French Countryside Life # 63 Busy in the workshop.

[@bbithica26]

Talented, creative, problem solvers - what a great team. The guest room looks beautiful and that view is a ‘wow’! Enjoy the fam’s visit. Thanks for sharing ❤

[@FrenchCountrysideLife]

Thanks Barbara. Jane wanted to put a floating shelf up but there just isn't the room. Thanks for your lovely comment. Much appreciated. 👍🏼

[@annquirke4008]

Hi Colin, the guest room turned out lovely. Lots of great jobs done this week, from fixing the strimmer, to saving the wildlife from drowning, & creating a very neat tool holder. 👏🏻 Excellent! Thanks for the update. Till next week. Take care & mind how you go 👋🏻😉

[@FrenchCountrysideLife]

Thanks Ann. Sometimes there's a backlog of things that need to be fixed and you just have to get on with them and get them done. Since we've moved it seems like there's a never ending list. 😀 Thanks for watching. 👍🏼

[@juliachilton9]

I love watching you work, you are so calm and resourceful. Love your channel .

[@FrenchCountrysideLife]

Thanks Julia. Much appreciated. 👍🏼

[@chrislarsen2684]

The guest room looks peaceful and relaxing for her to come and stay now!! Well Done! Your new estate is coming along nicely...

[@FrenchCountrysideLife]

Thanks Chris. There's still a lot to do. It'll take a fair bit of time but no worries. Thanks for sticking with us. 👍🏼

[@wendyfrench881]

Like the tool rack and love the guest bedroom 🥰. It’s nice to see Jane in the video 😊👍

[@FrenchCountrysideLife]

Thanks Wendy. The bedroom came out better than I thought. The next project is the craft room so I'm sure we'll see plenty of Jane when that's being done. 👍🏼

[@ivysavage5569]

Nice guest room and I enjoyed your fix it jobs and repurposing the child safety gate. Well done

[@FrenchCountrysideLife]

Thanks Ivy. It's always nice to find a new purpose for something that would normally go to landfill. 👍🏼

[@susancollado5290]

💕Fantastic easy to see & return item to space💕My strimmer hangs between 2 slightly angled shelf brackets the bladed end sits inside a bucket away from little fingers💕

[@FrenchCountrysideLife]

Thanks Susan. Brilliant idea to have the sharp bits in a bucket. 👍🏻

[@annettesharrock1236]

Nice job Colin on the tool holder. Good idea to cover the hole for your vent for pool. Loved watching 😘

[@FrenchCountrysideLife]

Thanks Annette. Glad you enjoyed it. 👍🏼

[@WoodenItBeNice]

12th, LOL. Great video Colin. Love the tool rack. It seems all Janes come up with great ideas apparently. Mine does as well. Guest room is stunning Colin. All your hard work has really paid off. Take care mate. Cheers, Huw

[@FrenchCountrysideLife]

Thanks Huw. Caught you napping.The place is slowly starting to come together. We all need a Jane in our life. Cheers.

[@WoodenItBeNice]

@@FrenchCountrysideLife Haha, yes you did literally. Jane is now on holiday for 2 weeks so had a bit of a late night last night and slept in this morning.

[@nativetexson]

You guys are really getting organized in the house and shop. Your first guests should be very comfortable. Cheers-

[@FrenchCountrysideLife]

Thanks Glen. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel now. Taking one step at a time and it'll all get done. 👍🏼

[@lisaharner3720]

Excellent jobs done this week. What a simple solution for the skimmer cover! And love the tool rack. Wish I had one of those to get that clutter out of the way. Lovely view from your guest room. Very inviting! I’m redecorating the dining room and that last job of Drapery hanging is so satisfying to complete. I expect you feel the same way about completing your projects. 😍 Lisa from Virginia US

[@FrenchCountrysideLife]

Thanks Lisa. Whenever I finish a room I can't help but look around and think have I missed something. I think the key is to finish and walk away. Thanks again. 👍🏼

[@OurFrenchHouseRenovation]

nice job on the rack.. might steal that idea at some point... great view from the guest room, take care talk soon, back at the beginning of Oct cheers

[@FrenchCountrysideLife]

Cheers mate. talk soon. 👍🏼

[@KrisanthiaMum]

Love the rack!!! Thank you both for saving a few critters from certain death 👍 it’s always good to be able to do your own maintenance on lawn equipment and such. WHAT A VIEW in that guest room. I think the bigger hanging on the wall would look fantastic above the bed but that’s just my humble opinion 😜 either way, whom ever comes to visit and stay with y’all will be happy no matter what!!! Mind how you go 😊 and we’ll see you soon 👍

[@KrisanthiaMum]

PS A funny story 🤦‍♀️ Back in June I bought a new “strimmer” for my husband for Fathers Day. Our granddaughter was so excited for him to open it. I was explaining to her as he was putting it together that some people call it a strimmer she giggled and says “wouldn’t it be called a weeder Nana?” I really had to hold a laugh back because her face was priceless when her Papa put the string on it and she put 2 and 2 together. We will forever be call it a weeder from now on 😂😂😂

[@FrenchCountrysideLife]

Thanks Siren Dipity. I enjoy the challenge of fixing things. Although there have been times when I've gotten in way over my head. The view from that room was the reason we chose that room as the guest room. Thanks for all your support, it really means a lot. 👍🏼

[@FrenchCountrysideLife]

Aw , what a lovely story. 😀

[@alvaalvarado2587]

very good idea, thanks for teaching

[@FrenchCountrysideLife]

You're very welcome Alva. If it's easier for you to comment in your own language I can reply in that language too. 👍🏼

[@lisadurban3525]

Well done with all the work. I really didn't know how the tools would hang on the hooks!

[@FrenchCountrysideLife]

Thanks Lisa. I didn't realise I had so many spades ! 😀

[@inabates8919]

Bedroom looks beautiful guys

[@FrenchCountrysideLife]

Thanks Ina, it turned out really well. 👍🏼

[@sallymoffit3751]

In the opening trailer I observed you grinding off the wooden dowels. I thought to myself...what is he up to now? 🤣 Well done. Reuse. Repurpose.

[@FrenchCountrysideLife]

Thanks Sally. I used the wood left over from the chicken coop, a gate left by the previous owners and glue and screws that I already had. I think the rack cost me about 5 Euros for the threaded rod and nuts. Bargain. 😀👍🏼

[@PhilG0BVD]

Good work Colin, great content. You sound a little more upbeat, think passing of Lloyd knocked you for six. Take care both.

[@FrenchCountrysideLife]

Thanks Philip. I still find it hard to believe to be honest. He was a most pragmatic person so he would want me to get on and enjoy life. Thanks again. 👍🏼

[@PhilG0BVD]

@@FrenchCountrysideLife its hard Colin know what you are going through. I lost my brother only been retired for 4 weeks he burst an ulcer he did not know he had whilst lifting up my mum who had dementia. Have to live life to the max you both have a fabulous place to enjoy. Phil North Devon

[@FrenchCountrysideLife]

I'm truly sorry for your loss. I think that anyone who is an only child, whilst being sympathetic, wouldn't understand the feeling of the vacuum the passing of that person has left behind. If you feel the need to talk to someone who is going through the same situation you can email my channel email and I'll send you my number.

[@PhilG0BVD]

@@FrenchCountrysideLife True words Colin, like yourself thankful for our better halves! thank you for the offer that is very kind. Best Wishes Phil

[@LimousinLife]

Delayed reaction here but I'm at work so don't tell anyone! Great workshop tips and hints, you are so methodical with things. Must say, I gasped as you went for the angle drill freehand! I know how hard that is to get uniformity. Great idea from Jane regarding the mesh, nothing worse than swimming in rodent infested waters......well there is one thing of course, the Great brown shark so familiar in British waters. The guest room looks like hotel perfection! Anyway mate. Good job well done G

[@FrenchCountrysideLife]

Cheers Gary. The angles on the rack didn't have to be perfect so I just went for it. Thanks for all your continued support. Get back to work......😀

[@bobolpatrick3789]

beau travail

[@FrenchCountrysideLife]

Merci Bobol Patrick.

[@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries]

Mate great solution on the mesh and the rack turned out good well done buddy

[@FrenchCountrysideLife]

Cheers mate. As I was doing it I was thinking I'm sure that Budo would be doing this 50 times better than me with all the correct angles etc. I was trying to think of a jig I could make to get the angle uniform on the pegs. If I'd had a bit more time I could have done it better. Speak soon. 👍🏼

[@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries]

@@FrenchCountrysideLife no you done a good job mate i would of done about the same

[@camarieoz]

Nice job on the Strimmer (Weed Eater we call them here) Colin, you did pretty well getting those pegs at mostly the right angles free hand on the the tool rack, how on earth did you anchor the thread rod into the wall?? lovely guest room mate, another great episode, many thanks Cameron & Marie Laure

[@FrenchCountrysideLife]

Thanks Cameron & Marie Laure. I think it was more luck than judgement getting the angles mostly right. 😀. I put the threaded rod right through the wall and put a nut and washer on the other side. I did film that but when I came to edit it I couldn't find those shots. 🤔 Thanks for watching.

[@claireroper4897]

Bella at the beginning of the video you were in the workshop she was really looking at you as if to say who is he talking to.

[@FrenchCountrysideLife]

Ha Ha, thanks Claire. She follows me around most of the day. Thanks for your support. 👍🏼

[@michaelrhymer9266]

Flip-flops in the workshop - I'm out.

[@FrenchCountrysideLife]

Thanks Michael, good point. Thanks for your concern. 😀

[@Escapetofrance-Charente]

Don’t worry, I’ve called called the gendarmes, they sent someone round and gave him a jolly good ticking off. Colin’s defence was that it was his ‘pied de resistance’ Taxi for one

[@LimousinLife]

1st!!!

[@FrenchCountrysideLife]

😂 Legend.

[@OurFrenchHouseRenovation]

5th

[@FrenchCountrysideLife]

😀 Must try harder. See me after class. 😀