This place is so much more than some old estate. It is as much a collection of 3D works of art - as statues in any museum. What a glorious project! For the rest of time, you will be forever linked to this place of magic and history.

Watching this video about the wallpaper made me realize that you are absolutely the best people to see this restoration through as you have true respect for the past but also you will truly show us how beautiful the house will be under your guardianship.

Unbelievable how the wallpaper survived all these years. What a blessing.❤

Purnon is such a treasure. To have a working bread oven is amazing and so wonderful. I love that you have events that include the community. So exciting! You are truly blessed!!

Thank you for recognizing the historic significance of this Chateau and restoring it to its beautiful glory.

The fascination never ends. Just wonderful. Thank you for sharing ❤

The wallpapers are just stunning. So pleased you are saving them. Such a huge task to restore Purnon. Well done everyone.

So many things to restore and save. Bless you both for saving the chateau! Every new discovery makes me close my eyes and try to envision what it looked like in it's day.

That bread oven is simply amazing. I love the community baking together

I adore this KZfaq channel, and feel very proud of the contribution my fellow Australians are making. Well done both of you.

You really show the magic of this beautiful & historical chateau. The old wallpapers are exquisite; the glimpse of your new one, so befitting of her grandeur & your dedication and hard work are worth everything you are pouring into her in effort, funding, heart & soul. The old bakery wine making rooms are such gems too! I’m so happy for you Felicity & Tim!

Thank you for getting into the bread oven, it really helped put it in prospective!

god bless everyone involved in the restoration. from the owners to the workers. for all this is truly a labor of love.

LOVE working side by side on a journey in a common goal discovering gifts from our ancestors & things about ourselves. Your gratitude & attitude is inspirational.❤️🙏

Didn’t think about that. That this chateau is virtually untouched. It is void of the brandishing cluster of different decades and trends stacking like a cluttered mess upon each other that eventually have to be stripped away so that the original look and feel can be..somehow recreated. I suppose the consequence of being untouched is the neglect this precious abode has suffered. But what’s beautiful about that is the hidden, lost and forgotten history released where it has been lost completely in other chateaux of its kind. The knowledge of it, the recreation of it can be accomplished more accurately. And, indeed, the preservation of it all, too, can be in more abundance. No matter the subject matter at the time, these videos have such a ghostly, dreamy, yet somehow approachable reaching into an otherwise exclusive past. Every corner is a treasure and it’s very inspiring to see big events being planned even with so much to take care of. Now that I think about it, it’s like cleaning (areas of) your home when you wouldn’t have otherwise because guests are coming over. You wind up taking care of parts of the property that would otherwise be far from priority. Must be a cathartic sort of accomplishment.

So glad to see Truffe ❤

The wallpapers are fascinating! What stories they must hold! Lovely, that they will hold a new story, with celebrations, life, love, and links from their glorious past! The entire chateau preservation is such a combination of true diligence by all!

Une fois encore bravo et merci pour votre mobilisation. C'est tellement rassurant et émouvant de vous voir tous les deux vous mobiliser sur tous les "fronts" pour sauver votre domaine extraordinaire. Déjà vous l'avez sorti de la ruine et de l'oubli, votre mobilisation pour le bâti extérieur dans le respect total de l'esprit des bâtisseurs du 18 ème siècle, est remarquable et exemplaire. Votre recherche des éléments de décoration intérieure , notamment concernant les papiers peints, est impressionnante, sans aucun doute elle éclairera l'histoire française de cet art au cours des trois siècle passés, art et techniques malheureusement un peu oubliés aujourd'hui. Bravo, bravo et encore merci pour le patrimoine français.....

I love the music you choose. 🥰

In previous centuries the bread oven in the outbuildings was used for all the locals to come to get their breads baked off and at the same time the taxes would be paid then the baker/home owner would then send the money raised in taxes to the government. Anyone who doesn’t turn up to get bread baked would be fined for not paying their taxes. This I found out from another family that’s renovating their chateau on KZfaq I found this all very interesting.🤔 😊😊😊

The blue Reveillon wallpaper is my absolute favourite. What a joy to really be able to look forward to restoring and renovating the (now dry!) interiors. 🇦🇺🌹

Maintaining the outbuildings so they don’t deteriorate even more is another load that needs attention..keeping steady as she goes attitude seems to be your focus..the weather seems lovely to be working outside..🦋⭕️🦋

Magnifique ! Cette recherche continuelle de l' histoire des lieux pour une préservation de l'authenticité et une restauration dans les règles de l'art est fantastique et tout à votre honneur. Mille fois merci de le partage de vos projets, votre passion et vos rêves.

I love that they used a light jackhammer to make the keystone fit. It's nice to know that some things need a lot of finesse.

As usual superb work on this vlog episode and on Purnon itself. Fantastic to see all the papers and some of the stone work as well as some of the outbuildings. Kudos to you two. You have my admiration.

Votre engagement total est admirable! Merci. au nom de l'histoire.

I’m so excited to see the wall paper so breath taking so precious such treasures. Much respect and admiration to you both.

Me encantó el vídeo del castillo Purnon. Es muy emocionante ver los nuevos descubrimifntos e intervenciones en la restauracion de esta magnifica obra arquitectónica. La narración es muy buena y lo mejor, es que está traducida al español. Saludos desde Caracas, Venezuela.

Beautiful old carriage amongst all the cast offs, amazing such an object is still there. Having all these original pieces is half the rebuild.

Purnon is so lucky to have you both! Love what you are doing with the wallpapers, so exciting! Can't wait for the decorating element of this Chateau. Once again thank you fortaking us on this journey with you ❤

Oh those top lessons wine barrels would mage gorgeous planters if refurbished! Beautiful

The wallpapers are so beautiful, each with such different designs depending on the time period. What history has been preserved. I can't wait to see some of them reproduced on the walls of the many rooms of Purnon. Thank you for sharing.

Watching your beautiful weekly updates is always a highlight of my week and this time, my heart jumped when you mentioned the Rixheim wallpaper museum! Aren’t the Zuber ones amazing? I visited it years ago and still use the cards I bought then as bookmarks … I just sent your link to my Mum who lives in Mulhouse and she loves watching your videos giving her the chance to practice her English. I must say that the way you narrate your findings and updates is perfect for people whose mother tongue is not English!

I can’t wait to see the orangerie completed.

I love the Wallpaper Project. They are all so beautiful- even the ancient faded ones. I love the sample of printed stuff that is bi-colored tealish dark green with a turquoise relief print. Two colors and the 😢 design makes it! Another stunning vlog!

Gracias por este nuevo video! Es todo tan maravilloso!!!!

Love the blue wallpaper with the urns and pediments, makes me think of Versailles.

What a buety that bread oven is. She is a thrilling project and she is in the best hands.

How fortunate to have all those wallpapers ❤❤❤❤❤

I ❤ this episode. The music was so relaxing. Big thanks from Amsterdam. 🇳🇱 X 🇨🇵

How i love seing your progress! Bravo Purnon!, your face is shinning now. For all your work, thank you for your skill and dedication .

What an amazing bread oven. Thank you so much for sharing this with us. All the buildings are just incredible.

How wonderful that you can have copies of the beautiful historic wall papers made. The bread oven. is a real work of art and to think it can still be used by an artisan baker to make and enjoy bread is fabulous. BW M&R

The Wallpapers are just stunning the first one is outstanding in todays papers u pay a lot to cover your walls in such detail of beauty .

I love the building so much. So beautiful. Good work all!!

Both of you brilliant and sensitive. What a great union!

So proud of such a restauration. Thousand thanks and congratulations.

You Made my day with the postcard you send, thank you so much! So thoughtful! Your Patreon❤️

Have waited all week for this ! My fav channel . Keep up the great work guys x

My respect! So much work with so much enthusiasm - hats off! 👍🏻

Such careful work every one is doing!! So fascinating how much effort is put into each tasks. Great job to everyone!! Lots of love from Tennessee!!

salutations du Mexique 😍

Very interesting!

I absolutely love watching your videos. Your chateau is soo beautiful and amazing!!!

Every aspect of this episode is so fascinating!!

The wallpapers are absolutely fascinating!

Another great vlog!

If I could I would be helping put up those beautiful Wallpapers they are stunning.I'm a baker and the bread oven would be my domain for sure , thanks for letting us follow this stunning chateau 's restoration along side you.

So interesting as always . Thank you .

I find the bread oven absolutely fascinating. I hope you will share a video of the baker, actually making bread in it during the special event that is coming up when the time comes. I would love to see it! I noticed that the bricks on the face of the Shay have not yet been replaced. The fancy zigzag design that was there before the roof was repaired. I guess that’s not a priority just now, right? Still, it was very beautiful and I expect you will get around to it eventually.😊

❤❤ Lovely place and getting better all the time. You work hard. Lord bless you.

I think both work, however the dark background gives more warmth and as the ceilings are so high and you have lots of lovely natural light coming in, my vote is the darker background as also the print stands/ pops out more definitely. Regards Shaelene Read Australia.

Amazing and beautiful journey. Thank you for sharing the history of a lovey past!

Wonderful video

As always another fascinating vlog - those wallpapers!!

Your music is always so wonderful!

Brilliant! ❤

Loved it!!!!! Thank you

Wonderful, wonderful❤

Грандиозно!!!

love what you are doing.....you are doing it right..

You are fantastic people, you just are !

So glad you are having the wall paper copied it will look amazing. The bread oven is fantastic

Amazing place you have. I'm sure you are aware of how lucky you are each day.

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I would love to see you restore the horse drawn carriage.

Can I please ask why a building and property so important to the history of France and the discovery of rare wall papers that the French Historic Department didn’t take the challenge of preserving and restoring this great property and it took a caring couple from Australia to save her? 🇦🇺❤

I can’t believe you made that much progress since the last video ! This is truly awe-inspiring ! I’d love to come and visit the Chateau for the Journées du Patrimoine, except I can’t cross the whole country, which truly a huge disappointment… Puissiez-vous rendre à ce château sa gloire d’antan 😁

This just melts my heart ❣ Say yes to that you one day is gonna use that grand stone bakery owen again? Airhugs from Northern Sweden. 🤗

beautiful paper.

The fact that the wallpaper of Parnon Castle needs to be preserved and catalyzed is a great idea! Otherwise, I'm watching several channels with the architecture of the 18th and 19th centuries and all turning to the same manufacturer use the same wallpaper! You've worked with them too, but I don't want to advertise them! And there is a malicious joke of modernity in this, when in the past there was diversity and now there is a continuous monotony! Tim, Felicity, you are amazing people! Thank you for your hard work! Respect from Russia!

Have you ever taken a metal detector around the grounds? I would bet there are many treasures to be found 😃

I love making homemade bread! Here in America, a lot of people are building outdoors ovens to use just as they did back then. “Beehive” ovens (very rare to find in old homes) were built in the wall in the fire place with a cast iron door. Heat would surround the bread oven section & once it was hot, the fire brick maintained that heat. In those, the fire wasn’t actually inside the oven itself.

How wonderful, and beautiful! I'm sure the Monuments Historique requirements have dictated what kinds of designs are acceptable for your wallpaper selections, but with so many beautiful designs and several time periods that have been represented in the existing and layered papers, it might make it a little harder to choose. I look forward to seeing what choices you have made!

Bonjour Felicity and Tim, I can't wait to hear the history of your wallpaper and see what you have chosen for the new. It was nice to see inside the pizza oven. You two are superheroes cleaning those areas like you did. Did you tell us what the animal heads on the wall meant and I missed it? I am excited to see what event is coming. Well done today. Love from N.Y.

In the prep room they would leave the dough in the sideboard to rise and them work it on top😊

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I hope you saved that wonderful old anvil!!! Don't discard it!!👍

I believe you can use the wood ash to fertilize your garden beds. Please take out the small by the orangery so its roots don’t further damage the building.

What a place!! You must both get pretty overwhelmed at times.... This seems to be a true labor of love. Thankful you have explored all the resources available to you as you do this important work. I absolutely love the wallpaper and once again, it's an example of how true beauty never goes out of style. I would happily use any of those wallpapers in my home today! Is there any chance that some of the wallpaper you've found will be mass produced in the future? It should be. Why keep locked away in a museum etc? Would be nice if you could earn some of the royalties etc from it as well.

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Can you point me to a video where you explored inside the room/ passage under the bridge?

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My friend just came back from visiting family in Switzerland and in her texts while she was there she said that he aunt was going to the old community oven in the village. I asked her to take a picture but she didn't. This at least gives me an idea what she meant.😊

Utterly fascinating, thank you! I'm curious, was there a blacksmith's forge somewhere on the estate? In that room you cleared out in the chais I see both an anvil and a blacksmith's vise.

Funny: now that I'm starting to know the place, the drone fly-overs are showing me more interesting (new) stuff too... like a great painting. What are all those smaller buildings on the far west side? (If I’m not turned around… farthest away from l'orangerie) They seem to have the same stone block architecture as the rest of the place. That’s the wine making building over there? Those seem too nice for just tool sheds. Was there any separate housing for the top ranking farm management, or something? I know you’ll get to it eventually. Actually this fly-over may be older. Oh man you can probably put together some amazing time lapse photos from, say, a certain spot every morning or golden hour. Or from the same route of drone flight. Just so darned cool. I’m living vicariously through you, of course! ❤

Hope you have a gite there to live on site… Prior engineering was remarkable

A ma connaissance le plus beau projet prive de restauration en France. Mon jardin d'enfance fut le Hameau de la Reine a Versailles inspire par JJ Rousseau, sur base de cette ferme qui produisit reellement pour Versailles et ou Marie Antoinette travailla reellement, j'ai toujours pense qu'une restauration doit s'attacher aux annexes du chateau, sa vie economique et pas uniquement aux pieces les plus prestigieuses. Mes grand-parents se levaient a 5 heures du matin pour chauffer un tel four avec du fagot (le fagot etait preleve sur les haies de chenes tout les 7 ans - nul besoin de couper les arbres), la cuisson des plats etait prevue pour 14h. Remarque sur le Masque 3M - au lieu de cartouche Vapor, je pense que les cartouches roses sont plus adaptees a la poussiere, a fortiori a la cendre (tres fine).

Le papier peint de l'atelier Réveillon retient une fraîcheur folle. Quelle trouvaille. Je me demande combien de décors originaux de Réveillon subsistent en France?

Surprised there are no tiles in the room with bread oven. You would think they would not have wanted the dust.