Film Tour of our House

[Rollo]

Very nice, Robert ! And you are seing a very beautiful landscape.

[Joseph McLaren]

What a gorgeous home!

thanks so much for the tour.

[ozth3dog]

beautiful view of the mountains! wish i had such a view.

[Rex_Tremende]

Robert,

I had admired your library in some of your earlier photos. I thought it was ancient - or at least as old as the house. I'm so glad you told the story of hacking up a 19th C. bed to make it. What an illusion! The shelves were old, just not always in the form of shelves. Ingenious. What courage it must have taken to take a saw to that old bed.

What do you know of the history of the house and its prior occupants? I can imagine the stories it would tell.

Regards,
Rex.

[Ancienne Alliance]

Robert,

I had admired your library in some of your earlier photos. I thought it was ancient - or at least as old as the house. I'm so glad you told the story of hacking up a 19th C. bed to make it. What an illusion! The shelves were old, just not always in the form of shelves. Ingenious. What courage it must have taken to take a saw to that old bed.

What do you know of the history of the house and its prior occupants? I can imagine the stories it would tell.

Regards,
Rex.

Rex,

If you come back to this Thread, here is a summary of the stories around our house.

The house is first mentioned on a cadastre named “La Mappa Sarda”, of 1725. We can therefore assume it was already there prior to this date. It is called Sarda because before being French (prior to 1860) this area (Savoy) was part of the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia.

In spite of its antiquity, these houses weren’t meant to be lived in all year round. Cow herd people owned different chalets at different altitudes and moved in and out according to the transhumance of the herds.

When we moved in there wasn’t running water and we had to do the electricity anew! And as you have noticed, we still don’t have a driveway. It keeps us in good shape.

A note about the beds… As we cleared and cleaned the “attic”, we discovered 6 beds from the time of Napoleon III. They were in bit and pieces. 2 were usable for the girls (I could post a photo of the beds if you wish) and the 4 others we used for the library.


Best,

Robert

[Rex_Tremende]

In spite of its antiquity, these houses weren’t meant to be lived in all year round. Cow herd people owned different chalets at different altitudes and moved in and out according to the transhumance of the herds.

I suspected that was the case. Still, one can imagine that the herders found the spot as breathtaking as it is today.

Regards,
Rex.

[beloitpiper]

Robert, that is a beautiful home. Someday I dream of living in a house like that, surrounded by nature, living totally self-sufficiently.

And your accent is surprisingly non-French! If I met you on the the street I definitely would not guess that you were French (based on how you spoke English)!

[Ancienne Alliance]

Robert, that is a beautiful home. Someday I dream of living in a house like that, surrounded by nature, living totally self-sufficiently.

And your accent is surprisingly non-French! If I met you on the the street I definitely would not guess that you were French (based on how you spoke English)!

Thank you for your kind words !

As far as my English goes, I would say I'm a real sponge. Leave me with a Hillbilly for a few days and I'lllll soak it up (yea-eh) ! Same thing if I watch a film... I'll go from Bruce Willis to Shawn Connery in the same day.
This IS exhausting


Best,

Robert

[Clan McKinnon]

As far as my English goes, I would say I'm a real sponge. Leave me with a Hillbilly for a few days and I'lllll soak it up (yea-eh) ! Same thing if I watch a film... I'll go from Bruce Willis to Shawn Connery in the same day.
This IS exhausting

Best,

Robert

Would love to see, or should I say hear, this... sounds like a lot of fun. Wish I could say the same about my French, but I could do Sean Connery a lot easier than I could do French, and I can't do Sean at all.

Beautiful home and family, not a bad lineage either cuz.

Best wishes.

[Mipi]

Lovely Robert and don't loss too much time on perfectly tiding the house.