Anyone live in Varriale's Chateau Villandry?

[Island Granville]

I bought this biggish house last year when I had space for it, then went homeSLess for a time living on smaller parcels. I recently moved back into it and am remembering how much I liked its space and concept the first time round. Of course I lost all my fixes and mods, but it's been fun rediscovering what I did to improve it when it was new to me. Not everything I did to it then can be recreated due to the setting it's in this time around, but I'm seeing new possibilities too.

My earlier improvements included a secret door and tunnel to a 2 level underground parking garage, a hidden door to the 3rd floor suite, and a full finished basement.

This time I've added a secret office under the stairs (with an escape hatch) and a hidden wine cellar in the kitchen. No room for the same parking garage that I saved from before, but the house is in the sky this time so no need either. Both times I replaced the missing railing pier at the top of the right staircase.

I'd love to hear from folks familiar with this build, and definitely looking for inspiration on decorating/furnishing, mods/fixes/improvements, as well as any other commentary you have about the place!

 

[Psyche Starling]

I don't own that, but what a cool house! One thing I've done a couple of times is convert dead space under roofs into real rooms (accessed by TP button). So if any of that attic is just floorless ceiling space, that's one possibility.