I finally reveal the before and after shots of the renovation of our chateau kitchen, it's quite a transformation!!!
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In 'Sundays at the Chateau', chatelaine Stephanie answers all your questions about life in the 16th century Chateau de Lalande, in the heart of rural France ❤️
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As you were clearly so close to your father and he must be responsible in part for your talent at decoration and your lovely joyful personality, it would be a treat for us to see some photos of your father working at the Chateau with you and working on his art work. Best wishes to you Stephanie XX
I have to say all the things you have done in your kitchen is the things women have done in old farm houses in America. It’s a huge fad to restore farm houses here, so we can understand your thoughts in converting things at low expense. This Chateau of yours is just beautiful and you have done a great job.
You make everything so warm, welcoming and fun! You need your own TV show! I hope Channel 4 is paying attention 😊
Wasn't that necklace a gift from a subscriber? So nice to see her wear and cherish the gifts that are sent. She's such a sweet woman.
I believe Chateau de La Lande found Stephanie, the most perfect person for this magical treasure. Along w/ the special people in her life, Mommy, Daddy, Gerald (ScottMan) Nick & Michael.
I've been binge watching your lovely videos! I would love to see the untouched parts of the chateau , the attics the basement, the dusty hidden areas because to me that is a little part of the history. There is beauty in the imperfections too! 💙
Steph renovates a room just by walking into it :-)
I would love to hear more about the People who live there.
Absolutely amazing ! Thank you for sharing your amazing life with us all 😁
I'm loving these room by room videos! I missed them 4 years ago. I agree, I must use my dishes much more!!!!!
I'd love a tour of the original wing, cobwebs and bats included!
they have it - the rarely visited rooms of the chateau
Beautiful kitchen. I can’t live in a museum either but with some things Im like your mom. For those like me who didn’t know what coving was: Cove molding performs the same function in the same place on wall as crown molding. The main difference is the profile; cove molding has a concave profile, which bows inward, while crown molding has a convex, flatter appearance that projects out from the wall. Now I know!
Whatever you talk and show Stephanie is so interesting I don’t want you to stop. Keep the vlogs coming please.
You have fantastic perspective! I love your attitudes about using things and having them break rather than unused and forgotten and showing life as a Work In Progress, rather than never-at-all. In another video, too, you mentioned, "The house has stood for hundreds of years. It will stand a little longer" and how important it is to have beauty! Many of these attitudes come at a *literal* cost and it's so tempting to resist these truths. I love that you are not shy about expressing these ideals and boldly go after them. Just terrific!
I have absolutely loved you explaining how the kitchen came about because it’s absolutely gorgeous and homely 💕
I don't know how I've fallen into this internet rabbit hole but I'm glad I did. What a soothing video and what a charming and beautiful woman. Your story should be turned into a movie.
Exactly the way to do it, room by room and it is fascinating and you allow us all to follow your journey, large cornicing would be wonderful. What is your ultimate dream for Lalande ? is it still having an auditorium for hosting workshops and performances of Opera ! Love the new cooker it is beautiful, does it operate on Fuel or Electricity for convenience ! How large are the electric bills ! enormous I presume. Stephanie love the Spode, me too and it is on my kitchen dresser and now I shall make a spice rack ! Thankyou for that tip. Lovely to see your kitchen, lovely kitchen full of atmosphere and beautiful things and beautiful people. Another fantastic Vlog . Thankyou x
The kitchen is perfect; warm, welcoming, charming,. A real reflection of its chatelaine.
Thank you for sharing your home with us. What a magical trip you are taking us on ! Love Love Love your kitchen . And knowing all the details makes it even more cozy ! Best improvement are the two doors, brilliant !!! Looking forward for more rooms !! I am Georgette Jones twin sister. She is in Indiana , USA. I am in California . And we getting together every Sunday with you for tea . Even though we are hundreds of miles apart ❗️
Thank you for allowing us to see inside your amazing chateau. My favourite vlog to watch. I have fallen in love with chateaus.
So fun watching you all dance to a Cameo song! Word up! The kitchen is beautiful. I like the fact that everyone sit downs to dine together....similar to how an entire castle gathered for each meal in the great hall regardless of their rank or function. You may have been sitting "below the salt" but you were at least in the room!
I bet you slept with socks and mittens and even a toque with 10c temperatures. OMG, I have the same tea towel from Raffles Hotel. I am of the same mindset, Stephanie, that nothing is held for ransom in my home--hidden behind glass or locked within a sideboard. Everything is used and enjoyed and that is what creates memories. I agree, make the coving grand even beyond the realms of opulence. You deserve that. Thanks. Darryl
Really like the kitchen and love all the blue and white china. I have collected it for years too and today I just bought a Spode Tea Pot and butter dish in honour of La Lande. So loving your series and watch it daily. Much love to you!
That spice rack is just genius!! Xxx
Beautifully documented! You incoorperate the historical articles as well. Two thumbs up!
Brilliant Stephanie, I also had to get rid of our Aga in the end. It was one of the very first made. I love your spode. I have, though inherited, some beautiful Wedgwood and spode. A couple of pieces have been signed by Josiah Wedgwood. You have a fabulous life, and so you should with all the hard work you have put in. I hope that you realise your dreams.xxx
Such monumental efforts you and your family have made to restore and reveal the beauty of Lalande!🐓 “All will be revealed in the fullness of time.” (Percy-TCD-082 ❤️) Thanks Stephanie for including us on your journey!🦚
I already thought I recognised your cooker! I work at castle 'De Haar' (in the province of Utrecht, the Netherlands) you mention at 4:03 minutes :D The cooker is quite large and impressive. Have you ever visited this Dutch castle? It is lovely to see you actually still use it :D (They stopped using the cooker at De Haar castle in 1970 and started using a more modern kitchen in a different room. The old kitchen can still be visited)
Its always nice to hear you refer to your dad in your vlogs, so it was nice to see him feature in an early photo of your kitchen. Life often doesn't follow the plan we would like, but I'm sure he would be very proud of what you have achieved. As a previous poster remarked, Channel 4 should give you your own show. Life at your place is always interesting, entertaining and often educational.
Enjoying these back episodes... a though with regards to the kitchen cabinets, could you not get Michael to paint them with faux pannels as he did in the green bedroom? Or perhaps Selmar could make you a new set of doors that could then be antiqued.
I too love Spode China. So lovely. Who all and how many people live at the chateau?
Blue & White - pretty non-fail elegance, style and timelessness for any room, anywhere, isn't it? it looks lovely in your kitchen. So interesting to see your 'before and afters' - will look forward to more as time goes on. (LONGING to see more of the Chapel as it is still so full of original features - which you are restoring beautifully). Thank you!
Really love the blue and white plate collection. I have collecting vintage plates and cutlery. I have the green version of the blue plates. I really love the way you transformed the kitchen back to a chateau worthy style. So cozy, i can imagine toasty winters in that kitchen. I also love dancing every time I am cooking in my tiny kitchen, I am so glad to find out I am not the only one. hahaha. About living in a museum - you have encouraged me to use my collection more and not worry about whether they will break. Will get friends over more often to use them....Catching up on your videos and I cannot wait for the next ones already. Such a pleasure to watch your journey...
I love your kitchen so much, so warm and welcoming like a kitchen should be. Thank-you for sharing it with us in detail. I truly can’t wait to see the rest of your beautiful chateau! 🌸
I now play the lottery hoping to see projects through at Chateau de Lalande. Her plans to restore the outbuildings bring me so much excitement and I just want to see it happen.
What a delicious video! The floor and table are exquisite, as is the Briffault, how fortunate they left it when they brought in the 70s cabinets.
So many comments already......not sure if you will have the time to read and respond to them all! Your time must be very precious....always so much to do! Fantastic vlog by the way....So love, your Chateau, super beautiful...would love to visit one day! Hope you have an awesome week....look forward to Thursdays vlog :D
What a difference you have made Stephanie. Your kitchen is beautiful and full of interest, no wonder you love it. I cannot believe anybody could enjoy their food in the previous incarnation the food probably was as tasteless as the decor. The food you and your team serve always looks colourful and delicious. I too like renovating old houses and enjoy what you are doing in your wonderful chateau. Bizz, bizz, Swan
Michael's panelling would be lovely on the base cupboards ! X❤X I loved the Spode factory shop in Staffs, I collect Blue Italian love it !
I can just imagine - if those walls could talk of all the gatherings around the table, meals prepared and festivities over the many years 🍽🥂👑🏰. Just wonderful and so interesting. Your kitchen is beautiful and so inviting. It must have been so exciting to explore the Chateau to find all these treasures and bring back to life the originality of this magnificent home 🏰. Thank you once again Stephanie 💛. I am in the the mood for tea and Croissants now ☕🥐. Have a lovely Sunday 💛🌸 Beautiful blessings Mandy 👑SA
I also imagine all of the conversations that have taken place in the kitchen and dining room. I wish I could go back in time and listen in!!!
How exciting to see your kitchen transformation - sympathetically renovated to date. All most interesting. Love that you've kept the range and the table for posterity especially. I lived in part of the Mitford's family home for 18 years and uncovered some of Nancy's original wall paintings that she had done in the early 1920's - amazing! Also, the temperature there would drop to minus 11 degrees in the winter months, at which point all the old lead pipes would freeze! I thought I was the only one who strapped a warm hot water bottle to myself for survival but clearly you have had the same ingenious idea!
I’m blown away that you found some of Nancy’s original wall drawings! How amazing! Do you have any photos?
@@TheChateauDiaries I lived in The Barn part of Asthall Manor from 1978 - 1996. Lord Redesdale had the barn converted from an agricultural barn to the Mitford girls bedrooms upstairs and a ball room and library block downstairs in the 1920's. I had the use of the whole of this space so it was pretty large and hence why it was so cold as the original boiler had broken many years before and had never been repaired. I didn't take any photos of my discovery (didn't do that sort of thing so much then!) I have, however, found a link to a photograph on pinterest of what was Nancy's bedroom and also my bedroom! If you look in the far left hand corner, you will see the painting of 2 men duelling with swords over a lady dressed in a crinoline. There were also 2 delphiniums (on the right hand side - can't see them very well) above the fireplace. There was also supposed to be a picture of a small devil that she painted but I never found that! The paintings had been preserved with newspaper and then covered with wallpaper so had never been seen for decades when I uncovered them - all so exciting - I remember it well! Here are some links and also some history about the house: www.countrylifeimages.co.uk/Image.aspx?id=4718fa60-9741-451b-a8bc-98c73c8076c7&rd=2%7CBurford%7C%7C3%7C20%7C53%7C150 www.google.com/search?q=barn+flat,+asthall+manor&rlz=1C1CHBD_en-GBGB749GB749&sxsrf=ACYBGNSdd-r-Lz2d652J5yb0mgSQKDONUA:1569151570659&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwif4t6PqeTkAhWinVwKHR49DVgQ_AUIEigB&biw=1366&bih=625#imgrc=AqEIQn6Qv37KDM: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asthall_Manor Hope you enjoy!
I lv lv lv that I found you guys... thank u for your detail.. your enthusiasm and your love for your dream home... its AMAZING.... I LV all the details you give us.... we are living vicariously thru u.. what a wonderful place... you stories come to life with your love if telling them... im fascinated... binge watching now..lol... hello from fort worth Texas. You have a new fan
Enjoyed. Love the kitchen very much.
I love watching these, so interesting. Your kitchen is beautiful.
I am commenting on the video about the renovation of the kitchen. On what you are calling a large “Cupboard”. Stephanie, on the Cupboard, ( what we in the States would describe as an armoire or a cabinet, thus very large & very old storage unit. I am curious about the tag with a Hebrew inscription. Now if my sweet Jack had been still alive when I first noticed it, I would have this episode up on my largest screen and it would have said to him, “Jack, please read the Hebrew on the tag hanging from the door of this large cabinet in the kitchen if this fabulous chateau in France.” He would have leaned over and looked carefully at it and he’d have read it out loud and then he’d have put me out of my misery and translated it. But alas he is no longer with us. Jack would have definitely loved watching Chateau Diaries and he’d have said, “Megan, we must make reservations and go to Chateau de Lalande and meet Stephanie.” And I would have agreed. Can you tell me what the Hebrew tag says? Please, Megan
I love Percy. He's a good man and a wonderful addition to your family. The immeasurable loss of your father, however, can be heard in many of your vlogs : ( You were fortunate to have had such a close bond the two of you xx
What can I say, absolutely charming! Love the plans, sharing along with wonderful stories! Blessings to your future plans!
Really really enjoy these videos ,keep em coming please !
Absolutely love it. Could live there forever. 💜
Accidentally came across your channel, so happy to have found it. Going to binge watch as soon as I am done doing the didy😁
I loved your video with your story about early years at the chateau and the transformation. You are a great storyteller, my students often tell me that, now I see another!
Fantastic video and love your positive energy 💖
omg we get to see your father in this that is so touching!
Your videos feed my soul. Thank you!
Stephanie we are such kindred spirits truly I simply adore you an mummy💞💐 And all in la lande, you always bring such joy to my life.
I have been inspired by your decorating ideas. I don't have a chateau or even a country kitchen but I have been collecting things for years and now have them out on display.
So glad to see you brought the kitchen back to a classic farm style. Everyone needs a Butlers Pantry as well. We live in a small Period Cottage, and I turned the kitchen into a Bootroom/Pantry. I then turned the dining room into a large farmhouse kitchen, Aga included of course. Even small spaces can have Farmhouse tables & Bootrooms. You did a fantastic job,adore the videos & your talent is boundless!
Great vid, would like to see more of the Butlers pantry.
Just delightful, you and family and friends make me regret what I have missed in life. One just can’t have enough laughter. Thank you.
All rooms! Love it. You are living the dream.....can't wait to hear know the history of every room ❤❤❤ Thank you x
Oh I love what you’ve done to the kitchen. It’s charming and warm and cozy too.
It's beautiful 😍
Love everything you do. Xxxx
Lovely! It is very rewarding for you and all that helped, to remember the before and after, with all the work. Thank you for sharing!
I love your kitchen, I love all of the vintage crockery. The super fancy coving will look amazing when completed, definitely worth waiting for. I am looking forward to seeing the renovations of all the rooms so far x
Your kitchen is so beautiful. I love the care you have taken to reclaim and reuse. I just found you several days ago and find you so inspirational. Thank you for your jolie de vivre! With love from Arizona in the US.
Great tour, beautiful job of decorating, loved every minute ❤
love everything you do your are amazing
Beautiful kitchen,
Thank you 😊
Lovely to see and hear!
Love the video. Thank you for sharing.
Good morning❣️ LOVED this please do each room. I love your look this morning, jewelry is amazing. My sister in California sent me a picture of her at the Chateau you visited this week, the information you shared amazed her. Looking at the stove and realizing our Grandmere was born around the time of the newspaper article warmed my 💜 . Thank you again for making my Sunday morning so sweet.
Just beautiful! All of your report making me fell moving to Porto soon as possible. Thanks a lot!
Love your kitchen and the blue and white dishes look amazing out in the open! Stunning
I'd really enjoy hearing how the"work away" system works...how do you decide who comes when & for how long? Is it based on their skills? Any issues of not partnering certain people at same time? How do some people manage to be at chateau so often? If this information is included somewhere else/different vlog, please let us know. Am so glad a friend recommended I check your vlogs out! Have made it 1/2 way thru the "in order" videos.... such interesting, enlightening, & enjoyable times spent!
Ditto from me for this request. I find this part fascinating and am keen to know more because it always seems so harmonious, but there must be work and effort behind the scenes to manage the people side of the Chateaux just so perfectly.
Love everything about your kitchen!!! Such a dreamy, cosy and charming space 🥣🍽☕️
Those picturesque views at either side of the kitchen are so beautiful! Love the well worn huge table. Also that plate rack! & would like to see the little room in the back. Love this blog!
Love your spode plates I allso have the same plates blue & white is a timeless look the whole kitchen is very inviting 👌
Just discovered your vlogs! You have lovely taste in decor and design. So me!! Love the large mirror! Love the long dining table and of course the cookers...wow! These really are the soul of the kitchen. Thank you for sharing your Chateau with us!
Love the progress of how your kitchen came to be. Love the floors, doors and how big it looked as most times I see it in different angles and it’s so ,UCD larger. Well done. Also, love how you and your dad had such a share passion for nice things.
Thank you Stephenie for showing the before and after photos of your kitchen,it looks so homely. I can’t wait for next weeks blog.😀
Somehow, Stephanie, I missed this one!!!! Lovely to see all the work that was done here too!!
Thank you for sharing Stephanie! I absolutely love your videos! I have been binge watching them from the beginning and I am anxious to get to the present! I am a tiny house person but I do thoroughly love watching and learning about life in a french chateau! So glamorous! See you again tomorrow for a few more episodes! A demain!
loved hearing about your kitchen transformation. I enjoy following your upgrades. All the best!
I’d love to see the servants quarters.
Abby Lea that’s the kitchen
Abby Lea, there’s a vlog on where Stephanie shares the servants quarters and where most of her regular volunteers and friends stay. Quite nice.
I loved this video.....love everything about your kitchen...😊🐨💜
Just days ago I stumbled across your channel...I am obsessed! I am so happy to have found your channel! I love seeing all of the updates and history of the chateau, how you all have such an eye to preserve its beauty & reuse the materials you already have! I'm sure it can be challenging but you guys have made so many memories & are in the best company! I am sharing your videos will all my family! Thank you for entertaining and inspiring me! Much love from Arizona🙂🦎🐍🌵
Loved this and your kitchen is beautiful now we know more about how it came to be it makes it far more than s kitchen can not wait for next week maybe one week we can have a good nose around the chapel. X
Very lovely Stefanie! I love your videos 😍
The kitchen is the heart of the home and usually where parties end up :-)
I want to see all! the rooms! thankyou Stef! Love the blue and white. I have a blue and white kitchen! xo
Love the plates behind you.
Looking forward to next Sunday
I love your passion.
It looks lovely...and very personal to your ideas.
I can not believe it I only found this now!!! this is brilliant and so well done!! gorgeous taste and such care for conservation. love love love
I absolutely am obsessed with watching Chateau Diaries! What a dream life you are living. Keep up the great work.
Lovely vlog again.any room your happy to share stephanie would be lovely X
Wonderful room! Thanks for sharing.
would love to see the laundry room reno and linen cupboards.
Stephanie you are a breath of fresh air. I’m amazed at your diligence & joy. What a journey your 14 yrs have been! Blessings.
You are so delightful, I love listening to you.. thank you for buying this Château , and sharing it with all of us that may never experience life there 🌹❤️🌹