Your hard work is showing! No accidents, no one hurt! That is a blessing in and of it self! I'm excited for you all! Stay safe! Blessings from New Hampshire USA!

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Especially compared to the wood / dry wall constructions they build in North America. I mean, it is great that ou can just move a window in a day if you want to, but durability is terrible.

I agree. As the old saying goes, “When in Rome, do as the Romans”

@@BenvanBroekhuijsen and btw I do not like drywalls because they do not hold anything like a shelf or similar. Much better to use walls made of ytongs.

White always makes a space feel large. Black or dark shrinks a space. So white or light floors and walls wherever it fits in. Of course, you want the natural wood and stone as much as possible, but don't shrink your rooms with too much dark. A nice balance of stone, wood, metal, and glass in light and dark will make the perfect home. Especially on that perfectly natural lot and setting. On your deck, try to use a metal cable horizontally placed. Your view will be so perfect. That's how we do it here in Florida on our Gulf properties. You see right through it and preserve your view. Hopefully, Italy codes will allow you to do this. I have watched you guys work since the beginning. BRAVO! You're doing an amazing job, and I can't believe the progress you have made. I can't wait to see it when the bathroom goes in. The final touches in the kitchen....so exciting. It will be neat to see it in a time lapse from beginning to end. It's going to be the perfect haven in that gorgeous natural setting. Saving history is so important. There is nothing worse than historic lots with a new structure. Italy is lucky to have you guys there to preserve this old barn. Your girls are lucky kids to have parents like you two. Keep up the good work. You're doing an amazing job! All the best, Cheryl😊

They have been using drywall and metal studs for 20 years. Trust me...what ever they are arguing about I trust the American on this one. You can see it in his eyes that he has lost an argument he knows he was correct because he is in the minority of opinion

I've an idea to get daylight into the bathroom. Why not insert an oval/octagon stained glass window into the wall? 😉

What a beautiful idea!!! I suggested frosted glass above eight feet or so ...instead of bringing the brick all the way to the ceiling ...stop at eight or nine feet or so and then glass it in above that ...but a huge circle or oval of stained glass would be GORGEOUS ....maybe with a MOUNTAIN/ ALPS THEME!!! ///that could be seen from the inside as well as the outside of the bathroom giving it a less closed-in feeling!!! @@Dorimiramor

We will be using an ultra durable panel, not standard drywall.

@@RaisingVoyagers I was about to suggest Aquapanel but then I'm not a fan of the stuff. It looks too sterile for my taste. However, it might be the right move because of the location of the bathroom. At least consider a textured PVC paneling.

Yes, I'm a building and interior designer in Australia, and I use Aquachek in my bathroom and laundry projects. It is a special waterproof plasterboard, and it can be waterproofed with membrane, and tiled over.

@@daisy9910 we plan to use knauf diamont

@@RaisingVoyagers that sounds very similar to Aquachek. Great choice!

The primary use of the straw was to lift the strawberries up out of the soil to keep them clean as they were growing . Strawberries were called strawberries long ago in England where because of the warmer climate straw was not required as a top dressing to over winter the plants.

Make to get a good local strawberry so it will thrive…hybrids don’t reproduce 😊

​@@johnfranks9271our strawberries always come back every year. We never used straw. I never even thought about that.

They even create lots of runners, so there will always be plenty of little plants.

Fabulous progress this week again! Can’t wait for your posts each week.

Yeah, dont pull them out ...they have runners that make new plants just cut the runner once the plant is established

In 50 years, I have laid many hundreds of sheets of drywall 4 x 12 & 4 x 8 and ceilings , but on the walls it is always up off the floor about a half inch so you use 2 pieces of drywall and always do the ceilings first so the edges are held up by the drywall on the walls . I prefer screws over nails and here’s one for you if you use nails, have you ever seen a professional sheet rocker put two nails about an inch and a half apart and then two more and then two more and then two more but on the edges one nail . Well ,I ask 20 sheet rockers. Why do you do this, and finally, one of them said, and by the way, he was 78 years old and been rocking all his life and he said the first nail sucks it up to the wood ,stud , rafter ,whatever , but in doing so it fractures the sheet rock somewhat from the hammer blows, the second nail holes it there so 1 sucks it up, and the second nail hold it there. You’ll do these two patterns on a 4 foot run in the middle and then 2 - 2 pattern nails between the edge and the center, and the other side between edge and Center so across 4 feet it would be five set of two and one on each edge. If you use screws and the screw head brakes through the paper on the drywall, then take it out and put it back in about 1/12” from the hole not breaking through the paper. and then take a putty knife or pocket knife and tear the paper out around the hole about the size of a dime or a little less so the paper is tapered. I’ll say from the backside of the paper to the surface of the paper, if that makes sense that way when you mud the hole, it won’t pop out as a plug later with the house, cooling and heating and moving.

This really works. I always keep fake strawberries in my patch. A good project for the kids.

My daughter used to sing and talk to the fairies when she was working or playing in the garden ...sweet memories. She also made her own staff/walking stick that doubled as a magic wand. She grew up on Narnia, The Lion The Witch & The Wardrobe, etc. as well as Tolkien (later) and went to a Waldorf School where things like that are 'normal'.

Maybe a window in the bathroom on the hallway wall wouldn't be such a bad idea & would let a LOT of light in from the outside window ....it would also feel less closed-in inside the bathroom! ;)

Such good memories to be capturing 😊

Да ,было бы ещё замечательно,что дя такого замечательного папы этой семьи,соответствовала замечательная мама, с хорощими кулинарными способносиями! Если кроме своего традиционного вау, она может порадовать ежедневно ,большим разнообразием итальянской кухни,для своей семьи,это был бесценный дар для мужа и её деток! Пока, мы никогда не видели её хорошей кухни кроме её, ужаснуснувшей нас , одной попытки и весьма неудачной! Как может создать такая женщина атмосферу "дома полной чашиЙ"? И Хочет ли?

Aww thanks so much!!

Crazy how fast time flies!

Awesome idea!!!

@@RaisingVoyagersA great little project for the girls!

What a super clever idea! I may try to get my nieces to do that for a Saturday afternoon project!

Lifelong gardener here- this worked in my garden!

Personally speaking, I like it a lot!

Thank you so much!

So glad we can be an encouragement! Hope tomorrow is a better day for you! ❤️

@@RaisingVoyagers thank you so much for responding ❤️

@@RaisingVoyagers just noticed "volunteers" in script. Lol. Of course I meant "voyagers " BTW so appropriate 😊 Nite😴

Thanks so much!