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The Chateau Diaries Episode 786 ✨🏰✨
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 786 ✨🏰✨
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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00:00Morning from Lalande on a day that I'm calling a tale of two kitchens because here at Lalande
00:05everyone is desperately working on getting our kitchen back. Amry and Chris are in there right
00:10now but I'm actually leaving now. I'm heading to Dan's chateau. He's called me over because he
00:15wants to talk about kitchen finishes. It seems a little early for those of you who've been
00:20following Dan on Escape to Rural France. I'm not convinced he's quite at the stage of putting in
00:25the cupboards though knowing him he might beat us to it at the rate he's going. But today isn't
00:30about his cupboards, it's about his kitchen flooring. So let's go and see what he's found.
00:34I hear you need me Dan. Always. You've come to a complete standstill. Yeah we cannot move forward
00:41and the project has come to a complete standstill. Oh these are great. So this is your thing I thought
00:46you could help me with. Yeah dusty floors, dark subterranean corridors. So originally I was
00:55thinking this kind of vibe. I really like that a lot. So like with the little tomettes in between
01:04as a diamond thing like very classic. And I was like well then I was looking at something like
01:10that. The actual tomette but like a different shape. And I don't know so these are the original
01:17tiles from the entranceway. But not using them but like a new version of them.
01:24What were you putting? Yeah of course I do. I'm thinking like that. That's really beautiful.
01:31So that's what I want because they're like blue-ish. I was like oh I wonder if like
01:36it would just brighten the whole thing up you know. Well if I were you I would do tiles in your
01:43entrance hall because that's what there was originally. That sort of tile. And then I would
01:48probably go for something different down here to break it up. And then in your main salons parquet
01:57and wood above. And then things like this in all of your bathrooms. Yeah. You can get amazing ones
02:04with borders. These really gorgeous borders around them. That's like strong enough really
02:09to be down here. I like these when they are with grey. Like the classic black. Yeah but not black.
02:16I would go grey. It's a bit softer. It's a bit lighter. I think it would look pretty amazing.
02:22So not my thing this. If I was going for this in the kitchen I might go for that in the corridors
02:28leading to it. I wouldn't necessarily put the same flooring in the corridor as in the kitchen.
02:33So you feel as if you step into something much bigger tile. Much bigger spot. But I do like it
02:38with the grey. It's nice this as well. It depends um what are your kitchen colours Dan? It depends
02:45what my tile colours are. Right you haven't seen the basement anyway. Look the great thing about
02:50this is all three floors that you're wondering about are beautiful. So whatever you go for it's
02:57going to be a success. Yeah. Yeah I've just got no vision for it. I think you have a lot more
03:03vision than you give yourself credit for because all three choices are gorgeous. Yeah. So you know
03:07what you're doing. Yeah. Just believe in it. What does everyone think? Anyone watching?
03:17One, two or three? This is transformed. Crazy isn't it? But transformed. I didn't
03:25think it could look like this. It's amazing. So he's done every room up to the kitchen now.
03:31Yeah. It's like I don't know. This is so so different. He is superb. Yeah like it's just
03:38so crisp and clean. Never thought never ever thought it was going to be like this. So what
03:43are these rooms going to be? No idea. Okay. I know where the kitchen is and that's it.
03:48But it's like it's like grown as each room's got like done. I'm like oh yeah probably like kitchen
03:53and like some utilities and stuff and then also like it's like seven rooms. Oh yeah you're way
04:00beyond kitchen and laundry room. No idea. You could have an amazing pantry because the thing
04:05is like you're spending all your time doing this bill but after this you'll have time
04:09for one of your first loves which is cooking. Yeah. Amazing chef. Yeah. So just the best
04:15kitchen complex in the world. Will one of them be the wine cellar and cheese and wine tasting
04:21with a little table? A whiskey bar.
04:28All right man cave, chateau, fine. He's redone all these as well.
04:34It's amazing. He's working his way through them. Oh yeah so there's the old one that hasn't done
04:39it yet. Yeah so that's what he picked out and then that's a new one there. Superb. Yeah.
04:45Is that safe above us by the way? Yes.
04:49That's why you got an acrone. He put that up. No because he also worked. No it's because he took
04:54that out. Okay. So he popped it up. See that would be a great wine wine and cheese room because it's
05:00so dark you can't use it for much else. Yeah. The others are surprisingly light. Yeah. Another
05:06dark one there. Could be the pantry, loads of fridges. Yeah so I'm thinking kitchen,
05:12working kitchen. Yeah. And then there's a pantry room just here. Yeah. It's kind of like in my
05:18mind. I mean imagine having to work in your main kitchen. Absolutely dreadful.
05:24Staff. So actually this is going to be blocked up. So this will, it continues all the way up to
05:31the turret. So this is the stairwell like hub I guess. So all the stairs will go from here.
05:39Fabulous. All the way to the top of the turret and then be in a zigzag. So gorgeous. So he's
05:46actually doing these ones out of granite steps and then building the wall the same as that.
05:53So it looks like you're kind of going down into the. Yeah. Medieval-y part of the chateau kind
06:00of vibe. There is one other type of flooring you could think of down here which is those big slabs
06:05of sort of Burgundian stone. You know they're huge. A little bit like the kitchen and back
06:11corridor at La Lande. Yeah I did look at them. They're very traditional for chateaus as well.
06:16Yeah the only problem is they come like as rough stone so they're not,
06:21they're not like tiles all the same. Okay and you've got great floors here so actually you're
06:25lucky. Ease of like laying them rather than all of their leveling everywhere. Well I like the ones
06:31you've got so. Yeah you just finish it up here so that will be blocked up so this would be like
06:35the pantry. Okay this is straight up the kitchen. Is that your kitchen door? This is the kitchen
06:44door so it's like a sliding door. Nice all mod cons. Yeah. And the kitchen. So he's doing this
06:52next week. It's so great. Actually well look you can see what your original tiles were.
07:00So your idea of the big hexagons with the red in between. Yeah very similar yeah. Yeah it's
07:07inspired here. Yeah but it's just bizarre like I was saying to you earlier this room looks now tiny
07:14and you go upstairs and it looks like double the size. It's really weird. Just ceiling height wise.
07:19Yeah I think people underestimate the difference the ceiling height makes. Oh hugely yeah. Massive.
07:25It looks like a different room. So how are you laying out the room? Have you thought about it?
07:29I mean I feel we're a bit ahead of ourselves but you can't plan too soon. You know what's
07:32normally that far away? We're gonna have a little competition. If you get a kitchen before I do
07:38honestly that's it. I can take it from this to the kitchen. Yeah I throw in the towel. Cancel
07:43that YouTube channel. I like the island thing. It's a real chef thing and I think like
07:49there's a real there's a mistake everyone makes like everyone will be shouting at you this as
07:54well this like kitchen triangle thing. Complete it's rubbish. Yeah. Because everyone's like oh
08:00you've got to be able to like touch your fridge and touch but it's like depends how you work in
08:04the kitchen. And how small your kitchen is. Yeah because we're gonna have like the back areas you
08:08do like a Nissan plus kind of vibe so you what am I cooking okay I'll go to the pantry get that get
08:14my pans set up. Yeah. So I think you need like an island space but also because it's going to be
08:19like a hub same as yours it's like how do you create this big kitchen island thing but also
08:25have somewhere where everyone's hanging around it's not like bar stalls. I know I'm not into
08:30bar stalls in the kitchen. I think yours is big enough it's way bigger than the kitchen at La
08:35Lance so you can have the big island and a proper kitchen table. I'm just just putting on wide so
08:42people can see. I think you should actually have the island where you're standing so that as people
08:48come in instead of seeing a corridor with the kitchen on one side and a table on the other
08:56you literally own it just have the island right in the middle you'll be standing there holding
09:00a glass of champagne going welcome Stephanie. Do you want an hors d'oeuvre? Yes thank you I do Daniel.
09:06And that'll be like a pantry straight off of it so yeah yeah there's a lot of space we've got like
09:12a million ideas I'm not like set on anything I want it to be wow. Because you can also have a
09:19bank of lots of utility things along there ovens rotisseries steam ovens so you want it like
09:28no wall cupboards. Well I'm definitely not a fan of like up cupboards I think they're
09:34they're pointless really. Well I think over there you've got a perfect spot for your
09:40kitchen table yeah it's light you can see out into the garden. Here's the basement don't forget
09:45this will all brighten up once the joints are done and the plasterboard's on and it's not like
09:49any different to a normal room the windows are like normal height you know it's like
09:54it'd be cool place straight out in the garden. I think that makes a big difference onto the garden.
09:59Yeah see I'm excited about this. You're gonna get one of those amazing French range cookers right
10:05in the middle of the room. You'll have to see well I'll wait to see what you get and just get
10:12the one. It's what you do with Davey what has Steph ordered? Order me more more more more and bigger.
10:20Yeah he's gonna repurpose all the granite to do big wide steps all the way down. This is your
10:25builder who's doing all that amazing work inside glorious it's going to be gorgeous.
10:30Less so now. You need a bit of imagination. It won't be long in there you know.
10:36It's very loud in here your heating system's very loud. How loud they are. Oh that's why I haven't
10:42got one. It's actually lovely and warm in here it's nice. One of the workshops. What the heck
10:52he's got a mind of his own. How many workshops do you have? Two at the moment. I've not shown you
11:00the wood. You have not shown me the wood. I was hoping you'd show me some. I've got to be careful
11:05how I say that but yeah let's go see your wood Dan. It's gonna be a meme. That is a lot of wood
11:12Daniel. Have a look at my wood. That is wow Anne-Marie would love this room. It's all oak so
11:18that will do like a load of windows and doors and stuff. Superb. Are you going to be making
11:23your own windows and doors? Yeah. All of it? You're doing double glazed windows? Yeah. You?
11:32Me? Yeah well like I'm going to try and get someone in like if they can knock out some of
11:40them like some of the big ones for something having to spend time on that but so far I'm
11:45no luck so. You will throw your hand at everything you are. Yeah it's impressive. Yeah it's really
11:51beautiful wood. Yeah super dry not free. So you're getting there and then once your windows are in
11:58you'll start on the floors or the walls. Yeah so we've got to get the windows at least properly
12:05sealed up even if it's not the permanent windows. We've had a guy chipping off all the old render
12:10so like this is what it's like now. He's chipping it back. We then spray all that, frame it, board it,
12:16panel it, whatever I do. Panel? Do I hear panel? Yeah. Yeah so this is going towards making
12:24originally every room had paneling like this. Oh we took it out now. Well it's in here. Every room
12:30had paneling like that. Very nice. About that high and that was on all the floors. So I mean we'll
12:37see how it goes like but it's such a cost nowadays to produce something like that. We may look at
12:42just like a full paneling of downstairs the entranceway rooms and then just details upstairs
12:49you know so kind of save it all and bring it all down and just make this. I must say if you're
12:55making your own paneling that's going to bring the price down. Yeah we're still in wood, super
13:00expensive. Also you should look out for old paneling that people are taking out of their homes.
13:06No. That's what Amory says to me every time I turn up with more old paneling. It's more work.
13:14Yeah he'll be very happy to hear you say that but the look is incredible when it's finally
13:20done. It can look amazing. Yeah but you know what I'm going to like about this place is
13:26everything being uniform throughout. Not like hotel style you know not like premiering room
13:32every room's the same but like choosing the detail downstairs on the wood and that is throughout
13:37on every single doors. It's not like a hundred mismatched doors and that's been done at that
13:42date. It's like everything will be so... What so some houses are like that? Yeah. No don't
13:51break my illusion. Yeah I think that'll really make it. Can I just point you to
13:56how proper we are now. Eyewash station, first aid station. I am so impressed but I'm a lot more
14:04impressed by this. You've got a whole plan and everything. It starts with rebuild chateau.
14:13You just put a tick next to it. Make you feel better. I always put the things I've done first
14:18and then take them then do the other stuff. Yeah that's that's keeping busy this week.
14:24Stop showing off. Well the sanatorium is also the cafe. Yes. Nice. Latte for Jarvis.
14:33I like the way it's got the... They always get it wrong the name don't they? Got the milk built in.
14:39Excellent. Oh and the milk. I'm gonna have a milker. Always fun treats here Dan. They are
14:46dwindling. I'm glad they're wrapped. This is like the assembling. It's only just come back together
14:53because we ripped everything out to redo the floor and everything. So it's like your Christmas
14:56decorations. Yes this sort of thing Nick and Brian buys for the place. Nice I like that. Oh my.
15:09I did not see him when I came in. You know Philip would pay good money for that. Yeah he can have it
15:15No absolutely not. Oh another sample as well. Oh now this I'm excited about. Okay this is beautiful.
15:22Too fiddly actually about this because we're gonna do parquet in all the rooms and it's like
15:28little bits of wood and it's really fiddly and time-consuming. But you can buy these ready
15:34like ready done. That is so nice. It's a really cool pattern and you're only going to need like
15:4014 of them and then the rooms. And that's a room yeah. Like laying big sections at a time. We've
15:45actually been talking about doing the same thing above the Grand Salon in the two bedrooms we put
15:49back. Putting in a parquet de Versailles. This is a type of parquet de Versailles. Yeah. It's really
15:55nice. You can even see like little wooden pegs. Yeah you can see like the backsides of that.
16:00Yeah yeah okay. And this is French is it? This is I think they call this Val de Loire.
16:08And that's oak. That's all oak yeah. I think there's like a chestnut version and they all
16:14like wear very differently and you know give different effects. That would be really super
16:19cool. It's super cool. I think I'm going to ask you and Billy for the same company and all three
16:23shutters. We should get a job lot. Yeah I thought that was cool. So now you can show me the final
16:33decorating decisions upstairs for the bedrooms and bathrooms. Yeah not quite. I love going up
16:41here now that you've got two railings. It's luxurious. Well there is a drop here now because
16:47I can't have a beam so that kind of balances everything. Yeah it's always fun here. Always.
16:56Oh so this is. You can see here what he's done like taking all the plaster off. Yeah. Right back
17:00to the bed. So this is what the rooms look like with all the plastic on. It's good. It feels so
17:07much cleaner. Yeah. That feels like. You see that? Yeah. I'm filming you. I'm not looking down.
17:17And also your doorways feel really big which makes the whole place feel grander as well.
17:23They all link. That's the weird thing. I don't know what the rooms are exactly used for but every room
17:28you can walk to every room from every room. That's very French. Yeah. There's loads of connecting
17:35doors to all of the ones at La Lente as well. Yeah. So it's like modern day wise it's not really
17:40good at work like that but yeah. At least it'll look right and then you just lock it. Yeah. I think
17:46it's stopped raining enough for me to go and see the view. Oh I love it so much here Dan.
17:54Look at that. I actually really like it in this weather. It's quite snug surprisingly.
18:05Ten floors and you open up this we found this arch underneath. Okay so I won't go over there but
18:11this is great and you found that arch so you can have a bath centred right in the middle of
18:17that. That'll look quite incredibly deco you know.
18:24Thank you. You could get an amazing sort of art deco bath with a huge
18:29tiled area behind it. Yeah I think probably going to keep the bathrooms about where they were but
18:34it makes sense they're off the bedrooms. Some will be communal I don't know exactly.
18:38Okay I'm going up to look at this bit as well.
18:43Get a bit more grim day weather up here. The height is just crazy. Can you stand there to
18:51give people an idea? I literally have to go up the stairs to get both you and the window in.
19:03That's amazing. Yeah two Dan's. I think I've nearly fallen three times so far.
19:11But yeah lovely view.
19:15Look the warmth of the yurt beckoning. Dan's kitchen is going to be amazing so the race for
19:21the kitchens is on. As someone said in my comments my chateau is getting more and more like Dan's
19:27over time and his is getting more and more like mine but I am hoping I will manage to get a
19:32kitchen before him. But as neither of us has a kitchen right now Dan and I decided to come out
19:38for dinner and well cheers we'll commiserate together and it's a race to the kitchen.
19:56you