In the garden door I would put a glass door behind and keep the original door also for the cold and heat. Nice plans! We are waiting for the process. ❤

@patriziadelorenzis378

6 ай бұрын

Definitely the best solution. The original doors remain open during Spring/ Summer. The glass doors which are half wood, half glass remain locked but they let light in ,and keep..non invited guests out.

@user-ke2qo9ky8y

6 ай бұрын

That is a very good idea.

@MyrsiniKalogeropoulou

6 ай бұрын

@patriziadelorenzis378 I said glass because in this way you can choose to open completely the wooden one and look outside.

Fantastic plans - looking forward to seeing what you do in 2024 and how your garden blooms in summer

So excited for 2024, take your time as it’s a lifetime achievement & you have plenty of years left ❤

Consider putting insulation and sheetrock in between the beams, it will be good for heat and sound, and you would still have the beams. You can also insulate and cover the whole ceiling and add molding and decorative accents.

You are a charming presenter, Alla. I think your projects so so interesting and I know how beautiful you two will make them. I've been watching from the very beginning and I am in awe of your creativity and willingness to do the hard work. Happy 2024.

Your ideas are terrific! Looking forward to the remodeling of your villa!

Put cement sealer on the walls of laundry room it will stop the moisture from coming through , nice plans you have for 2024

Wonderful ideas for 2024! They are all lovely and I can’t wait to see all the beauty you create. So happy for you , Sergi and Cheri!

I think the ceiling looks good. I wouldn't cover it. It's got character!

@mariarobles9116

6 ай бұрын

Totally agreed

@DreamingofAChateau

6 ай бұрын

Ahhh I do agree actually ☺️it’s just I know how hard it is to clean them…ehhhh

@AvaT42

6 ай бұрын

Totally agree!

@user-uc8cn4dq8c

6 ай бұрын

I totally agree as well

The ceiling in the salon is just beautiful and should be cleaned..the kitchen would look great this color also.

For the salon I would suggest plastering in between the beams so Sergei could have some beams and it would be less work Restoring all of them. Also I think it would be better to put some plastic barrier in between the new wall you are building in the laundry to keep moisture out. I look forward to all the new plans you have.❤

@karenbrindley7170

6 ай бұрын

Ha! I just posted the same idea.

@litsakoutoula3071

6 ай бұрын

@@karenbrindley7170 😅😅

@user-ke2qo9ky8y

6 ай бұрын

I would use plaster board rather than plastic because it is lighter and easy to use.

Alla, at the end of this video lousy that you hope that your viewers like your plans for 2024. Well, I love your plans and so look forward to each day and the progress received. Looking back at 2023, you and Sergi lived much of the year in a different village and much of your time was spent just on the road or train going back and forth from your apartment to Oro. You will have so much more time with the interruption of the traveling to accomplish your goals. Good luck! It is going to be a great year.

You have accomplished so much in the past year! I am truly impressed with the transformation of your garden!! Can’t wait to see what 2025 holds!

I have no doubt the two of you will get a lot done in 2024!! You have accomplished so much, and it shows in your beautiful home❣❣

Wishing you the best with your projects this year. I will enjoy watching. ❤

Glass doors a great idea for that spot

So exciting! The projects are looking very doable!!!😁

I cant wait to watch all your plans come together this year, sounds fab, and you both have worked so hard to get where you are with the house and garden, you should be very proud.

I am tired just listening to your projects. I love the pergola idea using your new welding skills. Good luck with all of your work and Happy New Year.

@frenchcountrylove7435

6 ай бұрын

I think that too

An exciting year ahead. Thank you for sharing!😁

Thanks for sharing. It will be exciting to continue following your adventures 😊

Мы верим что все намерены проекты осуществляется и вы достигнете исполнения всех ваших желаний!

Compromise on the salon, put plaster board between the beams. The reduces at least 75% of the work and you get the rustic beams to look at. Looking forward to your progress

With all you have accomplished this year next year will be very busy!

Lovely Alla - wonderful 2024 update thanks.. and, being reminded of the Patreon video's I've watched makes me appreciate the money spent on being a part of your Patreon community. Well done on the sharing - you and Sergi work very hard to film and edit to get these out all of the time. Kudos

Happy to hear your excitement and great ideas for 2024 Alla. You and Sergi have achieved so much in the time you have been at Villa Oro, with renovations and a garden. The first floor projects are exciting and I am looking forward to seeing your dreams come true. One thought on the ceilings --- I agree that the exposed beams do look lovely when cleaned but the house is so cold in the winter, perhaps if you close the ceilings, this will enable insulation installation. 🥰

Very exciting news for the this year ,I am looking forward to all your transformation

You have plenty to do for 2024 Happy New Year ❤❤

Alla, you and Sergei have achieved so very much this year through continual hard work and artistic vision! You must never have time to sleep. For your front doors, do you have room to put glass doors on the outside of the current wooden ones so you can open the wood doors and see out? In the US, we usually have storm doors that are outside the regular door. Can you afford to have someone come in and sandblast all your ceilings at once? If not, if you can scrap some of the loose paint off the beams, maybe you could paint them white.

I'm so happy for you both. This year is going to be exciting. Your ideas are beautiful. Can't wait for the kitchen to be finished. And your garden is very gorgeous. ❤❤❤ hugs and kisses to Cherie. ❤😊❤

Sending love from Canada ❤❤

Kitchen, utility, hall. You need a salon/ sitting area, and guest room and bath

Wonderful plans! I look forward to watching the progress you share with us. Thank you!

Lots and lots of exciting projects this year! Looking forward to it!

I could see the salon ceiling paintet with your creative hands ❤

Please leave the original ceilings, they have so much character and history.

Your 2024 plans are very exciting and daring and I’m gonna be right here enjoying the ride! You’ve accomplished so much already. I can’t wait 😊

What you plan for 2024 is so exciting. Can’t wait for each chapter to see you working. I’m as excited as you are!! On you doors why can’t you create and do your own stain glass. 12:20 12:25

Isn’t there an upper cantina across from your bedroom? Is that the room we need to guess? I have learned that your judgement is so good that I would never second guess you. You have the best grasp on how much something will cost in elbow grease and time. So, you decide about your ceilings!!!!

When we have more things than just the washer/dryer in the room, we call it a utility room. Have you and Sergi ever talked about building stairs from the garden up to the street so you don't have to carry garden clippings, stones, plants etc through the house?

Great to have goals for the year ahead. You look so happy and enthusiastic, especially when you don’t have to travel after renovating each day. I’m sure Sergi will be happy with the outdoor grill idea! Love the colour idea for his study as well. All sounds exciting and I look forward to seeing your plans.

Alla and Sergei, you have accomplished an incredible amount so far! Looking forward to all your stories as you bring your dreams into reality! 😍😍😍

❤❤❤lam blow away with your ideas, I now you two will do it great. The mantel is beautiful ❤❤ and the idea for Sergi studio is soo elegant. The room is where the wine is? I think, but have some bricks or rocks. ❤❤

So excited to see the projects this year. Every thing is looking wonderful

I have no doublt that you can and will complete the next projects beautifully! ❤️ You have a very good eye for finding treasures in thrift stores. Keep that fabric bagged and clean, its going yo be great wherever you put it.❤

I love your plans for 2024, it will be so exciting to see the rooms evolve!

Wow, you are going to be busy. I will follow along as I have quite enjoyed this renovation. ❤🇨🇦

Love your plans for 2024. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Another busy year ahead!😊Renovations are looking fabulous...creating a beautiful home! Regarding the ceilings upstairs, if you cover them in plaster board you will loose height in the rooms. Aesthetically, the ceiling height needs to be consistent throughout. Whatever you choose (plasterboard or to restore the ceilings), should be replicated throughout your home. Plastering in between the beams is an option (best of both) and allow you to insulate between the floors for heating and sound. Restoring the ceilings as they are, would be the best option though. This might be one of those jobs that needs a professional i.e. sandblast the ceilings. Time is also money...and would save you backbreaking work.

You have very exciting plans.😊Could you apply one of the peel and clean products. You paint it on and leave for a few hours then peel off in sheets. You could then add sound insulation, inclu and cover with insulated plaster board so you still see the wooden beams. This is what we have in our 19th century converted barn.

Loved this video. So exciting🙂

Baking soda used to clean the beams and put plaster board in between. Look at Chateau de Cavaliers. They are doing beams too.

You have accomplished so so much this past year, I see no reason why you should not manage to get the first floor finished. You are more experienced now so it should... go faster. I would consider covering one of the ceilings at least. you could then insulate it, which would make it cozier in the winter. Your image for the laundry room looks beautiful too. & then the garden will look great in the spring. Can't wait to see it. Especially since spring is earlier where you are than here, in southern Quebec.

Double doors .keep the wooden door .for safety and keeping heat in winter. have a second glass door ..

We call them storm doors. They go on outside of original doors. Great plans.

Ay Dios mio! Alla you have made me laugh so much. God will continue to be with both of you in 2024. Tanti auguri.

You have a lot of plans and l have no doubt that you and Sergi will achieve them. It's an exciting year ahead:)

The stairway walls look so great! Good job 😊Happy New Year ❤

So excited for you, Sergi and Cheri I know you have not decided what to do with your ceilings in the bedrooms. Have you thought about putting insulation and plaster board between the beams just as the Pethericks did at their French Convent. It looks lovely with just the beams exposed and reduces the hard work of trying to clean all the wood. It does reduce the noise and also allows the heat to remain within that floor area. Also it stops the dirt from falling though the cracks from floor above. Good renovating for 2024

Happy New year looking forward to seeing all the exciting projects for 2024

Thank you Alla for sharing your amazing plans I am so excited for you both.I so enjoyed your enthusiasm about your projects 💐

You guys were suggested and I’m so glad I found you! For that amazing exterior door-Definitely save it and add glass! First floor room upstairs, I would suggest sanding and medium to dark stain…I can’t believe the garden! Wow! Just amazing since the day you got the keys!! Brilliant!

Love everything you do, if you find the ceiling and beams too much to sand back, ,you could paint them ,still have the beam effect

I’ve been watching and supporting you on Patreon since day one and I’m so excited for this year’s projects. As always, great job! You guys are rock stars! 🎉❤

@DreamingofAChateau

6 ай бұрын

Thank you Pat!!! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼❤️❤️❤️❤️

Thanks Alla. Lots of lovely plans and you have achieved so much already🎉❤

You two are very good at what you do. The sky’s the limit. Blessings

Happy New Year 🎉 Why not dream Big it’s free 😁 Love your plans for 2024. So far the ceilings looking good. Love the idea of a stained glass door for the bathroom and more light in the hallway. I like your ideas for all projects cant wait to see

Thankyou for sharing your plans for the new year alla and sergie. You have done so well with what you have done . i love your vision for your kitchen, I know france antiques would have wooden large pieces that you showed us in kitchen ideas. But that would be a problem sourcing that i dont know if italian antiques places have them and at what price. Your front door is lovley just needs a bit of tender loving care of which you have an abundance of alla. i think the glass idea is key for the light factor . you mentioned double glazed glass. I had a front door (modern upvc door) and rather than have plane glass panels in the top section i got decorative glass panels made . with colurs in the design. i think both panels cost me around £300 ( kist under 300 euros back in around 2012) i hade to get a new door last year as the sill frame at the bottom of door frame has cracked with tread over the 11 years and when i had a new door i asked if they could remove the 2 decorative panels as they were pretty. i have kept them / What i am getting at is if you contact local double glaze companies they may be able to make you to glass door panels and if you didnt want glass with colurs in the design their are some beautiful designs the trouble is i dont know what they would cost i italy. Also you can get etched glass which may be an option for your bathroom as the etched glass can have some beautiful design's. You can also have the option to design your own stained glass panel for the sealed double glased unit but i think that may be more expensive , Maybe locally you could find a way of advertising in your local area what you are looking for re stained glass and the wooden unit and maybe locals could contact you if they see or find anything like what you are hoping for.

I cant wait to see all of the future changes to the house for 2024. It's going to lots of fun to see what coming. In regards to the ceiling in the salon you could keep the beans and cover the wood in-between with drywall or plaster. Then you could clean or strip the beams back to the natural wood. Whatever you do I'm sure it will be fantastic. You have done so much in the last year and I am sure you will as much or more this year. Congratulations to all of your hard work. Cheers and Happy New Year to you all.

So excited for this year and watching you tick things off your list. You look beautiful dressed to match Cherie🫶

Very interesting, looking forward to the execution of the projected plans. Take it just step by step.

Love your enthusiasm Alla. Keep up the good work❤

I love your excitement about the projects to come and the achievements you have made are incredible. I can't wait to see what you both do!

Very excited with your plans I can hardly wait . Love it

It sounds like a good plan I will be watching for sure.❤🙂

С новым годом! Здоровья и благополучия!

Wow!!!! so many different priorities, and they all have to be done by Christmas 2024? now that is a challenge. I think you omitted to talk about the "cave" or cellar...... or was that intentional?

Youve done such a wonderful job. I think you should make a curtain in front of the bathroom to try to keep the heat in the bathroom. Is there another bathroom in the house? 😊

Happy New Year! So nice to see your plans for the new year. Lots of growth and change for 2024!

I think you should cover the ceilings, but if not, at least paint them a bright white to “open” the rooms up and make them brighter and more cheerful.

Could you get someone to come and sandblast the ceiling it would be so quick and save your backs and arms. Love your ideas for your home. 😊

Can’t see that fabric in that guestroom. Find it a bit to gloomy for my taste and it does not go with the vibe of the other rooms. Love the botanical idea you shared on Patreon.

You have done so much & have wonderful ideas for the future🙏🏼🩵❄️

For the salon, put up a thinly insulated plasterboard between the beams, that way you'll have the effect of beams yet gain some insulation and reduce the level of stripping the paint off the ceiling!!!! you could paint designs onto the beams like a French Chateau!!!!

@kevinjewell233

6 ай бұрын

Just google French ceiling or "plafond Française"!

Happy Thursday from a finally sunny Central Florida. So, how long did it take to stop having nightmares about the white bags!😜😜😜😜

@sergio.i

6 ай бұрын

phhh 15 years probably...

@THillick

6 ай бұрын

@@sergio.i we sympathize on the holes. Had to replumb… one word “DUST”

We have just subscribed! Ci piacciano i tuoi video, e non vediamo l'ora de vederne altri 🙏🏿

@DreamingofAChateau

6 ай бұрын

❤️❤️❤️❤️

May all your dreams come true best wishes from Illinois 😊😊😊❤

I just have some questions about insulation and plasterboard. Walls would be insulated and it would be easier to put Electrics and anything else you want to add. If you put the insulation in between the beams you would not lose any height. You would also find it easier to paint you're beautiful walls

Are you starting on the Cantina maybe ? So so excited to see what you’ll do next ! Everything is looking so beautiful already ❤❤❤ I can’t believe how much you two have accomplished already !

Ala, The fabric you found is so dark and heavy for a guest room. The light theme of the painting on the walls you did does not match the feeling I thought you were going for. You have time to find the right fabrics. So, think of the house as a whole! Thanks for sharing

Is there a bathroom on the 1st floor? Will there be a studio for you somewhere? I think the beamed ceilings you have already finished are so impressive and add to the spacious feeling. I think you will regret it if you put a ceiling up, especially since there will be daily reference to the beamed rooms. Is there any possibility of hiring them done--keeping in mind the fact that time also equals money

Loved the video and all your plans.

Creo qué sería importante poner en la habitación de la lavadora un aparato deshumidificador para mantener esa habitación lavandería seca , se ve muy húmeda!!los aparatos deshumidificadores eléctricos funcionan muy bien en esos casos donde hay mucha humedad💁💁🤷😘🥰

Very interesting video, loved the tour and your inspirations of projects to come. What floor is your bedroom on? Wow you’ve done so much already to your beautiful villa.

Is your master bedroom also on the ground floor?

Good video

just to let u know I did push button for todays notification but I wasn't notified, still I am here.

@sergio.i

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! I also have this weird behaviour. I don't know why we have such a glitches. It would be interesting to find out why it is happening.

Exciting new year of projects! The only area on the ground floor that you haven’t addressed is the “basement” area. I can’t remember what you call it. Cellar? ❤️😊

Thank you ... : ) Awesome video.. :)

Love your vision.