Paper, Paint, Restoration, Decoration, and Less Than 2 Days to Go! - Journey to the Château, Ep. 190
In this week's episode, Patrick and Stuart frantically work to finish their château gîte makeover (holiday rental) before the first guests arrive later this week. Still left on their "to-do" list are wallpapering, painting, installing baseboards/skirting boards, restoring an armoire, installing a bed crown (ciel de lit), setting up new beds, cleaning and finally decorating. They also show a recent brocante trip with friends to a nearby town with an Easter monday celebration.
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Music:
Sonatina No 2 in F Major Allegro, by Joel Cummins
from KZhead Audio Library
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 In G Major, Bwv 1048 I. Allegro (Full Track), by Johann Sebastian Bach
Originally published by Lynne Publishing (track not PRO registered) (none)
from NEO Sounds Ltd.
Parisian Café, by Aaron Kenny
From KZhead Audio Library
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Join Patrick and Stuart on their journey to find a neglected, forgotten, or crumbling château or castle in France, and then continue to follow them as they work on its restoration, rénovation, decoration, and furnishing. Along the way, they will also create and share videos on their preparation for having gîtes for guests, and an event venue in their chateau (wedding, birthday, anniversary, organization or club meetings, retreats, etc.).
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Wow. You have accomplished so much this winter. I think that’s one of the reasons you’re gaining subscribers is everyone loves to see what Patrick and Stwwart can do to refurbish redecorate and enhance their beautiful château.❤️. And you are both lovely people and absolutely a joy to watch. You always brighten my day and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for all that you do. There’s almost 30,000 people out there that look forward to watching you both share your lives with us each and every week.
Thank you so much. You are so kind. We gained 200 subscribers in 2 weeks. That is amazing. We did get a lot done, didn’t we. It never feels that way for me but looking at the videos….. You are right! 🥰 ❤😊
That 2nd Gite has really transformed. The birds and flowers wallpaper is gorgeous. So sorry you are stressed about getting ready for gite renting season. Be kind to yourselves!
Thank you so much. ❤❤
I CANNOT believe what you guys are capable of in such a short timeframe!!! It defies logic! Everything is stunning!!
Thank you! 💕
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Bravo!! Lovely rooms!!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
The guys r very excellent. The have restored before I think it's great Patrick can do wallpapering by himself🎉 I think it's better as I know ppl that have had big fights over the wallpaper installation😂😊
All I can say about the first wall paper is that great minds think alike. 😊 Patrick you are the best wall paper hanger. ❤
Thank you,so much Mike. It is so classy but not over the top. I agree, great minds do think alike. No a huge thank you for the compliment about hanging wallpaper….. I really came to love doing it. Hugs from Colombe ❤❤❤
He does make it look easy
The Gite is beautiful! I love the decor and commend you both for having such good taste. I wish you all the best with your guests and I know they will feel so much at home with you Patrick and Stuart. 😊
Thank you Jenifer. What a kind comment. ❤❤❤. The gentlemen who restored the floors stayed in it before we redecorated it and liked it a lot. Sending love from Colombe 😊
I absolutely love both wallpapers. Redecorating a bit will make those rooms unforgettable. Much love to you both and the pups ❤
Thank you so much Chris. We are looking for a few more decorations but love the rooms as they are already ❤❤❤
Hi Patrick and Stuart, You go from hurry up and wait to OMG, two days to a deadline...the life of a Chatelaine. As a collector of vintage posters, Charet, Mucha & Villemot, I do appreciate the posters going into the Gite. The gite looks perfect, BRAVO to both of you. Mark & Scott
Hi Patrick & Stuart. LOVE the rooms! Great choices in the wallpapers, bedding and furnishing . Both rooms look lovely and comfy. Well done Guys! ❤❤❤
Patrick and Stuart, I recently discovered your channel after seeing you on Chateau Diaries. I'm so pleased to have found your lovely chateau and have been watching old episodes to catch up on your journey as you work to restore your beautiful home. The gite is amazing and I so enjoyed watching you wallpaper and complete your beautiful rooms. What lucky guests to be able to visit an enchanting destination. I look forward to watching you on your journey and viewing the many episodes I missed. You both have elegant taste as you transform the rooms of your chateau. Stuart, the wallpaper with the birds I've seen on other chateau programs and it's beautiful and elegant; just like bringing the garden inside.
Patrick. I love that very UNIQUE CHANDELIER!! IT IS SO SWEET LOOKING. IVE NEVER SEEN ONE LIKE THIS BEFORE....GOING TO LOOK AWESOME IN THAT ROOM❤🎉
Watching this while in bed. Not very well. So, thank you for keeping me company. And I love the new layout of the rooms.
Thank you. Hope you feel better soon! 🙏
I love the choice of wallpaper with birds.
Thank you Christine. ❤❤
Everything looks lovely. I’m sure your guests will be pleased. Just charming!
Love the wallpapers that you have choose. It will look stunning when it’s finished. You both work so well together. Keep up the fantastic work guys I know it must be exhausting but it will be worth it when you finish you will stand back at look at the old girl who’s come back to life thanks to you both.
Thank you Margarete. It is soothing and inspires (I hope). We are a great team and love what we do. Huge hugs ❤❤❤
Patrick you are doing a wonderful job.The wallpapers are beautiful.
Lovely results from your hard work, and much better use of the space. I know that your guests will be very pleased. ♥️♥️♥️ Great job on the wardrobe rescue, and great way to avoid questions about or problems with the little door. 🙂
Both bedrooms turned out really lovely and will be very inviting after a day of touring the region.
A jam-packed reno vlog, wow guys!! WELL DONE! I can't even express how much I love that blue bird/flower wallpaper!!! and the blue and gold? 😍💙💛 Then at 5:24 the black cat poster,!!! I used to love a pizza/darts/trivia/dive bar called Quigley's, near my lifelong home near Albany, NY. I would see that poster as I came out of the Ladies facility. (Memories!!) My basement bar/family room in upstate NY was decorated in French (Eiffel Tower, Absinthe, et al alcohol decor), I should send it all to you!!.🥂 Many times removed cousin Patrick, your wallpapering skills are astounding!! Prost!
Well, it turned out beautifully 😍. What vision you guys have. The wallpaper, armoire , the bed frame, just everything came together.❤️. Envy those first visitors. So very happy everything is really coming together for you two. Love and miss you always.❤️ 😊
Thanks so much! 😊💕😘😘
The new bedrooms in the gite are beautiful. The addition of the fantastic wallpapers adds wonderful color and design. Thanks again for the smiles you give to us!!
You have elevated both rooms, simply elegant wallpaper. Especially the second paper you showed, the one without the birds. Both are just beautiful.
Thank you so much. I think it was important that we have two significantly different styles so people of different tastes can have their pick for the bedrooms. Huge hugs ❤
Everything looks beautiful! 🎉 Great job! 🎉 bonus for me seeing the hot security guard during the parade 😊 y’all keep working I can’t wait to see the fountain.
Patrick/Stuart, I am a devoted follower and want to thank you both for how happy I feel watching you bring these rooms back to life and making them so beautiful. I often think that the two of are natural born chateau owners as you are both Renaissance men - is there nothing you can't do to perfection?
Hello Roxanne. Thank you so much for staying with us on this crazy journey. 😊❤. We appreciate your wonderful comment. Comments like yours give us the motivation to push forward, even when we have a day when we don’t feel like it 😂😂😂. Sending you love and hugs from Colombe ❤
I love the green and gold wallpaper! It is so elegant. The other floral wallpaper is beautiful, too. Good choices!
Patrick, you are a perfectionist, the wallpapers look fabulous 💙
Wow! What a transformation of the rooms! 🙏😍 They are now so beautiful and harmonious. Wonderful wallpapers. The one with the birds is my favorite. Good idea to make them more "Chateau-ish" Well done you two 👏👏❤
Patrick, I get SO frantic when I have to wallpaper.You made it look so easy and it as SO soothing to watch you put up both of those Gorgeous Papers! Thank you as it gave me the confidence to wallpaper another wall in my bedroom.
Thank you so very much Susan. I used to dread wallpapering. Since we are here I tell myself that I can just peel it off again. 😂😂😂. And I plan the drop and measure, then have a tea and don’t put pressure on myself. Good luck and enjoy the process. I love that you will do it. ❤😊❤. Hugs from Colombe
Wow, what a fantastic transformation! Patrick, you aced it again! I love both patterns of wallpaper. Again, the perfect accompaniment and editing Stuart! You two are so special to me!
Good morning Patrick & Stuart, my goodness, you moved your bones all right to get so much done! The rooms are absolutely lovely, alas, my favourite one is the one you are recording in. It is such a lovely change, I love colour, but this, is it grey and white or black, cannot distinguish, regardless, I love it the most, so different. You have such talent. I am thinking of a bed crown for one of our bedrooms but I will have to commission you Patrick to do so for me. I cannot do that. You have done yourselves proud once again, it is a pleasure to watch you redecorate and managing all the projects. I hope you will soon hit the 30 thousand and more. Happy days, do take care, many blessings. Kind regards, Elize.
Love this new configuration and the wallpaper choices are lovely (as always)!
Thank you. So very kind. ❤❤❤. Hugs😊
Patrick and Stuart, the bedrooms, wall paper and the music, WONDERFUL!! The pair of you work so well together, simply lovely!
Thank you so very much. We are really pleased how the remodelling of the first gîte has turned out. And we do work really well together. And that is such a blessing. ❤❤❤. Hugs from Colombe 😊😊
Love the rooms especially the bed spread in the smaller room, pat yourselfs on the back xx
Romantic and pretty - not much more is required 🥰
Hi Stuart and Patrick. Whom could not like you both🫶. Things are really progressing. So sorry to hear that Ginger passed😢. Hope your both well and keep up the beautiful content❤️
Hi Guys! Sorry I didn't make the Premier, but food and wine was calling! The Gite rooms are wonderful. Great work as usual!
Love the wallpapers, the bed crowns and the color schemes.
Thank you very, very much❤
Patrick: " I have my moment". I think you moment is when you have an idea to change the configuration of the rooms in the chateau and there is nothing that is going to be in your way: not even a wall almost three feet thick. ❤😂 I love it! The results are amazing. ( I am like that some times when I have an idea. Lol.)
Wonderful job! Both rooms look so lovely! Having had the joy of staying there it has been so fun to see the transformation - makes me ready to come back!
Absolutely love the wallpapers! You and Vivian have great taste, great minds think alike. 😉🦋
Well done guys ,come together perfect ,wall paper brillant ,love all❤❤👏👏👍
Everything looks so inviting! Bravo!! One always thinks of those religious processions happening in Spain. Cool that you got to see a local French one! I think it is wonderful that these traditions persist in modern times.
Loved your phrase "Not too Matchy Matchy" Patrick!😃The room looked very lovely when finished, I liked the curtaining! Although we hate deadlines, sometimes its good to spur us on! Your both great working together, always entertaining! John in Monmouth uk
I really like your choice of wall paper for both rooms. They add so much to the feel of the rooms. The Bed crown is so impressive without being ornate it gives me good ideas for my own place. Congratulations the GIT is lookig great.
The rooms are really nice! NO RAIN. Bonus
Its all come together beautifully WELL DONE 🎉😃
Really enjoyed watching you bring everything together.
BEAUTIFUL wallpaper!!! The rooms look amazing!!! Best.
such a pretty wallpaper Feels like I’m in a novel ❤❤❤ so beautiful and cozy
Thank you Sidra. ❤❤❤. Huge hugs
Love the new rooms! Beautiful and cozy! The gold and green wallpaper is stunning, almost translucent, great for a small room. I also get such a sense of relaxation watching you put up the wallpaper Patrick, the accompanying music is perfect. Thank you for today and see you on Friday! xox
Thank you. So glad you like our choices. It feels lovely. We have friends and patrons stay in there in the next months. We feel happy and exhausted all at once. ❤😂❤. Huge hugs😊
Both rooms came out just lovely. The wallpaper choices looked great and I bet they are even much better in real life. Good luck with all your guests, try to catch your breath before they arrive. Hugs to all and stay well.
Thank you so much Ina. The rooms feel lovely. I’m going over now and vacuum and was the floors one more time and mow the gras……. Then we are ready for tomorrow. I’m grateful we got it all done in time. Love from Colombe ❤😊❤
So beautiful. Thank you for sharing. ❤
Aloha Patrick and Stuart, I’m speechless👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 🎼 🏆🎶🥇🏰.
The gite is beautiful! Both wallpapers are lovely! Hard to decide but you choice is perfect! ❤
Love what you have accomplished in the gite. Well done 👏
Having always lived in an old house without a square corner or 100% straight walls, I always paint my walls the main colour of the background of my wallpaper that way a minor flaw in not noticed
What an incredible transformation ❤❤❤❤❤Love the wallpaper choices along with the excellent music choices as per usual 😍😘
Thank you so much ❤❤❤
Love your choice of wallpaper. Rooms are looking amazing. Always enjoy your brocante trips.😊
Thanks so much! 😊
Hi Patrick and Stuart! I love both of your wallpaper choices! Soo pretty! And I love your Chat Noir poster, I used to have one like it. Sadly it was damaged while in storage. However, I do have a real life Chat Noir fur baby, Calvin! ❤ Keep up the great work! Looks lovely!
Beautiful my Dears the rooms are so amazing and you’ve decorated them so nice. Well done 👏👏❤ great bit of Brocanting love the music thanks for taking us along
It looks so inviting -- and I'm sure you are great hosts -- I wish I were there!
Oh look how beautiful it is! WOW!
OMG, I Love that chandelier !!!
Love the decoration of the reconfigured gite! You two have been busy with the update of the gite and the new B&B room! I’m glad the gite is fully booked for April. Well done you two! 👏🏻👏🏻 I’m looking at possibly coming over in July, August next year. I’ll be in touch once plans are firm. Hope you had a great Easter with your friends. ❤️
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Thank you, Sheila! ❤️
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Beautiful job on the wallpaper. You make it look so easy!! And both rooms look awesome!
Both rooms turned out beautiful!
The rooms look fabulous!, and the wall paper is divine! Wishing you an excellent season. Alles liebe. ❤
Herzlichen Dank! Thank you so very much Andrea. Glad you like the rooms. Love from Colombe ❤😊❤
The gîte looks great. The bedroom with the bed crown turned out so lovely, very romantic.👍👍 The gold wallpaper is beautiful, fitting for a Château. The long gun at the brocante was fabulous. That one moved the needle a bit. I was looking around the room for the place to hang it. I do think that some of the prices were a bit high. But you know I like a good deal, so I would have had to have been in buying mood to part with a farthing.💰 🍀Good luck with your opening.🍀 ❤ from TX!
The rooms are beautiful, I love the wallpapers.❤🥂
Lovely wall paper choices and work, Patrick! 👍🏻
Everything absolutely beautiful. ❤
Thank you so much Frances. ❤😊❤
The bedrooms are gorgeous- I love the wallpaper!
Thank you Jeanie. Very kind of you ❤❤❤
Love everything you do!
Lovely paper and I absolutely love the stone floor, all looks amazing.
Thank you Valerie. ❤❤❤❤
You have made the gite very welcoming .
The bedroom is just lovely, I love the wallpaper in both rooms, so pretty. Kathy USA 🇺🇸
Thank you Kathy! So kind of you ❤❤❤
The rooms look beautiful. Have a great business season!❤
Everything is spot on beautiful❤
My happy place👩🌾watching “Journey to the Chateau” ❣️
Love from Colombe Wanda 💖♥️💖
The two rooms look beautiful. You guys did such a wonderful job. Can’t wait to see the bed-and-breakfast and what you do to that one to finish.
Dear Patrick and Stuart, the two rooms are beautiful and I love your choice of wallpapers. They are romantic and quaint and charming, befitting a chateau gite! You both work so well together as you each have your own expertise in different areas so the end results are magnificent!!! I know when it comes down to only one and a half days before guests arrive, the checklist seems too long, but miraculously it all gets done on time. You have really accomplished many renovations in the last few months, with each room having its own beauty. I hope your rainy days are coming to an end. Ours seem like the sun went on a very long holiday. Many hugs and ❤. xx
Hello darling Stephanie. I love your thought on the sun going on a very long vacation. 😂😂😂. It truly feels that way at times! 😢😮. We are glad that you like our choices. We truly like the rooms. We didn’t just create a rental unit. We’d be happy to stay there ourselves. 😊❤😊 You and Donna pointed out the many projects that we got done……. We truly appreciate the reminder because we usually don’t look back but only at what we have to do. 😂😮😂. Thank you so very much ❤❤❤
Patrick and Stuart, the gîte bedrooms turned out quite well despite time restraints. The procession brought back memories of the Larkin family on holiday in France in the old British series, "The Darling Buds of May."
Thank you Edward. All I have left now is one last floor cleaning and mowing in the gîte garden. Hurrah. The procession was lovely. Now I have to go and see if I can find the Larkin family! Love it. Hugs 😊
The rooms are so lovely...good job you two.
I got unsubscribed somehow but found you all again! Love the GITE.
Patrick and Stuart, I am loving those smiles of satisfaction from your hard work. Both bedrooms are beautifully decorated. Your guests should be very content with them. This is a huge transformation. I love both wallpapers. The attention to detail is fabulous. I am glad you had a break from the rain. I hope the Easter bunny stopped by with lots of treats for you both.❤
Looks absolutely lovely - mix of French and English country - so comfy !❤
Thank you Nancy. I think you summed that up perfectly. Love it ❤
Haven't the gite rooms turned out lovely. To be expected of course. Best wishes.
Both wallpapers are gorgeous!
What a stunning gite!! Congratulations! ❤❤
The rooms look great, you have worked so hard. Well done for the April bookings, hope you get booked up for the rest of the season.
Thank you so much! 😊
Rooms turned out lovely! Thank you for vlogging!
Thank you for your great comment ❤❤❤
I really love both wallpaper selections; seeing the chandelier against the floral set it off beautifully.
Thank you very much ❤😊❤
Golly. This was so relaxing to watch. ❤
They look fab guys!..... great work 🎉
Congratulations 🎉 completing those beautiful gites🥹🐦
Thank you so much ❤❤
I’m so inspired by all the work you two have done since moving into the chateau. Always look forward to seeing your designs and just love the newly decorated bedroom, really love the bed and bedding. It was nice seeing you guys at La Land taking a break.
Hi Rose. That is so kind of you. We try to design room that are embracing and interesting. Being at LaLande was a true treat. We were absolutely delighted about being invited. Love from Colombe ❤😊❤
I used to have two homes that I rented as vacation rentals and managed by myself, from several hours away. Notice I said “used to have” 😂 It’s not for the faint of heart. Best wishes to you guys for the upcoming season.
I hear you and thank you. We had lovely guests so far and I’ll light a candle for it to stay that way 😊😊
Youuuu two are so talented beyond words! I cant wait to be able to come visit❤❤❤ Also your videis warm my heart.
Love the changes!!! You make it look so easy!!!
Hello gorgeous. Glad you like to rooms. We love what we do….. maybe that’s why it looks easy? 😊😂. Will call you soon and hope you stopped beating people and let your wrist heal❤😊😂. Kidding!
Love the room. The blue is gorgeous
Thank you so very much ❤