Chandelier and a touch of gold - How to renovate a Chateau (without killing your partner) - Ep. 3
2021 ж. 2 Қаң.
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Philipp tries to install a 19 century chandelier in a 4,3m high salon and Anna gets herself into some gilding troubles.
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The sound of the crystals clinking coming down the stairs was so pretty
Gosh, watching Philipp climb that ladder without hands was terrifying! The results are gorgeous though!
My heart was in my mouth the whole time you were carrying the chandelier down the stairs and up the ladder. More tense than a Hitchcock film. I also admire the technical terms “thingy” and “doohickey”. I understand those!
Omg, the editing on the electricity part was too funny!
Agreed! I enjoyed that, too!
Very cute🤣
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And he did fix it!
A man who can appreciate the beauty of a crystal chandelier......priceless!
Exactement. Omg when he said “I love this chandelier” I was like YOU DO!?😭😭😭😭 very nice to see.
Y'all. PLEASE! Replace that "S" hook. It is far too small. The chandelier is sublime, I'd hate to see it crash to the floor! Love, your safety conscious Granny in North Carolina.
Catherine O I know me and my partner nearly choked on our dessert....when we saw that hook....I have two weighty chandeliers but not as big as that one and they are hung on the equivalent of a crane hook.😂 I couldn't watch....I hope they have managed to change it out... but hats off to the carrying down the stairs palaver and then up the ladder...it was as bad as watching someone cross NiAgra falls on a tight rope in a hurricane xxx
I would have to agree .. if you had second thoughts about it when you put it up.. follow your gut instinct.. that is the universe telling you something.
Hopefully they have replaced it by now or the next video will be "buying a new Chandelier"
Yes, this old lady In Michigan has her heart in her throat too.
@@copperhead2694 Well said.
Please get a better “S” hook for that beautiful chandelier. Love the color of this room. The chandelier sets the room off. Beautiful!!!
I love the way you are restoring and decorating your chateau. The mix of traditional elegance and extraordinary contemporary art pieces speaks volumes about your taste level. Your ability to engage the viewer is fabulous and you are delightful.
“As long as your not filming this” 🤣😂🤣
Phillip is such a gem and keeps me laughing. That electric panel is one of the craziest things I have ever seen.
I absolutely love the new color you chose for the walls and that chandelier is stunning. I would get a heavier S hook though. It was scary to see him hang it on that. It's a not good long-term situation. It's not even mine but I will cry if it falls someday. Love watching you guys best of luck to you in 2021
We will change that hook! promise :)
Think of it falling on someone and killing...
You guys really made the chandelier carrying scenes a whole-ass movie. I appreciate that you carried it for longer than necessary so that the scenes are cooler, thanks for the effort you guys put into your videos!!
The chandelier is perfect for the size of this room and is a real stunner. I think you are the first of the chateau renovators I watch who has actually used gold leaf to restore some of the golden elements of their chateaus. It looks far superior to gold paint that so many use. Loving the vibe of this room!
it does look better then the paint, we still need to improve our technique though ;)
@@HowToRenovateAChateau its a bit difficult to work with. Good luck.
Quite a few have used gold leaf. Johnny on the floor, Angel on many things and quite a few besides
Your taste is stunning. Probably one of the most beautiful chandeliers I have seen. This is so much fun to see your hand on this Chateau.
Thank you so much!
I agree. Classy.
Can't stop looking at that chandelier!
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I love your husbands sense of humour, if my partner was like that I bet I would live longer lol
While I love LaLande - how I found you- I think your style is actually more in line with mine- clean and minimalistic, hints of opulence ( fabric, chandeliers etc)
Anna, your talent is amazing. You are both so inspiring, great team work.
Chandelier looks gorgeous in the room, especially with that colour on the walls!! Your electrical skills - mindblowing 🤣🤣🤣 I admit, I couldn''t 😉
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Nice chandelier for the room. Consider a pulley system in the future to lift it, as well as for cleaning and maintenance. It'll make your life a lot easier.
Oh the chandelier looks magnificent! Well done with the mirror too, looks great.
One episode and I am hooked. Subscribed. The chandelier is gorgeous, and as an avid DIY-er I could not stop watching. Well done.
Everybody needs some gold in their life❤❤
Oh the anxiety! I could just hear the crash and breaking glass of the chandelier falling! Whew, good job.
You both have excellent taste in decor. I look forward to your vlogs and enjoy seeing the progress you are making. x
Hahaha that bit about "first try" and "lucky you aren't filming this" was so good. 😂
You both have managed to get a real gem when you purchased this chateau! The chandelier is amazing!!! The gold leaf product on the mirror was a brilliant idea, it really looks good & adds to the character of the chateau. I love that you have saved the old bubbled glass in the windows. You are both making this place proud with your accomplishments!
👏👏👏 For carrying that chandelier down all those stairs. And specially for carrying it up the ladder and lifting it to the ceiling, amazing balance. What a beautiful chandelier. The gold looks silver on video.
This video got so therapeutic towards the end when the sticky blue thingies started coming off!
Oh PLEASE get another hook for that beautiful HEAVY chandelier, it’s stunning room coming along beautifully 🍷
That hook is far stronger than you might think. Made of stainless steel, they're often described as marine hooks.
Love the chandelier moving down the stairs music 🤣
Anna, you are so brave! So much at risk with the mirror. Im impressed!
I love the color of the room and the mirror is outstanding.
The mirror and the chandelier look amazing, absolutely beautiful. As for the electrician, he is so cheeky, most amusing... 😆❤🇦🇺
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The glass panes being liquid is an old urban legend. Beautiful nonetheless!
Getting some serious academia aesthetics from this
ah! we do our best ;)
I love that room. The color is perfect and the mirror really stands out now. The chandelier is beautiful . This what I expect in a french interior . It is a job well done.
Stunning chandelier! I held my breath as you came down the stairs! Hope the hook is strong enough! Loving the mirror & how you are learning by doing it yourself, good work:) I’m loving your Chateau vlogs ❤️
Thank you so much!
Cute little skit with the electrical issue. Love your videos.
My house in New Orleans has glass like that. It’s over 175 years old. It’s one of the many things that I love in my city. I love watching y’all work together for a common goal. It’s just so much fun!
Where is the bickering and nagging. You guys are so relaxed and cheerful. A joy to watch jou both! And you're doing a great job!
Between 3:05 and 3:12 Philip had to round the corner of the stairs and then stop to let her run all the way down to start filming again-all while he was holding the heavy chandelier! That's dedication.
Well spotted ;)
Coming down those stairs with the chandelier, my heart was in my stomach!
I’m just looking at the older video’s and I laugh “I forgot to read the instructions”. I was like hey that is Philip’s favorite line. Ha ha. Best of luck to you all.
This was a stressful one to watch but CONGRATULATIONS on getting that beautiful chandelier hooked up! Isn't it missing a few ampoules?? What an octopus of wires!! Yes, I would use sticky tape to identify all the wires...beautiful job! You guys are so funny! Love it! Traditionally, the red paint used as a primer for gilding is called red bole or clay bole. It remains a bit tacky and helps the gold leaf to adhere to it. It also give the gold a deep. rich gold colour. Once the gold is applied, the gold is burnished with an agate stone to make it smooth. But it doesn't matter because your work looks rustic and beautiful. Great job!
What a gorgeous chandelier in a gorgeous room. I think you mean "peau de lapin" so rabbit skin rather than blood
Oh, poor guy! So many steps and then up a ladder! Great job. Now go soak in the tub, because your back will feel it tomorrow, lol
Loving your vlogs, you two are a delight to watch and so funny! Last week I held my breath as you went up a chimney and this week you went up a ladder with a chandelier without holding on! The room is looking amazing.
Thank you!
Quite a messy job, that gold leafing. But I love that you try the best you can. Trial and error...a nd you LEARN, and I love that you DO learn - the hard way. Makes us wonder about the workers of old, that didn't have the same glues, and who knows about paper-thin gold leaves. And still their work lasted for decades/centuries. What formidable wealth of knowledge has been lost...
Your Salon is tres chic 🌟 I love your videos
What a magnificent chandelier. Your gold leafing of the mirror turned out lovely.
I have just started watching your videos from the beginning. Your a bright spot in my day. I love laughing with you.
Oh thank you!
That chandelier!! ❤️❤️❤️ The windows!!❤️❤️❤️ The electrician 🤣🤣🤣 The gold leaf❤️❤️❤️
I love chandeliers because they remind me of a beautiful wedding dress.
The room will look stunning when you're finished.. It looks amazing now.
I would replace the S hook with a robust chain. The beautiful chandelier hangs now too high
I agree. I think it would look better a bit lower on a chain as the ceilings are so high.
I love the way he says “electrics”!!
I subscribed a couple of months ago but binge watched your videos in the last few days. Just love them. I think you haven't killed each other while doing the renovations simply because you two are just such good friends with each other. It's just so lovely to see. :)
In the US, you can still buy the ‘wavy’ old-fashioned glass for historical renovations.
From where? We have an old house with old windows and some panes have been replaced with new. I wouldn’t hate changing them out someday
@@twobluestripes just google some appropriate search terms. The one my friend used is in Mass.
Watching the Chandelier coming down the beautiful stairwell looked like a stunning bride coming down in all her glory, so beautiful. I know it might sound a little corny. But the lighting and the sound was absolutely tantalizing?!? It really sets off the room as does the gold leaf, the large mirror and the ripple effect of the old glass on the windows. Absolutely stunning. Well done. It was scary though, especially climbing the ladder as you did… beautiful 🤩
The mirror turned out great. The ageing product made all the difference. Perfect.
😊💖😊xx love the mirror looks stunning xx
I'm loving the Salon. I can't wait to see it completed. Welldone 😄
That's a beautiful chandelier. And you did a great job on the mirror
I’m loving the channel!!! The room looks wonderful, can’t wait to see it furnished!
Beautiful chandelier, and the electrical part was very funny! I really enjoyed the gold leafing process and the finished mirror was stunning.
I’ve so enjoyed watching as you tackle DIY projects, Anna! Bravo on the stunning mirror!!
I was so incredibly happy to have come across your channel in the suggested section. Because I watch Stephanie and all the others channels. It is so good that you use, 'Little Greene', paint. They have such a good values and ethics behind their company. I absolutely love love love your renovations. Especially in the rooms where Stephanie and Marie stayed over. It's so nice to see impeccable taste in your choices. You both have such good down to earth personalities. Which is good. I look forward to seeing you both visit Stephanie's chateau. I agree with the others about the S hook. About the mirror - Apparently they put the rabbits glue on top of the red bole /clay. They picked up the gold leaf with a very thin but wide bristle brush. Then lay it down onto a special kind of pad. Then, cut the gold leaf with a bluntish special type knife. Gently placed the leaf on top of the rabbits glue. Then used the crystal stick to burnish the gold. It makes it incredibly shiny like a mirror gold like the frames. But to make it look antique they used another liquid type that I can't remember. On top. The old ingredients for water gilding from the 19th century. Was glue made from rabbits collagen in their skin /hide. With the 'red bole', made from clay. I only know this because I looked into it for my future furniture art. As I want to do it in the old 19th century methods. But (without) the horrible rabbits glue from the collagen in their skin. There is lots of videos of people using that method on old gold frames. They even use another method to make the gilding look antiqued. I hope that helps. I really enjoy your vlogs. Keep it going x
You guys are funny and sweet. The light is beautiful!
Love the classical music and the humor.
Oh my I was scared Phillip was going to fall off that ladder!
The Chandelier is gorgeous
Bravo! Phillip, you have great "core" strength! Love the fixture!
Red Clay Bole is usually the standard color for applying gold leaf. Bole needs to be applied with rabbit skin glue solution. The red color beneath the gold leaf assimilates through the leaf. Red Bole accentuates and ‘warms’ yellow gold. When burnished, the rich creamy bole gives the gold leaf a lustrous shine. (according to Iconography Supplies)
Love the chandelier
i was grunting with you as you went up the ladder. bravo !
Wow, Philipp... With electrics you really act as a genius (despite the cabel salad). And guys, I just love the ease you do things with. With not wanting to be perfect always. Big help for me as being scared to do smtn wrong always, which takes off the joy from life. Thanks!
Thingy doohickey German words that Americans have adopted for the thingys and doohickeys. Hahah!!!! On a serious note thanks sincerely for allowing me to come along with you while you hung that heavy chandelier. You have a beautiful home and I’m so impressed that you are doing all the work to make it a home for yourselves. Many thanks from California 💕❤️💕🙋♀️
Our pleasure! and yes, I'm a german english french italian linguistic mess! Touché!
Philipp, I was worried about you up the chimney but I was terrified when you went up the ladder with the chandelier! And for the love of your children, definitely a BIGGER hook. And LABEL the cables. 🥴🤣
What an effect of sunlight from the window on the wall - and what a beautiful chandelier - Fantastic. Love when Philips "cheats". Take care of yourself - a beautiful home you create together. 👍❤
I like the use of contemporary furniture and the walls colors very much!
You make it look so easy! Or not. Philipp gets the chandelier down from the attic and hung in the salon in a little more than four KZhead minutes - amazing. A term that might come in handy: the red or brown matter (clay rather than paint) found under proper gilding - is, in English, called bole.
Yikes! I was so fearful of Philip falling down the stairs with that heavy chandelier!! What a stunning room! Love your muted colours and fresh style! xoxo
lol, the chandelier sure sounded beautiful while you were carrying it down the stairs! It is a gorgeous chandelier as well! It is a great find!
That is the most beautiful chandelier I have ever seen. So delicate yet with a strong presence. You have excellent taste Philipp. Well, just look at your wife? 😎
Hello, I don’t want to be a know-it-all, but a couple of tips. When removing masking tape it tends to pluck the edges of paint UNLESS you pull it down over itself, not like you did, but pull it very flat down over itself, not out and away from the wall. Not sure if gold leaf behaves this way. Also gold leaf is usually lifted on a soft brush, and in a room with every door and window closed so no draughts. It looks great.
After a spooky kind of incident the other night in my home, I too suggest a stronger hook. I was reading and my better half was asleep and I heard this dreadful crash. I thought the bedroom window had cracked or an animal (wallaby or possum) had hit it. No trace of cracks, no further sounds; I ran around like a headless chook for a while! Next morning all was revealed; the wardrobe railing had crashed down leaving all our clothes sitting on the floor! Save yourselves the cost and angst; go stronger! The hooks of the railing were straight; they were meant to be hooks! I’m enjoying this content; loved you including your husbands ruse! We have to keep the integrity, don’t we, regards, Susan From Hobart.
There's gonna be a stronger hook as soon as I find one! :)
After your done remodeling please do 18th century clothes and a phot by the fire place.I bet it’s going to be stunning.love the effort
A gorgeous chandelier by far. I hope Phillipp is has a great deal of upper body strength!
It looks immaculate! Stunning room all together. Well done guys!
When you turned the chandelier on ✨🎼🔆🎶✨ ..gold leaf is beautifuL !
Love your sense of humour Philippand Anna.
Gorgeous chandelier---and I was happy to read in the comments that you intend to replace that skimpy hook with something sturdier. The room is beautiful; you have very classic, elegant taste.
Where you have the odd bits of red showing through makes it look old and authentic. Good job.
You made me so nervous with the chandler
you CAN buy wavy glass... its harder to find and more expensive, but you can actually restore old windows with the proper wavy glass.
I have seen it on The Chateau Diaries when Stephanie visits the first Hôtel in Avignon. The patron restored all his windows with old glass and as far as I remember he told the factory in the vlog where you can buy it.
Not rabbit blood, but Rabbit Skin glue was used traditionally in the application of clay bole which comes in colors of red, yellow, black, etc.. when preparing the surface for water gilding.
Pro tip: wrap the chandelier with plastic wrap from the kitchen to keep it from jostling. Then put it in bubble wrap and into a sturdy box with handles and *gently* transport it. :)
Yayyyyy yur painting it gold! Whohoo. Merci madamoiselle 🙏🏽♥️🙏🏽♥️
WOW THAT WAS AMAZING !!!! WELL DONE PHILIPP ,THAT IS PERFECT FOR THAT ROOM ! BUT I THINK YOU NEED A HEAVER HOOK
Just run into your vlog....it is fantastic to watch the two of you.....the joking is def. an upper!
Glad you enjoyed it