Escape to rural france- floor and hanging about EP014 

Put a French drain in to help with the water, Annalise love your hair that color suits you.

Three members would get water on their floors, and under the floor, due to torrential rains. If you dig a French Drain, a channel full of rock, the water drains around the house, not into it.

Annelise is the sweetest person and always ready to go at anything and both your personalities are reflected in your two wonderful boys. Best wishes to you and your family!

Annalise, your new hair colour looks lovely. You and Dan are really good at parenting. Your boys will be so self confident and capable when they grow up. Thanks for sharing! 🙏🏻

Annelise, you did a wonderful pointing job. I also love what you've done as a hairdresser at Lalaunde. I know the people there appreciate what you've been doing for them.

Annelise, you look great with dark hair. It suits your complextion so well. The little Wellington Brigrade is just the sweetest thing. Great job with the pointing. You and Dan work very well together. Thanks for the upload. Cheers.

The boys are good little helpers.

A dimmer switch on the two up-lights would be a good idea so you could adjust to the mood.

Such a lovely family. Your parenting shines bright with your two boys! Love the new hair color. Dan works so hard. Hope you get time for some relaxing time together. Well done!

I love the colour green on the door and windows

I was watching a video of a couple in Portugal converting an old stone barn into a home and they were digging around the outside of the house to put in drainage to keep out the damp... Great progress and a lovely family! Cheers!

Annelise and Dan - what a great duo. So easy-going and cheerful. The amount of physical labour and problem solving these projects involve often leave me humbled, but I am inspired by watching the two of you get down to work.

Annelise the new hair looks fantastic, it really suits you!

That hair color is really great with your complexion. You look like a teenager;).

Annalise you did a fantastic job on the pointing!

Analise you are such a beutiful girl. You can do sooo many things at the house.So talented. My God i love your family. You and Dan are getting along so perfect. Well done. We women can do anything. Keep going. 👒👒👒👒👑👑👑👑👑

Love your vlogs - honest and unpretentious! Thank you xx

I like Annalise's new hair colour. : )

The Wellington brigade are doing a grand job as is mum. I sure hope that floor don’t take too much hard work to fix.

Such hard workers. That door has been so convenient during all the renovations going on and I’m wondering if it might be a good idea to keep it in the final product. A nice table and chairs outside off the kitchen would be nice!

The skills these guys have are just incredible to me! I’m proud of myself for sorting the garage. 🙄

Annelise- great job! You go girl. Question- who minds the boys whilst you working on the house?

Well done, Annelise! Great job on the pointing! Also, your hair looks lovely! I voted for your vlog! It's my favourite of all the new ones. :) Stay well!

I think you need to put weeping tile in the ground outside to keep the damp out.

Annelise you did a fantastic job. I came over from the Chateau Diaries. I have watched everyone of your videos and look forward to seeing your kitchen finished and your chandelier hung.

Hi Dan and Annelise! Great vlog! My husband says two lights should be used, at 45 degree angles to each other on the opposing walls. That will kill the shadows and soften any of the harsh bright areas, sort of the effect Annelise was seeing when she said she liked the position of the light placed back a little from where you had it. From below, the video angle view she provided that we all had, it did seem a little harsh with hard shadows! He also said there probably are lots of videos about lighting that would offer professional lighting techniques. Great job! Love your work and joy at keeping a schedule and getting things beautifully done. It shows at Lalande of course and it super shows here! Hugs to those adorable boys!

Great job with the floor! You guys are the duets of construction and flooring. Love you all. Take care Ed

Annalise did a great job on that wall

Annalise has the most wonderful giggle/laughter! Your progress is so exciting and such fun to watch! It reminds me of my hubby and I doing things n our first little home. Good on you Dan and Annalise - great team work!

And don’t forget to build a French Drain on the outside‼️‼️

Wow you’ve done fantastic with pointing!! So clever 👏🏻 well done!! Love your new hair colour ♥️

I just put my vote in for you, so best of luck. You certainly deserve it because the amount of work you are both doing whilst having your two boys to look after is amazing! Annalise, I love your hair, as well. It suits your beautiful skin tone 🥰

I've really enjoyed watching your remodel!

It is incredible how much a beautiful gem of a kitchen you made of this room.

You've changed your hair Annalise! I love it!

Make sure the damp membrane goes up the wall to stop the damp soaking the new concrete floor

Well done Annalise on the pointing- it makes such a difference. Love following your progress and the sweet kiddos 💕

Love Annelise's hair color and the helpful boys at the beginning😁 Once you have the chandelier hanging, the LED lights will be softened a bit, so it's still hard to judge the placement. Enjoy watching the progress💕❤

Your hair looks 🥰amazing!!! It makes you look like a teenager! Not like you didn’t before lol! Good job pointing!

Annelise loved your, "What am I supposed to do?" moment!!

Great pointing job Annalise. Love your hair, your boys and the job you and Dan are doing. Please do a drain outside 🦘🦘🦘

Annalise, well done 9n the grouting but Dan, you should keep your workers well hydrated with coffee, I’m loving your new hair colourAnnalise. I was laughing out loud at your attempt to get up in the roof space 😂😂 I put my vote in on the first day and my obvious choice was for you all, by far you are my winners xx I quite like the idea of dimmer switches but on all your uplighters, then it’s really adjustable for the mood/ need. Loving following your channel xx

Spider Dan, Spider Dan... Love the dramatic lighting!

I love your family. and you've got the best helper sir. Great video. God bless you all. MERRY CHRISTMAS.

Great vlog has always. Well done to Annalise getting stuck in.

Good job! Tick tock, Christmas is right around the corner. Can’t wait to see that turkey sliding out of the oven! Best of luck!

You two deserve all the luck in the world. You both work so hard making a family home but with plenty of laughs along the way. You are a real tonic at this difficult time. Just voted for you as well & put a link to my Facebook page so hopefully you will get a few more votes as well.

Oh Wow those lights on that brickwork looks amazing can't wait to see Annelise's chandelier go up. I have also voted for you guys for vloggers of the year I really enjoy watching your lovely family and your rustic farmhouse.

That is going to be so beautiful and dramatic! yes, you can see more. Great idea and something very large on that wall.

I’ve already done my vote for you. 👍 You seem to have so much to do like Annalise I can’t wait to see the Chandelier up so cool. Well done on the pointing looks really great. Your two boys so cute helping with the sweeping and carrying bits out excellent grounding for them. Love the hair.🍾🥂💕

Annelise your brown hair looks great! The green on the door and window trim looks nice. Don't know it that was already there.

Dan and Annelise, You’ve got Wonderful folks on here giving you tips

Love Escape to Rural France

So many familiar faces to vote for. Your Welly brigade tipped the balance for me. Bonne Chance 💖🤙😉

FYI. I am watching everything from oldest to newest. Love you guys!❤️

Good floor preparation Dan ahead of the concrete going in. Not sure if you plan to have above worktop cupboards or just base units. If so under cupboard lights and lights in the extractors / chimney would look great and give you plenty of light at low level. The chandelier and those LED lights would then set the higher space off a treat. Great vlogs both of you and sorry I watched it too late to cast a vote for you 👍🏻

But we missed your graceful desend from the beams! 😊 Your kitchen is going to be gorgeous! Best wishes for a win on the contest.

Excellent job on the pointing, I was so surprised at how much you got done! You go girl! I can't wait to have a try on the old byre (barn) at our new property!

Wow! So much for waterproof! Amazing!

He is so eager to help daddy, so adorable. I already voted for you (4). hugs

Annelise I think you did an amazing job with your pointing...girl power!!!

Damp can be so devastating... Good thing you are cementing it!!

First LOVE the new hair color!! Yeah you needs some French drains...great job on the pointing!

Omg y’all that’s going to be awesome! I think maybe on the other side you could do two kinda facing up into the corners so that there is up lighting but it doesn’t distract from her fabulous and wonderfully sweet gift of a chandelier! Just an idea... had a friend who had high ceilings and wanted to focus on one side and not the other, so he put the other two focusing on the corners of the walls and it’s a really cool feature for the stone work while the main wall features what you want... just an idea,... I’m sure whatever y’all do will be fabulous! Love y’all and so glad to have found y’all through Stephanie channel... your the cutest family and I wish and pray for y’all to have as much greatness as y’all are great and talented! La lande is better, so much better for having you and I know they know it and I wish the same success for y’all! 🥰. From the states... don’t hold it against me😂.

Great ideas with the lighting...Can't wait to see the Chandelier!! So exciting...

I have always laid the damp proof membrane onto the compacted/level sand base and then put the insulation boards on top and then the concrete, I'm thinking that your insulation boards will absorb damp and deteriate. Just my thoughts as I've never seen it done that way before, however I'm sure you have researched your project. Good luck to you both, you are real grafters.

I love the color of the door and windows. ❤️

That was funny with Dan trying to climb the beams😀maybe have a rope light around the edge would be great to🤗

You both work so incredibly hard and your home is going to be beautiful. Big love to you both x

Your little children are adorable ❤️❤️

Love your hair Annelise. You both had me laughing trying to get Dan up onto the beams.

I love your family. For a more aesthetic look, be sure that all of your lights are either yellow white or all blue white. I suggest yellow white because it is warmer and more fitting for historic homes.

Well done on your pointing Annelise x

Lovely haircolour Annalise!

You did so well with the pointing.... but you've done now girl! It will be your permanent job until the buildings are finished!! Well done xxxxx

Loved seeing the boys helping you are a great family xx

Coming along well.Annalise you made a fab job of Steps hair!

Who needs toys when you have sand, cement and stones to play with?!! Wonderful to watch the boys eager to help you from such a young age.

Great job of the pointing Annelise.

I just love the old original floors lol

It's all coming together. It's going to look great when it's all finished

I love you guys, and I'm super picky about who I like, watch ect

Well done with your pointing Leasy, you did an excellent job!. It’s going to look beaut.

I agree with ‘white blob’ as description- better further away. Just started watching these from 2 years ago; since you got your chateau ruins. Looking forward to final results

How exciting! I am so happy to see the progress you both have made for your home! Great job! I hope more successes come your way and God blesses and keeps you all! Thanks for the Vlog!

You are amazingly hard workers!! I'm just amazed at what you can do!! Love from Vermont

What a wonderful video! Annalise your hair looks really nice, the colour is lovely on you! What a great team you guys are...even the little one's...such good helpers & so sweet! Thank you for sharing, love your channel, it's so nice to see a young family, so close and loving! Take really good care! Much love from Canada

Great first attempt at pointing Annealise .🇦🇺👋

Annalise the stone work is stunning well done 👏 loved the video dan , the boys are so adorable , till next week 💕

Way to go Annalise !! You did an excellent job.

(Moira Ashton) I loved everything about this video! Your hair really suits you that colour Annalise, the pointing you did was really well done, it looked lovely, the little boys are soooo sweet wanting to help Daddy in their wellies! And Dan made me laugh "monkeying about on the beams" 💕💓💞💗🥰👋

Hi 🙋‍♀️all. Annalise love your beautiful brown hair really brings out your lovely eyes. Dan and you both work so hard. Them boys will be a great help around the place in years to come. Farm house is coming along nicely at a good pace. Well done👌xxx

You need a damp course on the walls.

I love your whole family,I LOVE U 4!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great idea for lighting the walls but needs to be subtle and on a dimmer for best effect. So talented and impressed with all your skills.

Well done Analise, very good job.

You are such a beautiful family and truly enjoy watching the updates....you are moving along so well. Annelise, you are an absolute joy and wonderful mother! Dan you are so knowledgeable and are able to do so many different trades...very impressive. Really enjoy watching your videos and updates....brings much joy to so many!!

Geat to see how your children are involved.great job

My dad would have loved to have had a lazor level. He was a carpenter I put his level in with him.

Well, first, Your hair color looks amazing!!’ Luv it!!’ 2nd, she’s got skills doing that filler stuff 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🥳🥳🥳🥳, Another awesome video! Thank you for sha💞