Fall in our home in France + updates on the bedroom

It's funny how each year at the end of summer, I see fall and winter as this endless stretch of time with open days, empty calendars where I can do all the things that I was planning or wanting to try or try something new, learn a new skill, whatever. But every year when it's October, November, it's not like that. I still feel like I have a lot of things to do. I am juggling things for work. We still have guests. We still do this. We still do that. We still got a lot of projects going on. And it's so funny. I don't know why every year I keep thinking again and again that this time will be quieter. But I have to say, I am taking more time for myself this fall, meeting with friends, just slower days, and I'm really, really enjoying that. And also the weather has been so nice this fall. We've had warm days, sunny days, even up to 20° in November. I thrifted a beautiful little table. I will be honest with you, I have not decided what it's going to be for. I just found it. I usually scroll on a website called Leon quite a lot. It's where private sellers can sell whatever stuff they don't need anymore. And when I saw it, I just knew I wanted it. and I don't really have a project for it, but we're doing so many things still in this home. And so I picked it up and Olaf is helping me to take it out of the van. We need to turn you into a camper cat so you can come with us next time. Okay. Usually when I buy old furniture, I treat it against woodworm. This table actually when we put it in the van when I picked it up, I turned it around and a lot of sawdust came out of it, which means there is active woodworm in it. And you do not want to bring that piece of furniture into a house like mine where a lot of the structure of the house is wood. So the roof, the beams, everything, the bugs can go from that piece of furniture into your beams. You don't want any of that. I don't want any of that. So, I need to treat this whether I like that or not. I have treated and left it outside for a while so any of the fumes are are gone. And now I've put it inside on this old curtain cuz I want to be able to see if there are still active woodworm in there. There will be new sawdust on the ground. And this is a good way to check if they are all gone. And if they're not, you need to repeat the treatment. Meanwhile, Olaf has finished all the beton. I still don't know how to translate this in English. A lot of you are asking, "What is that Finnish? How do you do it?" I am hesitant to share any translation that I Google because I'm never sure if that's going to be the exact same product that we use. So, I have included a link in the description box to the product that we used. It's not sponsored or anything, but at least if you're looking for a similar thing, this is exactly what we put on. In any case, I think this little shower room looks wonderful already. Odaf installed the shower, the toilet, and it's starting to come together, and it makes me very happy. Odaf has also worked on the other part of our bathroom, which is open into our bedroom. A lot of people don't like that concept. I actually really do because it feels like this is a big invitation that I see every day to take care of myself and take some time to relax. I don't take a lot of baths. I don't feel comfortable using a lot of water. I never fill it up all the way. I do enjoy it and I think it looks wonderful. So, on the wall, little wall behind the bathtub there and on the vanity, we've put the same product. This space is actually the first ever we got finished following the real plans that we had for the house. It is currently our bedroom, but it was always intended to be a guest room. And it's beautiful. I'm very happy with it. It's not finished, though. It doesn't have the bathroom yet, but I have been wanting to change the color of this wall. It is a project that's not even on our endless to-do list. It is not urgent. It is not necessary. And I love my husband so much for understanding that the wife has an idea. And you can argue whatever you want. She'll do it anyway. So, he's helping me move the bed so that I can paint that wall, which is completely unnecessary. It's very pink. That is very pink, but I love it. You don't even see it on camera. Doesn't even look like a color. Actually, now that I look at it as it's drying, it's not that bad. But, you know, you all know Olaf, it's not going to be good enough for him. That's for sure. So, it will need a second coat. I'm guessing I'm not going to be the one putting that on. That's going to be all off. At least I'm happy with this because I can see that I like this color. The room feels softer now. I wanted this to be a very feminine room. And I haven't really shown this room. Um, but I have this beautiful wardrobe here that I thrifted and painted white. And then I love this piece that I have. And there's just so many nice elements in this room. And I think this color is it's already making me a lot happier. We will still be sleeping in this room for at least a month or so, I think. But then after that, I want to turn this into a really beautiful guest room because this is where everybody that I love and who will come stay with us will probably stay. I'm going to have to get check. Is it nice? I'm going to feed somebody who is dying to get cook. You eat it? Yeah. Come on. Come on. Come on. I also wanted to share a little bit of the fun day I had with a truffle hunter whom I met for my new book. We have truffles in Burgundy and I wanted to share a little bit about that and learn about them. So, he took me and two of my friends to a truffle in Ku with his dog, which was so wonderful. And I'm happy to be sharing a couple of images of that with you. We >> truffles can be found in the wild here in Burgundy, but you're not allowed to just go look for them and take them home with you. It needs to be either public property, which technically almost doesn't exist in France, or you need to know who owns the land and ask for permission. Gerald has actually planted all these trees here. And so this is his what we call a triier where he grows his truffles. Apparently back in the day people would use pigs. Nowadays it's more common to use dogs. They can smell where the truffles are. They could be anywhere here. A human would not be able to smell that a truffle is ready to be harvested. A dog does. So the dog actually points out where you need to be digging. And I loved seeing how the dog and the truffle hunter actually work together. The dog smells that there is a truffle here somewhere starts digging and then after a while the truffle hunter makes the dog stop digging and he digs and then they have found the treasure together. And it's I love seeing that connection, that relationship between Gerald in this case and his beautiful dog. And I really fell in love with this dog. She was such a sweetheart. >> Gerald told us that he has a beautiful view from his tri. If we would go up this container, it would even be more beautiful. So, of course, my friend and I thought that would be fun and we climbed up there and it was breathtaking. This country keeps surprising me. The diversity in landscapes and experiences that you can have in this country, it will never cease to amaze me. So, thank you so much for following my journey, for coming with me to all these beautiful things that I discover about this country and sharing all of that with you makes me very happy. Feeling all of you knowing that you're watching, reading all of your comments really means a lot to me. It makes me feel connected in a world that sometimes feels like it's completely falling apart. Thank you so much for being here. 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