Porch makeover of our French farmhouse

In this vlog I am restyling our porch, our véranda as they say in French. I also show you how our garden turned out after months of work. Although it is still not finished it is finally starting to look like the french farmhouse style garden that I have seen in my head all this time.
Let me know what you think!
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Marloes

[@ai-man212]

That was the most gorgeous beginning of any video I've ever seen. lol.

[@vanessagodiin770]

Your porch transformation is beautiful. A place anyone would love to sit and contemplate life. You did a fantastic job on the table and I like your decor items you selected to adorn the room. Very well done. Magazine worthy.

[@FrenchCountryLife]

Thanks

[@janaculbreth007]

Ohhh what I would give to take kitty’s place!! This is like a dream!!! ❤️

[@sallieanderson5670]

Good ideas and I love how the table came out!

[@FrenchCountryLife]

Thanks!

[@creativecottage6137]

It’s beautiful very calming, and inviting. Well done.

[@FrenchCountryLife]

Thank you!

[@robinr1714]

Great job with the porch--looks so peaceful. "Moral Support" seems to be enjoying it!

[@FrenchCountryLife]

Merci

[@l.g.4451]

turned out really nice and I love the green color on the door. very soothing color. peaceful place to take a nap when you're worn out from all your work.

[@merveduru]

Looks great ❤️ Simple, clean, peaceful and stylish. Enjoy it with health and peace 😊

[@debbiestott3651]

So pretty and natural with the lovely stone and very organised. Love it.

[@michellerassp4730]

Beautiful work!🌻🌻🌻🌻

[@FrenchCountryLife]

thanks!

[@mimiwest3256]

I love your porch! It's really lovely and not "overdone". Perfect.

[@FrenchCountryLife]

Thank you so much!

[@lisaoloughlin6476]

looks so much better!!!!

[@maurawhelan3530]

Lanterns and or candles would be lovely and plants on shelf…great job!

[@smallhouseinthemeadow6131]

The table turned out amazing and the veranda is gogeous.

[@victoriagadd6831]

It’s stunning

[@judymccord871]

I love your place! This room is so cozy and beautiful! I love how the table turned out! Your home is getting beautiful all the time!

[@barbaraceo7828]

Love this room makeover😊

[@FrenchCountryLife]

merci!

[@stephaniecornelius9778]

I just found you and I love it. You took you wonderful space and brought out all it glory. It's stunning!

[@gathercreatelivewithleslie8340]

Turned out wonderful and peaceful, great place for a dwarf lemon tree. Bleach can be used the same way as the white paint to tone down orange and red tones in wood. The color scheme is beautiful.

[@amykingery8577]

We are building a stacked stone wall ourselves this week

[@moniquerutten8198]

Oooh sooo wow at the beginning …The mist on the landscapes… and then seeing You at work, making the veranda pretty in just a couple of days… lovely to follow the progression, dissapear into your life over there and feel you close ❤️

[@FrenchCountryLife]

Dank je wel lieverd! Come see us soon 💜💜

[@bettecannavino4047]

Love the garden room and table!

[@lindamatillon83]

Beautiful transformation to your porch/mudroom! love the table too! You've inspired me to fix up our small summer kitchen now! Thank you for your lovely vlogs and looking forward to the next!

[@FrenchCountryLife]

Thank you so much! It is so satisfying to put some love into renovating and restyling and seeing how much more beautiful it gets isn’t it? Enjoy restyling your kitchen!

[@mirjamromijn2182]

Wat is je ‘porch’ mooi geworden zeg, en dat tafeltje… een droom. Ik heb ook wel oude meubelstukjes opgeknapt, van oude donker eiken (met was) naar rustiek gebleekt eiken. Ik schuurde dan tot alle oude was en lak er af was en bleekte het stuk dan met dunne bleek in een sprayfles (oude glassexfles of zo) en liet het dan goed drogen. Verder deed ik er niets aan, ook super mooi🤎🤎🤎

[@FrenchCountryLife]

Dank je!

[@rebeccah8075]

I'm loving your videos ❤️

[@FrenchCountryLife]

Thank you!

[@k.crosbie261]

So very beautiful

[@user-fn9ox6lm7u]

Bravo! 👏👏👏🥰

[@FrenchCountryLife]

Merci!

[@lisaoloughlin6476]

you can use a brush and make the paint in the constancy of milk. Brush it on and let it soak in the wood. Then dry and varnish.

[@user-wu8lk1cb2k]

Ammonia cuts down wax. Apply it on the surface and scrap it off. Apply until all the wax is dissolve.

[@caroletownson1525]

A simple but very stylish space I love it especially the little table it turned out a really great colour. Hi from Queensland Australia

[@FrenchCountryLife]

thank you! And hi!

[@desanders12]

What a lovely job you did! You worked so hard and it came out beautiful. What is that lovely outdoorish room? Is the block in the mud room an old windows closed up? A windows would be lovely there. I enjoyed your video. Thank you for sharing. 😊

[@FrenchCountryLife]

It was the door to an outhouse (so we’ve been told) that the previous owners closed when they made a bathroom in the house

[@josephvargas6166]

bravo de redonner vie à ces vieilles pierres et bravo à vos enfants pour le coup de main ....et bravo de bricoler si bien ....

[@FrenchCountryLife]

Merci beaucoup! Si ca vous intéresse, mon mari a une chaîne KZbin sur nos travaux et rénovations. Par contre c’est en néerlandais. @aandefranseslag

[@kathleenpitt1981]

Before you sand, use mineral spirits and fine steel wool to remove the wax buildup.

[@FrenchCountryLife]

Thanks for the advice!

[@lisaoloughlin6476]

looks beautiful, you can do another layer of white on the table , sheer and will still look beautiful and show the wood grain.

[@gailwilliams8515]

Hello Marloes - I LOVE this video - from morning to night. The beautiful countryside footage, the sounds of the insects at the end, and the peaceful music. Your veranda looks so inviting now and the colours you have chosen are so lovely and peaceful. Thank you sooo much for sharing that technique for lightening the wood on the table - I have a kitchen table which gives off those orange tones too and have been looking for how to bring out more natural/muted tones - I will try this method too. Best wishes from wintery New Zealand :-)

[@FrenchCountryLife]

Thank you for your kind words! A small disclaimer for the technique: the lady that I learned this from says it is only suited for ensuring the unfinished wood will look unfinished after applying a protection coat. It is not suited to whiten furniture. If your wood is very red toned, it may turn out pink 🙈 My table was fine though and I was willing to take the risk. Maybe try it out on an invisible part of the piece of furniture first, I did that and saw it would be fine. I have used a mat protective coat.

[@gailwilliams8515]

@@FrenchCountryLife thank you for the suggestion - will try on the underside first :-)

[@beckie605]

Hello from Maine, USA! I love your house, your renovations and you. Everything you’ve done is so beautiful! I’m getting lots of ideas for my house. I would like to know the name and brand of paint on your shutters and trim. I’m anxious to see the finished product.

[@FrenchCountryLife]

Love to hear that my videos inspire you! The paint I used here is Blue Gray by Farrow & Ball.

[@frankmckenzie8981]

Zeer mooi, plaatje begint te kloppen...

[@huib1715]

Hoi Marloes, tip je kunt meubels die in de (bijen)was staan ook met een stuk recht glas afschrapen, bij rondingen in het meubel zou je ook een stuk staal of oude beitel kunnen gebruiken die in de vorm van de ronding is geslepen het eerst schrapen scheelt je heel veel volgelopen schuurpapier. Daarna schuren met korrel 80 gevolgd door korrel 120 en hoger tot je het gewenste resultaat hebt bereikt. Overigens ziet jullie tuin er fantastisch uit petje af. kijk altijd uit naar de filmpjes van Olaf en ga nu ook French Country Life volgen. dikke duim.

[@FrenchCountryLife]

Oooo dank je wel voor de tip!! Het is niet eenvoudig om het eraf te krijgen... Leuk dat je ons ook hier volgt nu, welkom!

[@huib1715]

@@FrenchCountryLife Graag gedaan en sorry voor de typo Olav

[@margaux_cha]

Bonjour ! I love your sage outdoor furniture and I've been trying to find something that looks just like that! Could you please tell me where it comes from? Thank you and your videos are such great inspo! I am also renovating a farm in Lot-et-Garonne but just as a family house ❤

[@FrenchCountryLife]

Bonjour! I got it at Castorama last year. I am not sure they still have it? Best of luck on your renovations!

[@AfricaGal]

Would you please share the name of the music that is playing as we view the beautiful countryside, it is absolutely wonderful!

[@FrenchCountryLife]

I don’t remember but you can use Shazam to know the titels and artists.

[@Frenchcountryfriends]

The beginning of this video was so calming and beautiful! Loved the space you created! We’ve got an atelier with the stone walls similar to you however it’s going to require a lot of work, the floors are mix of stone and dirt. 🤪Did you to redo the flooring?

[@FrenchCountryLife]

No the floor was like this. I liked it with the style of the rest of the space so luckily I could leave it this way. It’s concrete and adding something on top would have forced me to change the steel door as well 🤯

[@FrenchCountryLife]

I only now realize your floor is probably like ours was in our old stables: stones, dirt and cow sh*#. We scooped all of it out and put in floor insulation and a concrete floor. You would want to put in a concrete floor at minimum or if it is a living space, add insulation. Our porch had an old concrete floor that we left as is. You’re probably counting down to september when you’re moving! Such a wonderful thing to look forward to!

[@Frenchcountryfriends]

@@FrenchCountryLife I was hoping just to work with the floor as it is but yes, concrete will be must. BTW- We found out some good news from the notaires, we will be moving in 3 weeks now!

[@raices294]

I have enjoyed watching the process of making the French house your own. One question, what material do you use to put under the pebbles? usually the weeds come through, but, not in your case. Thanks.

[@FrenchCountryLife]

Thank you! We use “géotextile” underneath, which is very efficient! You still get some weeds (from grains falling from the trees that then grow onto the pebbles but they are super easy to pull out. I don’t know the name in english but Google will know 😇

[@imaginetraveltours]

Merci Beaucoup for the white paint technique, going to give that one a try. I've been using linseed oil on my furniture but it stays too wet even months after? do you know a secret to this?

[@FrenchCountryLife]

No unfortunately I wouldn't know anything about that but maybe some of the others commenting here do! And with these things I find Google will tell you everything ;)

[@marycunningham3516]

I would so like to be curled up on that bed reading all day long. Preferably with the cat .

[@tt-of4xv]

Hey may I ask you the name of the F&B color you used to repaint the inside door ? (at 6:45). I really like it !

[@FrenchCountryLife]

It’s Blue Gray

[@tt-of4xv]

@@FrenchCountryLife Thanks !!

[@janetellinger9605]

I like the yellow but people react dif it’s like cilantro

[@peggybreaux8973]

That is called a wash. You just mix paint with water an use that diluted paint.

[@FrenchCountryLife]

Thanks! I didn’t know that!

[@peggybreaux8973]

@@FrenchCountryLife if you want to preserve wood outside use marine varnish. It is used on boats. I use it on exterior doors an also over painted wood furniture . It will leave a glossy finish.

[@flyingcloudsmoore1313]

What happened to all the shoes? Did you make a place for them?

[@FrenchCountryLife]

They are in the closet where they are supposed to go (but no one bothered to put them there 😝), now they do!

[@josephvargas6166]

en FRANCE on appelle ça un meuble cérusé ( blanchi à la céruse )

[@AB-fb8eo]

❤g

[@AB-fb8eo]

I am going to try this method with a table my husband made. But first at a small piece of that wood. Your work is wonderful and so inspiring... Greetings from Greece! ❤