Bonjour à tous,
In this week’s cottage update, the moment we have all been waiting for, we finally see power being hooked up to the cottage for the first time in over 40 year, but there is one or two little Hiccups along the way.
Tracy is so exciting she can not wait any longer and starts to bring the first bits of furniture into the cottage salon, one being a rug she bought over a year and a half ago that she has not even seen and another, a stunning chair she Commandeered off Terry that he had lovely restored and reupholstered.
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Electricity, a new rug and reupholstered chair…no wonder Tracy is ecstatic 🤩
Aww ! Tracey, your face when you put your beautiful chair and rug installed was priceless, all a little nearer to moving in. We'll done to you all. What a lovely family you are. Xxx
Tracy's joy is so lovely! She deserves every happiness!! (As do you all!)
I feel Tracy's excitement getting the rug and chair in the room after all that hard work. And that Lady is a hard worker.
I think Tracy should get the first bath or shower, her choice. 🙂
Definitely with you on leaving the copper pipes. Against the stones it just looks more French. Fantastic amount of progress. You really are the dream team.
I have to comment prematurely, because I LOVE this photo. How cute are Tony and Tracy.❤️
Tracy is just adorable, her excitement is felt so vividly. It is simply amazing what you have accomplished.
The delight and relief on Tracy’s face as the rug and chair were placed was so touching. Congrats on always moving forward.
Wonderful progress , Tony and Tracy are a powerhouse , that cottage is going to be a showpiece . Terry .. that chair !
Such a wonderful achievement. To see Tracy bouncing around, ecstatic with the rug and 'The Chair', brought such joy to us all. Tony and Tracy, your cottage home shall be a show piece... ❤🇦🇺
I feel like Ash today, the heater is my best friend 😉 It is so nice to see how it slowly becomes cozy. I wish you all a nice pre-Christmas season
What you all have achieved this last year is astounding. I hope that you have a lovely Christmas in this beautiful new home, not quite completed, but plenty cozy and pleasant to live in already.
Tremendous amount of work in the year you’ve been there. Well done, truly inspiring. Dreams do come true if you want them to.
So happy for Tracy, the rug is beautiful & Terry you did a wonderful job on the chair, it's gorgeous, they look really good together! The cottage is really looking & feeling warm and cozy...a lovely home. You all are just such a lovely family & I love how much support you give each other and how happy you are together! So good to hear the electricity is on...great job Tony! Thank you for sharing, take really good care of yourselves, stay well! Much love Kathy x 💖
Sooo......happy that Tracey and Tony have come this far, overjoyed for them to be in for Christmas. Simply overjoyed. Love the look of it all, natural, warm and welcoming. Every bit deserved, every bit! ❤️🇨🇦 Mariya
This video marks a *huge* milestone in the cottage. Heat, lights and a gorgeous chair by the fire!
Absolutely incredible what you have all accomplished together. Love you all and look forward to Wednesday and Sundays so much. Thank you for including us
How absolutely wonderful, I can feel your excitement from here…so well done all of you xx
What a nice family.Love watching your videos.Kind and hard working people.I wish you all the best .
Your enthusiasm is infectious... 🇨🇦❤❤😘
How lovely the cottage is coming along, I really like the color of the walls, it’s very warm looking. The fabric on the chair is perfect and I can’t wait to see all the rest of the furniture in, the rug is very nice and I enjoy the palette 🎨. Mum must be so happy to get things out of storage, I know how she feels. In 2017 in October my house in California caught on fire and burned the roof and attic off, so they had to take everything out of the entire house to storage where it all sat for a year. The roofers took a while to get started as there was asbestos in my heating ducts and they had to take it all out it ran from the attic down to the underneath of the floors and vented in the floor. The insurance paid for everything luckily but they were so slow getting along as there was a lot of water damage from the firemen and they had to open the walls and remove all the ceilings, they put a tarp over the house but in January there was a big storm and it blew the tarp off and flooded the whole rest of the house that wasn’t damaged by the fire 🔥 I said oh Lord I give up, go ahead and do whatever you want to me there’s nothing I can do now. So they had to again open all the rest of the walls and all the floors were ruined and I had wood floors that had to be completely refinished. So for a year myself and Max my dog 🐕 lived in a hotel 🏨 which was really nice with a kitchen and living room and bedroom and bath with a nice fireplace and they served breakfast every morning and dinner 3 nights a week. I was so sad to see all my things taken away and I brought a couple things to the hotel to make it feel like home. Good thing though I couldn’t stand the cell of smoke any more and I quit smoking after 30 years. I ate oatmeal every morning and it made my high cholesterol go back to normal. All in all it was a good thing because I got a whole brand new house, and I turned around and sold it for twice what I paid for and moved to Texas and paid for my new bigger ranch house with cash. It’s not a château I know but it’s my castle. And the part of Texas I live in is nothing like you would imagine it’s very green and lush with lots of mature trees and it even snows in the winter, which was a new experience for me having lived by the beach for all my 57 years. Well I’ll let you crack on now. Lovely to see you all, miss Jonathon, your friends ChuckandMax
Our cottage was derelict when we bought it, we had to get a consuel certificate and then wait for anges for Enedis to connect us, so we know that joy of having electricity. We’ll done to all of you.
Pure joy emanating from everyone. That chair is gorgeous so tailored totally understand why Tracy feel in love with it.
Tracy is a worker with a wonderful outlook & laugh to match!
A lovely home coming together
Love the exposed stone in the bathroom...So happy you kept it...The lentel in there is amazing also...
I LOVE the rug and chair!
Me too
We can feel your excitement and it's beautiful to see .Terry you are an amazing upholsterer ,the chair is beautiful .So so happy for You guys ,everything is coming together after all your hard work .😊
Great progress guys!! Traceys a real trooper. 💪😊🤗
Tracey always does the hardest and most necessary, family needs it, life will progress, make it amazing, work! No discredit to the men that do the heaving lifting but "Mum" Is always pushing the jobs. TRACEY, is my me hero, the bones behind the accomplishments. Tracey, please stop lifting the heavy stuff. I have done it for over 30 years here on this farm and my neck and back are shot. It is irreverent to you but as far as me, I struggle morning, day, night, getting thru basic jobs now with pain killers included. The project is NO DOUBT looking amazing.
So thrilled for all of you with the beautiful rug, light switch that works, radiator, and all the other improvements. It's amazing that things are coming together so fast. Janice from Arkansas USA
The carpet is absolutely gorgeous! And the arm chair. OMG! The finish of the wood of the chair is perfection! What shade and brand of stain is it? Blends so well with the fabric and the wood in the cottage. I also can't believe what a difference the lighting makes. We've seen it with daylight and camera light. But multiple lights on at one time just really makes the wood pop! Bravo! And just think, very soon you will have the pleasure & luxury of a flushing toilet and a long hot hot shower.
Poor Ash looked freezing all the way through this vlog, someone give the poor bloke a hot toddy 😁
Cottage is being completely transformed! Congratulations on all your hard work! 👏👏👏
Tracy so deserves a place that’s finished & decorated!😊
Tracy and Tony are defiantly the stars of these videos. Modest and hardworking with non of airs and graces that are going on in the chateau. Ash is a down to earth bloke that gets stuck into his jobs. Tracy is amazing and gets on with the jobs that most men would would struggle to do. I love want she said about digging the trench. " It was only a mornings work." Most women wouldn't even try. Just a little advice, Tracy. When your son asks you move furniture up the stairs make sure your at the top. Twice I have seen you carrying stuff up stairs and you are at the bottom. The person at the bottom carries 3/4 of the weight so grab the top next time.
Moving a couple of dream items into the cottage is so exciting for Tracy. Well deserved! Now it will be hard not to go to the storage for additional pieces🥴😉
I couldn’t wipe the smile off my face almost a tear too 🥰🥲 your excitement is addictive You’ve worked tirelessly to get to this point ,well done👏 I love watching you all chipping in to roll out the red carpet 😘 & that chair is beautiful 👍well done Terry Love to you all & keep smiling 😊🎄💐
Wow everything looks great! I’m so so happy for you all. So nice to see Tony recognized that Tracy was very overwhelmed when she first got there. I could tell but she definitely has rolled up her sleeves and dove in. Your whole family is a tru pleasure to watch.
I can’t believe the progress you’ve made. It is amazing. Love the carpet!
Beautiful chair and carpet. So happy seeing the smile on your face terry. You all are working so hard to fulfill your dream. ❤️
You all are doing an amazing job and Tracy, what a woman! Loving the color for the beautiful rug and chair. This cottage is going to be stunning- I can see it!😍
Obvious happiness. Love it. Looking fantastic.
Bless em they've done a great job x must be time to take her shopping 🙂
Ready and waiting for the big switch on! 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄
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Oh, and love the pretty chair! Everything matches so well! Janice from Arkansas USA
Looks amazing. I can't wait to see you all relaxing in a room you've completed x
Oh my that chair is stunning. I could feel the joy and excitement from Tracey. Terry you must show us some more of your painting and upholstery transformations when you are able to. I dabble with “upcycling” and I’m thinking that it would be wonderful to have a weekend workshop with you and a gardening lesson with Ash there.
Tracy is a super trooper!!! Always a smile on her face. Toni is amazing too, but I’m Tracy’s fan!!! 👍
The cottage is looking great and that chair is gorgeous, it goes perfect with the Wood beams, the paint colour and the rug will look awesome and cosy when its all done x
Aw it’s great to see you all so happy and getting ready for Christmas.
what a pretty rug for the cottage, fits the color so well! And the chair!
Lovely chair, very nicely upholstered, well done
Absolutely fantastic on this week’s progress love 💕 Thank you 😊
The cottage is looking absolutely beautiful. Tracey and Tony can be very proud of themselves, the two of them are unstoppable. I love them!!! Their hard work will most definitely pay off. Phillip from Chateau La Lande will love the hedgehog pillow.
Lol thinking the same thing!
The CHAIR💕Love the rug. I wanna be like Tracey when l grow up. I’m 59😁
It's amazing how just a rug makes a difference! So glad for you all, looking forward to a cosy Christmas 🎄
Love the rug. Hope you put a rug-pad under it for comfort & extends the life of rug. The chair looks so pretty & comfy.
Suddenly coming together after so much hard hard work! Congratulations! Glimpses of how lovely it is going to be.
That chair ❤️❤️❤️looking forward to seeing the room finished.
You can see how such work progress can make you happy when you see the effect of your own hard work.
Congratulations on getting power! Plus you were able to do a little decorating... we are a lo-o-o-o-ong way from that!
Love the rug. The chair in front of the window makes a nice reading nook.
Congrats! The cottage looks so good! So happy for all of you.
Wow the Cottage is coming along a lot of work to get to this point. The upstairs looks wonderful with the large beams .Just a rug and chair made it feel like home. Best wishes.
Love your attitude Tony and Tracy. You have done lots of work. Best wishes to you both.👍🏻😁
Your new rug for the cottage is gorgeous and looks so beautiful in that room. It's so exciting to see the cottage becoming a gorgeous home.
The rug is really nice, hopefully the dogs don’t track mud on it. I’m truly happy for each successful step you make. The chair is perfect, especially the hedgehog.
Looking fabulous! All your hard work has paid off!
You are all such hard workers, but Tracy is a saint!
I adore your family. The chair is brilliant I remember the beautiful one you did for Stephanie. I think you have to make a hedgehog cushion for Phillip.
It would be great if La Lande did something for Terry and the family. I hope Terry's gift of beautifully crafted and upholstered chair is well appreciated. That was such a generous gift.
Carpet and chair are gorgeous! And electricity too! Great progress!
You guys are true GRAFTERS, chipping away at decades of neglect, releasing the beauty of the amazing buildings! Tony & Ash agree, a good soak in a BIG BATH with loads of Epsom Salts sorts out all the aches and pains! Congratulations it’s going to be a wonderful Christmas for you all! 🥳💕💫🥂🍻🍾💥
Yay! A beautiful rug and chair. Brilliant! Tracey is going to have such fun decorating. Great job everyone!
Beats me why Tony didn’t use a wheelbarrow to move the dirt unless he wanted to keep moving to keep warm! 😂 I love the rug and chair. Can’t wait to see the rest of the cottage furnished. Tracy is so excited. It’s great to see your joy after all your hard work! Congratulations 👏🏻
Wow, what a difference the rug and that gorgeous chair make to the room! The chair looks just right near the window! I can't wait to see what else you surprise us with! So exciting for such a lovely family!
The beautiful rug and chair force the modern tile into the background. Nice.
Its great to see how the men appreciate what a change in lifestyle Tracy had to make. Also to see how they are working to make it easier for her. Great Husband Tony, and supportive son and son in law (really another son).
Beautiful chair! Fits perfect!
Terry, you need to tell both of your parents thanks for all the hard work and you LOVE both so much... I have lost both of my parents and I wish I had told them (I love you) so much more . Please do not wait too long!
Love the carpet. I think it goes well with the walls.
I have an idea that if I came for a vacation in winter I might have to fight Ash for a spot in front of a heater. 😊 Such good progress in the cottage!
A great day! A new rug and chair plus electric. Lots of hard work that was worth it. Love your enthusiasm Tracey. Happy for all of you.
Ash is cold and knackered poor thing ……great job everyone Xx
Lovely rug and chair. I can't wait to see the finished room.
I absolutely adore your paneling. It’s going to be glorious one day :)
Wow, the chair is gorgeous. The cottage is looking fabulous. Well deserved, you have all worked so hard.
Hello from Australia Folks!!! Wow you have achieved so much- you're a great team- and it; wonderful to see the joy and sense of achievement on all your faces. I hope you're proud of yourselves with what you've done so far, because when it's all complete you'll realise just what a mammoth task you all took on, and Its SIMPLY LOVELY. WELL DONE EVERYONE!! Have a wonderful Christmas! With love and kudos to each of you. xxxxx
I love all the work you've done and how excited everyone is. Beautiful chair!!
❤️🏰 Thank you for the vlog; Terry, Ash, Patrick, Panda and Tracy, Tony, Jonathan, Louie, Sasha ❤️ 💡⚡️
Congratulations on your wonderful choices - looking beautiful!
Beautiful chair and love the rug. It's starting to look like a real comfortable home. I have a chair and 2-seater like your chair (antique) and simply love it in our 175+ year old victorian farm house in U.S.A.
Caroet looks good with wall colour.
I love the carpet and the chair! The bathrooms are shaping up too. 😊❤️🇨🇦🎶
Well done the cottage looks fantastic the carpet and chair are lovely I can't wait to see it finished
What a beautiful chair and upholstery. Such excitement!
Wow. Awesome job getting that bathroom “done” so quickly. Amazing how you all work. Congratulations 🎉
I must say, the cottage seems to be held in a very strict colour scheme so far. Everything seems to be almost in the exact same beige nuances as the exterior, from the floor tiles, paint colours, and now even the rug and chair. Are you planning on some "wild" coloured furniture, or accents? 😃
Can't wait until you place some more pieces into that room!! I was hoping you'd set some more up but like you said, we'll just have to wait. It's going to be absolutely fabulous!