Doing It Ourselves

The first in a series of stories about my life and experiences living in a French castle.

We discover gold on the Chateau's estate!

In this video we give you a full tour of the chateau starting with the ground floor and the first floor bedrooms. It's mainly B roll with a few facts about the rooms along the way.

In today's video we tour the chateau rooms hidden from public view, and have a supernatural encounter.

So in today’s video we make a start on restoring the 1920's grand staircase, take a trip on to the roof to raise the château flag and clean out the dusty old attics. We also travel back in time to the 20s.

Take a tour of the Amazing Chateau Guest House, Witness an Epic Storm at the castle and I make a DIY ppe mask and venture out for the first time during lockdown.

This is the first mid week video from the doing it ourselves series. Today I take a walk in the Chateau Gardens and get the great Idea to make a cake from real Roses. Watch to see how it turns out.

Join us for a day at the chateau during lockdown. Today we rearrange the downstairs rooms, make major progress on the chateau grand staircase, enjoy a traditional English meal and Michael has his artistic plans ruined by an epic storm. Just an average day for us during confinement.

In this episode I release my inner artist and Show you my future Beatrix Potter inspired Chateau Restoration Project

In todays video I pay a visit to a friends Chateau to lend a helping hand with a DIY project, announce some exciting news, reveal the finished grand staircase and find some hidden treasures in the Chateau forest.

In Todays video I give a recap of my adventure to the big city to get a haircut, Take the Wrong Train! Visit my grandparents and Finally Start renovating the Chateau Gardeners Cottage

In todays episode we get stuck into gutting out the old Gardeners Cottage ready for renovation, We get a visit from our wedding caterer friends who come to shoot a promo video for their new business venture. And a crumbling chimney breast could spell disaster for the Gardeners Cottage renovation project. All in a days work for Chateau de la Basmaignee.

In Part Two the chimney in the gardeners cottage gets assessed by a family expert, My friend Dan Comes to take some epic drone shots of the chateau and I get a visit from a mystery Guest.

Just a short video as a little extra something for everyone mid week.

Today’s video was really late as we had an internet blackout! Thanks for your Patience..

Live Chat with Stephanie from The Château Diaries. Filmed in Chambre Perce at Château de Lalande.

In today’s video I explore the story behind château de la lande’s missing lake, explore the château stream and discover an abandoned mill.

This week sees my final video from my trip to Chateau de Lalande. I talk about some important milestones and why the channel was created.

This week sees my return home to the chateau, and things are looking up for the vlog. We rescue a cat stuck behind a wall and Ernest discovers my favourite show from childhood.

This week we call in the the big boys to get some real work done in the cottage.

In todays video we make more progress in the gardeners cottage and finally complete the removal of the old interiors. The cracks in the cottage walls get some much needed attention and we go on an a mini antique adventure to the coast of Brittany.

In todays video I give you an update on this weeks goings on at the chateau, and visit the crime scene of a 1000 year old murder on the Chateaus estate.

This week I explore the chateau grounds and places we have never been. Makes some interesting discoveries and find evidence of wild beasts.

Part One of My Beatrix Potter in the Lake District.

The re-edited version of my epic Lake District adventure in 4K with enhanced vocals, colour grading and a new piece of end music. Please note 4k resolution will only play on compatible display resolutions and with faster internet speeds. The second part of my Beatrix Potter Lake District adventure. we take a walk across land Beatrix Potter owned and visit the filming location of Beatrix potters home in the movie Miss potter.

The Return of Ryan to Doing It Ourselves. A day of paint shopping and Chateau Cleaning.

This week I make a start at tackling the rotting doors and windows on the gardeners cottage. Ryan lends a helping hand, but my work gets interrupted by some unwanted rain.