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The reason that you have so blithering many new people watching you - and they should ALL subscribe immediately - is that you work so blitheringly hard, are so intelligent, so nice AND SO MUCH FUN!
@@sethrobinson5303 and it earns the money to keep going with very expensive teams of experts (eg. Nick the treeman) during this difficult and arduous specialist renovation
Hi Dan ! I agree with many comments : keep the fire places fuctional, and rebuilt the service staircase in place. Two points : 1/ The good layout for the living space in that kind of house in France (in the very early 20th century) is to have two or three reception rooms : a living room, a dining room, and usualy a smoking room. The first two have to be wild open to each other, the third room is more separated but adjoining to the dining room. In any case, they take place in the center area of the house, and they have the best view and access to the garden. So... I realy don't think that the space above the kitchen was the original dining room ; there is no access to go outside, and the little windows do not make sense (they were usualy placed in résidual tiny spaces as hygiene rooms or dressing). It seems to me that there is originaly here two rooms, as home office or bedroom. The dining room must have been beyond the tiny doorway up to the service stairway. 2/ The second point is about the third part of the floor you are working on. Some images on your videos make me wonder ; the beams in this area should have been perpendicular to the others...? Firstly, it seems there is a single pocket on the wall under the left side of the widow, exactly where the stairwell area begins. Secondly, are you sure there is no pockets for beams in the other wall (it seems so, probably six or seven ?). If the first beam (that demarcate the stairwell) is adequantly strong, it can support the other beams on one side, as the wall does the job on the others ends of the beams. I'm not sure to be clear enough. particularly as I'm french and do my best...
Totally agree. The room above the kitchen was most likely no "public" room as you don´t want your guests bothered with kitchen noise, heat, and smells.
My best guess would be that the room above the kitchen was the dining room and the biggest room in the middle the salon, looking straight into the garden. Because of the stairs there can't have been a connection between those two rooms though. The third room (with the tree growing in it) is connected to the middle room by a big door, so maybe we have this all wrong and the big middle room was the dining room, the room with the tree was the salon and the smaller room above the kitchen was the smoking room? So yes, I agree with you, it doesn't seem likely that this room was the dining room, even though it was used as a dining room by the OSE during the war. Looking at older pictures on the internet I think that third part had a concrete ceiling and I think Dan said that too. I think there was another steel perpendicular to the one Dan already installed (between the stairs and the space next to the stairs) and that supported thinner steels for the concrete ceiling or just a concrete ceiling. One photo from a few years ago also shows a steel post that might have supported that perpendicular steel (I can't link to the site but a page called meconnu (dot) fr has pictures from before and after the fire and one shows the burned-out kitchen area.
@@Ragnar8504 Thank you so much for your comments! All that begin to get clear! So the pockets in the side wall are realy existing but for I-beams to support a concrete ceiling. Perfect remark, because I was wondering why must have been a seperate room in the kitchen in this area (see the partition with the tiles special treatment). This part of the kitchen have to be the cellar, and that's why it need a concrete ceiling, to preserve humidity in its walls (a wooden ceiling would have dry it completely). Now about the layout of the reception rooms... What about a little digression, back in time ? In the early 20th, the dining room becomes the most important room to receive special guests. It is always between the living room and the smoking room. The reason is that, when dinner is finish, after the last dish, the women go to the living room and the men the other way to the smoking room. They both take coffee or tea and liquers etc, but separatly in their own rooms (with different conversations of course...). The living room is the place for music (the inevitable grand piano), and high living society conversations (art, voyages, relations etc), women have a "diplomatic" role... Men prefer smoking and talking without indiscreet ears around, so the room should be smaller and with doors! The conversations turn around the news of the world, the "private" life, and espacially affairs. It's the room for pacts and contracts. It's the room for bussiness men... Because of the smell of smoke (the cigar appears at that time) the decor is made of wood (walls), glazed libraries, and leather (furniture). Fabrics are not welcome! As you said, the dinning room is the central room, witch wildly communicate with the living room (on left side when you enter the chateau), and we probably have to consider the oposite right side, in fact the half part of this area, the one with the fire place, as to be the smoking room (could be used as a home office as well), because the little window involve (originaly) a partitioning in the middle.
Speaking of the word Eighty, I just thought of the Children in those Concentration Camps that had not been so lucky . I would collect those pictures as a Statement in just how important this House was in it's time. This would have such an impact on those who would tour the future place .
It is such a shame to know that this place was left in ruin for 50 years and no one steped up and did anything about it and its condition . They sure would be upset if Dan decided to just sell it to U-tube and U-Tube would just tear the place down . I mean Places like Dachu is kept in alot better shape. Those Windows will cost a small fortune . The children and the Grand children who can recall what it was like to have a safe place should count their blessings .
Keep fireplace if you can. It's original to the house. The bird is probably looking for his home that was in the tree, that was in the room, that was in the chateau.
How has this guy not got a tool sponsorship with one of the big boys? They're missing a trick. Great series and great channel, thanks for the content 👍
You should build a dumbwaiter to all the floors from the kitchen. Carrying lots of food up stairs for a dinner party is a serious hassle, and it would be so cool to just have it arrive on a little elevator.
I was just coming here to say that! The reason there was a staircase between the kitchen and the dining room was for efficient food delivery. That need won't change with the restoration!
@@1LuckieDuckie I have a laundry chute in my house and it is the BEST! I only wish it took the clothes upstairs, too 🤔 Perhaps a couple of dumbwaiters to service all the floors. Think how nice not having to haul vacuums, cleaning materials, and other "stuff" up and down stairs.
That little bird is your very own BIRD OF PARADISE....it knows this will be it's new home and it's pleased. Yes, you are good Dan and we're with you with every brick, stone and piece of wood. Love it that you can eat in the Dining Room.
Yes Dan you will appreciate the birdsong one day, it's not spoiling your videos it adds to them, I even like to hear the birdsong at three in the morning at the height of the summer!?!
Dan, I'm so happy for you. Watching you savor the fruits of your hard work and imagining your tomorrows gives me so much joy and pride for you. I'm so glad you are documenting every step of the way, because what you are doing is so very special. Your love for what you do, that, by the way not many people can have for themselves, spreads thousands of miles away from your darling chateau. Your daily joy multiplies through thousands of people that share the same thought. We want you to succeed! We know you can and will, it's just a matter of time, and time is what we all have. Thank you for sharing your journey.
Imagine Dan, a year plus from now - sitting in front of that refinished fireplace, enjoying a warm cup of tea, reflecting back on all the progress you’ve made!! Congrats on all your successes!!
I was wondering how people got from the basement upstairs! Honestly, while I understand wanting to have the maximum kitchen possible, there is another advantage of keeping the staircase where it is. If you put the stairs somewhere else it's going to be a lot harder to carry food upstairs once you're done cooking. Aesthetics are great, but convenience is something people overlook until it's too late, and then fixing the problem can be twice as hard
I would imagine that most of the day to day eating will be done in the Kitchen by adding a table and chairs in the corner, the Kitchen "might" move to the Dining Room level, or the fire escape staircase will provide the link, a new staircase can be fitted at a later date into the design of the floor space Dan is proposing so it's not a big issue!?!
@@thomasherrin6798 I agree that a lot of the day to day meals will be in the kitchen, but this is chateau for God’s sake. There will be times when large amounts of food, drink & dishes will need to be transported to & from the formal dining room.
@@diana.m34 Absolutely true! I'd also think with the sheer size of that kitchen you could easily fit a large dining table in the area next to the stairs, where that small room used to be. Keep in mind this kitchen is absolutely massive! It's someting like 5.5x8 m or even more (18x26 feet). Or maybe use that part as the kitchen proper with sink, dishwasher, cooker, fridge and cupboards and have a huge dining area in front of the windows on the other side.
fireplaces are fun and look good at the same time unfortunately, they dont always fit in the right spot of the room modern heating and air have given us back more floor and wall space, lol
Opening the doorway from the kitchen to the basement is smart. One day you will grow your own vegetables. You can store your root wand wine in the cellar and access it straight from the kitchen. As a Chef you need a big kitchen. In case you use the Chateau as a Children’s Summer Camp or facility for troubled youth, you need a big industrial kitchen and storage.
Beautiful work! One suggestion re: kitchen stairs. If you're thinking of still using the lower room for kitchen, and some place higher up as dining room, it may be worthwhile keeping the kitchen stairs, or to make some kind of elevator for getting food and stuff easily up and down.
Stick the last wall joist in under the fire place. The concretes entirely unnecessary. You can put down a nice slate or stone under any fireplace on the floor without the need for all that crazy concrete mess. It's fluid. But stick the joist in now it will only hold you up later and be more difficult
It might be a regulatory requirement to fit a concrete or stone pad depending on what type of fire you put in, I think Dan will leave that section of flooring until he has a solution which may present itself fairly soon now he is thinking about it, obviously while there was no floor there it didn't exercise the mind!?!
I never stop being amazed by how much effort he puts into his camera work. The new bird’s view angle on the work bench alone! It’s a joy to watch this. 🥰
Your little bird is a Redstart you're lucky to have one keep you company and looks likes it's nesting somewhere in the building and will call like that when you are possibly close to the nest site.
Dan is lucky to have the esteemed companion. Has said companion chosen a mutually ideal spot for a nest though? It crossed my mind that it might be objecting to activity close by. Edit. Just looked them up. They leave the UK in mid August for Africa and Asia. He won't be a permanent fixture so. Lovely song to hear for a few weeks and plenty to do away from his nest. Nice.
@michellebyrom6551 yeah they are a migratory species only with us in the summer time. This one is kinda late to still have chicks in the nest but I'm sure they'll be fledging soon.
Having a small set of "back" stairs direct from Dining Room to kitchen is actually quite a smart idea if you are planning on hosting any old fashioned dinner parties, complete with cook and waiting staff, but I guess in the modern era that might be a bit too old-school. I suppose an alternative might be to have a small food lift aka dumbwaiter. Either way I would think carefully before discarding them. *EDIT* I see others have also already said the same thing.
That's really starting to come together nicely! One thought about the stairs... They were likely necessary for bringing hot food to the table, and unfortunately probably still would be. You wouldn't want to have to run a dish around the whole house to get it to the table, everything you eat would be cold. Of course, if you don't plan to have a dining room in the remodel, and will always eat in the kitchen, then stairs won't matter. Or I suppose you could always build a dumbwaiter instead, though having grown up with one I can tell you they are an utter pain to maintain and to engineer. Also, your boys will DEFINITELY want to ride in it if you build one, even if you forbid them. I know my sibling and I rode in ours.
I've already figured out that you are a true romantic & the genuine article. I'm a Yank & those are compliments, just so you know. I have only been viewing your vlogs for a few days and I'm already hooked. So cool to see a young man with a legit passion to revive this historic site. Your enthusiasm, appreciation, and respect for things past is contagious. Thank you for sharing this wonderful adventure into the past with total strangers who evidently share your interest.
thank god you took down that "hanging metal thingy"...it was driving me crazy.:-) And FINALLY, a chef has a chateau & plans to build a chef's kitchen...I can't wait.
I think it's a lesson in patience to us all, that eventually it'll get done :) feels nice living in a post-"hanging metal thingy" world haha :) tomorrrow's vlog will be "post hanging metal thingy +1"
I love seeing you so happy and proud Dan, you really have done so well. The views are your reward at the moment so enjoy them, maybe that Bird is welcoming you and thanking you for restoring te Chateau. 💕🇦🇺
Dan, last weekend, I assembled an IKEA cabinet all on my own. The pride I felt when I was done is nearly immeasurable. I hope you have at least half of that same feeling. You deserve it. 😂❤
I love these type of renovation projects. I saw somebody post one of your earlier projects on Tik-Tok and found you on here and I will continue to watch until you're done.😊
You might regret not having that staircase from the kitchen. All large houses had access to upper floors for service and to keep the main staircase free.
He can easily add a staircase at a later date (A dumb waiter might be a struggle for one or two and the Kitchen might also be the main eating place with the Dining Room used on special occasions) by reconfiguring the floor layout he is proposing to use. A secondary staircase will most probably be required to supplement the main staircase as a fire escape, the location for that might serve as the Kitchen/ Dining link point, or he might move the Kitchen on the Dining Room floor level, it's a little bit fluid at present but there is plenty of time to sort that out and nothing he's doing now will make it difficult to alter in the future, it may require a little more work, but hey, he's doing up a burned out Chateau!?!
Even more important, now would be the perfect time to plan for an elevator. If Dan eventually sells it or has old/disabled visitors; it will be an absolute necessity.
Yes I don't get it that he said he's not putting the stairs back because at present the kitchen is isolated from the house and you would have to go outside and up the front steps and through the front hallway to get to the dining room above the kitchen. Doesn't make any sense at all to not put a stairs in. Even if he did put in a dumb waiter in he would still have to run around outside and through the front door without a stairs.
Amazing progress, Dan! Love hearing your positive remarks--"God I'm good!" hahaha that's the way. Also I agree w/ others that the birds are cheering you on.
Don’t Forget peeps, if you have left a comment to press the like button, this helps Dan and gives us our nightly fix of his vlog. No I’ve had my fix I can go to sleep, another fab job today Dan. K🇬🇧❤️
Definitely keep the fireplaces! They always add to a room, especially in buildings like this.
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Upper room fireplace can become an electric or even gas fireplace insert. They have some now that are very nice. That would eliminate hauling firewood & that mess up & down the stairs, at least. You could put a wood burner in the main hall though. Kitchen could have a real wood burning pizza/bread oven, too.
The peace and beauty of this chateau is remarkable. Each video reveals more and more as this "lady" comes alive again. Of course, the birdsong adds to the wonder of it all. It's like they are singing for joy as the chateau reveals more and more of its nobility.
Dan, I remember the amazing work to build the kitchen in your cottage 2 years ago. Now you are on another scale in every way. Another great video and love the progress.
Dan, don't you know what that little bird is saying to you. "Welcome into MY world. Glad to have you here." You've been accepted!!! By the way Dan, your work is awesome. Keep going. And thanks for taking an old man along for this wonderful ride. Can't wait for each new chapter. John from LI, NY.
It seems clear to me that the article that was recently published ( which I read, and was fascinating!) resulted in that wave of new subscribers. I say, welcome !!!
I love how you just sit back and enjoy the new puzzle piece that fits into place. I would do the same. It’s like a huge puzzle, and every piece brings a new perspective. Enjoy.
Dan, you do keep this elderly couple a bit worried with some of the work you do all alone. That said, we are mightily impressed with your work etic, skill and determination. We look forward to every video especially those with the boys. You are a great dad.
Hi new to the channel have to say been watching for 2 weeks now found the first château video and was instantly addicted! Damm I’m gonna be watching this one for years now! Just like Leo’s boat build!
Dan - You are overthinking it.. put the fireplace back, and reinstate the service stairs from the kitchen - it worked and it works still.. put the stairs back where they were and you don;t have to create an alteration somewhere else to accommodate it:
Personally, I would keep the stairs in the kitchen. It makes a more direct route from the main part of the house to the kitchen. Just think when you are finished with the renovation, you can have staff running up and down those stairs. 😊
Exactly without a stairs you have to go outside and up through tne front door and hallway to access the dining room above. It makes no sense to not have a stairs to link the two rooms. The kitchen is completely isolated from the house atm.
Depends what he wants to use it for. There are normally fire restrictions about stairs and kitchens in Europe. It would be awful to put in an expensive staircase and then fall foul of planning and have to put in fire doors before the bedrooms and spoil the view because it doesn’t count as an historic structure or something. He’s probably also got all that sort of thing in mind influencing his decisions before he starts getting to the bits he shares with us. So he’ll start talking about something that seems like a sort of random decision but we’re coming in halfway through a conversation Dan began two years ago…..
Love it - please keep posting. One suggestion is leaving provision for a lift or dumb waiter between floors so the food arrives upstairs to the dining room still hot. Cheers.
Please consider replacing all the fireplaces. You can always convert them by putting in wood burners afterwards. I would think you could find some lovely old Mantles/surrounds in France. What a great week's work. I hope you get some more help very soon. And I have to imagine that when you start living on-site, the dynamic is going to change considerably.
OK, Dan. I have seen several of your videos and I am becoming a fan of your wonderful project. I, too, have an ongoing project to restore an old house. It is very small, but it is somewhat manageable for me, an artist without much money. You are inspiring me to push forward with the task. Today, I will subscribe. John in Bethel, Missouri. USA
Please reconsider putting in the small staircase in the corner of the kitchen or at least building the floor such that you can change your mind later on. The reason being is that if you do want to have a "fancy meal" in the dining room, the food can easily be moved upstairs, and the dirty dishes can likewise be carried downstairs. Or consider a dumbwaiter put in the corner.
Some also said Dan could be putting 2nd staircase nearby, say maybe, in basement hallway. Wonder if that is why Dan said he wasn't going to put the staircase back into the old kitchen. Dan knows the layout of the whole basement, and also how he could reconfigure areas close to the old kitchen. And, as someone also has stated above, we are assuming Dan will have the dining room above the old kitchen. Yes, he was eating in his 'dining room in this Vlog', but Dan is free to move it to another room nearby. That is, if he wants a dining room separate from large eat-in kitchen. Maybe there will be a dining room in the large ground floor room behind the entrance foyer room. We all will see what Dan decides...
You could have an open staircase in the kitchen to go up to the dining room. That way it wouldn't be as confining in the kitchen it would be more spacious. However, that being said, I don't think I would have the stair directly in the dining room, maybe just outside in a hall?
Dan, I’m amazed how you maneuver yourself around the placement of the beams and then “dance”across them as if the floor was complete. Take out in the dining room. You are hilarious.
As floors go in, the rooms are becoming more real. The chateau is being revived, and it’s potential is growing exponentially. Your subscriber numbers are testament to how exciting we are for you!🥰
Your vids are spot on! Just enough scenes with you working, scenes enjoying the progress, enough info and updates on what is going on in your brain :) Love it!
Hello Dan. I just would like to give you the name of this charming bird in french : "rouge-queue". He loves to be with humans but not to close. A very good neighbor ! Good parents ! And, yes, Dan, tomorrow is a new day!!!!😊😊😊😊
You’re enjoying each stage. It comes through and that’s why your channel is growing like crazy. Once again, professional editing. Wish I could paint a picture of you sitting in the window.
Oh i can imagine you in that kitchen making amazing meals with friends family or guests taking a stroll around the grounds and then filling the chateau with love and laughter, the way it was meant to be used. What a beautiful thought❤. And one day with such dedication and belief it will be so🥰😍
I love the way it looks like a room already with the fireplace. I think you should keep this one as it looks meant to be. It has been waiting for you to put its floor back. It was lovely seeing you sitting in the dining room having your lunch. You looked pretty proud. And so you should be. Brilliant work. And all on your own, too.
That bird is probably greeting you each morning and is happy you are rebuilding. Just think one day when you are finished you will be sitting on your balcony with a cup of coffee taking in the view. 6:02
Would you ever consider leaving the floor section (without pockets) open and creating a mezzanine floor with a balustrade? Could look pretty cool with the light flooding into the kitchen!
That's the modern way of thinking but it's a lot of dead space, if he's going to do that he might as well put a staircase in which would be more beneficial, I think more floor space is the way to go at present, he should keep the wide open space for the main entrance and main staircase, that would be a bigger statement!?!
This is so special. I am wishing you the best of luck. Never quit never give up never stop. Money is always going to be not fun to spend. Keep sending the videos thanks
