Dearest Michael. I found out watching old CD videos that you were the person who actually created the RUclips page for Stephanie. THANK YOU! So much joy has come from that for so many people. What a good friend you are. 💛
I binge watched The Chateau Diaries and I can’t get enough so yes, thank you so much Michael. I bought my granddaughter Peter Rabbit books because of you. She loves them.
@@DoingItOurselvesOfficial She and YOU have done so much more than that. Folks come here to watch fantasy castles being rebuilt, and walk away with an entirely new perspective on history, art, architecture, and culture that they would otherwise have little opportunity to appreciate. It is really quite a generous and unexpected gift to the viewers. 💛
Michael, I’d love to volunteer to help you but at 75, I wouldn’t be able to do much other than bring you coffee whenever you snapped your fingers. You are doing a wonderful job on your cottage.
Florian is adorable even when he feels awkward. His English is coming along well too. It’s so exciting that you are able to work on the bedroom finally! Can’t wait to see it all finished! PS. You are looking very dapper too, Michael! 😊. Love your videos!!
My husband has been doing construction for about 50 years and he says that most of the time it doesn't cost much to do over kill and it's often so much better.
Just found your channel along with Chateau De La Ferta & Chateau Diaries. Absolutely have fallen in ❤️ with you all! My day is made when I get to watch the videos. 😀😀😀😍😍😍👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I was so happy to see a new video appear. And as someone who has done plenty of home renovations over the years, I have to say I like seeing you in proper gear. A friend of mine lost an eye to a circular saw sending a splinter of wood toward his face. Get that goofy-looking gear on!
Lol. My mother had a mixer just like that. So glad to see progress upstairs. You need to get the stairs and railing in place for safety! Do be careful.
Brilliant video Michael. The upstairs is coming right along. It will be nice to see it all come to finish. Thanks Florian for filming the video, it's always good to see you as well together with Michael! I hope you guys stick around. Cheers!
While the chateau is grand and quite beautiful, The cottage suits you much better. The smaller space upstairs in front of the bedroom could make a nice art studio. I enjoy watching your progress but the videos are too short. If they were over an hour long, I'd probably feel the same. Nice work.
I see that window behind you! I think a sink and toilet upstairs would never be regretted. Wish I could show you incredible tiny toilet/sink combos, really great designers make under stairs, in my neighborhood. I go solo to dinner every night, since divorced and kids left. I'm totally happy on my own, with six grandchildren, two married children, and a sister and her spouse. My problem is all my friends are thirty to forty years younger, and I have no desire to rob the cradle. I have many people I know from walking my dog. You are a delightful person, very cherished. I take care of family, and house sit for neighbors. Five friends to ten friends, alone, is enough. Seeing you happy, gives me acceptance of who I am alone. I raised the kids with a single Uncle's never ending help. I worked 18 hours per week overtime for ten years, when my kids left. It was fun. I taught gardening to kids after school. I taught ancient history and 4th grade history through play with props. They gave me all non speakers who learned lines and vocabulary to perform in front of younger kids fearlessly talking after practicing dialogue. They chose the topic. Queen Elizabeth and King Phillip battle in channel with 8 ships of tar and pitch, snuck into Armada and set ablaze 8/8/1588, conquest of Mexico, tour of Africa, the sinking of the Titanic. My grandfather recited Mark Anthony's lines while racing his cars in the 1910s to 1960s commuting 3 hours, in maybe two between towns. Love is fun, and funny. Kids who laugh a lot, lose their fears. Creativity best way to develop self awareness. My sisters and I put on neighborhood plays for entertainment. One sister read the complete works of Shakespeare in 4th grade. Creating fun, very rewarding. You make work fun! Thanks for sharing!
I'm so happy that you're finally getting to work on the cottage. The cobble stones look wonderful and I can't wait to see the upstairs finished. The cottage is my favorite place on the grounds. Also, good for you for getting out and meeting new people. I struggle with that myself and I'm proud of you. Love to all of the Petherick's. Happy Halloween ❤️🙏👍🌾🍂🌻🍁🎃👻🕷️🕸️🌑💀🧟🧛
Great to see you back working on the cottage and Florian is a very sweet guy. So much knowledge !! Your head must spin with the amount you absorb. Love the vlogs keep them coming. 💙
Hi Michael. I'm so glad to see the progress you are making on the second floor of the cottage. I hope that you find so volunteers to help you. It's wonderful to see Florian [sp] again. He does such a great job. I'm looking forward to tomorrow's video. I was really glad to see you today.
As others have mention, wonderful to see and hear from Florian. As he seems interested and inclined, would love an exchange of French equivalent of vocabulary, expressions, food and culture. Encouraging by the progress. Ha, ha, ha, although the saw worked, you should have gone down and got the knife; at least when you went for the coffee. I'm sure you will quickly notice a warm coziness in your cottage.
As a cottage fan I'm happy and excited to see work progressing on that front. I love those leap of faith encounters. I've had so many in my life and they are truely special. Happy things are working out so well for you. 💞
Great to see the cottage coming along, wasn't that long ago you told us your plans to renovate it. Look how far you've come! Sooo excited about the daily vlogs too. As always a great insight into your world.. thankyou x
I do custom cabinetry and woodworking, plus I am a good designer/planner with education in architectural design and i would absolutely love to come and work on your cottage and meet your wonderful family.
The cottage looks wonderful. Your dream is coming closer to being complete. Michael your a wonderful. Respectful and knowledgeable. Your a credit to the do it yourself group. You explain everything. It’s nice to see.
I love seeing the progress on the adorable cottage. I hope you are going to use up those cut ends of Rockwooll. You can just stack them in each section, it will work just as well.
Love, love, love these types of vids even though I'm not much of a diy person, myself. I found it particularly interesting what Michael told us about those two types of insulation, he explains things so clearly.
What a dream to volunteer... it would take some time to get there from Victoria, Australia. We have only just had news of international travel opening up again.
So pleased to see your chatty self back with us! Trust you to meet new friends wherever you go! Fabulous! When do the stairs go in? Bathroom? Florian is doing a great job of filming. Much love to you xx
I've been tinkering with music and everything that surrounds it for most of my life, such as setting up my own studios, rehearsal rooms, recording rooms... so I have some (often fatal) experience with rockwool. I would only change one thing you said: "In winter it keeps the heat inside, and in summer TOO,". It has been one of my big mistakes, rock wool retains heat in a bestial way. My inexperience with this material has led me to build authentic ovens. Take special care that the room has very good ventilation.
Greeting from the Great White North 🇨🇦 It’s one breath at a time with restorations. It’s all ways wonderful when you have someone to help you a long and shares your talents as you create history together. A la prochaine
Actually that is "une scie" a saw. 'Scier' is the verb - sawing. Also, Florian stated a French phrase: 'à coups de scie" which means cutting/sawing something with a sharp object in small spurts. The literal translation is what Florian said: "shot of saw". But in reality it is called "hacking through with a saw".
Great progress Michael. Florian did a wonderful job videoing! You have a lot of advice on the insulation, about a vapour barrier, the paper is the vapour barrier, someone commented below the paper should be to the outside wall...no it shouldn't...you installed it correctly, but you already know that! 💖 Thank you so much for sharing...take really good care, stay safe! Much love Kathy x
Thanks for the continued great content! I'd highly recommend you getting an impact drill for driving the construction screws. Far superior to a normal drill. You'll never go back!
Coming right along with the bedroom. Going to be a really nice space indeed. Looks good, and will be toasty warm with all that insulation. Good luck with it. We'll keep an eye on the progress. Cheers.
So excited you will be doing daily blogs. It’s been a drought lately. I too want to thank you for setting Stephanie up on RUclips. Your magic has a ripple effect of spreading joy, love and laughter 🥰❤️😆😘
Oh good, Michael, a daily vlog from you. More fun watching you all, Billy, Stephanie, Dan, Ryan, Anna and Ed and the other Chateau owners then all the stuff that comes from world news. So many exciting things going on at your Chateau cottage. Hope you find some good volunteers that will help you get your cottage done by Christmas.
So glad you’re cracking on with finishing the cottage, it’s super cosy. Hmm a lovely roll top bath would look lovely up there. Guess you can’t get it up the staircase. Florian is cute bless him 😁 so happy you met lots of new friends. I really need some courage to take that leap of faith and come to France.
The sound absorbing quality of insulation isn't really applicable in this case as you already have heavy stone walls. If you wanted to control sound transmission with stick/timber frames walls (both interior and exterior), the effect would be much more noticeable. It can also be used to control reverb within a room if you cover the walls with something acoustically transparent like fabric.
Let’s just take a minute here people to acknowledge Dan on “Escape to rural France”. He pioneered the short daily vlog and now others are following suit There is room enough for everyone and I watch several channels all of whom are great but, Dan has nailed it. Not to take anything away from Michael who I have followed from day one and truly admire. After all, Michael and Stephanie are the ones who led the way. Love and best wishes to you all.
They daily video format has been around for far longer than any of us chateau vloggers. Dan has definitely nailed it but he wasn’t the first. Any longer than a week and I burn out 😅
@@DoingItOurselvesOfficial I must admit I do feel concerned about the burn out factor Dan is very lucky to have Annalise supporting him in the background Anyway I’m in no position to judge but your vlogs have brought me much pleasure and also get through a difficult time Many thanks and keep up the good work x
Hello Michael nice to see a new video this week..What scary things are going on there for Halloween??It is one of my favorite holidays Especially cause it is the week before my birthday. It was along drive to LA Rochelle today will head to LaLande Saturday and stay till Tuesday 🙂 then off to Versailles..Home to Texas after..So glad the world is open again..There is adventure to be made..
I have had a Sunbeam Mix Master like the one you have! It used to belong to my grandmother who passed away at 96 in 2000. Those things last forever, they are so well made. The only thing I've had to replace are the beaters about 15 years ago. It still works better than some new ones now. Unfortunately the attachment for the juicer (made of porcelain glass) shattered from a stray bouncing ball one of my cousins was playing with in the house when he wasn't supposed to. But I love to watch the spinning gear every time I use it. It's more than just nostalgia using it now. It still has the power to do the job.
Michael, you are a joy to watch as you renovate, I always learn something new. You put yourself out there when you started this vlog, just like your trip to Rennes and now you have ‘friends’ not just followers all over the world. I wish you the best in everything. Looking forward to seeing the upcoming videos. Much ❤️
1950s Sunbeam Food Mixer? I learned to cook with one of those! Good tool, and unlike my Kitchen Aid, it had two sizes of bowls! I enjoy videos of watching you work, time lapse, from tripod mounted camera--and voice over to tell what is going on.
Love the time lapse. I enjoy watching you work on the Cottage. I cannot wait to see the stair well get made (maybe you can go to the site where they make them and show us the process - the history of the wood you have selected & the exact design build you have selected to be made for the cottage steps inside to the upstairs.) Question where is your Loo located in the cottage. Are you building in the closets or using armoire instead? Enjoying this so much.
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Love learning a little French, and great advice about taking a adventure on my own, I'll have to work up the courage first.
To keep the glasses from fogging up .Put a thin amount of dish soap on the lenses.
Dearest Michael. I found out watching old CD videos that you were the person who actually created the RUclips page for Stephanie. THANK YOU! So much joy has come from that for so many people. What a good friend you are. 💛
Yea she took some persuasion let me tell you. But look what she has spawned. A whole generation of chateau channels
@@DoingItOurselvesOfficial you are good magic for many, for the now creators and watchers!! Thank you for your persuasion to Stephanie 👍
I binge watched The Chateau Diaries and I can’t get enough so yes, thank you so much Michael. I bought my granddaughter Peter Rabbit books because of you. She loves them.
@@DoingItOurselvesOfficial She and YOU have done so much more than that. Folks come here to watch fantasy castles being rebuilt, and walk away with an entirely new perspective on history, art, architecture, and culture that they would otherwise have little opportunity to appreciate. It is really quite a generous and unexpected gift to the viewers. 💛
@@DoingItOurselvesOfficial You forgot to mention it was me who made you create her channel!!!!!
Hello Michael great vedio for insulation.
With an open stair your upstairs will probably be warmer than the downstairs
Michael, I’d love to volunteer to help you but at 75, I wouldn’t be able to do much other than bring you coffee whenever you snapped your fingers. You are doing a wonderful job on your cottage.
I could get used to that haha
Florian is adorable even when he feels awkward. His English is coming along well too. It’s so exciting that you are able to work on the bedroom finally! Can’t wait to see it all finished! PS. You are looking very dapper too, Michael! 😊. Love your videos!!
My husband has been doing construction for about 50 years and he says that most of the time it doesn't cost much to do over kill and it's often so much better.
Great to see you back at work on the bedroom. It will be lovely, I know 💞💕💞
A grain of salt is what I’d say here in USA
Oh Michael, you are my favorite alien in your protective wrap. 😂🤣
Proud of your continued progress! Shame the stone walls must b covered but the comfort will b nice!
Just found your channel along with Chateau De La Ferta & Chateau Diaries. Absolutely have fallen in ❤️ with you all! My day is made when I get to watch the videos. 😀😀😀😍😍😍👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Btw….Greetings from Hays, Kansas, USA. 🇺🇸
Welcome to the channel. ❤️❤️❤️
Looking good. I love Florian. He’s such a sweetie.
Great to see Florian again, what a lovely guy.
Watch it MIchae calling things old!! I was "made "in the 1950's and I do not consider myself old. I'm "mature." LOL.
Your rockwool process is just like making cotton candy / candy floss!
I was so happy to see a new video appear.
And as someone who has done plenty of home renovations over the years, I have to say I like seeing you in proper gear. A friend of mine lost an eye to a circular saw sending a splinter of wood toward his face. Get that goofy-looking gear on!
Lol! Michael, you just blew Billys’ surprise. He was going to tell us his surprise visitor tomorrow 🤣
Hahahaha 😂
Ooops
Yeah! But makes it funnier now! Lol! Those, it’s so cute when they have friendly banters. Lol
Yeah lol. Sorry Billy, we knew already your surprise guests.
So glad you are back working in the cottage 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
I really would love to help for the fun as well as the work. Probably wouldn't want to leave..........
Florian's English is getting quite good. He's learned very quickly. :-)
Agree! The progress he's made is impressive!
You look so happy.
Great to see you thriving again!
Fantastic video, keep them coming.
My bags are packed!!!
Florian is an absolute doll! So nice that you have friends like that to help you.
Yaaaaaaayyyyyy! I love love LOVE the cottage updates. My favorite videos.
Happy to see Florian! His English is improving so quickly. Good to have him there to help. ❤
Lol. My mother had a mixer just like that. So glad to see progress upstairs. You need to get the stairs and railing in place for safety! Do be careful.
Brilliant video Michael. The upstairs is coming right along. It will be nice to see it all come to finish. Thanks Florian for filming the video, it's always good to see you as well together with Michael! I hope you guys stick around. Cheers!
While the chateau is grand and quite beautiful, The cottage suits you much better. The smaller space upstairs in front of the bedroom could make a nice art studio. I enjoy watching your progress but the videos are too short. If they were over an hour long, I'd probably feel the same. Nice work.
I see that window behind you! I think a sink and toilet upstairs would never be regretted. Wish I could show you incredible tiny toilet/sink combos, really great designers make under stairs, in my neighborhood.
I go solo to dinner every night, since divorced and kids left. I'm totally happy on my own, with six grandchildren, two married children, and a sister and her spouse. My problem is all my friends are thirty to forty years younger, and I have no desire to rob the cradle. I have many people I know from walking my dog.
You are a delightful person, very cherished. I take care of family, and house sit for neighbors. Five friends to ten friends, alone, is enough. Seeing you happy, gives me acceptance of who I am alone. I raised the kids with a single Uncle's never ending help. I worked 18 hours per week overtime for ten years, when my kids left. It was fun. I taught gardening to kids after school. I taught ancient history and 4th grade history through play with props. They gave me all non speakers who learned lines and vocabulary to perform in front of younger kids fearlessly talking after practicing dialogue. They chose the topic. Queen Elizabeth and King Phillip battle in channel with 8 ships of tar and pitch, snuck into Armada and set ablaze 8/8/1588, conquest of Mexico, tour of Africa, the sinking of the Titanic.
My grandfather recited Mark Anthony's lines while racing his cars in the 1910s to 1960s commuting 3 hours, in maybe two between towns. Love is fun, and funny. Kids who laugh a lot, lose their fears. Creativity best way to develop self awareness. My sisters and I put on neighborhood plays for entertainment. One sister read the complete works of Shakespeare in 4th grade. Creating fun, very rewarding.
You make work fun! Thanks for sharing!
So happy seeing you working on the upstairs bedroom. I would love to come and help you. I'm old, but I love to paint!
Lol so glad to see you back. You are always so enjoyable to watch. The cottage is coming along beautifully.
I'm so happy that you're finally getting to work on the cottage. The cobble stones look wonderful and I can't wait to see the upstairs finished. The cottage is my favorite place on the grounds. Also, good for you for getting out and meeting new people. I struggle with that myself and I'm proud of you. Love to all of the Petherick's. Happy Halloween ❤️🙏👍🌾🍂🌻🍁🎃👻🕷️🕸️🌑💀🧟🧛
I am glad and happy been waiting follow up on your work on the cottage.
Great to see you back working on the cottage and Florian is a very sweet guy. So much knowledge !! Your head must spin with the amount you absorb. Love the vlogs keep them coming. 💙
You can get plastic film to put over your windows, you blow dry it to tighten it up. It creates a barrier. We use it in New England for old windows.
So glad to see you back! Your cottage will be stunning when done. Love the time lapse music.
Finally Michael! I miss you when you’re away for so long.
Glad to see you back at it! Florians English is coming along wonderfully!
I loved every single second of that 😊 Michael you are a gem ❤️
Hi Michael. I'm so glad to see the progress you are making on the second floor of the cottage. I hope that you find so volunteers to help you. It's wonderful to see Florian [sp] again. He does such a great job. I'm looking forward to tomorrow's video. I was really glad to see you today.
As others have mention, wonderful to see and hear from Florian. As he seems interested and inclined, would love an exchange of French equivalent of vocabulary, expressions, food and culture. Encouraging by the progress. Ha, ha, ha, although the saw worked, you should have gone down and got the knife; at least when you went for the coffee. I'm sure you will quickly notice a warm coziness in your cottage.
As a cottage fan I'm happy and excited to see work progressing on that front. I love those leap of faith encounters. I've had so many in my life and they are truely special. Happy things are working out so well for you. 💞
Great to see the cottage coming along, wasn't that long ago you told us your plans to renovate it. Look how far you've come! Sooo excited about the daily vlogs too. As always a great insight into your world.. thankyou x
I do custom cabinetry and woodworking, plus I am a good designer/planner with education in architectural design and i would absolutely love to come and work on your cottage and meet your wonderful family.
Thank you sharing. I look forward to seeing the total insulation of the bedroom completed.
My heart is in my mouth watching you near the edge. Please be careful
The cottage looks wonderful. Your dream is coming closer to being complete. Michael your a wonderful. Respectful and knowledgeable. Your a credit to the do it yourself group. You explain everything. It’s nice to see.
I love seeing the progress on the adorable cottage. I hope you are going to use up those cut ends of Rockwooll. You can just stack them in each section, it will work just as well.
looks like good progress on the room. You are going to make friends wherever you go. You have a great sense of humor and have an interesting life.
Nice to see the progress..Florian is sweet and helpful friend and you are sounding so much happier and content..keep it up!
Awesome to see what you’re progressing with upstair. 🧡 Well done to Florian - you’re a great help and good company. ❤️
Can't wait to see upstairs come together! Also a halloween party in the Chateau sounds so fun, great space for entertaining
This is so good to see. Even though I’m months behind on my video viewing, I am slowly catching up.
Love, love, love these types of vids even though I'm not much of a diy person, myself. I found it particularly interesting what Michael told us about those two types of insulation, he explains things so clearly.
Florian and his awkwardness are sweet. You guys seem to be working very nicely together and Florian's English is doing really well.
What a dream to volunteer... it would take some time to get there from Victoria, Australia. We have only just had news of international travel opening up again.
Great to see the cottage is progressing. Can’t wait for the design/decorating and tweaking of bedroom. Great vlog. Xx
Great progress! Exciting to see work resuming on the cottage.
So pleased to see your chatty self back with us! Trust you to meet new friends wherever you go! Fabulous! When do the stairs go in? Bathroom? Florian is doing a great job of filming. Much love to you xx
I've been tinkering with music and everything that surrounds it for most of my life, such as setting up my own studios, rehearsal rooms, recording rooms... so I have some (often fatal) experience with rockwool. I would only change one thing you said: "In winter it keeps the heat inside, and in summer TOO,". It has been one of my big mistakes, rock wool retains heat in a bestial way. My inexperience with this material has led me to build authentic ovens. Take special care that the room has very good ventilation.
Cottage is looking good! I remember a mixer like that in my childhood home.
Greeting from the Great White North 🇨🇦
It’s one breath at a time with restorations. It’s all ways wonderful when you have someone to help you a long and shares your talents as you create history together.
A la prochaine
Would love if Florian shared the French word with us while he is learning more English words 😁
I was thinking the same, had to look up the french word for saw 😂😂😂 la scier x
Actually that is "une scie" a saw. 'Scier' is the verb - sawing. Also, Florian stated a French phrase: 'à coups de scie" which means cutting/sawing something with a sharp object in small spurts. The literal translation is what Florian said: "shot of saw". But in reality it is called "hacking through with a saw".
I'm so, so excited to see how the bedroom will turn out! I can't to see how you decorate it too!
Great to get back to the renovation videos, and Florian is so lovely!
Great progress Michael. Florian did a wonderful job videoing! You have a lot of advice on the insulation, about a vapour barrier, the paper is the vapour barrier, someone commented below the paper should be to the outside wall...no it shouldn't...you installed it correctly, but you already know that! 💖 Thank you so much for sharing...take really good care, stay safe! Much love Kathy x
Glad you have the mics very helpful
Great to see more progress with the gardeners cottage! Excited to see you finally move in!! Keep up the great work Michael :)
Thanks for the continued great content! I'd highly recommend you getting an impact drill for driving the construction screws. Far superior to a normal drill. You'll never go back!
Great to see Florian again! He does a great job!
Coming right along with the bedroom. Going to be a really nice space indeed. Looks good, and will be toasty warm with all that insulation. Good luck with it. We'll keep an eye on the progress. Cheers.
so good to see you again and always happy to see Florian,s smile.
Michaels very talented and knows how to fix things too just like his dad and brother. Ernest will learn from all of them!
So excited you will be doing daily blogs. It’s been a drought lately. I too want to thank you for setting Stephanie up on RUclips. Your magic has a ripple effect of spreading joy, love and laughter 🥰❤️😆😘
Florian est si mignon quand il parle l'anglais. Haha. Great video!
Oh good, Michael, a daily vlog from you. More fun watching you all, Billy, Stephanie, Dan, Ryan, Anna and Ed and the other Chateau owners then all the stuff that comes from world news. So many exciting things going on at your Chateau cottage. Hope you find some good volunteers that will help you get your cottage done by Christmas.
Loved the content tonight, so good to see progress in your cottage again 👌🏼 can’t wait for more of the upcoming mini episodes
Welcome back Florian ,looking forward to seeing the progress on your bedroom Michael.
I love Florian's additional comments. What a kind friend.
Another great one Michael. Thank you!
Love seeing Florian working with you and your banter, he just seems sweet. I hope you manage to get things done before Christmas!
So glad you’re cracking on with finishing the cottage, it’s super cosy. Hmm a lovely roll top bath would look lovely up there. Guess you can’t get it up the staircase. Florian is cute bless him 😁 so happy you met lots of new friends. I really need some courage to take that leap of faith and come to France.
The sound absorbing quality of insulation isn't really applicable in this case as you already have heavy stone walls. If you wanted to control sound transmission with stick/timber frames walls (both interior and exterior), the effect would be much more noticeable. It can also be used to control reverb within a room if you cover the walls with something acoustically transparent like fabric.
You are such a joy to watch Michael. Hugs from Dunnville Ontario. Xxxoo
It is such a joy to watch the things you do to restore the gardeners cottage.
Always bummed when there isn’t a new vlog with you Michael.
I have the same yellow sunbeam mixer you have upstairs. Mines from the early '70's. Still works like a charm.
You and Florian work well together. Your interactions are delightful.
Toolbox, cutter and basics always on hand.
Don’t throw them away! the small cuts of wood would be a great building block/ construction toy for Earnest.
Never throw away small pieces of construction wood. You never know when you will have a need for a little piece of wood when working on an old house.
Giant Jenga for the garden
Let’s just take a minute here people to acknowledge Dan on “Escape to rural France”. He pioneered the short daily vlog and now others are following suit There is room enough for everyone and I watch several channels all of whom are great but, Dan has nailed it. Not to take anything away from Michael who I have followed from day one and truly admire. After all, Michael and Stephanie are the ones who led the way. Love and best wishes to you all.
They daily video format has been around for far longer than any of us chateau vloggers. Dan has definitely nailed it but he wasn’t the first. Any longer than a week and I burn out 😅
@@DoingItOurselvesOfficial I must admit I do feel concerned about the burn out factor Dan is very lucky to have Annalise supporting him in the background Anyway I’m in no position to judge but your vlogs have brought me much pleasure and also get through a difficult time Many thanks and keep up the good work x
Hello Michael nice to see a new video this week..What scary things are going on there for Halloween??It is one of my favorite holidays Especially cause it is the week before my birthday. It was along drive to LA Rochelle today will head to LaLande Saturday and stay till Tuesday 🙂 then off to Versailles..Home to Texas after..So glad the world is open again..There is adventure to be made..
Hi, great video.. do t forget to get bed up before the stairs go in!!!
It’s so good to see u working on the upstairs Michael. If I weren’t caring for my elderly mother I would love to come volunteer and help out.
I have had a Sunbeam Mix Master like the one you have! It used to belong to my grandmother who passed away at 96 in 2000. Those things last forever, they are so well made. The only thing I've had to replace are the beaters about 15 years ago. It still works better than some new ones now. Unfortunately the attachment for the juicer (made of porcelain glass) shattered from a stray bouncing ball one of my cousins was playing with in the house when he wasn't supposed to. But I love to watch the spinning gear every time I use it. It's more than just nostalgia using it now. It still has the power to do the job.
Michael, you are a joy to watch as you renovate, I always learn something new. You put yourself out there when you started this vlog, just like your trip to Rennes and now you have ‘friends’ not just followers all over the world. I wish you the best in everything. Looking forward to seeing the upcoming videos. Much ❤️
1950s Sunbeam Food Mixer? I learned to cook with one of those! Good tool, and unlike my Kitchen Aid, it had two sizes of bowls! I enjoy videos of watching you work, time lapse, from tripod mounted camera--and voice over to tell what is going on.
So pleased you are back doing footage of Cottage renovation! 😁😁😁😁
Love the time lapse. I enjoy watching you work on the Cottage. I cannot wait to see the stair well get made (maybe you can go to the site where they make them and show us the process - the history of the wood you have selected & the exact design build you have selected to be made for the cottage steps inside to the upstairs.) Question where is your Loo located in the cottage. Are you building in the closets or using armoire instead? Enjoying this so much.
The Phillip-esque editing and beautiful gold logo at the start are brilliant! You've come so far!