Join us to explore our CHATEAU COACH HOUSE (Trigger warning: there might be scares!) ep. 29
2021 ж. 17 Шіл.
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The day we discovered that something lives in our chateau coach house
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Turn the stables into a comedy venue for Philip to perform in ;-)
Yeah great idea
Genius!!
He is so funny isn't he :)
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Totally!😊
Maybe collect all the old farm equipment and machines up and see what you have. Either make a museum room of interest could display other bits you find in the chateau . Could use one of the out buildings for it that way your keeping some of the history .
Excellent!! You may actually have some pricey antiques and artifacts. I love watching!
@@teresaoneill6440 Great idea!!
Yes, when we restored the Manjushri Institute in Ulverston, Cumbria in England, we did make a large photographic display of the history of the house and then added a small museum for all the many fascinating things we found up in the attics. The public were very interested and those displays were well-visited. The National Trust liked the displays too because we also documented our restoration in photographs and video, proving that the National Trust monies were put to good use. Later we added a gift shop and small grocery to sell our garden produce. soaps and candles and candies and sweets and bread that we made. ANd of course, since it became a Buddhist center, we had a gift shop with books and stuff. These additions brought in a lot of extra money, even in winter. I could see the coach house also turned into a museum and shop. We started out as a bunch of young adults just back from India, but by the end, we were all accomplished in many skills!
I absolutely LOVE the Coach House. You might consider renting the stables out to help fund the restoration. Horse owners often have deep pockets and may help contribute funds in order to have such a lovely place to ride. It would be wonderful and traditional to have horses on the property. You could then get a dumpster placed in a hidden spot for all your renovation trash. I wish I could come help with the project. It would be a blast.
As an equestrian: we make enough money to keep and feed our horses, but not much more.
this is an incredible idea !
totally agree on that! Not all equestrians do have the money, but if, they are very willing to spend it
@@marialindell9874 as the saying goes, 'if you wish to make a small fortune on horses, you must first start with a large fortune".
@@MissDLinx I mean the rooms are clocking in only about 150-300€. If they rent out the stables then they can easily do 500€ or more which would help with the renovation bills way more. Yes, you would propably process a bit slowerbecause of the new tasks at hand, but you now collect funds way quicker and you can use that to pay off loans and debts too.
That's not a typewriter, it's obviously a washing machine
HA HA! No, it is WWII Resistance Radio Message Typing machine!
@@teresaoneill6440 Enigma!!!!
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I thought it might be a teletext machine.
@@teresaoneill6440 agree!
Rent out the stables for antique sales or a gift shop. A Cafe or tea room would be nice.
Love that idea!
I think the other out buildings they showed weeks ago, would be more appropriate for that. Those buildings are bigger and much more distance from the chateau. Remember noise and car parking issues.
@@NA-ij5jy forgot about that thanks.
They would make much more money repairing the stalls and renting them as stalls for horses or lambs!
Don’t throw any ladders away! Great for hanging fabric From! You will find a creative use for them
AGREE DO NOT THROW THE ANTIQUE LADDERS AWAY , MANY USES
Antique ladders are very in demand, if you are not going to use them at least sell them online. Replicas are selling for £100-300 each and you have the real thing! ‘A’ frame ladders can be used as shelving, straight ladders as display for patchwork quilts or hung horizontally in a kitchen as pot hangers , so many uses
Yeah I was crying watching Phillip put that ladder on the trailer for the trip....those ladders are worth a lot of money if you wanted to sell them people who upcycle into vintage shabby chic would pay a fortune for those ladders.
Agreed! Please keep the ladders!
i had the same thought. those old doors are a good keep to.
You've a beautiful property. Hire college students that work with restoration and get them to restore the old building.
Great idea! Nathan probably has a few friends.
@@teresaoneill6440 it can be their class project, you know. Work for free and they get to restore a old structure.
Workshops would be perfect for anna teaching us how to make our own wallpaper or Nathan teaching us very useful French terms!!!! 👨🎓👩🎓
Ooooooh, I like that idea!
The coaches areas would make great studio gites. Services at the back, small kitchen & bathroom, maybe a mezzanine for a bed?
I agree. Maybe for art based workshop weekends?
Oooh! just had a thought! Maybe run a "how to repair and restore shutters" course. Shutters provided by the Chateau. 😂
Maybe how to renovate a house without killing your partner lessons.
Old sinks are great in a greenhouse and or potting shed. Put a water bucket under drain pipe and recycle in garden. Don't waste or you'll want.
Don’t throw out that ladder!!!!! Omg lol
But more fabric displays? Plant pyramids? Growing aid to tomatoes?
Restore the coach house, and make it into a rental wedding reception venue with a kitchen for catering and a room for a bar, with the middle room for dancing. Assuming it’s big enough.
Straw is a byproduct of wheat, oat, or possibly rye harvest. It’s the stem of the plants and mostly used for animal bedding. Hay is a plant grown for feed for horses etc. The plants are cut and dried then bundled i. e. baled so it can be moved and stored. Generally straw is golden and hay is green.
Also, straw is hallow so great for bedding insulation.
One of those wooden machines is probably a butter churn. That's how they used to look.
and the last one looks like the machine that squeeze out the buttermilk out of the butter solid
Should you have flattened the boxes? Keep the ladder!
I was thinking that too. Would save two seperate trips to the dechetterie if they were all flattened instead of being left whole.
Cut the ladder in half, so it’s shorter, and hang folded blankets or towels on it in the guest rooms
That's what I thought.
Cardboard = brown = carbon >compost!😁😁😁
If it makes you feel any better, I once tried to feed straw to deer because I couldn't tell the difference between straw and hay. Spoiler alert...deer won't eat straw! LOL! PS....Save the ladder!!!
Straw is only a byproduct of other crops and it's not a foodstuff. The clever deer knew his bedding from his food.
@@johanna2059 He certainly did. 😂
YES!! Save the ladder!
@@mouse589c5 I have a feeling we might be too late. 😁
@@johanna2059 Straw is cut in forage harvester to make chaff which is mix with boiled potato or beetroot to feed pigs and I think cows in the winter. The most important straw is essential as bedding for horses and cows in stables. Mean that straw is not a byproduct!
All that cardboard would suppress the weeds in the veg garden. Love the ladder for flower drying rack or vintage linens display. Love your channel.💕
What a lovely building for a Tea House, Gift Shop, and Restroom for day-trippers.
Love that idea of a tea house and gift shop, maybe even small garden shop, we have something like that here with all 3.
Yes, and also a common area for those who are staying in the chateau were they can sit and relax while drinking tea, coffee or wine.
I think the round”Washing machine” thing in the attic with the circular glass window is actually a butter churn! The smaller hand roller would be used to squeeze excess water out of the butter
Indeed a butter churn.
The crank for the churn, which is often lost, is inside.
how about turning the stables into smaller apartments you can rent to guests who would like to stay with a larger family ot a group af friends? You could add a little kitchen-dining-area and 2 or more rooms. :)
Yes, I was thinking a multi-room suite, too.
That’s what I was thinking, for a larger group of people who want to cook and what not for themselves at times
This was my suggestion too! Love this idea. Or make this your home and office
Good idea as it is such an attractive building.
Keep the stables!
"Heating?" "Yeah" "That's a luxury."
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Please….save the ladder! You can cut it in half, clean them up, stain them (or paint or do 1 of each), then put blankets on the rungs. They can be put in you guest rooms leaning against a wall. This doubles as a decoration. Blessings!
You could use one of the coach house rooms to set up a small museum displaying the antique items that you found on the property. Your guests could enjoy the display and the items would be preserved for the future! Truly enjoy your vlog.
philip cracks me up with his editing.
Can't wait to see the 100K You Tube plaque on the edit bay wall. Congrats on the Coach House, can't wait to view the video.
Neither can I !!!
Make it a horse stable again. For your guests to go on guided rides. I’ll be your volunteer groom, I have had horses for over 30 ys, besides I can teach Philip the difference between hay and straw 😄😘
That is exactly what I thought! It is always so sad to see old stables becoming something different.
@@kra1566 I’m looking for one and can’t find anything (different country though). Would be such a shame to lose these amazing buildings 😞
@@kra1566 Yes it bring tears to my eyes if they convert old stables into cafes or swimming pools. There are not many left now... So sad.
Here's a clever idea. Turn the stables into.... stables. Then your guests can take a nice ride in the chateau's woods. I am sure Nathan will not mind caring for them whilst living up stairs there. P.S. You about made me jump out of my seat when that bird flew down, lol.
Horses are so expensive to keep. Vet bills add up quickly even for regular maintenance such as de-worming, shoeing, floating teeth,. etc…Let alone for all of the unexpected problems that come up. It also can be very dangerous to put inexperienced riders on a horse, no matter how good the horse is, and send them off into the woods. So much can go wrong.
Keep the stables, bring a few horses for the guests to ride on the fields. Great attraction for quiet afternoons.
Yes, have horses for the guests! My grandfather (d.o.b.1897) had several stables in the country where the city dwellers kept their horses. He always had a stable hand living above the stables to watch and protect the horses.
You could make it in to an artist residence.
Nice thought however artists aren't known for making money (till they're dead), so the knock on is the chateau wont generate money from the space.
Absolutely, I agree. Phillip, bitte darf ich da wohnen und malen? Ich helfe auch gerne beim renovieren. 😉
It is possible they might get funding or grants from local governments or organisations to run an art residency program. From what I've heard, France loves and supports their artists/authors
@@MABOart is Phillip Deutsche?
@@katiepollock4590 No, Phillip is Italian but from Tyrol, a German speaking Region of Northern Italy, bordering Austria. Tyrol was an independent country until 1918 when it became part of Austria and Italy.
It makes me laugh so hard that ALL of the various kinds of apple presses are now washing machines on your videos.
Is it an apple press? Someone above said butter churner and that seemed feasible
There were a number of objects in there that looked like apple presses, to me. It might not have been all of them, but it WAS a cidery in a previous life.
A butter churn is usually more like a bucket with a stick. If it’s mechanized it ends up looking more like a mixer.
The machine you found in the trunk looks like the type spies used to transmit coded messages during the war. 😳. My grandfather had a horse barn and in the loft he had built a carrier pidgin cage and had a small door like the one in your loft. There was hay in most of the rest of the loft but he was a jockey in sulky races, I remember seeing one of his older sulkys up there , his racing silks and winners cups. There was also a double antique baby buggy with double seats and a high top that was for toddlers but could be used for babies by adding a center piece. I loved getting to go to the barn, seeing the horses and looking for kittens in the hay loft where the barn cats hid them. Great memories, hope you get to make lots with your children over the years. 🙋🏼
I’m still guessing its a mimeograph machine, similar to hand cranked ones but electrified
This type of visit makes me realise much more how people cared about beauty and quality in every single part of their life. And not just the richest people,but everyone really. Thank you so much for bringing the beauty back !
Please Save the Ladder! Uses: trellis on wall for a climber; in a smaller section using for towels or hand towels in a bathroom; pot holder in kitchen above island or bench. Even a wallpaper holder for your new Atelier! Enjoy your vlog soooo much, ❤️ Susan at Hobart.
Yes they are very popular in decor and design in the US
Captivating! This couple, their family, this chateau…such a privilege to play a small part! I highly recommend supporting this effort in any way you can!
The chateau coach house is stunning 😍
I missed commenting during the premiere because I was too busy watching! What a cool building--I thing your atelier would go well in either/all of those first 3 spaces--and you can convert the farmer's toilet into a proper WC with a basin to wash off your brushes, etc. If you are going to add water and waste pipes, you might as well plumb it with a shower rough in, too. And the other side with the staircase--that hay loft would make a spectacular gite.
Hay is dried grass, straw is the stalks from grains. Old country kid here.
Old country girl who agrees you are right!
@@debbiedebc Yee haw!
My idea for the coach house is the following: Remember, you need a place to store you tools for gardening, machines, ropes etc.... And then also you need a space to store bikes, for you and maybe guests... And a place to store sport equipement like volleyball net etc.... And also the deck chairs for the garden... You need SOME house on your property to store all that, if possible close to the main house.... Just reminding you to not forget about that 😉
An artist studio, short term apartment (month long residency) maybe a volunteer apartment, gardeners shed🤔
Kelly Verhelle: Old ladders would be wonderful to display Anna's sheets of lovely handmade wallpaper.
In Greece they consider Swifts nesting in your buildings and property as good luck! Don't bother the Swifts!
Watching this episode I remembered another channel here on KZhead: LADB Restorations. They restore all kinds of old machines, perhaps you could make a collaboration with them. They are also from France. Anna and Philipp you are amazing! Thank you for your videos.
Top idea.
The property and the buildings or so beautiful that I would turn it into an event center for weddings or other events. People can also stay at the guest house afterwords. I think this would be a good business and a lot of people will love the experience!😊
Agreed!
I had the same idea as well. Maybe open up all the window space and doors and make it an indoor/outdoor event space.
You could host weddings, dance parties-do they have high school proms in France?-small corporate retreats, Cafe’?, maybe a multi-use space with a little bit of everything?
Great idea to make it into a reception room for weddings. Marry in the Gardens & eat/dance the night away. I see the coach house doors removed & replaced with glass/iron framed windows.
The music/sound effects are very......effective! The bird made me jump, too!
All that cardboard makes a fabulous ecological layer to place beneath mulch. It smothers the weeds but allows worms to survive.
I love the building!!! 🥰 I think you should make little shops. A flower shop, a art gallery/pottery shop and a small coffee shop/boulangerie with a few tables outside.
If you did have a flower shop you could dedicate some of the property to growth of cut flowers. You could hire someone local to work in the flower shop (?).
Being born in and living in Texas, USA, I can tell the difference between hay and straw. Hay is the the nutritional grasses for livestock feed, bailed. Straw is the stalks of grain once the grain heads have been reaped (removed,) bailed. Hay is livestock feed, straw is livestock bedding.
Also, hay is dried grasses and contains seeds. Not good for mulching vegetables. Also, the building is a stable. The individual spaces are stalls.
I wonder if snakes hang out in the straw or hay.
I one wrote that Philip could create a blockbuster movie. I now see that that this channel is already a masterpiece of a new genre of filmmaking--one in which the whole family participates along with a few delightful locals. What a treat!
Luv the fact that she worries about the swifts and their nests, truly the sign of a good person.
So love to watch you both, really is my Sunday laugh. The stables are amazing and so much you could do with it. I think the barrel is possibly a butter or cheese maker. Use of the stables maybe accommodation either self catering gites or extra b and b rooms. A function or wedding room or even a lovely cafe or restaurant if you are in the right catchment area. A shop maybe, farm or homegrown produce or antiques and Anna could combine her wallpaper and other items she has designed. Anna you're so clever with the designs you create. Oh sorry I have gone on a bit but love to see people wanting to grow.☺️💕
Anna your industrious, adventurous and tenacious…..you have a great spirit.. your truly the decorum the chateau needs . Fyi … my daughter missed Nathan … tell him he has a admirer in Florida USA. …. Take care and stay safe … your friends in sunny Florida ☀️☀️
Since the building is big, how about turning part of it into a museum/documentary room, then a cafe and maybe game room/bar for guests to have various other options of recreational activities rather than staying in the room all day. This will probably be pricey, but worth it! Love you guys!
The "typewriter" looks like a code machin used in the war to send coded messages.
Wow look at you...nearing 100K subscribers. Good stuff, and God bless all your efforts.
I hope Phillip will give Anna some of the credit - even though he is such an important influencer!!!😊
Your beautiful coach house should be totally cleaned out and stabilized. No longer a dumping space! If you use it as a garage for grass cutters and trailers, keep it clean for those things. Plenty of spaces to designate for children’s toys or atelier. But don’t plan a work space in a building with doubtful foundations!
I would turn the coach house/stables into a quilting/stitching retreat for weekend groups. That ladder would make a great quilt ladder! One of the stables could become a store for homemade goods, chateau merchandise or selected brocante finds.
Its a beautiful possibility. Such character! I LOVE the toilets.
Just a little tip- hay is made from different types of grasses to feed cattle/horses and is green. The color of green really depends on the type of hay and how old it is... Straw is made from wheat and is generally a yellow golden color. There's certain types of hay that horses can't eat, they have to have a higher quality hay or they will get sick as they are unlike cattle that have 4 stomachs so they are able to digest their food better, no matter the quality. Hope this helps ❤️
Love the sound of the harpsichord with the chaateau!
Heu ist das gemähte und getrocknete Gras und Stroh ist der Rest vom Weizen! Viele Grüße aus dem Südwesten von Rheinland Pfalz!👍❤️
Business idea? That could be a nice guess house. And then..., long into the future, it would be nice for your daughters when they come to visit with their own families!
You can go through the outer wall for a log burner...not hard .
Oh, a wood burner in there would be amazing. A small one would do beautifully, and I’m sure the flew wouldn’t be all that big a deal. If you can put one in a tiny home, I’m sure you can put one in a couch house. 😀
I think you should keep at least one stable as a stable. It's so beautiful
wooden stove holds more heat and loses less than a fireplace
Look friends, please wear mask and gloves, because of how old the building is!!! Enjoyed video!!!
I really like your sock-drying machine...
Instead of cleaning/organizing my own little chateau I have become addicted to watching your channel. You are delightful so I will have to make peace with my lack of discipline. Please keep these vlogs coming.
You asked for ideas, so here they go. Here are some ideas coming from a residential contractor in the states who loves watching your restoration journey. The first horse stall could be made into useable space, as well as stalls two and three, connecting with the current storage area. The two carriage bays could be used for storage with utilization of the vertical space, maybe a framed mezzanine and other organization shelves and hangers. The stairs to the upstairs could be additional housing for volunteers or family. The fourth stall could be the mechanical room for this building. So many possibilities. I can’t wait to see your implementation.
Good tip about not getting the funds for a renovation unless there's a business idea to back it. Whether a bnb or what. You want it to fund itself for maintenance too. Also passive income is nice. So I've heard anyway lol
The coach house would make a wonderful family rental house. You could get more money to rent it for holidays. That would also save a beautiful old building and make your property worth more.
I agree with the gift shop/tea room and museum (old equipment) and history of Chateau; that pays for itself.
🤣🤣🤣 there’s your business idea Philip; antique “laundry” washing with special sock squeezing treatment. 🤣🤣🤣
It would make a great entertainment/wedding hall...
the coach house is a beautiful building. I hope you can restore it.
Philip, you sure know how to make thing spooky ! That’s why you are a cameraman alright! Doing a good job you guys and I hope one day it will be horse stables again ! It would be so nice to see the horses back!
Your coach building would make a wonderfully romantic restaurant. You’re welcome.
Use the cardboard on the compost heap, or to make new beds. Save you trips to the recycling!
Absolutely! Or put down between rows of vegetables in the garden. (not the lawn, as in America)
Or if you wanted even more fun you could use the red shredding machine and add it to your mulch
Cardboard glues and dyes are not great for composting and staying organic. Best recycled especially as there's a shortage of cardboard in Europe and it takes less carbon to recycle a box than to make a new one from scrach.
Love the coach house. It could become workspaces and offices for for both of you and the business.. That would free up rooms in the chateau!!
Use the whole space for your atelier. For income/upkeep of the building, have very small, weekend classes on how to make the wallpaper, have students carve print block mold and show them how you put it on the paper. Give them their small mold and their wallpaper piece(or wrapping paper) to take home. I would seriously pay some money for a class like that from you because you are very talented and just after watching your video when you made it ,made me want to try. Phillip can keep the men busy with "Be a volunteer Nathan for the day" cutting trees and grass. Its win/win. :)
Straw is hollow and hay is not. Hay also green and hay is not. I love your videos. Comedic relief
This is my favourite outbuilding so far as it has so much potential to make a beautiful gites (not sure of spelling) for guests. Thank you for the tour!!
The shape of the windows make it look good
You need a potting shed. The sinks may be used for mixing dirt and mulches. Lovely outbuilding!
The "sock-machine" 😂😂😂 you make me crack. Yes it's simple : hay used to be grass, straw is the dried stems of wheat.
The coach house is such a beautiful building in it's own right. It would make a great cafe or a holiday let.
This is a great opportunity to create a studio space for painting photography and video editing studio. The potential for attracting creative visitors who would are attracted to this kind of location. You could do this quite cost effectively by clearing the spaces and introducing power and lighting. Making a feature of some of the structure and doorways. A younger healthy me would be begging to let me loose on this building. I hope that you find the right solution for this beautiful building. Love the channel and looking forward to the next installment. stay safe J.
Oh how exciting for a moment there with the birds and suspenseful music it sounded like a Hitchcock movie run amok ... im glad you survived dear ... we cant have you killed off so early in the episodes ...
A livery stable! Guests would love to see horses grazing in a field and renting stalls out to local horse owners would bring in some more income. Horse manure would be excellent in the garden and the horses would even be handy for mowing the lawns if needed. Historic restoration of the coach house would be amazing!
10:15 wood burner works, replace one rear window pane with flue escutcheon, no structural modifications needed, reversible without leaving damage. A quick DIY project.
A bike shed, bikes for you, the guests and the children
Hay is dried grass, and straw is the left overs from a grain harvest. I hope you can uyse that lovely wardrobe located in the stall with your shutters. Lovely storage for the atelier.
Hay is a grass, so looks like long stems of grass. Straw is the stalks left over from wheat, oats or barley and is like a hollow straw. You’re welcome :)
Ooooo I think you should put massive arched windows in the place of the coach doors. It would make a beautiful room 😍
Why would you remove something so authentic to the building? That basically makes the building? I agree it would look cool but you are taking history away.
Yes, giant iron and glass doors - a sunroom or greenhouse looking event space. It would be so instagramable for guests!
the trunk has some kind of code breaking device from WWII
That was my first idea, too. Perhaps it's a sensational find ....
I agree!
Hay is mostly fresh (green) dried alfalfa and green grass that you feed to animals. Straw is the (yellow) dried stalks that remain after harvesting wheat or oats which is used for bedding etc. for animals. - You two are a hoot!
I for one am so glad that Philip has taken on the KZhead channel, which we all enjoy. His film and cinematography background adds so much to the content. And Philip is such a joker on camera.
Maybe turn parts of the couch house into a garage. The possibilities are endless.
You have an „Anschlussfehler“ at 20:55 with Anna carring/Not carring that light. Good employees are so hard to find 🤣😅😉
Gorgeous building. It could be a million things. The first things that pop into my mind are - gift shop, tea room, efficiency apartment - gite?
Omg! I totally jumped when that bird flew in! Eep! What a fun video!