What's Behind the Doors of the Attic Bedrooms at Mapperton? - Behind the Scenes Episode 24
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- In this episode of Behind the Scenes at Mapperton, I'm giving you an exclusive tour of some of the private bedrooms here. Located within the wings of the house, they were recently converted to host guests during my yoga retreats.
Now yogis have the choice of staying in these comfortable rooms at the top of Mapperton House, one of the historic bedrooms, or in the Garden Cottage, which I will be filming an episode about soon...
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I can’t believe I just spent 20 minutes of my life watching this lady close curtains LOL
it was very entertaining
I loved every second of that action. Such gusto!!
@@idiotsandwhich8073 or I'm closing curtains, while doing filming the video.
Just found this channel and I’m thinking why are we opening them anyway if no one is using them
@@cindijennings2285 seriously! It’s fascinating but…. Ain’t nobody got time to be opening…then closing… curtains nearly an hour each day when _nobody’s looking out the windows and nobody’s looking in_ lol
Keeping that huge house so beautifully polished, dusted, vacuumed and mopped!! must be a horrendous job! Just think of all those windows and curtains! You’d have to have three or four washing machines just to keep up with “Saturday! change your bed!” The thought of all the ironing makes my knees tremble! And how many bumper stick-ons you would need behind all the pictures to keep air flow behind them! You could never sit down! But it’s beauty is it’s saving grace! Julie must have incredible organization skills and courage! And energy! Wow!
I lived in Ireland for a year. They close their curtains, shades, and shutters every evening. It's part of their routine. I always thought it was due to cold drafts. They never could tell me exactly why they do that.
The main reason we do it is to try and keep the heat in, especially in the winter!
Idk what it is... I live in a tropical country and we do that too 😂 It just feels weird to leave them open?
@@thirstaefortae5057 nobody can look in. At night, we might feel the need for cocooning or something of the kind. Shutting the world out and feel (somewhat) safe.
In the US here. We do it for privacy.
We don’t have shutters in Ireland. But we do have curtains and blinds. We close them for privacy and to keep the heat in cause we usually only get about a week of summer😭.
i'm just wondering why Julie closes curtains in rooms that aren't being used... LOL. I'd be like, "Nope...no one staying in there, let them stay closed [to prevent sun damage]..." Tee hee...
They close them every evening because that is when the heating is on and the curtains act as a form of insulation on the old windows to help keep the heat in. They open them every day because the sunlight adds warmth to the rooms during the day to help keep away damp and it also purifies the air to a small extent for things like dust mites and stuff.
@@kaseydetrick1371 Wow. I didn't know why the curtains are closed in the evening. Thank you.
Julie, you are like an angel who came into this grand mansion and aristocracy to bring them solutions, joy, and love you are so beautiful and so natural.
It may be to conserve heat. Keep the drafts out?
@@elisabethbenders-hyde5286 I was wondering about this. Why? Lol
Who knew watching someone close curtains could be so satisfying...
Yes! But I keep wondering why?
@@grettasg 😄
Has anyone else found themselves yelling “curtains” to the screen when she leaves a room without closing?
Or when they are not fully closed! ?
Yes, I've done it 3 times lol.
Yes!! 😀
yes :-)
And 100 Times yelling yoga retreeds lol
I love your videos Julie! Thanks for opening your life to us! So many curtains. My OCD is triggered because not one set of curtains was completely closed! Ahhhhh! Ha ha ha, as if it really matters.... I would love to go to one of your retreats one day. You would make it really fun. Xoxo from the USA! Why only two a year??
I love your videos! Thanks Julie!
My OCD is triggered because none of the curtains you closed were completely closed in the middle!!!!! Ahhhhhhh! Ha ha ha! Honestly I love you and your enthusiasm. Hopefully one day I will be at one of your yoga retreats.
same with me lol
I think the walls in the halls would look so nice with pictures to warm it up
any stories of paranormal activity? What is the scariest place to be at night? What are some of the creepiest noises you hear?
No, you're not alone in the curtain closing club! We do the same thing unless they're in rooms that are uninhabited. There are more pressing needs most of the time. I know it's wild, but Mom's a Scot and Dad's a Brit! I come by it naturally! 🤣
Julie, you really should look into auto blinds controlled by iPads.
I’m a tech junkie cuz time is so precious!
Wiring a 600 year old house has a LOT of logistical issues - functionally and esthetically...
Thank you so much for sharing the more private (and beautiful) parts of your amazing home. I am fascinated by how so many families live in these amazing homes and open them to the public to keep them going. Netflix had a British show, Weekend Aristocrats (no longer available in the States...darn it) which showed several families who live in such homes. It was so fun to see the private rooms and how they live while opening the homes to others. Have you ever considered hosting other types of retreats? Family reunions? I think I have some cousins who could be talked into such a retreat once Covid is under control!!!!
ah I so enjoyed this. I grew up in an old home (very small - but still) and I love all the little nooks, and how houses that grow and have wings have hidden spots. I know it's a lot of work - but thank you for preserving it and letting us have a peek.
Wow so beautiful! I definitely need to visit Mapperton if I ever travel to England ❤️
Please do!
Why close the curtains?? I love your curtains by the way! Your rooms are stunning! I live in Sweden, so anything old from the UK is so beautiful to us. We have old palaces here too, but Sweden has never been as wealthy as the UK , so ours are so much smaller and more plain. You work so hard! I love your channel. Only discovered it yesterday. Will look back on your previous episodes. Good luck with all your plans for the future!
I was thinking the same thing. If no one is in the room and needs privacy, why close the curtains?
Heating?
Thank you for your tour. Smiled the entire way through this as it brought back memories from when I was a young boy following my favorite aunt as she took me on a tour of her big old Pa home. My eyes were saucers both then and now. Please keep your freshness and natural presence. We love it. And yes, I’ve subscribed. 👍
All the rooms are so pretty Julie! I can't wait to attend a yoga retreat!!
Can't wait!
I absolutely love your videos. Thank you for opening your beautiful estate to us. I also love the tradition behind opening and closing the curtains each day. I read where you do this for heat and security, and also because it has been done daily for hundreds of years. That alone is reason to continue. I love this! PS I also enjoy your Italy home videos. Love from Texas and part time Utah mountains.
Thank you so much!
20 minutes to close / 20 minutes to open curtains daily while walking through the Manor House + checking/locking doors... an efficient way to ensure daily exercise. Not that Julie needs it, it still....
It’s like a treasure map, watching you walk thru the house and seeing all these wonderful rooms, secret doors, side hallways....you never know what you are going to find. I’ll bet it’s a never ending joy walking them the house and all the buildings. I am curious how cold the house gets at night due to the heaters going off at 10pm
I liked this video so very much! For years and years I have wanted to see what the rooms look like on the different floors of the big historical houses. And finally you showed me what these various rooms look like I got to see some of the inside of the towers that you can see from the outside of the house but they look like they would be super interesting rooms inside the house and I got to see at least one of those areas. Very satisfying to my curiosity thank you!
Thank you for an interesting episode. The beams and sloped roof ceilings make the upper bedrooms such fun. Why do you close the curtains every night? Are you sure someone is not pulling your leg? Or is it to keep heat in? If it is, then why are some radiators behind the curtains. I just leave the curtains closed in unused rooms until guests come. It is a fascinating house, thank you for sharing.
Thank you! we close curtains mainly for security and also to keep the warmth in as the heaters go off at 10pm every night. brrrr!
Couldn't you just close the doors instead?
I was thinking the same, especially as many of the curtains look like they wouldn't contain much heat. My house is 4500 sq ft house, so a tiny dolls house in comparison to this gorgeous stately home and weekends when kids are away I don't bother closing curtains.. Nor do I close curtains in bathrooms. Gosh I feel like I'm being a lazy slob 😳. I bet the children helped with this task when younger. Love the channels, so glad youtube put them in my feed.
@@lochamb1234 No, I think you have it right!--I only close shutters and curtains in winter...I live in California, where it is warm much of the year.
It looks very comfortable and nice. I think it would be more relaxing to stay in the attic than in the fussy historical bedrooms. I would be afraid I would break something priceless in the fussy part.
The rooms look wonderful!! The steps look like they were made for mountain goats!! Love from Vermont
Thank you so much!
Doesn't if affect the heat coming out of the radiator to close them off around it? Btw just started watching a couple weeks ago and I am so enjoying it!
At least it isn’t 2 hours like your visit to Boughton House. Lovely visit in the children’s wing. Bathrooms are lovely.
We do the same thing Julie! We open all of the blinds and curtains during the day to allow natural light to come in and then, close everything once it gets dark. I love your house! I would love to do a yoga retreat one day there!!! I may never leave! 😊 Quite lovely!
So great watching this. Very satisfying and relaxing watching you close curtains, 😂 . Such a fantastic place!
Thank you, I now have a better idea of Mapperton's size and shape architecturally. I'll bet Elizabethan
Mapleton didn't have so many bathrooms!!! Surely you enjoy the view and scope of your gardens as you close the curtains. I certainly did.
I so enjoy these episodes! You are a gem to this American who’s fascinated by all things British. Like the other comments, I can’t figure out a reason why you would open and close all those drapes everyday if you are not using those rooms. Who is peeping in your second floor hallway windows? 🧐🤣🤣
Thank you! Yes, good question! It's just get some fresh air and keep the house alive with energy. :-) xxx
Can’t you close/open the
curtains electronically? It’d be simpler and time saving, Julie!
The curtains are lovely and I love the old radiators! My parents place has them in Gettysburg! Thank you for sharing all of this!!!
Nestor having a teddy in his bedroom is so adorable! 🥺😊
I love your jumper, looks so cool and vintage
The house is lovely!!!
I would love to join your yoga retreat.❤️
Cold immersion should be followed by sauna heat and the combo 3 - 4 times.
Haha! "Curtains. I gotta go close curtains!"😂
Beautiful rooms with beautiful views and tasteful paint colors. It's one place I would love to visit.
Wow! I'm amazed at your commitment and care of Mapperton!
I'm taking a guess here that the need to close the curtains is to help keep the rooms warm.
I love the show, I have seen 5/6 episodes so far. I am curious why all the curtains in all the rooms have to be closed every night? Aren't there any rooms that could be skipped so that the amount of time spent closing (and then opening) curtains could be reduced?
Probably to keep the heat in?
@@irishka_zolotse but no one is using these rooms…why not just leave them ALL closed…or open?
@@marciawalden agree, would leave them closed as no plants and would reduce fading as well as time
Your house is more like a castle!
Julie, I really enjoyed the tour of the bedrooms. I would love to come to one of the yoga retreats one day. Being someone who grew up on a farm with lots of acres, we never closed the curtains at nite. The house was far enough away from the road and when night fall came there were very few cars going down the road. Julie, you are in the middle of the beautiful countryside with 100's of acres, there is no need to close the curtains. LOL. xoxoxo.
Sounds great! I think it's also more of a tradition to close the curtains and also keep it a bit warmer at night.. brrr, it gets cold here!
@@AmericanViscountess Yes, closing the curtains for more heat makes sense. I forgot about that.
Was that a replica of Capt. James Cook’s ship, HMS Endeavour that he sailed to Hawaii..which he renamed the Sandwich Isles after your husbands ancestor the Earl of Sandwich ?
I would love to live in a house like this one! It’s amazing!
Other than for protection of artwork and furniture, can you leave the curtains open? It’s lots of wear and tear on the curtains. The bear is so sweet!!!!
We could but we think better to just open and close like they've been doing here for hundreds of year. lol.
would literally love to spend the day here (life goal). Absolutely an amazing home!
This mansion is beautiful
Thank you 🥰
There's something that I adore about attics. And closing the curtains was cool. Are there some curtains that get skipped, or how does that... can't imagine closing a majillion windows. (I'm sorry but this is the only time that yoga has ever sounded like fun, and it's nowhere near me. Or my continent.) Love the adjustable beds, those are fantastic. Thank you for sharing your home and your time with us. This is a gorgeous home.
Who needs yoga retreat? I’ll come to visit and close your curtains at night during retreat 🤔
You would certainly stay in shape running around closing curtains and opening them everyday! May I ask why they need to be opened and closed in rooms people aren't using?
Security :-)
@@AmericanViscountess Very silly explanation!
I don't really see that it is imperative to close and open curtains in this mansion--it's not like there are peeping toms lurking around. I live in a one story house and I usually leave the shutters in their open position for weeks at a time. I only close the curtains in my bedroom, mainly because the sun pours in an wakes me up too early.
I think. Julie, you need to have your curtains on an electric close :) press a button like the electric chateau gates etc.
I am thinking around this and it may be that it’s alright, … the house is open to the public and they are used to that and they obviously stay away at school and so on. It is the way it is and I am sure that everything is for a reason and God willing all is well!AMEN!
Your videos are fascinating--even just closing curtains. What an interesting life! But also, I bet we could be friends and spend hours talking about all sorts of things. I'd love to attend your yoga retreat but $$$. Ya, there's that. Since I can't do that presently, I enjoy seeing and hearing about Mapperton.
That shade of green trim in the children’s bedrooms is lovely! What I don’t understand is why open the curtains in rooms that aren’t being used? Surely that would cut down on time? And energy costs? And protect some of the historic rooms from unnecessary sun damage? Idk I’m willing to be wrong about this.
I'm loving watching all your episodes! I cannot believe you have to go through the whole house to close all the curtains....that is a lot of patience! William and Jack have nice big rooms yet Emma and Nester have such small ones?
Great tour!! Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it!
Julie, Does the Estate have solar panels for electric? Would seem feasible to be solar powered / battery storage
Maybe, but they also must adhere to all the local and federal policies and regulations related to updating a nationally registered estate of that significance.
Try a fabric silicon spray on your tracks to help open and close them so they glide well.
Think I'd leave them open. You're not overlooked.
Thanks!! I wondered about this too!!
Who the little girl in the Blue bows Dress.? She's is beautiful. Great video God-bless you all and Keepsafe.
You have hummingbird energy.
You are putting the guests into servant quarters? I also noticed that there is no classroom for the noble born kids. When did the family get rid of the governesses and nanny's rooms?
Also towards the end you forgot a set of curtains in one of your kids' room. The one you were in before shutting them in Nestor's room. = )
How come you close the curtains and open in rooms that not being used.
Lovely tour! Interesting about the yoga retreats. My daughter is avid at yoga, and I am a beginner. Would it work to come together? Also the air B&B sounds great! How many does it hold??
Yes, absolutely! Lots of beginners come as well! The retreats are all - levels. The air bnb houses 5. x
This was really cool maybe I'll do Yoga
I like to have a open view, no window covering in my livingroom.
Its a 3th floor appartement and same hight as the roofs of other houses.
Agree about the curtains, who cares. It appears that these bedrooms were originally servants quarters. It would be interesting to hear some history. I am a new subscriber, it may be a short term relationship...😏
How many times do you say "I'm also closing the curtains" in this episode? 💘 Love you!!!!
Some smart curtains would really help here lol
Any ghost stories? I find them in a lot of old houses.
Just keep the curtains open except for private areas 😊
I want to go to your yoga retreat !!!
Is there a reason you just don't leave the curtains closed in the rooms you're not actively using?
What’s the schedule for yoga retreat? Or where can I find them….just finished and found out! That would be one of my holidays in the near future!
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Why do you close all the curtains each night?
To help keep the house warm ☺️
@@AmericanViscountess Oh my. I had no idea. Wow.
My question exactly...
I'm trying to count how many times I would bang my head into one of those exposed ceiling beams!!
Why do you close and open all the curtains everyday? I'm sure there's a reason but can you leave curtains closed in rooms that are not occupied? Thanks in advance!
Security. :-)
I would leave the curtains closed all the time. Is there a reason you have to close and open the curtains every day?
When you close the curtains- you cover many of the radiators. That seems dangerous.
And if no one is staying in a room, why must you close the curtains?
What’s the definition of insanity….opening and closing curtains that don’t need to be done. Everryy. Daayyy. Lol
Why do you close the curtains? Is it a British thing?
Yes, somewhat it is but also to keep this 500 year old house a bit warmer at night. :-)
Do you fall into a crack when you push those twin beds together ?
So do you open and close curtains in rooms you are not using on a daily basis? Why do you close them every day?
Dumb question, but why do you close the curtains every night?
Why close curtains when no one is using the room? Is it to do with the heating?
1:24 Probably a motion detection , do you have ghost?
Was just wondering Why bother to close the curtains since there r no neighbours peeking in? 🤔
I’d be lost for weeks. 🤭
I live in a tiny one bedroom and never open the curtains!😊😁
Make an episode where you're counting and closing or opening all of the curtains Please 🤣🥰🥰
Why close the curtains in rooms that aren't being used? I don't bother closing the curtains in my soare bedrooms (we live in Scotland).
other than your private rooms/quarters, why would you close all the curtains? I'm assuming the home is private and not near other houses?
Why do you have to close the curtains in rooms where no one is staying? We don’t close ours.
You mentioned your children coming back for Christmas break. Do they go to boarding schools?
The rooms are smaller than I expected.
This is so intresting 🌹 I just found you channel today. (I though where have I seen you🌞 Iremembeted the Ladies were so rude to you and Your family 🤗