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The Chateau Diaries Episode 788 ✨🏰✨
Escape to the chateau with ’The Chateau Diaries’ 🏰
This channel follows the adventures of chatelaine Stephanie in her French 16th century home, the Chateau de Lalande, in the heart of rural France ❤️
We share our life in this ancient chateau in the heart of the French countryside, and show you the diy, renovations, crafts, cooking and gardening that are needed to bring a home like this to life!
A very special thank you to all of you who have become Patrons of the Chateau de Lalande. You have made The Chateau Diaries one of the top 400 Patreon accounts in the world, and have transformed not only our lives here, but the future of this beautiful chateau! I’m overwhelmed by your kindness and generosity. On behalf of this beautiful chateau that will continue to survive and flourish because of you, thank you!!!
If you're interested in becoming a Patron of The Chateau Diaries, click here: https://www.patreon.com/thechateaudiaries
#chateau #chateaudelalande #château #chateaudiy
The Chateau Diaries Episode 788 ✨🏰✨
Escape to the chateau with ’The Chateau Diaries’ 🏰
This channel follows the adventures of chatelaine Stephanie in her French 16th century home, the Chateau de Lalande, in the heart of rural France ❤️
We share our life in this ancient chateau in the heart of the French countryside, and show you the diy, renovations, crafts, cooking and gardening that are needed to bring a home like this to life!
A very special thank you to all of you who have become Patrons of the Chateau de Lalande. You have made The Chateau Diaries one of the top 400 Patreon accounts in the world, and have transformed not only our lives here, but the future of this beautiful chateau! I’m overwhelmed by your kindness and generosity. On behalf of this beautiful chateau that will continue to survive and flourish because of you, thank you!!!
If you're interested in becoming a Patron of The Chateau Diaries, click here: https://www.patreon.com/thechateaudiaries
#chateau #chateaudelalande #château #chateaudiy
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00:00Good morning from Le Land. And no, this footage wasn't taken in the height of summer.
00:04Isn't this amazing? We are having, I think, the best winter I can ever remember here.
00:09The time has finally come. Philip and I are off to South Africa to see my mother and Percy
00:14on just the most beautiful day here in France.
00:18How can it possibly be so sunny?
00:21Hey, Coco. You say hi to Ollie when he comes back, won't you?
00:25At least, girl, you're going to have Coco here to play with still.
00:28I shouldn't have put the sunglasses in the suitcase. I think I'm going to need
00:30them at this end on the way to the airport.
00:32Morning, all. How's it going in there? Oh, I didn't know you were in there.
00:36I am in here.
00:37Oh, how marvelous. You're emptying the cupboards.
00:40Is this giving you ideas of how you'd like this cupboard to refit in the future?
00:45I've had those ideas for years.
00:47Oh, we need to write all of the cupboard ideas down.
00:50I woke up this morning thinking of nice interior fittings for it as well.
00:54Oh, yes.
00:56A lot of those. And this has got a little, um, it's not leveled per se,
01:02so it's very hard to, like, drag things in and out.
01:05Yeah, you can't clean that easily when there's a lip like that.
01:07So that should be raised to the same.
01:09Raised and maybe drawers would be amazing.
01:11Oh, it's going to be so good in here.
01:13Yeah, drawers, drawers.
01:14And I wanted some shelves on the inside of this, but I actually really like our pocket system.
01:19I like it too.
01:21It's quite pretty as well.
01:22Yeah.
01:22Morning, Dave.
01:24Why is it such a beautiful day when I'm leaving?
01:26To be fair, it's probably quite nice where you're going now, isn't it?
01:28Yeah, 30 degrees and sunny, but still.
01:33So unfair. 30 degrees all weekend, I say.
01:36Move to France.
01:38Before I go, I want to say goodbye to everyone.
01:40And I wonder if Pavlina's in the garden.
01:43Yeah, you are here.
01:45Oh, wow. It's looking good in here.
01:47Yeah.
01:50Everything's great.
01:51Yes, everything's growing and I'm leaving.
01:53Oh, look at these.
01:55They're coming on beautifully.
01:56They're ready to eat.
01:57Really, mommy should be coming here.
01:59Mommy and Percy, come here with Geri rather than me going there.
02:04Oh, yeah.
02:04Oh, Maureen's flower's coming up.
02:06Whoa, I can see some here.
02:08Little tiny ones coming up there and here as well.
02:12Just starting.
02:13Which bit have you been working on?
02:14Oh, just clearing and adding more space.
02:17Cleared this, so more flowers will be here.
02:20It's so pretty in here.
02:21I love it.
02:21And I'm very glad that the naked band are still here
02:24because it just wouldn't be the greenhouse without them.
02:28Yeah, they liven everything up.
02:30What's happening in the garden?
02:32You can tell I don't want to go.
02:33I'm dragging my feet.
02:34I'm so excited to see my mother and Percy and Geri.
02:37And actually, the elusive Nick is joining us as well this year.
02:40But I hate leaving La Lange with so much going on in the weather like this.
02:43Mommy's bulbs are doing beautifully.
02:46Yeah.
02:46Pavlina, I see a very, very big difference here.
02:49And it's not just how tidy all of the blackberries are.
02:52It's the arches.
02:53They used to be red and rusted.
02:55Just for my peace of mind, if not yours.
02:58They look brand new.
03:00Yeah.
03:00So you painted all of this?
03:03Yeah.
03:19It looks amazing.
03:22What a difference.
03:24Yeah.
03:24I mean, it wasn't looking bad before
03:26because they just kind of disappear with all everything that is growing.
03:30You can't see them at all in summer.
03:32And it has a rustic charm.
03:33But this looks so much more cared for.
03:36Better with the gazebo.
03:38Yeah, it does.
03:38Black, you know, metal.
03:40I totally agree.
03:41It's so much better.
03:43And, you know, the gazebo, my favorite place now.
03:46Yeah.
03:47It's so nice.
03:48Yeah.
03:48You need to start bringing your cups of tea out here as well.
03:52Chilling with Coco in the gazebo.
03:54Oh, it is so pretty.
03:55And it will be even prettier when all the climbers start, you know, covering the top.
04:00Oh, I came out here with Michael a week or two ago.
04:03And there were just two crocuses.
04:05And now look, they're coming out all around the gazebo.
04:08I weeded a little bit.
04:09So now they can, you know, actually look.
04:11They can see sunlight now.
04:13And it is super pretty.
04:15I don't think I've ever seen such giant crocuses.
04:18They're taller than the width of my hand.
04:20They're really quite big.
04:21Say hi to Ollie when he comes back.
04:23Give him a massive hug from me.
04:25We'll have so much parties.
04:27Oh, it's just one long party now whilst we're gone.
04:29So easy parties.
04:31With Coco as the main instigator.
04:33Can you stay?
04:34I want to stay.
04:36I'm so looking forward to being there.
04:37But no, there's too exciting here.
04:39But Marie has promised to film everything.
04:42Okay.
04:43Yeah.
04:43So I will have all the footage to show everyone whilst I'm away.
04:47All right.
04:47Bye.
04:48Bye.
04:48Look at these lovely people.
04:51How did you leave us?
04:52I don't, I'm actually asking myself that very question.
04:54I feel heartbroken actually.
04:57Mummy's at the other end of the plane.
04:59I'm at the other end of all the good things.
05:00Yeah.
05:01And sunshine.
05:02Yeah.
05:02And Niki.
05:03I mean, because we're really lacking sunshine.
05:05I know, it's crazy.
05:06In fact, I'm just going to join you on the bench.
05:09So we'll just stare at the sunshine.
05:11And I was just peeing over there.
05:12Oh lovely.
05:14Before we go, Amri wants to show us something in the kitchen.
05:17Paper suits and my rubber gloves.
05:19Oh, you're all ready.
05:21Oh no.
05:22This is for the pipe.
05:24Yeah.
05:25So it's blocked again.
05:26It's blocked again.
05:28Well, I think our timing for leaving could not be better.
05:32That's our bathroom.
05:33Yes.
05:33Well, amongst other bathrooms, but...
05:36Yeah.
05:36...no one's using that at the moment.
05:37So I know that it has been used entirely properly by very few people.
05:42Therefore, it's the pipe and not the people.
05:44Yeah.
05:44So we're going to cut...
05:45Well, I'm going to cut the pipe out, but I'll film it for you.
05:48So we can feel like we're here with you for it.
05:50Well, I've loaded in black and white.
05:52I've had a bit blurred.
05:54Yeah, black and white.
05:55It needs to be done.
05:56It's awful.
05:56So which one is it that's blocked?
05:58Well, you said we.
05:59So yeah, your team, your team sewage.
06:02What fun.
06:02I'm not going to get christened.
06:03I mean, when we said the A-team the other day, I didn't, you know...
06:06It's the S-team.
06:07It's the S-team.
06:07Oh, us team.
06:09I want to do that stuff up there.
06:11That's fun and clean and fine, but...
06:13Look how good it's looking.
06:15So good.
06:16I don't want to do that.
06:17But we're going to have to do that because otherwise, what's the point?
06:20So is this one nearest to us, is it?
06:22It's both.
06:22So your shower one is reaching, but on the knuckle.
06:28Oh, yeah.
06:29And that's exactly what it was before we had the whole thing cleared.
06:32So there's no way.
06:33We put the level up, but yeah, we know where it is.
06:36So we'll sort it out.
06:37But it's only a one-time job.
06:40If it happens again, you can get somebody else.
06:43We've got some presents to take.
06:46This was actually my Christmas present for Gerry.
06:48Oh, look at that.
06:50Isn't it amazing?
06:51A Scotman and his sheep.
06:52I thought it would look really good with his tarp there.
06:54Actually, it's very cool.
06:55He's going to love it.
06:56I hope so.
06:57You see, we've just got these out of storage.
06:58Everything's covered in dust.
07:00I'll have to sort that.
07:01There's the set for South Africa.
07:02This was Mummy's birthday present that we're taking with us.
07:05And we're getting to the beach house one day before Mummy Percy.
07:09Gerry, Nick, we can make a meal for them.
07:11That's very, very good.
07:12Maybe a pasta salad in there.
07:14And then we can serve it in these bowls.
07:17Oh, that's going to be gorgeous.
07:18OK.
07:18And we've got that odd tablecloth there.
07:21Yes.
07:22So we're going with a lot because...
07:24Well, last year we did two tea services.
07:27Someone gave me this as a gift many years ago.
07:30And I love it.
07:31It's so beautiful.
07:32But it doesn't fit in the rooms here.
07:34And I kept thinking, oh, maybe London.
07:36But then I realized, as the monkeys are always raiding Mummy's kitchen,
07:40it'd be really funny...
07:41Because she feeds them.
07:42Yeah, because she feeds them.
07:43It'd be really funny to have it in Mummy's kitchen.
07:45So we're going to try and take all of these things.
07:48Our excess luggage is going to be epic.
07:50I can't remember a time before the cupboard,
07:53even though I was here before it was moved.
07:55But gosh.
07:57Do you know, it's weird because I thought it would make the room look a lot bigger,
08:00but it hasn't made a very big difference.
08:03There's a wall.
08:04So I thought that not seeing it there would make the kitchen feel much bigger,
08:07but I don't think it makes a big difference.
08:09It looks so much lighter.
08:12It is lighter.
08:12I wonder if we should go for a lighter color on it.
08:14Yeah, yeah.
08:16I thought it just made the kitchen feel that much bigger.
08:18No, I was expecting it to feel massive without it.
08:21You've got a double plug there as well.
08:22Did you know that?
08:23No, I did not.
08:24Good to unearth these things.
08:27I think it's disconnected anyway.
08:29Well, it is now.
08:30It is now.
08:31Yeah.
08:31Oh, look at that.
08:34Next step, take all these walls down.
08:36Look at the luggage.
08:37And Marie's done up there with that plumage.
08:38Do you remember what a mess that was?
08:40Look at that now.
08:42It's great, isn't it?
08:42Plus, we've got your feed for the fridge.
08:45That's beautiful.
08:46Your hot, your cold feed.
08:47The blue pipe?
08:48Yeah.
08:48That's feed or free.
08:49Old sink so that can feed food.
08:51So we'll have automatic ice in the future.
08:54I don't know.
08:54You just said there's a fancy fridge going.
08:56Fancy fridge, yeah.
08:57Automatic ice in the freezer.
08:59We haven't put it against the wall yet because the wall's coming down.
09:01It's happening, Marie.
09:02It's happening.
09:04Wow.
09:05I like it without the...
09:07So where did you move that from?
09:08Was that in this kitchen when you bought the place?
09:10It was in the Grand Salon.
09:12Yeah.
09:13It was the laundry.
09:14All right.
09:14I am actually leaving now.
09:16Bye, lovelies.
09:18I cannot believe you formed a line.
09:26And even Coco's in the line.
09:28And Molly.
09:30Bye, guys.
09:32We'll pop with you, okay?
09:33Yes, I promise.
09:34Enjoy the parties.
09:36First lot of people coming tonight.
09:37Yeah, 24.
09:40Chris is coming with his bike gang.
09:43Look at you.
09:44Why are you looking...
09:45Ah, yes, the...
09:46Yep, yep.
09:47In-car snacks.
09:48Here we go.
09:49Bye, loveliest group of people in the world.
09:51Bye.
09:52And this is it.
09:53We're off on the most glorious March day ever.
09:58We're on our way, but something very exciting
10:00has already happened in the car
10:02because I've spent my time on the journey so far
10:05paying the deposit for the new kitchen at Lalande.
10:08Philips products have done so well
10:10that we have sold over 95% of our stock.
10:15So we're well on our way to selling out.
10:17And because of that, we can put the kitchen back.
10:20So thank you so much to all of you who bought kitchen products.
10:24Because of you, I have not been just swamped
10:27by the thought of the Grand Salon,
10:28the kitchen, the chapel, the terrace, the lake all at once.
10:32And we've been able to put the proceeds
10:34from those sales towards the kitchen,
10:36meaning that we've been able to move it
10:37right to the top of the list.
10:38And it's about to happen.
10:40We have arrived at the airport
10:42and we are not going from Paris.
10:44We are going from Brussels
10:46because we found half price tickets from Brussels.
10:48So Brussels it is.
10:50We've checked everything in,
10:52but the handling is a bit embarrassing.
10:54There's a little monkey's arm jutting out.
10:56We just could not fit that monkey into anything else.
11:00What are the odds of that monkey
11:01making it to Africa in one piece?
11:03Poor little thing doesn't stand much of a chance.
11:06Good grief, I think the weather was better in Europe.
11:09But Africa has something that Europe doesn't.
11:12It has mummy.
11:1419 hours later, we have landed in Johannesburg
11:18and monkey so far has made it in one piece.
11:22I think that's his arm raised in triumph.
11:26Oh, I am so happy to see you.
11:29I can't believe it.
11:35Look how beautiful mummy looks.
11:36Look at this.
11:37Look at this beauty.
11:42And may I say how elegant you are looking as well, Percy?
11:46Very chic indeed.
11:50Percy's driving us to our hotel,
11:52which is where we'll be...
11:53It's a gigolo.
11:54Yes, darling.
11:55I've decided we need to start earning a bit more money.
12:01You and Percy.
12:05We're staying at a little hotel right next to the airport
12:08because we have an early flight tomorrow morning to Margate,
12:11whereas Percy and mummy are coming to join us two days later
12:15because Gerry arrives tomorrow, doesn't he?
12:17Yes, and we're waiting for him to come and we'll drive down.
12:20All right, so we'll prepare the house.
12:23With your luggage.
12:24Well, this is an awful lot prettier than I thought it would be.
12:27I just tried to find somewhere as close to the airport as possible
12:31that wasn't one of the expensive airport hotels.
12:35Proud owners of the entire job.
12:37That's the collection.
12:38Really?
12:39Yes.
12:41Oh, yeah.
12:42You haven't seen them yet, I don't think.
12:43Oh, beautiful.
12:45So you have the whole collection.
12:46You have both of the silk paris and both of the modal scarves.
12:49I'm so happy.
12:51Okay, mummy, ready for the main thing?
12:53Your new kitchen, light for the beach house.
12:56At least this one will be of some use.
12:58This one will be much better behaved, I promise, in the kitchen than the other one.
13:04But that would be fun.
13:06They laughed at us so much going through security because we had him in hand luggage.
13:11And they couldn't work out what the hand, the arm was sticking out.
13:14So they obviously took it to check and they were laughing their heads off.
13:19So yes, he's been sticking his arm out triumphantly the entire way.
13:24Okay, well, we'll try to make, to carry on in one piece.
13:28This is lovely.
13:30How good is it to see that bed after a 19-hour flight?
13:35I think it's just very inviting.
13:38Okay, lunch with mummy and Percy first, then bed.
13:42Well, isn't this wonderful, all being together, having lunch.
13:46And now we get this for days and days together.
13:48It is.
13:49Days and days and days.
13:50And so many hours.
13:52And even more seconds, mummy.
13:55Well, bon appétit.
13:57Percy has gone for the all-day breakfast in the form of French toast.
14:00With pineapple.
14:02Nice. I like the way you roll, Percy.
14:04You're having something looking extremely healthy.
14:06It's a vegan risotto.
14:08Okay.
14:10You enjoy that.
14:11So I'm having gnocchi and mummy's having the salmon.
14:15Yes.
14:16Bon appétit, nephew.
14:18I would be jealous, Percy, because that is the prettiest convoy I've ever seen.
14:22That's the first one I've seen like that.
14:24Yeah, it is. Philip as well. Delighted.
14:26But I have a chocolate soufflé with chocolate sauce to pour into it.
14:31So best thing I can imagine after getting off a long flight
14:36is to make up for it with an excessive chocolate.
14:39Oh, look at the little handle.
14:41I love the front.
14:43Oh, that's what we needed.
14:46Yes, we'll have it all.
14:48Let's get every last drop in there.
14:50See you the day after tomorrow at the beach house.
14:53We will prepare it all for you.
14:55What time do you think you'll arrive?
14:57What time will you arrive?
15:01Okay, don't worry. Just call us.
15:02I'll make sure the whiskey sodas will be ready waiting.
15:07Do you know that the liquor and all that is under lock and key upstairs?
15:12I think that the liquor shop is open to all.
15:15So don't worry, mummy.
15:16We'll have an avocado for you and a whiskey soda for you.
15:20Safe journey.
15:21Bye.
15:21Bye.
15:22Lovely flight.