“Aren’t we lucky to be here.” I love your grandfather’s words and they are similar to what I say to myself in bed each night living in a very beautiful place and watching the sunlight fade over the sea (but in an old house needing so much work and with various family members pro and con on keeping it!) I so look forward to watching what you do with your project.

@il9001

2 жыл бұрын

Lovely! In which beautiful country are you living in 🙂?

@user-no2mz9hl4f

2 жыл бұрын

Gratitude is a beautiful practice.

@gailkarsera2934

2 жыл бұрын

@@il9001 SOUTH OF FRANCE

@andronicemarinis1072

2 жыл бұрын

Stay, dont let it go.......

@sarahterry2140

2 жыл бұрын

@@il9001 US

Oh, this is wonderful. Provence is incredibly beautiful. I am so excited to see the unfolding of your house renovation. My spirits were instantly lifted to watch this. Just what we need in dark times. Thank you, Justine!

Hi Justine, I have moved to Provence 3 months ago after 12 years spent in Paris. My husband and I are so happy of this change ! We live in an old typical house (rental) which is very beautiful. So fun to know that we are neighbours ☺️ I recommend you to visit Simiane-La-Rotonde and its castle if you haven't already. It's an amazing "village perché".

Thank you, Justine! I thoroughly enjoy your vlogs. Provence is so beautiful. I LOVE your grandfather's life philosophy . . . "Take a deep breath and have a look around saying, 'Aren't we lucky to be here!" Yes! Be well. 💕

God, you are lucky girl, Provence and all those villages are amazing, paradise ,nature ,flowers, architecture .beautiful

Living in U. S., it is a deep pleasure to see your beautiful masterpieces of historic architecture and décor in France. Thank you. Looking forward to your own design for your home restoration.

@jacqueline8559

2 жыл бұрын

Provence does indeed look beautiful, I'm resolved to work my way, with my family, next year to many areas of France we have not yet discovered. We are very blessed, and aware how much that's true, to live in Southern France. Even the drive to the Supermarket is a joy as it's a stunning place ,full of history , flowers, peace and lovely people.I will never tire of it. Thank you, Justine for this wonderful blog. My heart lifted when I saw it, and I'm so looking forward, and excited, to see your dreams flourish in your new home. Best Wishes, you look so much happier in France x

I am so happy for you! And happy for all of us to be included in your adventure.

I’m a self devoted Francophile and I vicariously live through your videos. I absolutely love France and would love to relocate there at some point of my life, not just to visit for vacation. merci bien 😌

@hiraayman7608

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moi aussi, jdore france , je suis pakistanaise mais france mon coeur

This house suits you so well and I cannot wait to see how you're going to renovate and make it yours. I love that you're showing your creative process and behind the scenes. So so beautiful and thank you for taking us with you 💜 Always inspired to create after watching you.

This is the kind of travel video we don't get from typical travel channels! It's so personal, pretty n slow paced, no hyped music plus drone shots. Beautiful.

My dear Justine! I can imagine as a French person returning home and as a designer this home renovation must be so exciting AND overwhelming at times. I love how you look at the period and come up with your own ideas adapted to create aesthetically pleasing and good fit for you. Provence is a lovely part of France.

I can’t say it enough but I’m so happy for you bc your soul is! You’re in the right place for what you need and crave. I’m definitely putting Provence on my list to visit! 😊 and those impressions were very Pinterest-like 😍. We need more like your grandfather in this world: grateful heart

Oh my goodness, what a gorgeous region! They look like the towns in fairy tales. Thank you for sharing your beautiful country with us.

Loving these videos!!! And what a wonderful quote from your grandfather❤. Exactly what I needed to hear today!

Such beautiful and quaint villages. Love the stone facades and the roses! 🌹 😽

I love that you're enjoying your new home so much, Justine! Have fun! Veronica x

This was beautiful, Justine. And the music was lovely and really kept a flowing, buoyant feeling.

Thank you for taking me on your journey with you. Provence is so lovely.

Oh, Justine, in this little eight-minute video, you have convinced me that I must visit Provence before I die! ( I don't intend that to be overtly maudlin, so sorry!) Thank you so much for taking us along with you!

Justine I am so happy for you. Congratulations on the house and the move. I have to say that the light in Provence suits you, you seem so relaxed and happy. Just beautiful.

What a beautiful and inspiring place!

Wow, so beautiful there! I'm glad you are sharing this reno with us!

I love the paintings on the beams. Provence is so beautiful, and I was fortunate enough to visit there back in 2006. Plus the flowers growing up the homes. So nice and peaceful there. The stone work and lavender shutters are the best. Thanks for taking me there again.

I just felt like I was there. When you showed the creek my first thouh5was to take off my shoes and put my feet right in the running water. What a lovely place and I am so lucky that you shared your moments with us. TFS Justine.

I will be in France soon and I can’t wait! Good luck with your renovations😬 Grandfathers say the wisest of things! 💙

I have been following you for a couple of years now. I usually don’t comment on videos. However, I wanted to tell you that I enjoy your videos so much! I love your uniqueness. Thank you for bringing us along on your Provence journey.

How lucky you are to live in such a beautiful place! Thank you for sharing the beauty around you, Justine!

Provence is so beautiful in the summer. Definitely a place listed in my bucket list.

Thank you for taking me along with you. Provence is gorgeous. can't wait for you to start renovating . We are definitely lucky to be here. Wherever we are.

This was so beautiful to see! I agree, you are lucky to be there Justine. Thank you for taking us along with you. Wishing you the best with your renovation! Can't wait to see what's to come! :)

Thank you for sharing, Justine!! Provence looks incredibly beautiful and I'm sure after the renovation you will have your own palace !! Take care 😊

The sentiment about your grandfather was sooo wholesome! Thank you for sharing this, Justine, we are lucky indeed ❤

Just wow!!! I couldn't love this video more! ♥️ I love your Grandfather's quote "aren't we lucky to be here"! I am going to implement that saying into my life and try to spread some gratitude wherever I go!

The grandfather part got me emotional.. I miss my grandfather so much.

I LOVE your new series of videos! How enchanting! It allows me to be inspired and enjoy your countryside. I get to be enthusiastic with you. Please continue this series as long as possible. It's just wonderful!

@rhonaklipp

2 жыл бұрын

May I add Justine, your eyes sparkle here like I've never seen before. You look alive!

Thank you for the tour Justine! Provence is absolutely beautiful. I am so happy for you.

I lived for 6 months in Provence and I loved it so much 🌷 such a special region.

It's just lovely to have Provence 🇫🇷 presented by a French person 😀 🇩🇰 thanks!

Your grandfather was a wise man. I'm enjoying your grand adventure so much and I grateful that you're taking the time to share with us...it's a treat!! (104° @ my house in TX 🥵

Thank you Justine for taking us with you on this journey.

Thank you so much for the lovely tour of the villages---they are so lovely! It's so fun to see you in your new home. I'm loving watching your renovation ideas and exploration. Thanks for all your awesome videos. They are always so wonderful. Hoping it's cooled off some there. And yes, "We are lucky to be here." Thanks so much for that great reminder!

Where you live is so beautiful, I am envious. Also to have original pieces in your home that date back 500 years, that is amazing. What a treasure.

LOOOOOOVE today's video Justine! My one and only trip to France took me to Provence eight years ago now but on that one trip I lost my heart entirely to Provence

Interesting that the past few days I've been viewing French real estate videos non stop. The quaint small 1 bedroom houses catch my eye as much as the enormous chateaux (sorry for the bad spelling if i got it wrong)... largest being 2500 meter square! Beautiful intentional decor. Many thanks for sharing your searches for inspiration.

Your grandfather reminds me of my Azorean grandmother. She was always so wise; and so grateful- never a bitter moment- despite having raised two children during the Great Depression. For the rest of her life she was nothing but grateful for whatever she had.

Please keep taking us on your journeys, the area is so beautiful.

Thank you for making us part of your journey! wonderful Provence 💕

Oh my, my heart did a little leap and traveled back a little over 50 years. I was chosen to do my college junior year in Aux en Provence. It was a dream that just didn’t happen for a few reasons. It looks absolutely charming! Hope to one day travel there. Good luck with the renovation of your house. Can’t wait to see it!

Merci, Justine! Wonderful tour of the villages and castles, & I can see many elements of those working perfectly in your new home. I like your focus on how the buildings & architectural features were actually used, lived in, and how architectural design evolved from the Medieval period to the Renaissance. Those castles are at once grand & practical, & I find the fact that they've endured down all the ages somehow comforting. Hope you're staying as cool as possible during this oppressive heat.

It's breathtakingly beautiful! The roses are my favorite ! The natural resources out in nature is something we don't get to see in the U.S......

I enjoyed your fashion instruction, when I was planning my trip to Paris this past May. But my first love is architecture (houses, really). Please continue these videos. I really look forward to these as well as fashion insights. While you are younger than I, you have had many experiences I haven't, and I need your wisdom. I admire your brave soul.

Beautiful! It looks like a gorgeous dream! ☺️

Oh my! Très belle! I can’t wait to see more. You are right. You are so blessed to be in such a lovely part of this planet.

I love this beautiful video! Thanks for giving us a glimpse of your new world.

What a wonderful video. Thank you for taking us along. Can’t wait for the next part!

My heart is greatly refreshed with your generosity, letting us share such beauty, different aspects of it. Really, thank you Justine 💕💕

Girl! You really belong there. Glad you are enjoying your new house and relocation.❤

Merci d’avoir partagé toute cette beauté avec nous, je me suis exclamée à plusieurs reprises, pleine de ravissement !!

I needed the last part. I'm moving to an old Romanian peasant house in the countryside and I'm very anxious about the whole situation. Still I'm lucky to be where I am, to move to a place that might be better for me. Also Provence is straight out of a fairytale!

What a beautiful place! Visiting Provence is something I've considered - now it's a goal!

It is beautiful there! I hope you won’t change those traditional architecture elements. It will be lovely to see what you do with your home as you are so talented.🌸And I loved taking a walk with you. All the little fountains and then surprise, a creek! Joyful

Thank you for sharing your journey, I'm so looking forward to following along.

It is beautiful and I am lucky to have found you on KZread and get to watch what I probably never will physically get to see Provence France! Thank you 🙏🥰

Justine, what a beautiful video! I’ve enjoyed your channel for several years but your ability to come up with something new and unexpected bowls me over. One tiny request: could you put the names of the villages either in, or underneath the videos? While I do speak French (more or less, it’s been fifty years!) I wasn’t able to catch the names of the smaller villages you showed. You are so right about reminding oneself how lucky one is to live in a special place. I grew up in a wonderful old house in Westchester, NY, and frequently reminded myself how lucky I was. My mom called it her Camelot. She never really recovered from having to move away. Your new home looks just as lovely. Thank you for sharing your plans with us.

What a treat to be visiting the most beautiful villages in Provence. Your grandfather was right :"Aren't we lucky to be here".

So beautiful! I hope you'll make a lot of vlogs and take us in every step of your renovation journey!

I absolutely love these house renovation vlogs. Thank you so very much for sharing your travels and renovation with us! My family lived in the little town of Istres for one and half years... 20 years ago. We treasure the memories of Provence! I look forward to seeing your beautiful house undergo the restoration/renovation. Can you also include a garden tour in the future?

It is so calming and inspiring to see the footage with the architecture and nature. I was almost das when it ended 😌 watching the video my inner vacation mode started 😊 and next week I'm finally heading to Normandie 😎

It is a joy to see you discovering your new surroundings in your home country, and falling in love with it. Can't wait to see your home renovation.

Thank you so much for taking us on your journey. You may have to compromise but you're so creative it will be beautiful!

Kitchens are my favourite part of castles and manor houses too! (I guess I like to know how they 'got things done' in years gone by.) I missed going back to Provence for my birthday two years ago because of you-know-what, so I am really enjoying this series with both nostalgia and anticipation. Bon chance avec vos rénovations!

So excited to see what you change and what you maintain. Thank you for the tour of the villages. Enjoyed watching with my coffee.

Wow! I LOVED this video! I enjoyed this glimpse of your travels and loved seeing the towns and housing styles like the tiles and unfinished walls. Looking forward to your next video! You really are in a beautiful area! :)

Oh Justine, c’est merveilleux ! Coming back home... and to Provence... ! What a nice project you have there, enjoy every minute of it ! Love watching you from (French) Canada ! 😘

Oh man now I need a holiday eeeeven more. Beautiful, just beautiful. I’m really interested in all this stuff. Keep it up!!

Loving every minute of this adventure of yours! Thanks so much for taking us along!

Thank you for sharing! Beautiful. I enjoy watching the progress in your planning. I admire the good quality of life in Provence. It's so peaceful.

These places are absolutely gorgeous! It's like a fairytale! 🧚🏻‍♀️💕

I love these videos. Keep them coming. I converted a small barn to a 2 bedroom cottage in the LOT several years ago. A much smaller project but exciting none the less.

Merci beaucoup Justine!! Provence is amazing! I've been there and there's beauty wherever you look... et aussi beaucoup encore à découvrir! Look forward to next video and petits villages 😊 All the best from Italy

Beautiful, beautiful, I love going along with your journey here. Looks so peaceful and you look content. More of this please.

Gorgeous Justine! I love that yr an art historian too! Adds so much substance to your channel. I look forward to seeing more out and about in your village, shopping, eating, decorating merci💜

Thank u! Lovely videó! We would like to watch more about that part of France:) It was a huge environment change after Berlin. U will feel urself home more after u have local friends there! Have a nice day!

Thank you so much for taking us on these trips! I feel like I am on vacation :)

Really, really enjoyed this, as a former architecture major, and thwarted interior designer; this is exactly what I would do if interested in renovating a home. Or even as a pretense, ha! The filming, editing, scoring, and narration of this were perfect and captivating. Good luck with further "fact finding" missions, and thanks for posting!

Such a beautiful place, would love to live there ❤️

Such pretty and peaceful villages💚 The yellow flowering plant is called "broom" in English , and it is responsible for the name of the 🧹 The scent is so beautiful

Wow, I love your content, it is really inspiring! 😊

Un pur délice! I’m not a fan of vlogs, but Justine… I could watch and listen to you for hours! I’m so excited for the next one! You are a breath of fresh air after a hectic day at work. This is a beautiful project, thank you for sharing your journey 😊

One of the things that I like about you is your authentisity... if that is a Word...you really are Lucky but you are still down to earth... please keep making videos like these... I am taking notes where to travel in the near future.. thank you!

Loving this new series because we started renovating a house, too and I'm already slightly overwhelmed.

I’m visiting the area round Grignan soon but my favourite village is not Grignan but the more down to earth Taulignan nearby where there is a silk museum. Lots of great renovation there. This lovely video is setting the mood.

I love what you're doing Justine ! I wish I could do something similar .My life is in Australia but Europe runs in my veins & long to be there . I wish you much success & look forward to following you in this new journey .. ❤

@jacqueline8559

2 жыл бұрын

@SUSANA STEPHENS Your comment made me sad as I remember being a Brit living in Australia and longing to live in France, my forever dream. A French colleague returned home to Carcassonne for a visit and I was madly jealous. I knew then that I couldn't spend more of my life away from the culture and history my heart was craving. My health was very poor at the time, better now happily. This focussed me firmly on my dreams and I wasn't living them, nowhere near, in Australia! My husband and sons didn't want to spend their whole lives there, either. We love history and beauty too much (no offense meant) My family and I left and moved to France, we have been here nearly a decade and every day is filled with great people, food, wine, The culture , history and the stunning flowers , the Chateaux...and, yes, we've learnt the Language, too! So, so much more . Living here feeds the peace now in my heart and in my families' lives too. I hope you can at least visit. Maybe you're actually French?? Just to encourage you that life is short and sometimes you need to take your dreams in both hands and run with them..Best wishes

@susanastephens7156

2 жыл бұрын

@@jacqueline8559 Hi, thank you for your response 🙏My mother & her family are Catalan, I'm a mix of that, Spanish, French , Italian & even a little British ( DNA done )!I was born in Uruguay, South America, as my Grandfather went there in 1955 after the war , but then that turned bad & our family migrated to Australia in 1975. Overall we can't compliain about our lives here, but the older I get the more I long for a life in Europe . It's everything, the traditions, the history, being connected to your community ... The more we have multiculturalism shoved down our throats here, the more we loose all things western. We go back to Europe as often as we can afford, but it's not enough ... We still have our extended family there near Montserrat ...❤

I love all the beautiful architecture...it's like a time capsule! Can't wait to hear your ideas I know it will be perfect and true to the houses history but in a modern way!! ❤️😍✨️

I'm in love with Provence...I always felt like home visiting Provence...and although this year for my summer hollidays i chose another location, so glad you brought Provence to me by posting this video. Thank you! Good luck with renovations!

Now you make me want to go to Provence ! C'est tellement agréable de découvrir cette belle région avec toi, j'ai bien hate de voir la suite des rénovations !

Je ne suis pas allée en France depuis COVID. Ton vidéo me fait rêver d'y retourner.

Everything about Provence is so incredibly picturesque. I couldn't agree more with your grandfather's sentiments. I just love what you're showing us, and I hope to see more of your beautiful corner of the world!

Of all the countries in the world I would choose to live in France it is the most beautiful place I have visited you are so lucky. I am from the UK.

Gorgeous video, excellent choice, you are blessed! Thank you for the update.... was waiting to hear something from you about your journey these days. 👋