Michael, I’d love to volunteer to help you but at 75, I wouldn’t be able to do much other than bring you coffee whenever you snapped your fingers. You are doing a wonderful job on your cottage.
Florian is adorable even when he feels awkward. His English is coming along well too. It’s so exciting that you are able to work on the bedroom finally! Can’t wait to see it all finished! PS. You are looking very dapper too, Michael! 😊. Love your videos!!
Dearest Michael. I found out watching old CD videos that you were the person who actually created the RU-vid page for Stephanie. THANK YOU! So much joy has come from that for so many people. What a good friend you are. 💛
I binge watched The Chateau Diaries and I can’t get enough so yes, thank you so much Michael. I bought my granddaughter Peter Rabbit books because of you. She loves them.
@@DoingItOurselvesOfficial She and YOU have done so much more than that. Folks come here to watch fantasy castles being rebuilt, and walk away with an entirely new perspective on history, art, architecture, and culture that they would otherwise have little opportunity to appreciate. It is really quite a generous and unexpected gift to the viewers. 💛
I was so happy to see a new video appear. And as someone who has done plenty of home renovations over the years, I have to say I like seeing you in proper gear. A friend of mine lost an eye to a circular saw sending a splinter of wood toward his face. Get that goofy-looking gear on!
I'm so happy that you're finally getting to work on the cottage. The cobble stones look wonderful and I can't wait to see the upstairs finished. The cottage is my favorite place on the grounds. Also, good for you for getting out and meeting new people. I struggle with that myself and I'm proud of you. Love to all of the Petherick's. Happy Halloween ❤️🙏👍🌾🍂🌻🍁🎃👻🕷️🕸️🌑💀🧟🧛
Lol. My mother had a mixer just like that. So glad to see progress upstairs. You need to get the stairs and railing in place for safety! Do be careful.
Brilliant video Michael. The upstairs is coming right along. It will be nice to see it all come to finish. Thanks Florian for filming the video, it's always good to see you as well together with Michael! I hope you guys stick around. Cheers!
I see that window behind you! I think a sink and toilet upstairs would never be regretted. Wish I could show you incredible tiny toilet/sink combos, really great designers make under stairs, in my neighborhood. I go solo to dinner every night, since divorced and kids left. I'm totally happy on my own, with six grandchildren, two married children, and a sister and her spouse. My problem is all my friends are thirty to forty years younger, and I have no desire to rob the cradle. I have many people I know from walking my dog. You are a delightful person, very cherished. I take care of family, and house sit for neighbors. Five friends to ten friends, alone, is enough. Seeing you happy, gives me acceptance of who I am alone. I raised the kids with a single Uncle's never ending help. I worked 18 hours per week overtime for ten years, when my kids left. It was fun. I taught gardening to kids after school. I taught ancient history and 4th grade history through play with props. They gave me all non speakers who learned lines and vocabulary to perform in front of younger kids fearlessly talking after practicing dialogue. They chose the topic. Queen Elizabeth and King Phillip battle in channel with 8 ships of tar and pitch, snuck into Armada and set ablaze 8/8/1588, conquest of Mexico, tour of Africa, the sinking of the Titanic. My grandfather recited Mark Anthony's lines while racing his cars in the 1910s to 1960s commuting 3 hours, in maybe two between towns. Love is fun, and funny. Kids who laugh a lot, lose their fears. Creativity best way to develop self awareness. My sisters and I put on neighborhood plays for entertainment. One sister read the complete works of Shakespeare in 4th grade. Creating fun, very rewarding. You make work fun! Thanks for sharing!
Just found your channel along with Chateau De La Ferta & Chateau Diaries. Absolutely have fallen in ❤️ with you all! My day is made when I get to watch the videos. 😀😀😀😍😍😍👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
As others have mention, wonderful to see and hear from Florian. As he seems interested and inclined, would love an exchange of French equivalent of vocabulary, expressions, food and culture. Encouraging by the progress. Ha, ha, ha, although the saw worked, you should have gone down and got the knife; at least when you went for the coffee. I'm sure you will quickly notice a warm coziness in your cottage.
Actually that is "une scie" a saw. 'Scier' is the verb - sawing. Also, Florian stated a French phrase: 'à coups de scie" which means cutting/sawing something with a sharp object in small spurts. The literal translation is what Florian said: "shot of saw". But in reality it is called "hacking through with a saw".
Hi Michael. I'm so glad to see the progress you are making on the second floor of the cottage. I hope that you find so volunteers to help you. It's wonderful to see Florian [sp] again. He does such a great job. I'm looking forward to tomorrow's video. I was really glad to see you today.
Great to see you back working on the cottage and Florian is a very sweet guy. So much knowledge !! Your head must spin with the amount you absorb. Love the vlogs keep them coming. 💙
As a cottage fan I'm happy and excited to see work progressing on that front. I love those leap of faith encounters. I've had so many in my life and they are truely special. Happy things are working out so well for you. 💞
The sound absorbing quality of insulation isn't really applicable in this case as you already have heavy stone walls. If you wanted to control sound transmission with stick/timber frames walls (both interior and exterior), the effect would be much more noticeable. It can also be used to control reverb within a room if you cover the walls with something acoustically transparent like fabric.
I've been tinkering with music and everything that surrounds it for most of my life, such as setting up my own studios, rehearsal rooms, recording rooms... so I have some (often fatal) experience with rockwool. I would only change one thing you said: "In winter it keeps the heat inside, and in summer TOO,". It has been one of my big mistakes, rock wool retains heat in a bestial way. My inexperience with this material has led me to build authentic ovens. Take special care that the room has very good ventilation.
Great to see the cottage coming along, wasn't that long ago you told us your plans to renovate it. Look how far you've come! Sooo excited about the daily vlogs too. As always a great insight into your world.. thankyou x
So excited you will be doing daily blogs. It’s been a drought lately. I too want to thank you for setting Stephanie up on RU-vid. Your magic has a ripple effect of spreading joy, love and laughter 🥰❤️😆😘
So pleased to see your chatty self back with us! Trust you to meet new friends wherever you go! Fabulous! When do the stairs go in? Bathroom? Florian is doing a great job of filming. Much love to you xx
Hello Michael nice to see a new video this week..What scary things are going on there for Halloween??It is one of my favorite holidays Especially cause it is the week before my birthday. It was along drive to LA Rochelle today will head to LaLande Saturday and stay till Tuesday 🙂 then off to Versailles..Home to Texas after..So glad the world is open again..There is adventure to be made..
Let’s just take a minute here people to acknowledge Dan on “Escape to rural France”. He pioneered the short daily vlog and now others are following suit There is room enough for everyone and I watch several channels all of whom are great but, Dan has nailed it. Not to take anything away from Michael who I have followed from day one and truly admire. After all, Michael and Stephanie are the ones who led the way. Love and best wishes to you all.
They daily video format has been around for far longer than any of us chateau vloggers. Dan has definitely nailed it but he wasn’t the first. Any longer than a week and I burn out 😅
@@DoingItOurselvesOfficial I must admit I do feel concerned about the burn out factor Dan is very lucky to have Annalise supporting him in the background Anyway I’m in no position to judge but your vlogs have brought me much pleasure and also get through a difficult time Many thanks and keep up the good work x
Thanks for the continued great content! I'd highly recommend you getting an impact drill for driving the construction screws. Far superior to a normal drill. You'll never go back!
I do custom cabinetry and woodworking, plus I am a good designer/planner with education in architectural design and i would absolutely love to come and work on your cottage and meet your wonderful family.
The cottage looks wonderful. Your dream is coming closer to being complete. Michael your a wonderful. Respectful and knowledgeable. Your a credit to the do it yourself group. You explain everything. It’s nice to see.
Before finishing, you should hide/install a time capsule with pictures and a message to future residents who will remodel/restore the cottage in the future.
I found the spot for it already, I’ve got loads of interesting stuff to put in it. Letters from viewers and all of the RU-vid videos to name a few. It will go in last thing.
Oh good, Michael, a daily vlog from you. More fun watching you all, Billy, Stephanie, Dan, Ryan, Anna and Ed and the other Chateau owners then all the stuff that comes from world news. So many exciting things going on at your Chateau cottage. Hope you find some good volunteers that will help you get your cottage done by Christmas.
Great progress Michael. Florian did a wonderful job videoing! You have a lot of advice on the insulation, about a vapour barrier, the paper is the vapour barrier, someone commented below the paper should be to the outside wall...no it shouldn't...you installed it correctly, but you already know that! 💖 Thank you so much for sharing...take really good care, stay safe! Much love Kathy x
I WISH I could come help with all the building! That would be SO fun! But alas, it is not in the cards for me anymore. I'm sure you'll get a lot of volunteers tho! It should also make for good content too! And PLEASE, whatever you do, DON'T leave out ANY of the bloopers with all the volunteers!!! We ALL learn from our mistakes! It's part of what makes You Tube so great!! ❤
My husband has been doing construction for about 50 years and he says that most of the time it doesn't cost much to do over kill and it's often so much better.
Love the time lapse. I enjoy watching you work on the Cottage. I cannot wait to see the stair well get made (maybe you can go to the site where they make them and show us the process - the history of the wood you have selected & the exact design build you have selected to be made for the cottage steps inside to the upstairs.) Question where is your Loo located in the cottage. Are you building in the closets or using armoire instead? Enjoying this so much.
Michael, you are a joy to watch as you renovate, I always learn something new. You put yourself out there when you started this vlog, just like your trip to Rennes and now you have ‘friends’ not just followers all over the world. I wish you the best in everything. Looking forward to seeing the upcoming videos. Much ❤️
You reminded me of my high-school French class. When you said you would do more videos. Smaller videos will be giving us a vignette of life at the Chateau.
Coming right along with the bedroom. Going to be a really nice space indeed. Looks good, and will be toasty warm with all that insulation. Good luck with it. We'll keep an eye on the progress. Cheers.
Hurray, so good to hear you'll be making daily videos Michael! I've missed seeing you working in your cottage! Crack on!!!! Yes, you DID blow Billy's surprise! Oh oh!!!
I love seeing the progress on the adorable cottage. I hope you are going to use up those cut ends of Rockwooll. You can just stack them in each section, it will work just as well.
What a dream to volunteer... it would take some time to get there from Victoria, Australia. We have only just had news of international travel opening up again.
It's great to see (and hear) how well Florian is doing speaking English! I wondered where he'd been the last few videos. Be careful going out alone, Michael. The one time I did that I met my husband. 😄
Love, love, love these types of vids even though I'm not much of a diy person, myself. I found it particularly interesting what Michael told us about those two types of insulation, he explains things so clearly.
I'm so excited that you're getting to the bedroom area!!! I'd love to volunteer to help but I live in Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦....so it would be a long commute!!! Best of luck my friend!!! 🥳💖👍 Your friend did a wonderful job with the camera!! 👍 I bet you could find some beautiful vintage or antique floor grates between the floors for heat circulation of the Aga. Daily videos....YAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!! 💖💖💖🥳🥳🥳🥳
