Ep 05 - One Month, One Wall, One Man : My Stone Masonry Journey!

[@JVSF-j2p]

This is the most beautiful video on restoration and nature I have seen. Looking forward to viewing more of the work on your French Cottage. Thank you so much for sharing.

[@MyFrenchCottage]

Thank you for your coment!

[@Ecila-Samerberg]

In the middel of winter hearing birds singing, see the summer flowers and sunshine, watching your professional work on a Sunday morning, is just great 😊

[@MyFrenchCottage]

Glad you enjoy this moment!

[@fabrizioscarpetta2155]

Un piccolo angolo di paradiso, questo cottage, complimenti! È il tuo lavoro di restauro rispetta l'anima della casa e del luogo, bellissimi video, non mi stanco mai di vederli, grazie per voler condividere questa tua avventura e tantissimi auguri e complimenti. ❤

[@MyFrenchCottage]

Grazie mille! Adoro l'Italia!

[@steelexpress_1]

Great work on the stone wall…..looking fantastic ❤❤🎉🎉

[@michellewilliamson449]

So nice to see a warm summer day when it's presently, so cold outside. Love the beauty of your property and the hard work you put in to make things 'just right'❤

[@MyFrenchCottage]

Thanks so much!

[@MyFrenchCottage]

Thank you all for your support throughout this renovation journey! I wish you success in your own projects!

[@bananaboxcmi]

This is my favorite series on KZbin right now and get excited when I see a new video is out. The sound and video are so great I feel like I'm there in a French field.

[@MyFrenchCottage]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@susangladstone357]

Such beautiful work! Lovely video too ;)

[@elaineayres1989]

I look forward to your videos, they’re beautifully done. Watching you restore the house , the lovely environment and nature that surrounds you is definitely a treat. 🇦🇺

[@neutonrenda2303]

Hello Max, I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and New Year. I have been looking forward to seeing your progress, I was blown away with what you have already achieved. Awesome first video of 2025, great editing, the video really captures a seasonal feeling around your cottage with the gorgeous light. The stonework is definitely the best I've seen, you obviously have a talent and eye for it. Great progress again, greetings from Cape Town.👌❤️🇿🇦

[@MyFrenchCottage]

Hello Cape Town! Thank you so much! I do my best!

[@shortsweettoo]

Nice video!

[@eddyv-1966]

Keep up the good work. The endresult will be fantastic.

[@MyFrenchCottage]

Hope so!

[@NaomiMorrissette-wx2cp]

So beautiful.

[@elizabethcazan4049]

The world 🌎 would come together if everyone could watch your videos!! Enough said 🧡🫶🏼🩵🤍💙🎈 BEAUTIFUL stone work btw

[@MyFrenchCottage]

Thank you very much!

[@aymericvangaver]

JE POURRAIS REGARDER PENDANT DES HEURES 😁 C EST TOUJOURS TRES CLEAN COMME VIDEOS , pas de fausse note au montage , un régal bravo

[@celiaellen3408]

Wonderful progress. You have great skills and vision.

[@bondfieldmarcoux833]

Un petit coin de paradis! J'admire votre courage et votre travail en silence qui nous permet d'apprécier la chorale magnifique des oiseaux et la beauté des lieux. Grand merci🍀🌹

[@MyFrenchCottage]

Merci, content que mon travail vous ait plu !

[@rachel-b8d]

I am always totally blown away by the quality and production of your videos. This one especially is beautiful, more so maybe because you yourself are a bit of a mystery , which adds to the atmosphere you create. Beautiful music, light, shots of nature - I’d award you an Oscar! Look forward to the next one.

[@MyFrenchCottage]

Wow, thank you for your Oscar! That’s such a huge compliment!

[@rachel-b8d]

@ You deserve it!

[@KiTty-1ew]

Well said - totally agree

[@jackchevalier8105]

I haven't seen you for a while. Bonne année 🎉 You're doing a great job 👏

[@MyFrenchCottage]

Merci à tous pour vos encouragements tout au long de cette aventure de rénovation ! Je vous souhaite la réussite dans vos projets !

[@melissaeden1219]

How cinematic, beautifully filmed. I loved seeing that owl. You are practically rebuilding the whole house, but it's worth it!

[@MyFrenchCottage]

Thanks ! Yes renovation projects always seem to grow bigger than expected.

[@JacynthePiche]

hello, just subscribed and love your work, best of luck in the future. And the nature shots are great.

[@MyFrenchCottage]

Thanks for the sub!

[@kimstclair1879]

Hello Max, Greetings from Plessala. Beautiful vlog and great to see the lovely Semintal (could not find the correct spelling, my apologies) cows resting in the field. The are cows of my childhood from NZ. Stone work looks beautiful, well done you. Jobs keep coming and springs is just around the corner and the garden is calling and the buds on the trees are swelling so the sap is rising as the earth gets ready for another season. Today is heavy fog here in Plessala and currently sitting in at 1degree

[@MyFrenchCottage]

Hi Kim ! Same here: 1 degree. A cold winter really gives nature the rest it needs, and it’s great for keeping parasites in check. And yes, when the first buds start to show, it’s like a sign that spring is finally on its way!

[@robertwagner7122]

Cool video again! 😊

[@wilwassink5124]

👍😊

[@rickgreen9936]

Am I seeing this right, an outer & inner wall with an air space between? Twenty four inches (61cm)+/-, is that typical? You can heat the cottage with a candle. Hope by now you have the walls done and sealed up and the candle is burning bright and keeping you as warm as the days you filmed this. Fantastic photography!

[@MyFrenchCottage]

Thank you for your comment. Yes, it's an outer and inner wall with an air space in between. Strange! The wall collapsed in episode 02, then I renovated the outer wall in episode 03, and in this episode, I demolished the inner wall.

[@MarkBeattie-d9w]

Great progress

[@mardemar]

👍👍👍

[@michaelkohl9728]

May I ask who your favorite film editor is? You clearly have inspiration from some of the big ones.

[@MyFrenchCottage]

Thank you for noticing! I try to find my own rhythm and storytelling style, but if I had to name one source of inspiration, it would definitely be The Lord of the Rings! If you have any favorites, I’d love to hear about them!

[@gerhard6105]

Very nice. What kind of morter do you use to build the wall?

[@MyFrenchCottage]

I use lime mortar. It allows a stone wall to breath.

[@gerhard6105]

@MyFrenchCottage thanks. My house in the Eifel/Ardennes is also build from such stones but with a putz on it. It is officially from 1860 but the village historican wrote about my house in the village glossy and he writes that it must be from about 1777. 20" thick walls. But now I know what to use when necessary. On my attic the stones are visible but now I know what is between them. I have enormous slate plates on the roof. Keep it up 👍

[@MyFrenchCottage]

@@gerhard6105 The history of an old house is very interesting. In France, the Napoleonic land register is a precise map of the beginning of the 19th century. My French Cottage dates back at least 1832.

[@ffss53]

I hope your videos are a bit longer... 😘

[@delwichedanielle3999]

🙂♥️🇧🇪

[@CynthiaEvans-i2f]