I am addicted!!! From the stone workers , to the history of different levels of society literally built into a beautiful building, astonishing how it was built, I love it all !!! thank you for sharing.
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It’s beautiful when quarters that were originally seen as undesirable places to go are later seen as just as intriguing and charming as the opulent spaces meant to be shown and boasted about. So excited to see what you do with all these quaint entre-sols (a new French term for me).
I can’t even fathom the amount of work, blood, sweat, tears. It is not a luxurious task, it is not fancy living, but rather, digging up the filth, human leavings, weathered old ruins to rebuild, refresh, to breath fresh life into this dying house. I applaud this couple and the incredible help by the groups aiding their monumental efforts. Truly the reward is the bringing together of all peoples in this uniting task. This is the new story or Pernon.
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Another champion video. Yours is the first chateau that I've seen with that whole extensive hidden world of rooms, stairs and corridors solely for servants. I guess the other channels I watch must have less exalted past owners. It's also interesting to me that so many of those servant spaces were fairly roomy and with windows, which tells something about the original architect, doesn't it?
Every week I love to see this beautiful series on Purnon. The Secrets in the walls, the Architecture, the history, the beautiful grounds are so captivating. This is a first class Series and Renovation.
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love the term a "winter snug" keeping rooms with 20+ foot ceilings warm must have been such a challenge... no ceiling fans or hydronic heating back in in the day ;)
Месяц назад+9
Exactly. We look forward to sharing progress on our winter 'snug'!
C'est un bonheur de visiter votre château tous les dimanches.Vous êtes un couple épatant. Un de vos gros problème est le chauffage. Lors de la rénovation d'une "Tudor House in England", des panneaux solaires ont été installés dans une clairière, donc cachés dans la forêt, et les (très gros) transformateurs, dans un endroit similaire aux tunnels que vous êtes en train de restaurer. Le charmant gentleman qui habite là-bas, est ravi de cette solution, J'ai pensé à vous. Bon courage et merci pour vos vidéos!
It makes you imagine what a different world that was to ours now. Those rooms speak volumes for those who once upon a time were there. Thank you again for sharing everything with us.
This restoration boggles the mind on so many levels. As we head into winter here in northeast USA, I feel your pain and efforts to stay warm in the cold winter months ahead. We own an old but charming country cottage in Portugal. Usually, we visit in the warmer months, but one year we went in winter. Omg, it was so cold! I nearly kissed the ground when we arrived back in our cozy, warm home in the US. I admire your fortitude!
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Your videos are so important to me; thank you for continuing to make them. They give me something to look forward to regardless of what’s going on in my life.
I absolutely love this channel. Although the grand rooms were/are beautiful, the servants quarters have always fascinated me and wondered what life would have been like for them. I can’t imagine how the female servants negotiated those very narrow stairs while wearing long skirts.
I should imagine for those who came to work at Purnon, their accommodation was a luxury space, compared to a village home. It would have made anyone proud to work in such a Chateau, they probably loved it as much as the Family.
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Yes, an important point. Some of the huge social inequality that offends us today was accepted in that era. Despite the somewhat severe conditions by today's standards, many people would have been honoured to work at the chateau. It is quite true that a strict hierarchy would have existed amongst those in domestic service - people at the top of the hierarchy with a warm(ish) bed inside the chateau probably considered themselves much better off than people working as tenant farmers living in cottages without out enough wood to heat them or food to eat.
Cette visite des entresols est très pertinente et très intéressante, parce-qu'elle nous permet de découvrir ce que nous, "visiteurs" des châteaux et de monuments historiques, nous ne voyons jamais. ... Votre point de vue et votre démarche de restauration, sont une fois encore, très pertinentes et valorisent complètement votre projet. Vous abordez de façon rationnelle et pédagogique, tous les aspects de cette extraordinaire réhabilitation que vous avez entreprise ; c'est fantastique de voir à quel point vous êtes impliqués sur tous les "fronts" et sous toutes les formes pour le "Réveil" de votre magnifique domaine. Votre volonté qui semble inébranlable, non seulement de sauver Purnon, mais aussi d'en faire un lieu de vie autant qu'un lieu d'histoire, est bien sûr remarquable et tout simplement extraordinaire, votre amour de l'architecture, votre respect de l'histoire de notre pays, votre projet sont dignes des plus grands sauvetages. Encore merci à vous deux.
Great to explore these hidden spaces. Friends of mine are restoring a chateau nearby that dates back to the 13th century, I have been fortunate to explore the entresols, hidden stairs, as well as the dungeons of the earliest parts of the medieval section. Thanks for bringing these spaces to the public via the vlogs. 👏👏
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Once I discovered your channel however many months ago I don't think that I've missed an episode. I love that you take us with you and let us in on your discoveries of the early life of the chateau and the people who lived there. Thanks also for giving us a part of the story of those lives. It all is so interesting and beautiful! What would be the earliest artifact that you have found? Something closest to the begining of the estate? Also what has moved your emotions the most? I look forward to your new vlogs so very much! Thank you!
I would think these cozy little spaces would have been coveted by the staff that lived and worked in the chateau. Lovely. Thank you for sharing and all your tremendously hard work. Continued success in all you do.
You both are amazing people! Been following this project since the start and the progress is stunning! You have been so respectful to the originality of the building down to the beams and their joinery. Bravo! Best wishes to you and to your family in this upcoming HOLIDAY season!
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Thank you for your wonderful message. We're thrilled that you've been following our journey since the beginning. Best wishes to you and your family also.
To be in love with Chateau Pernon is a joy...But , I hope I speak for many...It is , in my opinion , that we are in love with both of you ! YOU are what is making this beauty come alive .
Месяц назад+3
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Oh I wish we could learn the names of these servants and if they had families and what their private lives were like. Last week was just a gem! Thanks for sharing these beautiful spaces.
They probably didn't had any private life. They may not be slaves, but how would you have a private life when you live on your workplace and even have bells to be called anytime at night. I understand people may see it romantically. But there's nothing pretty there. I feel sad for them, yes they may have had it rougher if they weren't servants, but I definitely would not have a happy life when my existence was purely to serve a rich family that put you to live in a small tiny room and wouldn't even consider you human at all, to the point you are expected to be invisible around such a big house.
@@hellequinm If you want some insight into how that felt, there is a separate video interview with a woman, a daughter of the cook, who was born at the château in the 1920s and lived there as a child.
The content, editing, storytelling is excellent! History, the people who called Purnon home (and current owners) to the building methods. Love everything ❤
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What a wonderful history of behind the scenes. My favourite part of chateaus are the secret stairways and rooms. It certainly shows how things worked and how people lived during that period of time. Thank you for the tour!
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რა საინტერესოა გმადლობთ❤ ეს ადამიანები ქმნიდნენ კომფორტს ფუფუნებას თვითონ კი უბრალოდ ცხოვრობდენ, როგორ უხდება შატოს ნისლი იდუმალება და ფიქრი იწყება წარსულზე! შატო მოწმეა წარსულის, ბედნიერი ხართ რომ ღმერთმა გარგუნათ ეს საქმე და შეხვდით ასეთ შემონახულ დიდ შატოს! ❤❤❤ ვინატრებდი ოდესმე ჩემი თვალით მენახა ეს დიდებული შენობათავისი მრავალფეროვნებით🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️❤️
Purnon is an amazing and intriguing chateau and I’m so glad it got you guys as its owner, restorer and custodian. Fabulous to watch this beautiful restoration ❤❤❤
I love what you both have done! This reminds me so much of the Biltmore House in Asheville, NC USA! I have grown up around the Biltmore House and actually had relatives whom worked at the house for the Vanderbilts! My great (?) grandmother actually received Christmas presents from Ms. Vanderbilt! As someone who has helped restore a few old historic homes (not professionally, lol), I can testify how much hard work goes into restoration, the crazy rules/restrictions (in the US by the historical society) you must abide by, the cost to restore, and how different actually truly matching paints etc can be/is! It truly takes an act of love and devotion! Thank you so much for all of your dedication and hard work!
Wow, it must have been thrilling to explore these rooms for the first time as we just did. Do you think you’ve opened every door, drawer, cubby and room? I cant even imagine how long that took and the treasures located!
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We think we've finally looked just about everywhere... but we're still discovering new insights to better understand the many objects that we've uncovered.
What an educational video for me! Thank you! This has been so eye-opening for me to see where and how people lived and worked all those years ago! I want to thank you for letting me see into your interesting life!
It’s hard to imagine living in a home that big without power or water. I guess with someone to cook your meals,haul your water and light your candles and fireplaces it would be bearable.
This is so cool Wow thank you ☺️ for the opportunity to look through the window into the past … You can only imagine how the maids and footmen scuttled and scurry around to serve their people through the rabbit warren from the hidden rooms ❤❤❤ I’d live happily in one of those rooms 😊they look so inviting and cute
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Fascinating, as always! Surprisingly, I’m impressed with how accurately Walt Disney’s Cinderella depicts these peripheral spaces, right down to the servant bells and twisted servant staircases.
What a brilliant solution--aside from servant--having private/hidden spaces to store things & place to work on hobbies that you don't want out in the "public" rooms. 18th century version of "man caves" & "she sheds"--if i could ever build my own home, would use this idea!! Hope you get your "snug" finished enough to enjoy this winter!
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Thanks for your message - we're thrilled your enjoyed this tour! We can't wait to share further progress with everyone.
Never heard about "entre-sols" before but I suspect other chateau owners are unaware; you explain the architecture well. Other then the low ceilings, the rooms seem quite nice and fairly large, really considering they were for domestiques. ❤ However, those staircases are very narrow and steep!
Wow! Just love when you guys share the history of the Chateau, so fascinating! Thank you so much for sharing your journey with us all. Sending love from Canada ❤
Месяц назад+2
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The fact that there's fencing gear and horse tack above the office, and it's still there... untouched, it looked like... 👀 Again this house shows us which things are temporary and which things are permanent, for 18th and 19th century people... Today, we buy a house and expect it to be empty and clean. As close to new as possible. A "fixer upper" is always discussed with a smirk and a raised eyebrow, sledge hammer in hand. But in Purnon, it looks more like the people knew they were just temporary labor supply, to be replaced, like camera batteries. The house stayed, not the people. "Waking the house..." keeps getting closer to reality in my head, as I watch your videos. Both a feeling of connectedness to the past, and a feeling of temporariness in view of sooo much more mass in that past than in this present... Then I shake it off and get back to work. But maybe it's no wonder then, that if you have a fiefdom, you instinctively want to grow it! At least until 1848, that was the standard measure of success, right? Maybe colonialism isn't such a crazy idea, considered within that context. After all, they didn't even need "economic theory" if pigeons counted as "showing off." No wonder it was monks who invented double entry bookkeeping... Nobody else needed it.😂 Wonderful to watch your journey! 🫶
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Thank you for your message and for contribution towards our project to save Chateau de Purnon - we really appreciate it! Not sure we're going to defend colonialism or feudalism for that matter. But you are right that it must be possible to connect with the past without being unrealistically sentimental about life in former eras. Perhaps it is enough for us to take the time to save what is beautiful and precious from the past while at the same time learning some lessons for our lives today and in the future. We're thrilled that you're enjoying our videos and following our journey and we can't wait to share progress with everyone.
Oh! Sorry if I appeared to say anything good about abusing people. Colonialism bad. Fairness, though not a solid principle (by itself) of government, is important. These days I'm thinking about what we can learn, exactly as you say... I'm wondering about the effect of declining populations, for example... does that automatically lead to deflation? What is the P/E rato of a company with profit, on declining revenue? If we seriously want walkable cities(?) but prosperity comes in part from a good job within commute distance... after listing the complexity and noting a "winner take all" distribution of income... does universal basic income start to make a more sense? How have people dealt with these issues in the past? Can we sort the similarities from the more obvious differences? How similar is Trump to Hitler? How solid are the guard rails? What implications from this global voter shift toward the right, even though the only growth, now, is from immigration? etc, etc...
What a beautiful achievement, bravo, again a château saved for mankind! France is home to an impressive number of châteaux (castles or manor houses). Estimates suggest there are around 45,000 to 50,000 châteaux across the country, including both well-maintained properties and those that have been abandoned or fallen into disrepair. Historical estimates suggest that France may have had between 80,000 and 100,000 châteaux and manor houses from the Middle Ages to the present day. France is the country in the world with the biggest number of châteaux ever! Even these days lots of châteaux considered as dangerous to squat are demolished by the municipality.
Absolutely fascinating, and probably the most complex set of domestic accommodations in a chateau! I assumed all the domestics just had attic rooms. Suggestion for future updates: I am curious about how the boiler is working out, and I would love to hear about the logistical challenges of heating the whole chateau (as well as the significant cost). When you put the boiler in, you mentioned a lot about the preservation goals associated with keeping the interior spaces warm and dry. Will you still have to add/restore heat room by room? I think it's a really interesting design and economical challenge.
The work already done is giving a glimpse to the elegant visage of the grande behemoth in its heyday. Each episode reveals more of the soul stunning moments that together weave the tapestry of the chateau. The room next to the personal chamber would be a lovely place near at hand for a child during the toddler phase, not too far to miss a cry of distress, but separated to give parents some privacy during the evenings. Wonderful video, thank you for sharing 💙
Thanks for this fascinating tour of these secret places - I imagine they also offer some of the most original paint finishes in the building. I also love your constant referencing and discussion of ‘history from below’.
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We're thrilled you enjoyed the tour... people often say 'if only the walls could talk'... we feel at Purnon the walls are talking... we just have to stop, listen and look and clues to the lessons that the chateau has for us lie all around.
I really enjoyed this peek into the lives of the people who kept things running at the château. I must admit though that I found it jarring to hear Ave Maria accompanying video content that is not sacred.
Bonjour Felicity and Tim, another amazing episode. I can sit for hours as you take us step by step through Purnon and narrate her history. The walk though you give us lets us get a really good understanding of life so many centuries ago. Thank you so much for sharing this rare treasure you call home. Love from N.Y.
Very interesting video - I was wondering whether you are planning to publish a 2nd book? I thoroughly enjoyed the 1st one and read it in 3 seatings!!! Not only were the photos beautiful but the writing was captivating. I will read it again, at a slower pace... but would love to read about your journey further! (PS I would encourage anyone interested in this project to buy your book!!)
Месяц назад+7
Thanks for your message and for buying (and, more importantly, reading!) our book. We're thrilled you enjoyed it. We'd love to do another but a little more time has to pass for the works to advance further.
Fabulous tour! Thank you! I live the sprinkling of French through your talks. (I used to teach French. I love the 'feel' of having French around me 😊). I love both of your conversation at the. All the very best till next time. XG Ire
Месяц назад+2
Thanks for your message - we're thrilled you enjoyed the tour of some of our hidden spaces.
Super interesting vlog. We all learn something new about chateau de Purnon every week. If those rooms could talk! Please continue to share your journey with us every week. I’ve become addicted (as other viewers I’m sure) to watching the house and outbuildings being meticulously restored to their 18th century splendor. 😊😊😊😊
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Thanks for your message. We feel the walls are talking! It is up to us to listen to the clues that Chateau de Purnon can share with us if we give her the chance. We're thrilled you're enjoying our journey so much!
Thank you for taking the time out of your busy days, to explain to us in full detail of the rooms for the chamber maids. They were so intelligent at that era. It is so interesting, the way they lived. Thank you Elizabeth
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Thanks Elizabeth - we're thrilled you're enjoying our journey.
What an adventure you're both on! I can imagine it's a little mind boggling at times to deal with all of the responsibilities and decisions, but at the same time, you must be learning so much delving into this project. Thank you so much for sharing your quest with us. It's simply fascinating
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Thanks for your message - we're thrilled you enjoyed our tour of hidden spaces. We look forward to sharing further progress with you.
With all those dark, tight stairways I am surprised that there was never a fire, very interesting, Purnon continues to be puzzle that we all look forward to solving with you!
With so much destruction currently in the world this is a message of hope. Not only the chateaux beautiful but the out buildings too. What vision was in the past to build in this style.
What a delightful insight into the design of 18thc. 'upstairs/downstairs' life. It seems completely appropriate your use of the entresols has started with hidden menial service to the main rooms on the first floor! 😎
I try to imagine how thrilling it was in the beginning, to reveal all these hidden places and simply orientate in that labyrinth. It still seems to me a sort of daily hike and treasure hunt. Thank you for sharing. 😘
It is so interesting how they invented these spaces to serve the needs of the aristocracy. I have learned so much watching your incredible Vlog! Thanks so much.
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Our pleasure - we're thrilled you enjoyed this episode.
so puuuuurrrnnnooonnn ….its really funny to hear your love of its rrr’s . as a french it does sound oddly -slightly dated and little snobbish, but you have a love and dedication that i have to pay my respects to . bravo . i will end up like most of your followers, attending one of your open doors party once Chateau Purnon ready. congratulations
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I am addicted!!! From the stone workers , to the history of different levels of society literally built into a beautiful building, astonishing how it was built, I love it all !!! thank you for sharing.
Thanks for your message - we're thrilled you enjoyed this episode.
It’s beautiful when quarters that were originally seen as undesirable places to go are later seen as just as intriguing and charming as the opulent spaces meant to be shown and boasted about. So excited to see what you do with all these quaint entre-sols (a new French term for me).
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Another lovely tour. Who doesn't love hidden stairways, secret rooms, etc., all with relatable history.
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@humanred4706 it's ok, nothing wrong with ignorance, it just means you haven't learned yet...or your mind is very small and closed.
Thanks Rick - we're thrilled you enjoyed the tour and we're equally thrilled that you're been following our journey from Texas. Best wishes to you!
I can’t even fathom the amount of work, blood, sweat, tears. It is not a luxurious task, it is not fancy living, but rather, digging up the filth, human leavings, weathered old ruins to rebuild, refresh, to breath fresh life into this dying house. I applaud this couple and the incredible help by the groups aiding their monumental efforts. Truly the reward is the bringing together of all peoples in this uniting task. This is the new story or Pernon.
Thanks for your message - we're thrilled you're enjoying the reawakening of Chateau de Purnon.
Sie haben das so schön geschrieben. Vielen Dank.
Es stimmt alles so..
🙏🍀🌜😴🌛Danke
Another champion video. Yours is the first chateau that I've seen with that whole extensive hidden world of rooms, stairs and corridors solely for servants. I guess the other channels I watch must have less exalted past owners. It's also interesting to me that so many of those servant spaces were fairly roomy and with windows, which tells something about the original architect, doesn't it?
Every week I love to see this beautiful series on Purnon. The Secrets in the walls, the Architecture, the history, the beautiful grounds are so captivating. This is a first class Series and Renovation.
Thank you for your message. We're thrilled you're following our adventure.
More a restoration , than a renovation in keeping with its glory of it's time. It's wonderful.
love the term a "winter snug" keeping rooms with 20+ foot ceilings warm must have been such a challenge... no ceiling fans or hydronic heating back in in the day ;)
Exactly. We look forward to sharing progress on our winter 'snug'!
C'est un bonheur de visiter votre château tous les dimanches.Vous êtes un couple épatant. Un de vos gros problème est le chauffage. Lors de la rénovation d'une "Tudor House in England", des panneaux solaires ont été installés dans une clairière, donc cachés dans la forêt, et les (très gros) transformateurs, dans un endroit similaire aux tunnels que vous êtes en train de restaurer. Le charmant gentleman qui habite là-bas, est ravi de cette solution, J'ai pensé à vous. Bon courage et merci pour vos vidéos!
It makes you imagine what a different world that was to ours now. Those rooms speak volumes for those who once upon a time were there. Thank you again for sharing everything with us.
Thank you - thrilled you enjoyed this episode.
This restoration boggles the mind on so many levels. As we head into winter here in northeast USA, I feel your pain and efforts to stay warm in the cold winter months ahead. We own an old but charming country cottage in Portugal. Usually, we visit in the warmer months, but one year we went in winter. Omg, it was so cold! I nearly kissed the ground when we arrived back in our cozy, warm home in the US. I admire your fortitude!
Thanks for your message - we hope your winter stay warm and cozy! We look forward to sharing further progress.
Sie haben es so toll stimmig beschrieben. Danke
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Gern geschehen.
Not overdose on romanticism but your project is absolutely heaven! Singularly you’ve gone to heaven without dying! 🙏❤️
Thank you! We have our ups and downs!
Your videos are so important to me; thank you for continuing to make them. They give me something to look forward to regardless of what’s going on in my life.
I absolutely love this channel. Although the grand rooms were/are beautiful, the servants quarters have always fascinated me and wondered what life would have been like for them. I can’t imagine how the female servants negotiated those very narrow stairs while wearing long skirts.
I should imagine for those who came to work at Purnon, their accommodation was a luxury space, compared to a village home.
It would have made anyone proud to work in such a Chateau, they probably loved it as much as the Family.
Yes, an important point. Some of the huge social inequality that offends us today was accepted in that era. Despite the somewhat severe conditions by today's standards, many people would have been honoured to work at the chateau. It is quite true that a strict hierarchy would have existed amongst those in domestic service - people at the top of the hierarchy with a warm(ish) bed inside the chateau probably considered themselves much better off than people working as tenant farmers living in cottages without out enough wood to heat them or food to eat.
Cette visite des entresols est très pertinente et très intéressante, parce-qu'elle nous permet de découvrir ce que nous, "visiteurs" des châteaux et de monuments historiques, nous ne voyons jamais. ...
Votre point de vue et votre démarche de restauration, sont une fois encore, très pertinentes et valorisent complètement votre projet.
Vous abordez de façon rationnelle et pédagogique, tous les aspects de cette extraordinaire réhabilitation que vous avez entreprise ; c'est fantastique de voir à quel point vous êtes impliqués sur tous les "fronts" et sous toutes les formes pour le "Réveil" de votre magnifique domaine. Votre volonté qui semble inébranlable, non seulement de sauver Purnon, mais aussi d'en faire un lieu de vie autant qu'un lieu d'histoire, est bien sûr remarquable et tout simplement extraordinaire, votre amour de l'architecture, votre respect de l'histoire de notre pays, votre projet sont dignes des plus grands sauvetages. Encore merci à vous deux.
Great to explore these hidden spaces. Friends of mine are restoring a chateau nearby that dates back to the 13th century, I have been fortunate to explore the entresols, hidden stairs, as well as the dungeons of the earliest parts of the medieval section. Thanks for bringing these spaces to the public via the vlogs. 👏👏
Thanks for your message - we're thrilled you enjoyed this episode. Good luck to your friends with their project.
Once I discovered your channel however many months ago I don't think that I've missed an episode. I love that you take us with you and let us in on your discoveries of the early life of the chateau and the people who lived there. Thanks also for giving us a part of the story of those lives. It all is so interesting and beautiful! What would be the earliest artifact that you have found? Something closest to the begining of the estate? Also what has moved your emotions the most? I look forward to your new vlogs so very much! Thank you!
I would think these cozy little spaces would have been coveted by the staff that lived and worked in the chateau. Lovely. Thank you for sharing and all your tremendously hard work. Continued success in all you do.
How interesting, kinda lovely that the staff had some private space and not relegated to attic or basement
Yes, I think that would have been very uncommon
You both are amazing people! Been following this project since the start and the progress is stunning! You have been so respectful to the originality of the building down to the beams and their joinery. Bravo! Best wishes to you and to your family in this upcoming HOLIDAY season!
Thank you for your wonderful message. We're thrilled that you've been following our journey since the beginning. Best wishes to you and your family also.
To be in love with Chateau Pernon is a joy...But , I hope I speak for many...It is , in my opinion , that we are in love with both of you ! YOU are what is making this beauty come alive .
Thank you for your wonderful message - we're thrilled you're following our adventure to save Chateau de Purnon.
Oh I wish we could learn the names of these servants and if they had families and what their private lives were like. Last week was just a gem! Thanks for sharing these beautiful spaces.
They probably didn't had any private life. They may not be slaves, but how would you have a private life when you live on your workplace and even have bells to be called anytime at night. I understand people may see it romantically. But there's nothing pretty there. I feel sad for them, yes they may have had it rougher if they weren't servants, but I definitely would not have a happy life when my existence was purely to serve a rich family that put you to live in a small tiny room and wouldn't even consider you human at all, to the point you are expected to be invisible around such a big house.
@@hellequinm If you want some insight into how that felt, there is a separate video interview with a woman, a daughter of the cook, who was born at the château in the 1920s and lived there as a child.
Thank you! Each episode gets more and more fascinating. I so appreciate your sharing this journey with the world. God bless!
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The content, editing, storytelling is excellent! History, the people who called Purnon home (and current owners) to the building methods. Love everything ❤
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What a wonderful history of behind the scenes. My favourite part of chateaus are the secret stairways and rooms. It certainly shows how things worked and how people lived during that period of time. Thank you for the tour!
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This is a wonderful series... Each episode is so well produced...
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The music Ave Maria is gorgeous.
რა საინტერესოა გმადლობთ❤ ეს ადამიანები ქმნიდნენ კომფორტს ფუფუნებას თვითონ კი უბრალოდ ცხოვრობდენ, როგორ უხდება შატოს ნისლი იდუმალება და ფიქრი იწყება წარსულზე! შატო მოწმეა წარსულის, ბედნიერი ხართ რომ ღმერთმა გარგუნათ ეს საქმე და შეხვდით ასეთ შემონახულ დიდ შატოს! ❤❤❤ ვინატრებდი ოდესმე ჩემი თვალით მენახა ეს დიდებული შენობათავისი მრავალფეროვნებით🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️❤️
Purnon is an amazing and intriguing chateau and I’m so glad it got you guys as its owner, restorer and custodian. Fabulous to watch this beautiful restoration ❤❤❤
So fascinating! Great insights on both a human and sociological level.
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I love what you both have done! This reminds me so much of the Biltmore House in Asheville, NC USA! I have grown up around the Biltmore House and actually had relatives whom worked at the house for the Vanderbilts! My great (?) grandmother actually received Christmas presents from Ms. Vanderbilt! As someone who has helped restore a few old historic homes (not professionally, lol), I can testify how much hard work goes into restoration, the crazy rules/restrictions (in the US by the historical society) you must abide by, the cost to restore, and how different actually truly matching paints etc can be/is! It truly takes an act of love and devotion! Thank you so much for all of your dedication and hard work!
Wow, it must have been thrilling to explore these rooms for the first time as we just did. Do you think you’ve opened every door, drawer, cubby and room? I cant even imagine how long that took and the treasures located!
We think we've finally looked just about everywhere... but we're still discovering new insights to better understand the many objects that we've uncovered.
This is fascinating. I love old buildings and the history behind them. So many stories housed within those walls.
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This was an exciting tour. Very informative. Seeing Madam Truffle at 15:31 😍❤, adorable!
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Absolutely love love LOVE your historical episodes ❤️ Thank you x
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That is simply incredible. Every new episode is just a journey and adventure while getting education at the same time.
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What an educational video for me! Thank you! This has been so eye-opening for me to see where and how people lived and worked all those years ago! I want to thank you for letting me see into your interesting life!
It’s hard to imagine living in a home that big without power or water. I guess with someone to cook your meals,haul your water and light your candles and fireplaces it would be bearable.
Yup quite a CHORE back then
This is so cool
Wow thank you ☺️ for the opportunity to look through the window into the past …
You can only imagine how the maids and footmen scuttled and scurry around to serve their people through the rabbit warren from the hidden rooms
❤❤❤ I’d live happily in one of those rooms 😊they look so inviting and cute
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Fascinating, as always! Surprisingly, I’m impressed with how accurately Walt Disney’s Cinderella depicts these peripheral spaces, right down to the servant bells and twisted servant staircases.
What a brilliant solution--aside from servant--having private/hidden spaces to store things & place to work on hobbies that you don't want out in the "public" rooms. 18th century version of "man caves" & "she sheds"--if i could ever build my own home, would use this idea!! Hope you get your "snug" finished enough to enjoy this winter!
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Never heard about "entre-sols" before but I suspect other chateau owners are unaware; you explain the architecture well. Other then the low ceilings, the rooms seem quite nice and fairly large, really considering they were for domestiques. ❤ However, those staircases are very narrow and steep!
Remember back the the average hight of people was much shorter and smaller than we all are today .
Thank you ever so much for taking time to make this lovely video. GOD BLESS YOU and everyone that has worked to make Pernon what it is
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Wow! Just love when you guys share the history of the Chateau, so fascinating! Thank you so much for sharing your journey with us all. Sending love from Canada ❤
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The fact that there's fencing gear and horse tack above the office, and it's still there... untouched, it looked like... 👀
Again this house shows us which things are temporary and which things are permanent, for 18th and 19th century people...
Today, we buy a house and expect it to be empty and clean. As close to new as possible. A "fixer upper" is always discussed with a smirk and a raised eyebrow, sledge hammer in hand.
But in Purnon, it looks more like the people knew they were just temporary labor supply, to be replaced, like camera batteries. The house stayed, not the people.
"Waking the house..." keeps getting closer to reality in my head, as I watch your videos. Both a feeling of connectedness to the past, and a feeling of temporariness in view of sooo much more mass in that past than in this present... Then I shake it off and get back to work.
But maybe it's no wonder then, that if you have a fiefdom, you instinctively want to grow it! At least until 1848, that was the standard measure of success, right? Maybe colonialism isn't such a crazy idea, considered within that context. After all, they didn't even need "economic theory" if pigeons counted as "showing off." No wonder it was monks who invented double entry bookkeeping... Nobody else needed it.😂
Wonderful to watch your journey! 🫶
Thank you for your message and for contribution towards our project to save Chateau de Purnon - we really appreciate it! Not sure we're going to defend colonialism or feudalism for that matter. But you are right that it must be possible to connect with the past without being unrealistically sentimental about life in former eras. Perhaps it is enough for us to take the time to save what is beautiful and precious from the past while at the same time learning some lessons for our lives today and in the future. We're thrilled that you're enjoying our videos and following our journey and we can't wait to share progress with everyone.
Oh! Sorry if I appeared to say anything good about abusing people. Colonialism bad. Fairness, though not a solid principle (by itself) of government, is important. These days I'm thinking about what we can learn, exactly as you say... I'm wondering about the effect of declining populations, for example... does that automatically lead to deflation? What is the P/E rato of a company with profit, on declining revenue? If we seriously want walkable cities(?) but prosperity comes in part from a good job within commute distance... after listing the complexity and noting a "winner take all" distribution of income... does universal basic income start to make a more sense? How have people dealt with these issues in the past? Can we sort the similarities from the more obvious differences? How similar is Trump to Hitler? How solid are the guard rails? What implications from this global voter shift toward the right, even though the only growth, now, is from immigration? etc, etc...
Fascinating! I so enjoy touring the hidden area's of grand houses. You have a treasure. Blessings.
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What a beautiful achievement, bravo, again a château saved for mankind! France is home to an impressive number of châteaux (castles or manor houses). Estimates suggest there are around 45,000 to 50,000 châteaux across the country, including both well-maintained properties and those that have been abandoned or fallen into disrepair.
Historical estimates suggest that France may have had between 80,000 and 100,000 châteaux and manor houses from the Middle Ages to the present day. France is the country in the world with the biggest number of châteaux ever! Even these days lots of châteaux considered as dangerous to squat are demolished by the municipality.
What a fun tour! Thank you!
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WOW!
That is very interesting. Love it. Thanks for sharing
Absolutely fascinating, and probably the most complex set of domestic accommodations in a chateau! I assumed all the domestics just had attic rooms. Suggestion for future updates: I am curious about how the boiler is working out, and I would love to hear about the logistical challenges of heating the whole chateau (as well as the significant cost). When you put the boiler in, you mentioned a lot about the preservation goals associated with keeping the interior spaces warm and dry. Will you still have to add/restore heat room by room? I think it's a really interesting design and economical challenge.
Oh my! How cool! I enjoyed seeing this, so much! Thank you!
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Thanks for this delightful episode!
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The work already done is giving a glimpse to the elegant visage of the grande behemoth in its heyday. Each episode reveals more of the soul stunning moments that together weave the tapestry of the chateau.
The room next to the personal chamber would be a lovely place near at hand for a child during the toddler phase, not too far to miss a cry of distress, but separated to give parents some privacy during the evenings.
Wonderful video, thank you for sharing 💙
Loved this episode. Find the sleeping/living quarters of the domestic staff very mysterious and curious!
Thanks for this fascinating tour of these secret places - I imagine they also offer some of the most original paint finishes in the building. I also love your constant referencing and discussion of ‘history from below’.
We're thrilled you enjoyed the tour... people often say 'if only the walls could talk'... we feel at Purnon the walls are talking... we just have to stop, listen and look and clues to the lessons that the chateau has for us lie all around.
Incredible to see the two versions of life at purnon. Do you know the number of staff the family had employed when the chateau was finished?
This was simply fascinating! How you manage laundry????? Baffling? Thank you so much!
Es ist alles viel Arbeit ..
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I really enjoyed this peek into the lives of the people who kept things running at the château. I must admit though that I found it jarring to hear Ave Maria accompanying video content that is not sacred.
But, it is always appropriate.
Thank you the guide on entresol! Very interesting. Pls keep coming new episodes
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Bonjour Felicity and Tim, another amazing episode. I can sit for hours as you take us step by step through Purnon and narrate her history. The walk though you give us lets us get a really good understanding of life so many centuries ago. Thank you so much for sharing this rare treasure you call home. Love from N.Y.
Chateau de Purnon is such a maze of wonderful things! ☺
Indeed! We're always uncovering new things - sometimes things that have been sitting right in front of us!
Its so great. I can only imagine how wonderful this place will be when its redone with all its treasures displayed ❤
Very interesting video - I was wondering whether you are planning to publish a 2nd book? I thoroughly enjoyed the 1st one and read it in 3 seatings!!! Not only were the photos beautiful but the writing was captivating. I will read it again, at a slower pace... but would love to read about your journey further! (PS I would encourage anyone interested in this project to buy your book!!)
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Wow how interesting learning about these entrosoles love your channel
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Fabulous tour! Thank you! I live the sprinkling of French through your talks. (I used to teach French. I love the 'feel' of having French around me 😊). I love both of your conversation at the. All the very best till next time. XG Ire
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Perfect Monday morning a coffee and fascinating update from my favorite chateau. Thanks again.
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Fascinating tour, and well presented. It's a wonder that so many of those fascinating antiques haven't found their way to a brocante.
Again thank you for sharing your beautiful home so interesting and wonderful home how the rich and the famous lived.
Super interesting vlog. We all learn something new about chateau de Purnon every week. If those rooms could talk! Please continue to share your journey with us every week. I’ve become addicted (as other viewers I’m sure) to watching the house and outbuildings being meticulously restored to their 18th century splendor. 😊😊😊😊
Thanks for your message. We feel the walls are talking! It is up to us to listen to the clues that Chateau de Purnon can share with us if we give her the chance. We're thrilled you're enjoying our journey so much!
Thank you so much. ❤ Love seeing Purnon come to life. You guys are doing a wonderful job ❤
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floor plans and elevations would really help to ordinate viewers
Thank you for these wonderful documentaries! It is truly inspiring to witness the rebirth of a beautiful chateau.
Greetings from the Netherlands.
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This video made the past more real to me than any other. Well done. I'm enjoying the journey from my armchair in rural South Australia.
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Symmetry calms my OCD! The symmetry of Purnon makes the building look so beautifully balanced in my opinion! Oh and the roof, where do I start!🙌🏼
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Thank you for taking the time out of your busy days, to explain to us in full detail of the rooms for the chamber maids. They were so intelligent at that era.
It is so interesting, the way they lived.
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Elizabeth
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Lovely tour. I would chose the room with the wider staircase for furniture. The with a small spiralcase I would use for documents.
Beautiful! Make it 3D by scanning everything 😍
Well, those are some very serious horse bits. Must have been some powerful animals to need that much restraint ‼️🐴💕
Das ganze Projekt ist so interessant.. magisch.
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I love the history behind it all….fascinating.
Such an interesting segment. Love it ❤❤❤❤❤
Really loved this one, thanks
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It would be nice if you can show these rooms from the outside for orientation. ❤
What an adventure you're both on! I can imagine it's a little mind boggling at times to deal with all of the responsibilities and decisions, but at the same time, you must be learning so much delving into this project. Thank you so much for sharing your quest with us. It's simply fascinating
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Loved this exploration and explanation of these hidden rooms! Had no idea. Alexandra from Detroit
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With all those dark, tight stairways I am surprised that there was never a fire, very interesting, Purnon continues to be puzzle that we all look forward to solving with you!
I was wondering about those windows. Thanks for explaining. What a wonderful idea for a Winter snuggery
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So very interesting. I had no idea about these middle floors for servants. Bravo. Your channel is si informative ❤
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Interesante vídeo, lo que permite cortar o era la vida en Purnon. Además el vídeo muestra objetos de gran valor histórico.
With so much destruction currently in the world this is a message of hope. Not only the chateaux beautiful but the out buildings too. What vision was in the past to build in this style.
It must have been a job and a half getting beds and other furniture up the crazy stairs to furnish these rooms originally.
What a delightful insight into the design of 18thc. 'upstairs/downstairs' life. It seems completely appropriate your use of the entresols has started with hidden menial service to the main rooms on the first floor! 😎
Wow!! Such fascinating history!!!
Your videos are so well made. The music is lovely, the detail and explanation you give is just right. Outstanding job!
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Instant love of you and your beautiful chateau. Look forward to exploring the rest of your videos.
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I try to imagine how thrilling it was in the beginning, to reveal all these hidden places and simply orientate in that labyrinth. It still seems to me a sort of daily hike and treasure hunt. Thank you for sharing. 😘
The music was so beautiful and perfect for this episode!
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Always interesting!
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It is so interesting how they invented these spaces to serve the needs of the aristocracy. I have learned so much watching your incredible Vlog! Thanks so much.
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so puuuuurrrnnnooonnn ….its really funny to hear your love of its rrr’s . as a french it does sound oddly -slightly dated and little snobbish, but you have a love and dedication that i have to pay my respects to . bravo . i will end up like most of your followers, attending one of your open doors party once Chateau Purnon ready. congratulations
So interesting! Well done! So many different levels!
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I'm so happy to see that you love the history of your château and I'm sure that in a few years time you will have discovered a lot more!!
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The bell on the wall in the one room was such a wonderful find! Love starting my Sunday with your videos!
Thank you. What a wonderful insight into your chateau
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