in the cottage and it's absolutely beautiful it makes the space really light it gives you this instant holiday Vibe I love it but you need to really clean it every day to keep it looking nice cuz it's white and I just know that I won't be able to do that so we needed to pick another floor and I just kept getting this intuitive feeling that we needed to put in to met because that is what would have traditionally been in a farmhouse like this like like ours we' already foreseen a specific height for the floor for the cement floor so we didn't have sufficient height for salvaged toit because they're between 2 and 3 cm thick so fortunately we found a factory here locally that makes thinner ones new ones but then I've made a video about this I'll link it up here or here I never know where to point um it was wonderful craftsmanship really really wonderful but she said I cannot guarantee what exact color you have because that depends on the process and the day and the humidity and whatnot so to be completely honest with you I think we got tiles that are way more orange than what I was hoping for what I'm feeling right now is I just have to make this work I know I want it to met I know it looks really authentic I also love the warm energy that it gives to the space but it's very orange so yeah I am going to think about a number of things because all the initial um choices were based on that cement floor floor but you take that out you take a white floor out and you put in an orange floor everything needs to change so I don't know Olaf is like I I fully trust you you always trust when things get closer to the final finishing stages H which is true because I've had this with the cottage I've had this with the cabin and he says I know you'll always design Something Beautiful In the End you'll always make it work and also we've been extremely busy with a number of other things just getting our Cottage ready so recently opened there's always so much to do in the garden in the spring and we have two children you never see them on video because they don't want to be filmed but you know we do have two kids they both go to different schools because they are the same age uh I do a lot of driving uh and everything else but I feel like the past five videos or so have just been about me doing laundry cooking and filming my garden just because I know many of you are really looking forward to these weekly videos and that they are are bringing you joy and peace and so I want to keep putting things out and yeah now that I'm finally sitting down to talk to you which I haven't done in a long time I also want to take uh this opportunity to thank each and every one of you whether you're just watching this single video or whether you've been following us whether you've been following us only since recently or maybe for years already you will never know how much it means to both Olaf and me to know that there is people out there that are following our journey that are cheering us on that leave comments to let us know they're watching and what they're thinking about it even if they don't agree with choices it's just it gives me this feeling of being very connected with other human beings and it also kind of reinforces my my trust in humanity that we're really all one I don't know I can't even find the words for this but I've been pretty touched probably like so many of you with the events in our world and I never talk about that on the channel um but I do feel that that's been very on my mind I could say a number of things about this but what I maybe best do now is share a beautiful poem with you that one of our guests shared with us this week and it really describes exactly how I try to deal with all these things so I hope you find that inspiring I will leave you with that it's all that I've got for you this week and I really do hope to be back very soon with positive news about the kitchen renovation [Music] is [Music] you have the right to remain silent in a world crowded with sounds and buzzing with electronic signals as endless waves or ringtones and alerts wash over you and especially when everyone else is clamoring to be heard you have the right to remain silent you have the right to remain still amidst the seemingly ceaseless swirl of the modern world while in the an alarmingly overdeveloped to-do list shouts at you from your desk and especially when everyone else is hurrying through ostensively Urgent yet often unimportant tasks you have the right to remain still you have 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