Reality Hits: A tour of the Chateau's ruined second floor
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- It's been 250 years since the Château was constructed and the gradual deterioration in the condition of the roof has had a ruinous impact on the second floor. Visit the inside of the Château for the very first time as Felicity gives an impromptu tour of the ruined second floor.
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I could feel your despair in this video! Don’t worry, everything will work out in the end! On the days that you are feeling overwhelmed, just go spend a little time in the finished bedroom! We are all pulling for you! And remember how small and expensive English cottages have become in the UK. You have the space of a king, the place just needs a little polishing up here and there! Keep your vision! God Bless you on your spiritual journey! Thomas!
Thanks for the lovely words and support Thomas
Thomas Martin is right. I find that despair is cured by a few hours in the garden. We are all pulling for you.
I love watching your videos. But I wish you’d do more actual tours of the whole chateau itself, in a more vlog style! We only see snippets of info and I adore the chateau and want to see more of it in a more easy to digest personable style. There’s so much to see and do there. Keep going waking that old lady up, she’s magnificent!!
thanks for the feedback and for watching
@ thank you for showing us your stunning home and the history behind it x
Washing 'old style' was rough on textiles, stone wash boards and mangles! Fine Linens would be thrashed to rags if washed fortnightly!
Wonderful in one way, sad in another and I wonder how the hell you are ever get to restore this all! Its a never ending job.
it is quite overwhelming but we take one careful step at a time!
Amazing vlog and ever so interesting. Thank you
Love the Prayer chair, gee, looks like you will have a lot to burn, do you have a large fire place that works? All will look stunning when done
Incredible! I had no idea you had so much still in the chateau! Good for you for not throwing it all out as rubbish! Even the chipped and broken pieces have beauty. ❤️😊
absolutely! thanks for your message.
Broken and chipped pieces are beautiful for flowers!
Unbelievable that a nobel family let this beautiful building crumble. You should think that they would behave better. Always a thing: titles they have but no good jobs and money.
France, the people of this nation will be forever grateful to you two courages people for undertaking this massif and beautiful work. Yes, it must be overwhelming at times but i can see how perfect you two are for this task. How tenderly and lovingly you held up the broken prayer chair. Yes, you are the right people for this enormous undertaking and i will pray that you will keep your strength and not become discouraged. God bless you two wonderful people. ❤️🙏
Most of what you call "commodes" are bidets, for washing yourself AFTER using the chamber pot, not for use instead of one.
The round ones with lids are the chamber pots.
I love your vision - to stand in a room with a damaged roof and water damage and peeling paper and say with warmth « it’s a sweet room, this one » 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
Having done 3 heritage home restorations in Vancouver BC I feel humbled and small looking at the scale ,size ,and historical value of this Chateau . You’re outlook and timeline projections on the workload to completing this job is truly selfless… kudos to your efforts and hard work it’s a labor of love that is not unnoticed … bravo ❤
Interesting! 😀 It’s quite a mouthful you’ve got there, but I’m sure you are loving (almost) every bit of it! I’m looking forward to see the old lady waking up and slowly rising in all her glory and beauty again! She’s definitely worth it!
You are both doing a great job 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
thank you so much
This is incredible. Once the roof is secured you will feel so much better. I can picture it in its full form as it was years ago. I can almost hear the swish of skirts going down the hall. This is going to be an amazing restoration. Best wishes.
thank you so much!
How incredible all the items that you have found. I like how organized you keep it. I didn't realize there was so much damage to the second floor.
Yes unfortunately the second floor is in a terrible state of ruin
Tim and Felicity you are hero’s thanks for all your creative energy and courage to safe this beautiful chateau in our backyard! A deep bow for you both❤
Our pleasure! Thank you so much
That’s black mold. Best be careful.
While I enjoy every episode of your chanel (I just found you all not long ago) --I especially enjoyed this one! Your beautiful home is a treasure trove of the decorative arts. You have so many wonderful object's of material culture that I've had a field day watching this. The 'secretaire abattant' at 17:19 , is very cool; and the ceramic's collection and paintings are so great to have with this property. I may be wrong, but I think the toilet's on metal stand were actually bidets; And I think the object in your hand at 22:35 is a victorian toothbrush holder which would have been part of a washbasin set that included the pitcher/bowl/shaving mug, etc. This was a real treat! Thank you so much for sharing!
Thanks so much Jeff and we are glad you enjoyed this vlog
You have the most beautiful chateau I’ve seen on TH-cam. Probably needing the most work. What a wonderful job you are doing bringing it back to its former glory. I’m truly looking forward to watching you wake the grand sleeping old lady gently and slowly.
Thanks so much 😊
Wow! Amazing to have found all those treasures! Sad that it was all left to rot. Exciting to see her come back alive. 🦋
Gosh what an amazing space. I know your focus is probably on securing and weatherproofing this wonderful building but how you stop yourself from going on treasure quests I don't know. Lovely glimpses into history and makes me eager to see the final results, not only of the building but of the decor once completed. Do you have a timeframe for when you hope to be done?
We will start on the interior once the roof is secure, which will be around another 2 months for the eastern side and probably another year or year and a half to be completely finished!
@ that seems so fast! I'm impressed by the amount of organization involved!
Fun history tidbit about your linen cabinet at 19:03: there would be three sort of "rankings" of bed linens! The best ones were for guests, who had the finest of the sheets. (Hence them being able to be washed less; the most delicate sheets were only used every so often!) The family of the house had sheets that would be more durable and washed more frequently, but were still nice. Servants, of course, got a lower quality of sheet. All of the sheets would also have a small, subtle monogram on the edge so that the servant putting them away in the linen cabinet could put them on the correct shelf so that the sheets went to the correct bedrooms!
yes a lot of the linen which was left here is embroidered with the family member's initials
bonjour c'est passionnant ,j'ai hâte de voir la suite de vos restaurations
Crumbling wooden beams give me the shivers. What a courage you have!
Whoa, this is beautiful work you are doing! Have you ever thought about a room that your viewers could help invest in and help restore from top to bottom including floor, ceilings, plaster, windows, any restoration of paintings, re-creation of wallpaper and furniture? Or perhaps take on an entire project like repairing the front gate or repointing a wall? Just wondering it would be fun to help out!
what a great suggestion thank you! we currently have a campaign running through the Fondation du Patrimoine to assist raise the required funds for the roof restoration. Here is the link and we would be so incredibly grateful for any support. Thank you!
www.fondation-patrimoine.org/les-projets/chateau-de-purnon-a-verrue
It is so true that a neglected, leaky roof is certain death to any structure. Your massive project to rebuild the roof on this chateau is the beginning of the rebirth, so is very important, if not the most exciting part of the renovation. I makes me so happy to watch your loving plans become reality🥰👏🏻
thank you so much
Love watching your channel! The chateau and grounds are gorgeous!
thank you so much
Oh my goodness.....what a beautiful treasure chest you have there....it is fantastic!! I love how you have made rooms for all of these wonderful finds! I am really enjoying your channel and always look forward to a new vlogs. Thank you for taking us along on this journey!
Thank you so much x
Wow... amazing historical finds you have there. Looks like a room , like a museum is need to display them?😁 Thank you for sharing. Awesome vblog.
thank you so much
Que de trésors dans ce château !!!! Beaucoup de belles restaurations à prévoir et beaucoup de travaux aussi!
Très intéressant, c’est une part de l’histoire que vous avez là.....🤗😊
I admire you both. You have taken on an heroic enterprise. It is thanks to people like you that chateaux all over France are being brought back from the brink of ruin, and saved. When I was a young girl, back in the 1960’s, I spent a wonderful Summer in a vast chateau in the Jura, owned by the same family for hundreds of years. Medieval, with Renaissance and 18th Century additions, it had absolutely no mod cons whatsoever (there was only one bathtub in the entire chateau, and chamberpots in the bedrooms, to give you an idea), but the roofs and structure were sound. Even the remaining three servants were practically museum exhibits. The archives room had piles of documents in Latin, and another room had huge drawers containing many of the ancestors ‘ Court outfits, in perfect condition, from pre-revolutionary days. I am happy to say that the château is still owned and cherished by the same family.
Amazing vlog loved it! Like so many people that have commented said it is so wonderful to see how thoughtfully you are taking care of the treasures you are finding in the chateau. Looking forward to your next vlog and take good care.💖💝💖😊👸🏰🤴
thank you for your kind words
Joining from USA Leawood, KS. One of my favorite blogs. Love seeing the progress
Thank you so much
Feel proud to live in Melbourne. I admire your drive and patience. Keep it going. Look forward to following the re-birth of Chateau de Purnon.
PS: Go Hawthorn!
Melbourne Australia
thank you so much Dianne
What beautiful pieces you have found all ready to be restored. Cannot wait to go with you on your journey. Merci Beaucoup
our pleasure - thanks for joining us here
How long has the roof taken so far (to do the first half) in total? What a long process just to get her to the stage where she's safe... That's serious dedication! Thank you for sharing this with us!
The work on the roof started about 8 months ago and we estimate there is another 2 months before the eastern side is finished and the work can start on the western side!
The fake panelling that you uncovered is called trompe l’oeil which means deceive the eye
Very exciting!! Thanks for the wonderful video!!
Our pleasure!
It's so pleasing that we have items from a more elegant time that accommodated so few people with good living. Today, a much larger minority (perhaps 30 - 40 percent) can enjoy luxury goods and luxurious homes, even if a lot smaller than say a chateau, but one furnished with so many life-enhancing amenities. Thank you for sharing your discoveries on YT for eager viewers looking in on coveted living.
My name is Michael I live in the city of Houston the state of Texas in the United States of America.
I am 71 years old I find the super fascinating always been a history buff and I find that I'm jealous of your adventure being able to explore and find so many priceless treasures. A lot of the French terms I have no idea what they mean but I thank you very much for sharing all of this information it's so cool
Thanks Michael. We're thrilled you're following our journey and we hope you continue to enjoy our progress and discoveries as the restoration unfolds. Best wishes.
Wow my head spinning with how you might have catalogued everything! With photos or descriptions (or both) in excel tables?? What a job !
Good on you for sticking to your plans, persevering and lovingly ‘waking the old lady gently ‘
So many treasures - just left behind and forgotten - until you. I am always saddened to see once grand places abandoned and left to rot. So glad you are saving this one.
I've never seen such a collection -- perhaps other chateau owners have them and haven't shown them? Nevertheless this is amazing!
So much beautiful craftsmanship and artistry. I am so pleased to see how meticulous you are in collating, categorizing and identifying items and accessories of the chateau.
The crumbled, beetle gnawed support beam(s?) in the wall; structural...would keep me awake at night. Based on the reconstruction and recovery you have accomplished thus far, I am certain you will find a way to restore and replace even the most massive and difficult structural components.
I am happy to find your channel; I like and appreciate your humble attitude and approach to this process. Carry on! 🥰👍🏻✨💕 Would you consider changing your music to reflect the era of the chateau...? 🎶#oldwomanwaking
What is this very beautiful soundtrack on your intro ? I play the cello and that music gave me chills ! thx
Hello there
You may know that:
The round pots in the boxes with lidts are the chamber pots. The kidney-shaped: le bidet ( little pony) ; bowls to sit across to wash oneself in the crotch.
In addition, there had been a 5 liter water jug and wash basin on a marble surface or high stand for the upper body.…..to wash oneself in “floors”; top, bottom etc 😉
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Ah! I wondered how a bidet would have worked back then! Thanks for the information!
Wow guys glad that you are finding amazing treasures. Water is so destructive when it gets into the wrong places. In about 3 weeks the are starting on my home in Brittany.. Water has gotten in 2 separate areas so I have decided to replace all 3 roof areas to make absolutely sure that we are dry and water tight before full renovations start next year. I know what mine cost so I would hate your bill. Once your girl has her best frock on she will feel, smell and be so different. Then once she slowly gets heated she will change again. Thank you so much for sharing your journey with us. Take care and I look forward to your next vlog. 😊👩💼
Thank you Kim and all the best for your roof restorations
There’s not much I can say that hasn’t already been said by everyone else. Your determination to bring your chateau all together is astounding. Thank you for always sharing a slice of the adventure you embarked on not so long ago. Great job guy’s!
What a cornucopia of treasures! One day they’ll come to life again exactly where they belong! Bravo! 🥰👏👏👏
thanks!
Following with great interest! Also a rider, I CANNOT wait to see the restoration of those magnificent stables!
You are the right people to look after this once beautiful Chateau,
Thank you! We hope we can do her justice!
It’s to bad your architecture guy didn’t advise you to do the roof first to preserve the buildings
The restoration of the roof is the most urgent and significant part of the chateau restoration. This work commenced in October 2021 and will take two years to complete.
You can have the wall paper reproduce as well the fabrics
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put some moth balls in an old nylon and hang in room to get rid of bats
Thanks Kathy .. we actually try to not disturb them as much as possible and stay out of their way as they can easily come and go at the moment through all the broken windows.
Love the channel, have you considered adding geothermal heating to the property. You could reduce significantly the burned wood = retain the beautiful old forests around the area and save significant time,energy and money
I love the linen closet, I am sure you have some Dhaka linen in there , maybe even that shirt that was almost see through, which is a defining characteristic of it. ..I am obsessed with your linen closet I will be honest..lol
Wow! You will need to go to a brocante if you don't want to! There seem to be a lot of amazing things left behind. Definitely a lot of work to do just sorting and cleaning things up. Thank you for saving this treasure of a house!
thank you Kathy
Thank you for saving this beautiful chateau.
Our pleasure!
How is it this channel has only 100K+ subscribers?
I think you arrived just in time she dint have much longer before a catastrophic collapse
Why do you speak of the house as a female? In English, a house is an "it", not a "she".
I live in the Niagara area of Ontario Canada.. I use moth balls or ammonia to get rid of any unwanted animals.. I have just gotten a solar red flashing night light to keep the night animals away from my chickens... Just for future reference when you are ready to seal up the 2nd floor. Nite guard from US
thank you
How can the building be preserved/restored when the main structural wooden beams behind the stone is decayed by insects and rot?
Hello from Nashville,l tour!l Tennessee! What a wonderful tour! You do have a long way to go but, it will all be so beautiful one day! Hang in there!
thank you for your lovely message
How would you replace those crumbling beams?
Thank you. Amazing production values. Very engaging.
thanks so much
Love your collection of "toilettes" (commodités). You called them “commodes” and that would be the word for “dressers” in English, as in “dresser drawers”. Hope that you don’t mind if we correct you. My husband and I were both French teachers and we also have our “Louis” rooms downstairs in our house - my husband was also a huge collector of antiques. Love seeing everything that you are doing with the château. It’s so interesting to hear your explanations.
Thanks for your comment and for your interest in our project. According to the Oxford dictionary, a piece of furniture containing a chamber pot is called a commode. But it can also refer to a chest of drawers, as you point out. Our collection of commodes includes both chamber pots and bidets and a couple appear to date from the 18th century.
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I just want to go there and clean all that stuff, and restore the furniture and frames, and match and fix the ceramics, and look into their histories! Being a history buff and perfectionist, that's my idea of a great project. Cheers and best of luck from Melbourne.
Thank you for your message from our (former) home town.
I just love how you are designating rooms for specific discovered items. What a great way to access them later for use or to archive. This has to be one of the fun aspects of having a chateau - so many discoveries. Thanks for sharing.
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Many of the items you call comodes are bidets : the " kidney" shaped porcelain vessels. In an era when full body bathing was impossible to do everyday, , keeping the vaginal and anal'areas clean was of the upmost important, hence the many bidets to wash the private parts everyday ! The comodes are the wooden ones ( with lids) in whch a round porcelain chamber pot was placed,.
Thanks for your message. Your distinction between the commodes and the bidets is quite correct.
So for Americans le première étage would be our second floor and the what Americans call first floor wouldn’t the French call Le rez de chaussée? I’m not sure what the British verbiage is.
Yes. The ground floor in French is "le rez-de-chaussée". The "second floor" is "le premier étage", etc. And the attic is "les combles" or "le grenier".
I’m impress with all the stuff you have located and organized. I know it looks overwhelming but you are restoring this old lady and it will be worth it in the end. H as be courage that what you are doing is important. Thanks for sharing 😍🙏
pleasure thank you for joining us
Those poor wretched souls responsible for emptying the chamber pots! 😒
Quite agree. Terrible job. And a reminder of how some technological advances have made us healthier and eliminated jobs that will not be missed.
A séchoir for food ( veg/fruits) would probably not be situated on the deuxième etage where people lived, but rather in the sous sol or in one of the commun.
This sechoir was used for drying walnuts. This is based on the state in which we found the room when we arrived. There were other spaces in the chateau that were evidently also used for drying other fruits etc (including in the basement). The second floor of the chateau has not been used for living/accommodation for many decades. Thanks for your message.
What made you buy this place over others?
What a grand building you have and a big journey ahead to bring it back to life. I look forward to taking the journey with you.
thanks for joining us
France needs to change the inheritance laws. You cannot leave your estate to only one child. It has to be divided and therein lies the problem. These properties end up standing unused while families try to figure out how to manage this.
Inheritance laws certainly create challenges for chateau succession planning. When we purchased Chateau de Purnon there were 11 different owners within the family. It's hard to manage an estate when ownership is diffused like this. It can even be difficult when it becomes necessary to sell to get all the owners to agree on the best path forward. Thanks for following our journey!
Amazing, to store and categorize is very important.
That was great, a very interesting look at that the ruinous state of a beautiful chateau. I'm pleased you keeping all the various articles together for possible reuse in the renovated chateau. Always love it, looking forward to seeing more.
thank you - glad you enjoyed it
What a job you guys. Absolutely worth restoring. I'm glad you were able to find some treasures on your quest to renovate such a huge building. The question that keeps running through my mind is how. How can the previous owners let it deteriorate to such a point? Is it pride? No pride of ownership there. Yah we own a chateau
Thank you so much. The issue here had been a family indivision.
Love these videos and your thoughtful approach.
I’m dying to grab the pieces of wallpaper hanging down and wonder how you stop yourself ☺️
Thank you for sharing your project
it is tempting ... but for the moment the falling wallpapers stays until the diagnostic studies are completed so we don't loose anything important :)
Beautiful history ❤😊
How do I get your earlier episodes ? I'm enjoying this one so much!!
They are all available from our dashboard here:
www.youtube.com/@ChateaudePurnon
What a wonderful collection of treasures! It is so lovely that you are sorting EVERYTHING that you find and even keeping pieces of ceramics that might be able to be glued together one day. I look forward to your video of the other storage rooms and buildings housing more ‘treasures’. 👏🥰
thanks!
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I glad you are the stewards of this masterpiece
Thank you - you're very kind.
Would you take on volunteers to help out with grunge work?
Thanks for your query. We sometimes have volunteer days with people from our local village and surrounding area. But we're not able to have live-in volunteers. The chateau is a work site inside and out and we struggle to accommodate people comfortably and safely.
7:50 ish 'a really sweet room'. such incredible positivity i want to give you both a hug. Bravo, boundless admiration. Kind of humbling for someone who's now a bit past it.
10:00 ish Oh my god. Living the 19C dream eh. If anyone can, this is what it takes.
You have basically bought Versailles! Good luck with it! No-one will blame u if u ever get tired of doing reno! Just take a long break! U have already done reno at a heroic level! WOOOHOOOOOOO! Good luck from Melb. 😃
thank you so much!
Your house is amazing and I can’t wait to see how you restore her! It will be beautiful!!
thanks for joining us
You must have purchased this chateau very cheaply, but you have a fortune in antiques within!
Dry rot of the beams, not wear and tear. The bedroom have privacy doors? Was that Trompe-l'œil in the bedroom? Looked like it.
Thankyou for your tour.
Youhave found some amazing things and it will be nice to see them take their place again after your mammoth restorations.
Good on you.
Ohhh Australian in France ! Your giving me hope to get back to France again one day , somehow ? . I just found your channel . I just subscribed .
The Gothic-ish decor @7:12 dates to 1830s-50s. It's not eighteenth century work.
Lately I'va seen a lot of TH-cam videos of English people restoring french old Chateau. I'm glad you participate to the saving of our heritage : merci :)
Hello from Australia (Brisbane). I’m really enjoying your videos about Chateau Purnon. Thanks for sharing.
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