Home tour: beautifully renovated house in a French wine village

Hello welcome to another home tour video I'm taking you to the wine village of Givry in Burgundy where Fanny and Mérique have transformed Transforming an old winemaker's house into a stunning holiday home We've filmed this home tour in French but you can enable subtitles in your preferred language via the YouTube settings Hello welcome Thank you Here is the house we created and renovated six months ago We're on an old winemaker's house and we've tried to preserve everything that was A touch of authenticity as much as possible while seamlessly integrating the comfort of a modern home for our travelers' ease And we tried to keep as much as possible of what we had so the stones whic Whether on the floor or on the walls they have that beautiful stone color of Burgundy It feels like we're outside here Because before it was outdoors In fact historically this area was an outdoor space sheltered only by a roof Handmade tin sheet And there were two distinct sections So it was a single dwelling since on this side there was the kitchen and on the other side On that side was the bedroom and living room That wall which rises much higher was and still is a barn And so it was used as storage for animals And we chose to come together to create one single entity one single dwelling And we came up with this sunroom which was completely custom-designed And here this is just a concrete slab Exactly So in fact there was already an existing slab but it was slightly tilted So to turn it into a habitable space we decided to start from scratch So we poured a concrete slab For economy's sake the floor was not tiled with polished concrete We simply coated the concrete with a concrete-specific sealer and a special concrete finish So here we have a toilet And so behind this door the ground-floor bathroom which is spacious and bright Family bathroom where the choice was made to include a bathtub And went with a slightly vintage style for the faucets and overall design The mirror found on Le Bon Coin and the hand-painted stripe wall This isn't wallpaper it's paint And so if we continue the tour in this direction we reach the living area So we chose to have a large living space with kitchen dining area and living room so everyone can be together and people can easily interact may come together So we're now on the section that was a bedroom and a living room Historically there was a partition at the staircase level here which was removed to create one open space Unfortunately we couldn't preserve the original floor because there were two The space felt disjointed with two very different levels that prevented the sense of unity and grandeur one expects in a room They removed the ceilings since there was a ceiling at the beam level on both sides We demolished one side to maintain ceiling height and expose the beam A hidden find beneath chunks of plaster Since it had been both a living room and a bedroom there was actually a fireplace right here They decided not to keep it and besides it wasn 't a fireplace that was particularly beautiful The Architect of France's Buildings required us to keep the structure on the roof however The chimney is a traditional outdoor chimney to preserve the appearance Therefore we had to keep part of the chimney flue for the structural integrity of the building So I had the idea of actually using this space to incorporate the kitchen exhaust hood We need to talk about the small collection of chairs Listen it's a mix of chairs I found on Le Bon Coin at a thrift store collected from my family since my uncle and aunt ran an old taver where they hadn't kept much though a small amount of furniture still remained So there are some chairs—I think these two came from the old café And Grandma's table And the table it's my grandmother's table exactly It was her dining room table and it spent a few years with my parents And now she's at my place There too we tried to reveal a bit of the stone wall After that the idea wasn't to go too rustic or have stone everywhere They wanted to preserve this blend of modern and traditional elements Likewise the choice of furniture followed the same principle There is some secondhand furniture but there is also new furniture We also wanted to keep it slightly minimalist for travelers' comfort so they feel comfortably at home without being overwhelmed by trinkets and items that might not appeal to them The stone wall was hidden behind layers of plaster So we took care of revealing everything and then cleaning the stones We had it stripped down and redone entirely by hand with lime mortar There was a staircase in the house It's the original staircase that has been preserved leading to a grain loft that no longer exists ot exploited yet but we've decided to develop it We came here to build a small attic room It's very steeply pitched Every nook and cranny is put to use It's a small room more suited for children but also works well for other travelers We made sure to preserve the beam Next on the second part of the house which was historically the kitchen we completely redefined the function of the spaces Here we have a first ground-floor bedroom a large double room with a dressing area located at the back of the room There we're leaning more toward a softer flower-filled decoration with a lovely pale pink beige details and that small wallpaper we used to transform it into a library space That's great it really defines this space That's a good idea And in the decorating choices always a bit alike there's a clear desire to blend modern and traditional elements So there's some vintage furniture The table and chairs over there came from a wine bar that closed down near Beaune Thus you can see the table number is always marked on the side And kept for the anecdote if that's what we wanted This modern blend of old and new a found object with a story alongside brand-new items Since were in a ground-floor room facing the street we really wanted to create a sense of intimacy despite that So went with a double rod to accommodate a sheer curtain but still kept it dressed up with linen curtains and truly framing these two large windows that occupy nearly the entire wall space On a staircase leading up to the third and final room on the floor So it's important to note that since it was the kitchen there was absolutely no access to the upper area It was just a ceiling and the upper floor could only be accessed from the street through a window facing the street And in fact it was the hay storage Yes that's it So we reopened the space by tearing down all the ceilings and now we have the last room under the eaves But here we have a nice ceiling height And that room has its bathroom hidden behind that door Chinese-style curtain adapted onto a track system a rather modern setup But there we're dealing with an old door that has been completely renovated and now has was recovered and adapted to fit into this system which has standard dimensions There we find the same tiles as on the ground floor However for the rest the floor is polished concrete and the right-side shower area is likewise finished in polished concrete So we opted for a small en-suite bathroom attached to the bedroom And we'really happy because we can have a very large shower behind the arch I love it And yet there's space for a toilet and a sink mounted on a wooden board I bought the wall sconces just that piece I purchased the ceramic washer with the conductor wire from a specialized website And electricity And this is a shelf bracket I still think the result looks pretty nice And in this case it's the illuminator that you won't find anywhere else I also think the suspension is super cute It's from Zara Home Then there's the cellar The secret room I was going to say we've seen everything now No we haven't seen everything So there's still one more room left—the cellar ahead And the floor was like that No no Well in that case there was a… It's too beautiful I thought to myself There was a great deal of work to be done We had already dug down in fact we'd excavated at least 40 centimeters from the cellar floor Entirely to regain a bit of elevation which was then covered with gravel But then again the act of withdrawing created too great a discrepancy with the staircase With the steps yes So actually we built this platform using leftover stone A piece of stone still partly embedded in the ground since the ground isn't just soil but also many pebbles So it creates a bit of an arrival All the furniture in the room in this case It's all secondhand furniture from within the family That bench comes from the carpenter's workshop of my father's friend's father It's the table that came from my aunt's mother's house The chairs are ones that came from the café The bar that was at my aunt's father's place—the bar—we had it demolished And then all the barrels and decor from the pampa came from my cousin's wedding Actually it was a winemaker's house That's why But like most traditional houses in the village they're all built on cellars The lighting—so this is a solution our craftsman suggested to us He actually built the wooden structure using… with pine In reality he came to install LED strips on both sides Thus they suddenly illuminate the vault and the light rebounds afterward onto That's also really well done Yeah So it creates a slightly dimmed atmosphere There's no direct light yet it remains well-lit You didn't show that you were What is it Wixsoft is an online platform that created the first label for hotel properties So these are homes that fall somewhere between a guesthouse and a hotel So it's a house we provide for our travelers They are fully equipped and offered hotel-quality services The label has just been established and they have already certified 58 homes roughout France and also abroad And so we are one of the certified establishments The birthday house is precisely in the town of Givry far from all shops and the market Fanny and Mérique had just had a baby so I thought I'll cook you a wonderful lunch Simply a lunch at the market So went to the market to do our shopping Thank you so much Mérique and Fanny for sharing your beautiful birthday home with us If you'd like to come stay in this magnificent birthday house right in the heart of a typical Burgundy wine village I've left a link in the description box below this video If you'd like to see more home tour videos like this one Make sure to subscribe to my channel and I'll be back soon with a new home tour video whenever I can