How to Restore an Antique Alpine Chalet (in your own garden...)

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The Lost Gardens of Chateau de Rosieres

Ай бұрын

We bought a 230 year old Alpine Chalet, dismantled it, and rebuilt it in ONE DAY. Today we make our new garden folly water-tight and answer some of our followers questions!
We live in a medieval castle with a huge, derelict estate in southern France. Follow our ambitious garden projects, from vineyards to formal gardens, tropical plants to self-sustainability. Our project is enormous and our enthusiasm contagious. We'd love you to join us.
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We have another KZfaq channel where we show life at the chateau and our huge restoration project of the buildings. / @chroniclesofrosieres
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@susangladstone357 Ай бұрын

The old Chalet is a wonderful addition to your land - I’m glad for Marc’s commitment to maintaining it’s historic integrity.

@inkmetal1 Ай бұрын

200 years old, perfectly ripened and tasty. What a treasure. Glad you are saving it.

@lisac1110 Ай бұрын

Can not blame marc not putting a different door on the chalet for covinience because it just would spoil the intergrity of the historical building 😊😊❤❤ 😊

@ellenhageman7380 Ай бұрын

What a wonderful childhood you're giving your precious children.

@paulettebarber7219 Ай бұрын

What a beautiful garden shed it makes! And I’m so glad you have another to make into a little house for yourselves.

@judymossip7446 Ай бұрын

Clement always wants to help out and be involved. Juliette is becoming more able to help as well and loves to be where the action is. They are a joy to watch 🥰

@airenesmiler6624 Ай бұрын

I'm picturing Juliette and Clement's grandchildren playing in the new old chalet 80 years from now.

@kathrynriggs2489 Ай бұрын

I love that Mark bought both of them, family camping spot is perfect!

@shirleygraham6229 Ай бұрын

How great that you bought both. The children are at the right age to enjoy the other one for years to come. Best wishes.

@barbaramurray4191 Ай бұрын

Great to have that family getaway project for the future 😊 Super fun to watch this project.

@UCLALJR Ай бұрын

Your chalet is lovely, and Juliet is so sweet climbing in and out! Thanks for taking us along on the adventure!

@LostGardensofChateauRosieres Ай бұрын

Thanks for coming along!

@susannahwhitaker994 Ай бұрын

Your vlogs are always different and show us interesting things. You certainly have vision Marc lol🤗

@jeannebernard923 Ай бұрын

What a lovely chalet, Marc is quite a worker, right. Ana is so calm and clear in her explanation. Good luck to all.

@lindsayblundall8140 Ай бұрын

What a cutesy Juliette is growing into, your children have such a sense of adventure x

@stephaniegaromon3244 Ай бұрын

Please everyone subscribe so this lovely family will continue these amazing videos. The garden shed is beautiful including that very special head ducking door. I watch Martijn Doolard who is restoring two stone cottages (with low doors) in the Italian Alps. He replaced the large slab stone roof with a new one from the stone on his land. It looks like the roof you were talking about Marc. He too, is doing everything to preserve the old. ❤️❤️❤️

@LostGardensofChateauRosieres Ай бұрын

I love his channel!

@jillgaddis3889 Ай бұрын

What a wonderful addition to your garden and home. Good to know there are people who respect the history of old buildings. And we all will say ouch each time you bump you heads

@Daytona2 Ай бұрын

Such a perfect addition to the Chateau 😊

@deebowker768 Ай бұрын

It’s beautiful and so characterful. The door is amazing.

@nancibishof6462 Ай бұрын

So glad you were able to buy the second chalet. Even more special is that it will be tucked away in the woods as your children's very own enchanted cottage. What great memories they will make there on family camping trips.

@marshawargo7238 Ай бұрын

As you were talking about the floor, I was thinking of the possibility & difficulty of digging out the center for a lower floor, while leaving & adding to the granite support (those gaps). This way would create granite ledges for storage. Possibly a gravity fed sink for cleaning the tools? Another idea would be to build a roof over cover like she had at her previous residence, like a carport or Porte cochere? It could even have 3 sides in order to protect her from harsh wind & weather! Because she is an older lady in the twilight of her life & helping to protect her remaining beauty would most likely be advantageous! This building really is beautiful❤!!!

@sadjaxx Ай бұрын

Such a great project that frees up kitchen space too. A win / win for everybody!

@anniewelch3436 Ай бұрын

Wonderful to see the Chalet shed up. How exciting to have another ancient building for your family. I'm very envious but very happy for you all. I have enjoyed watching your videos and dreaming of being in France. For now we are in Australie.

@mlaiuppa Ай бұрын

Good for you buying two. Excellent decision.

@nlstevens1 Ай бұрын

I am enjoying the history. Keep vloging & TY for sharing.

@rosemariedeschenes7013 Ай бұрын

Love the old Chalet as a garden tool shed. How wonderful that you got the second one as well. It will be the source of many wonderful family memories and adventures 😍😘

@ludovica8221 Ай бұрын

split wood "tiles" = shingles

@LostGardensofChateauRosieres Ай бұрын

Ahhhhh that’s it. I couldn’t think!

@ladyflimflam Ай бұрын

Also, wood shingles are sometimes referred to as shakes.

@cwatson3495 Ай бұрын

In New England Cedar shingles are a common siding material. White Cedar shingles will last 40 + years. Shakes for roofs are also a special process for roofing. The TV show This Old House is the best for this type of questions. Very professional.

@XPALYDO Ай бұрын

Such beautiful buildings, thank you for preserving them!

@LostGardensofChateauRosieres Ай бұрын

It's such a pleasure to do so!

@janeblandford852 Ай бұрын

So happy for Marc having his own garden shed, he is so excited about it. Thank you for the Q&A....so much fun and loved the history of the shed. Congratulations for purchasing another for the family.....that will be fun!!!

@lucindajennings148 Ай бұрын

😊 Your place gets more beautiful all the time. And loved watching Juliette!

@marilynwade9448 Ай бұрын

Little Juliette is so sweet. ❤❤❤❤

@harrietdevine1295 Ай бұрын

Love the idea of the second chalet! ❤❤

@LostGardensofChateauRosieres Ай бұрын

We're really looking forward to it too!

@penihavir1777 Ай бұрын

Thank you so much for the additional information - it’s as if you read my mind! (Or perhaps all the comments from people who asked what I was wondering. 😉) I’m so glad that you got a second one for a woodland getaway. That sounds absolutely perfect! ♥️♥️♥️

@thewilliamseswonderfulworld Ай бұрын

Terrific episode. I’m excited to see the next one!

@maryjanekolesar8325 Ай бұрын

LOVE the mazot and your love of preserving and repurposing history! Brilliant idea for the second too❤

@deniereynolds6119 Ай бұрын

Such a find. It’s beautiful

@peterwhite9261 Ай бұрын

The chalet shed is absolutely gorgeous. You are saving history and making more history. How wonderful is that? Juliette and Clement are growing so fast.❤

@LostGardensofChateauRosieres Ай бұрын

Thanks Peter!

@bettyrush3651 Ай бұрын

It’s beautiful

@joketendam5806 Ай бұрын

Thank you for. ShRing😊

@always.wondering.wandering Ай бұрын

Love this little cabin. Do you follow Martijin Doolaard? He's been building in northen Italy and has put a slate roof on his cabins. Thanks for sharing with us today.

@christinecote4639 Ай бұрын

As soon as I saw the flat stones, I thought of Martijin Doolaard as well. 👍

@madelinegoldingay6440 Ай бұрын

The content of your videos are always so interesting and I have to say you are one of my favourite. Your love of history and the care which you give the Chateau is so rewarding for you and for us to watch. What a charming family you have. Best wishes.

@glenyscallaghan1195 Ай бұрын

It is such a good garden shed, it should last another 100 years

@LostGardensofChateauRosieres Ай бұрын

Hopefully more!

@claudialibis5962 Ай бұрын

Those Swiss are serious builders! Their buildings last as long as the European chateaux.

@LostGardensofChateauRosieres Ай бұрын

It's French! (I keep calling it Swiss and getting told off by Marc)

@Tea-nOpals Ай бұрын

Another very cool garden project! You built it like an ancient Ikea flat pack DIY shed. Im with Amy on the stone floor. If you're going to build stone foundations under the walls, a few more stones can't be that much more work.😉

@lauriemattingly2699 Ай бұрын

Hello from Texas!

@loyalrammy Ай бұрын

Marc, I am so proud of you for maintaining this 200 year old building. The idea of cutting a taller door way is horrific!

@srigging Ай бұрын

It is a fabulous historic building & should be kept safely & to continue to preserve it as well as making it useful. Just remember to hunker down when entering & exiting 😊❤

@ChristineC-nk5fd Ай бұрын

Beautiful chalet. Love seeing your progress on your projects. Much love to you all ❤

@janetmackinnon3411 Ай бұрын

So good!

@louiseemerson331 Ай бұрын

Wonderful location for The folly amongst the trees. Great idea to find an authentic building that matches close to the age of the château. Your efforts have definitely not been in vain!

@deirdrecerasa3932 Ай бұрын

So happy you were able to buy both chalets! They are amazing and treasures! Love seeing Clement and Juliette helping Marc. ❤

@GlasshouseandGarden Ай бұрын

10:13 “Shingles”… I think that’s what the wooden roof ‘tiles’ are called. Such a lovely building! I’m with you… put up with the low door. I’m desperate to see the next stage of the glasshouse (both lean-to and tropical!!).

@LostGardensofChateauRosieres Ай бұрын

Heading back to the greenhouse next week!

@sherryseckler3494 29 күн бұрын

I’m with you, Mark! You admired it as it was originally so don’t muck it up by making changes (leave the door as it is!)!

@amysimpson646 Ай бұрын

I read that King Charles had one of these shepherds huts installed at high Grove for prince George on his first birthday and that it's been used as a playhouse for George, Charlotte, and Louis.

@user-cj2wu9nl8m Ай бұрын

Will you be putting in a timber floor in the chalet and complete the stone foundation at the back of the chalet (to keep some of small animals who might seek shelter there)?

@daynight4902 Ай бұрын

BEST

@irenes.vestergaard357 Ай бұрын

I love this little house. I can perfectly understand why Marc wanted one. It is perfect as a garden shed. And it is wonderful that it despite its age still can be used, and not left as a museum artifact. And how amazing that you have bought another one for the family ❤ Good decicion! 👏 In Sweden where I´m originally from, we have a lot of these old houses in the countryside. I love them. And watching them now on the video, I can almost smell them. They have this very special smell of old warm wooden house. Congrats to the 2 new chateau additions ❤

@tinathene Ай бұрын

Yay! There IS another one for a family playhouse- in the woods, no less❤ Thanks for answering all the questions and for finishing off the video with that darling footage of Juliette in the doorway🥰

@lindagage7315 Ай бұрын

Beautiful building,cedar shingles would be nice too! Great idea with the slate!

@kristinathorsen625 Ай бұрын

Wonderful chalet :-) It would also have made an awesome shelter, but fits the old garden really well :-)

@taraskey1421 Ай бұрын

The second storey is perfect for storing less used tools and equipment. This is what we do at home. My garden tools are in the garage and we are lucky enough to have a boarded ‘loft’ which we use for spares, bean net, fleece etc. Far better than the kitchen. Poor Amy!

@lisac1110 Ай бұрын

What a adventure 😊 clement is such a hard worker so cute 😊❤all the best hugs and love ❤

@alanhicks3908 Ай бұрын

that view 😍

@katherinecormack5727 Ай бұрын

Absolutely love that you are reusing something with its own history to complement the rest of the Chateau buildings.

@colleenwilliams1452 Ай бұрын

I just love your chalet. I love the fern leaves on Marc T shirt. It reminds me of all the different ferns in my garden. There are enormous and tiny ones which grow wild around the mountains which surround me.

@lizzie9581 Ай бұрын

Fabulous 😀

@hmeyers5114 Ай бұрын

Hooray!!! Marc got a (well deserved) shed!🥳 Every garden needs one or things end up living in the kitchen. Like at my house, too. 😘 Juliette has the most beautiful curls!

@suehall3298 Ай бұрын

That's wonderful look forward to seeing the family chalet being built 🤗👍⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🌹💐🌹 Love Sue❤❤❤🇬🇧❤❤❤

@user-es2dv1ky4p Ай бұрын

Good on you Marc! What a beautiful old structure, so beautifully built. A kit shed from the hardware store would just be wrong at an ancient chateau. You're an ideas man, thinking outside the square. 👏👏👏

@xaxmac1948 Ай бұрын

So…how envious are we? The Mazot is fabulous…

@soniagallaher3544 Ай бұрын

What a unique garden shed! Hope you get some good weather this summer to enjoy it!

@robertastanger9983 Ай бұрын

What marvelous fun.

@kandplamb Ай бұрын

Thank you for answering all our questions! And delighted you will have a "play house" as well😊.

@-sstevens5444 23 күн бұрын

So excited that he bought both. Great fun. Thinking that build should happen while the carpenters are available, since they know how it came apart ....and their marks show the way it goes together. Besides camping with the kids, guest house, man/she cave.... 😍😘

@normamurray4450 Ай бұрын

What a lovely re-build....bringing history back to life.

@glenysboyd6346 Ай бұрын

I love the chalet and what you are doing with your property. Great work and good luck from New Zealand 🥰🥰

@Ejlrstn Ай бұрын

Ooo I’d love to camp in one of these! I stayed at a place in hew Hampshire US that had Adirondack cabins which were about that size but open on 3 sides with canvas walls you could drop at night. It was such a neat experience.

@IPC0101 Ай бұрын

The Mazo is a beautiful building, I’m so glad you are planning on keeping it in near original condition

@amandahugo1421 Ай бұрын

Very good news about the other chalet. You could let it for glamping. I love that youre always coming up with unique projects to preserve the past.

@sheridavis261 Ай бұрын

What an incredible little garden shed. I love the bench at the front.

@shelleycorcoran9514 Ай бұрын

Awesome idea and find guys. Garden shed is amazing and I loved Josephine’s history behind the idea!! ❤🎉

@karentozer1871 Ай бұрын

I’m so pleased you continued with your channel and even expanded to two channels as I love following your adventures xx

@marthaizaguirre6363 Ай бұрын

Gorgeous! 🥰🥰🥰🥰

@Thewildmanwoods Ай бұрын

What a amazing structure…id love to find one 😂❤

@LostGardensofChateauRosieres Ай бұрын

They're often for sale on leboncoin!

@roberta1678 Ай бұрын

LOVE this channel!

@Marilinaa Ай бұрын

Loving these videos!

@francesquick-rv8cf Ай бұрын

Love the size of the key 🗝️ and the lock . I'm wondering how old are the hearts on the little door , can't wait to see the next project.dare I ask if you have moved into the coach house yet ? it's amazing how you find all these beautiful things to make your gardens look just as old as the chateau xxx

@JaniceStPeter Ай бұрын

So intriguing, love it!

@katiemac5661 15 күн бұрын

Short door but it must be 3" thick! Beautiful old growth wood cannot be replaced.

@barbaraholt7957 Ай бұрын

So beautiful!

@karens5429 Ай бұрын

Most interesting. Thank you for the tour. Great purchasing with another treat in store.

@janetwhitney233 Ай бұрын

Awesome

@happycamper4328 Ай бұрын

Love this so much!!❤

@shanacrous2214 Ай бұрын

Your shed is gorgeous. Awesome character.

@JLR1957 Ай бұрын

I didn't realise you have 2 channels! Where have I been 😂❤😊🇦🇺

@user-vi3if2vp9g Ай бұрын

"Лобаз" для хранения продуктов питания, он ставился на высокие столбы, опоры.

@carolfaberpeake857 Ай бұрын

Such a lovely addition to your home ❤🎉❤

@nanettem699 Ай бұрын

Your commitment to preserve this structure is impressive. Love the carved hearts in the door and the bench addition from the beam extensions. What were the beam extensions used for midway up the structure?

@dianacirilo Ай бұрын

❤❤❤

@patricianathan4676 28 күн бұрын

What an unusual but fascinating vlog from you both. How exciting to have the space to indulge in this project. I love them, especially with the history attached. Sorry about Marks predicament, I imagine it's torture for him, but I remember all those gardening volumes he purchased at auction a while back. Perhaps he is able loose himself in those whilst recovering. ❤WCL