* How To Renovate A Chateau {Without Killing Your Partner} [<-- click on link] - a cute, young-ish duo consisting of a slightly pushy British woman {fashion & textile designer/mum/project manager} and her French filmmaker hubby/dad/DIY dude. together they bought a run-down chateau in Normandy, France, where they live with their two small daughters, and take us along their journey as they improve and repair, struggle and tackle, all in a gentle, silly and very stylish way. i'm falling madly for the lovely husband, Philip, who's revealing a daft, dry and joyful sense of humour, and has me in giggles often, as he takes the mickey out of his wife Anna's English-ness, and is winning me over with his cute French accent {yes, me, who never liked that very much at all.... what is happening?!!}, and even his French speaking, which he does with his carpenter buddy Benoit. apparently one can rent a room in this chateau, as it's run as a B&B. wonder how much it costs.... {their website [<-- click] = tres charmant, but i need to save up a little longer, i guess}
* The second Empire Strikes Back [<-- link] - a guy in St. Louis, US, is busy painstakingly restoring the Victorian house that once belonged to a man who owned a company that produced woodworking machinery there, but was sadly left to become quite run down. he's putting in the hours that he and his girlfriend can, and wishes to be as period-honest as he can be, with today's tools and finishings. interesting to watch, as he puzzles things together, finds rusty or chipped cabinets to be honed back down to it's former glory, strips years of paint off door frames, and finds beautiful fire surrounds or carvings... it will be so incredibly satisfying to watch it once it's done, but that might be years from now...
* Kaylah Stroup [<-- link], renovating Stroup Mansion {as she's called it}. a young woman and her husband bought an older {apparently going cheap} mansion with some land in someplace in Ohio, US, and they're doing it up in a fairly modern style, to her liking rather than restoring it to it's older self. interesting, pretty and has a healthy disregard for some of the historical features, which get painted over or ripped out if in the way. bit annoying to have to wade through the product placements, but a girl's gotta eat, i suppose...
* Doing It Ourselves - a very cute young English chap shows us the things that his brother and sister-in-law are doing to the chateau in France {as well!??}, with Patreon funds and other avenues. tres pretty, as is the host, but i've not watched many episodes yet, as i've only just plumbed or this channel this afternoon... it is making France look very inviting, though...
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* The Chateau Diaries - what i once thought was a bit of a snooty madam, who the guy from the vlog above was always raving on about, turned out to be a lovely, heartful, generous, funny, sweet and multi-talented madam, once i started watching her vlog. set in a beautiful single room wide castle in a beautiful area north east of Limoges, where she has a coming and going of work-aways, family and friends, and life seems so nice out there!!
* Ravenbrook Farmstead - set somewhere in Maine, US, this couple get stuck into the old farmhouse that they bought and are doing up, while they get to grips with micro-agriculture and chickens.
* Ariel Bisset - basically a channel for her book-loving, aspiring writings, and occasional doing-up of her 1850's house in a part of Canada {forgot to remember it's location...}. she's a very bubbly character, with a catching vibe, which can sometimes get a bit annoying, but on the whole she's okay
i'll probably find another few soon, as youtube is chucking every available chateau-renovation/Victorian house-in-Ohio restoring/doing-up-our-derelict-mansion-in-Wales program under the sun my way, obviously...
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