Wood RESTORATION, Finishing Original 17th Century PARQUET FLOORING - Journey to the Château, Ep. 194
In this week's episode, Patrick and Stuart receive their delivery of Gilboy's Hard Wax Oil so that they can finish the work on the restoration of the previously sanded oak wood floors on the chateau first floor. They also show the recent progress on the starter plants for the chateau garden and potager (kitchen garden), as well as the chateau flowers that are currently in bloom.
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Music:
Serenade, Op. 6, by Josef Suk
Performed by A Far Cry
From KZhead Audio Library
String Quartet Emperor Hob Iii 77 Op 76 No 3: 1 Allegro (Full Track), by Joseph Haydn
Originally published by Lynne Publishing (track not PRO registered)
Purchased from NEO Sounds Ltd.
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All your hard work is paying off - the floors are beautiful! You two have a great work ethic and have accomplished so much!
Thank you so very much Anna. That is so kind of you. We love the floors. And we truly enjoy the progress me made.. ove from Colombe ❤😊❤
Patrick and Stuart, that Gilboy's product is exceptional. What a transformation in your floors. I am looking forward to seeing how Gilboy's restors your antique furniture. Spring has arrived, and your blooms are gorgeous. Particularly, I am a fan of your irises. I just wish that they would stay in bloom for longer than a couple of weeks per year.
OMG Gilboy's is amazing, what a change and the oil and wood grain is beautiful. That is safe and eco what a find. Well done
It is a truly amazing product. All natural and we couldn’t be happier with the results ❤❤❤
Gorgeous floor. ❤ Excellent product! Just one coat?
The floors are simply amazing, and the garden flowers are beautiful.
Thank you Bobbie. ❤❤❤
When I was a kid, we lived in a house that was built in the 50s with real hardwood floors. Every spring, we would take everything outside to wax the floors. Mom would wax it with the best wax back then and have us put on dad's old socks and buff the floors by sliding around 😄
We used to do this too. We pretended we were ice skating, and assumed the identities of famous skaters like Rodnina and Zaitsev. Closest we ever got to any actual skating!
I love that! What a great memory! And fun too. ❤❤❤
@@ludovica8221😂. That is too cute. Love it 😊❤😊
Hi guys! The floors really do look superb. I’m sure after 400 years they too appreciate the care you’ve given them! It’s good to see you getting closer to the point where the chateau will actually begin to give you back money 🎉. The plantings are just gorgeous! Spring is no where to be found here yet. So bloody depressing. Thanks for cheering me up! 💕
Hi Elizabeth. Once the polyurethane was removed and the floor were smooth and splinter free….. they basically yelled: Nourish me! 😂❤😂. And they look fabulous. Indeed, come May, we will be able to have B&B guests. How fantastic. Even if it just one room ….. for now. I completely understand how depressing endless winters are. It was a huge motivator for us to move here. Hoping for a fast approaching spring for you ❤❤❤
The one single red rose with the old weathered vines as a backdrop was breathtaking!
Thank you Martha. It is so very pretty😊😊😊
Beautiful blooms, birds singing, and gorgeous floors, oh my. Enjoy the rest of the decorating process!❤️
The floors are BEAUTIFUL!! 0:30 They really pop!! I’m definitely going to order Gilboys Hard wax oil for my old floors which haven’t been polished since the house was built in 1925. - that’s old to us here in Florida. I have Gilboys furniture polish and it’s wonderful. Brings up shine on my antiques. They also sent me some sunflower seeds as a gift! I’ve gotten them started, but don’t know how tall they’ll be. Such a nice surprise- It’s a well run company with quality products!! You’ll love the polish, too. Everything old is new again.🤗 Happy to see your flowers blooming and it looks as if spring has sprig! I admire your passionate dedication to restoring a grand old castle! Would love to visit and stay with you some day! Thanks for sharing with us!
The floors look stunning. But, the hallway has made a huge impact on how the château welcomes everyone into it.
Hi Nanci. Thank you very much. And you are right, it is quite an amazing first impression.
My gosh, the floor looks amazing, who would have thought that a product could bring it back to absolutely gorgeous! Gilboy's, you have provided a miracle! Again, the perfect music accompaniment Stuart! Oh, the Lilacs, the roses, the lemons, the herb and flower pots sprouting, the birdsong, it lifts the spirit. Thank you so much.
Hello dear Norma. Isn’t that an amazing product and easy to apply….. And the results….. Amazing! Spring is here, even though we have some pretty chilly nights. 😮. You will like the flower arrangement I put together for tomorrow….. love from Colombe ❤
@@patrickjourneytothechateau9452 Sure looking forward to tomorrow's video Patrick!!!!
The floors look great but oh my those irises are stunning. I can just imagine how wonderful the lilacs smell. It’s nice to see people living their dream.
Good morning Patrick & Stuart, the floors are just so beautiful! The Company that did the sanding did a superb job. Their machines must be top quality as the finish off looked lovely, hence you using that marvellous product, the beeswax and linseed oil, goodness, who would not be proud to show such magnificent flooring. The wood has been beautifully preserved, if that roof had holes inside it, you would have had one terrible headache to sort that out. Well, all said and done, the flooring looks amazing. Enjoy. The roses are always welcome, they grey of the wall behind the red rose just complimented each other not forgetting that orange/copper rose, so beautiful. Yes, all is very satisfying to see. I did not wish to buy many winter/spring bulbs, but now that I have seen the beautiful Dutch Iris flowering in all it's glory, I am thinking, maybe I should just get one packet, most satisfactory and rewarding. A pot loaded with those Iris' would soothe any trouble soul not matter how bad the day. It was a most enjoyable video to see all the developments and I cannot wait to see the restoring of the furniture with those waxes. Good luck. Do take care, many blessings, both are looking so good, that means, you are happy and contented. Just keep counting your blessings. Kind regards, Elize.
Thank you Elise. So kind of you. The flowers and the scents they give, are amazing. We have lilacs with iris in the hall….. 😊. The floors bring a lot of joy too. Fantastic sanding and now they are nourished….. we are thrilled. Sending you much love and get those Irises! They do brighten up even a gloomy day. 😊❤😊
Hey Patrick and Stewart! Hope you are both wonderfully well💕. Things seem to be nicely coming together. Especially as you come into spring. Where your efforts will bloom. I would like maybe! Just a vlog again on your experience from start to today! Your feelings on this journey. What you love and what you don’t so much. Ive watched you both from the beginning. It would just be very interesting to have a little ditty about that journey as it stands today. 🫶 Love you both from James❤️
The floors look fantastic. So much work but so worthwhile.😘
Thank you. Indeed, a lot of work but then, a gorgeous floor 😊❤😊
Aloha Patrick and Stuart, oh what gorgeous floors! They seem to really enjoy being brought back to their former glory. When I was growing up in Staten Island, N.Y. I had a small garden with Irises, Chrocases and I think, Daffodils. They pretty much grew and reproduced themselves which really fascinated me as a child. I could smell your Lilacs all the way here in Hawaii. It would sure be nice if Gilboys comped you some of their products. Am looking forward to seeing how you decorate the rooms👏🌺🐾🏰.
The transformation of the floors is astounding! Beautiful job❤❤❤❤❤❤
Wow, the floors look fantastic with the Gilboy's. Incredible difference. Loved the flowers, especially the roses. All that work is so worth the effort. Take care. See you Friday.❤
It's so worth doing the floors with just the way you're doing. They have come up beautifully. The garden is gorgeous, loving the colours x
Wow.. those floors.. nothing made today will ever look or be like your gorgeous floors..I’m the one who has made scratches in my floor by things falling out of the pantry or cabinets. Your flowers are so pretty.. especially your roses❤
I have many family antiques from the 18th and early 19th centuries. Gilboys may be what they need. I just recently was looking at them knowing they need some TLC. Thank you for letting us know about Gilboys!
Oh my word! I'd wager you're both thrilled with the results. Those floors look wonderful.
The floors and the garden are ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL! Well done!❣❣
Your floor restoration is very sensitive to the historic substance of the chateau. You - and Parfait Parquet - have really done a fabulous job on the 400 year old flooring 👏👏
The floors came out gorgeous ❤❤❤❤❤Love the flowers and the music choices ❤❤❤❤❤❤Spring time is my favorite and this only confirms my choice. Thanks for sharing 😍😘
Guys your floors look awesome job well done, they were soooo thirsty. See you on the next one, hugs to all and stay well.
The floors look great, and your flowers are beautiful! I can't believe your roses and iris are blooming already 😊
The floors are brilliant, and the garden is pure joy. Crack on! 🤗
Well done with the floors! You were certainly rewarded for all the hard work you both put into those floors. They look fantastic. Now for the furnishings of the rooms and preparation for your first guests. Both a nervous and exciting time I guess. And thank you for the tour of the gardens. I enjoy your views of your gardens. They are quite beautiful. I’m doing some work in my own garden in preparation for the upcoming winter season here in South Australia. I drove through vineyards on my way home today and they are turning a stunning gold. So pretty. A bientot mes Amis! ❤️❤️
Wow! The floors are gorgeous! The yellow rose is my favorite ❤
Well done Patrick & Stuart. The floors look magnificent 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thank you so much. Barbara, we are truly happy.😊
What a beautiful the floors area looking so rich and so good to see both of you so happy about this restoration lovely planting for spring enjoy the weather yes absolutely fantastic that the word well done great achievement for the chateau take care bye
The floors look fantastic! The flowers in the garden do too! ❤❤
Since everyone else has "waxed" poetic on the floors I won't. Instead, I'm going to comment on the flower shots. Whichever of you 2 took the shots is genius! There is depth and meaning to each shot. The irises themselves were spectacular. Just a note: the first iris was an iris germanica - German iris type. These are tall and large headed irises and bloom first in Spring (that is, they bloom after the "Dutch" bulb irises - that are short and from bulbs, not rhizomes - roots) but are the first to bloom from roots. The 2 others are iris sibirica - Siberian irises. These are just as tall as the German irises but with a distinct look to them. Their leaves are also grass like as they are thinner in feel and width. These don't mind little humid areas, compared to the German irises that prefer a poorer soil and drier - more like well-drained - soil environment. A tip: If your irises have not bloomed for a few seasons it might be because their rhizomes (roots) are not exposed to the sun beams of Spring. Iris plants will "rise" above the soil level to 'reach for the sun'. If you continuously put soil, leaves and mulch over the root clusters, this tells the plant that it is in hibernation and they will only put out leaves. But the real danger is that extra soil on top invites pests and borers - the iris borer in particular will turn any rhizome to a stinky mush!
Thank you for your wonderful shows/blogs. I simply adore your beautiful decorations and the wonderful miracle changes... Your artistic talents are simply supreme. May you be both be blessed and enjoy your wonderful new beginnings. Cheers from Arizona now Illinois.
Loving your finished floors...congrats on such a superb job. Can't wait to see the finished/furnished rooms! All the Spring blooms are an added perk!!
👏👏💝🥰🙏fantastic floor!! 400 years old 😳 unbelievable 🤩❤️
Amazing floors 400 year old! Great job and great music as usual! ;)
I like your explanation about the differences in wood floor treatments. I think I was the one who asked about it because we just redid all our wood floors. We did in fact redo all parts of the floors & not just the bad sections. Yours look absolutely beautiful!
Absolutely INCREDIBLE 400 year old floors!!! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🏰🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷
Big "Hi"" 2 U both from Victoria and Richard in New Zealand 🇳🇿 we watch all yr vloggs and love yr attitudes towards work and play. U have accomplished so much in the time u have spent in France. Enjoy the success and know the hard work u both put into everything u do is appreciated by yr fans. Fondest regards. Victoria 👱♀️ Richard 😎
The floors are beautiful it must be satisfying to see the results. Your hard work is certainly visible. Can’t wait to see the furnished room!
Thank you so much. We are excited to see the rooms being furnished ❤❤❤
Hello, Fellas!!! Two hardworking and creative gentlemen!!! 🥰🎶❤️❤️❤️🎶🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🏰🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷
Thank you. That is truly a fantastic comment. ❤️♥️👍🏻
Can’t wait to see the furniture in the bedrooms.
The floors are beautiful! You both did a magnificent job on them. You should be very proud of yourselves. I can’t wait to see what you do with the furniture.
Floors look amazing. Flowers etc look so bright and healthy
You guys are amazing! The floors look so good and the garden is beautiful, as well! Can’t wait to see how the furniture turns out! I have my great Aunts organ from the early 1900’s and wonder if this type of treatment might be what it needs!❤❤ take care & give eachother a lot of love & Grace!❤❤
I loveyour nature photography.🤠
Thank you Lynn. It is mostly Stuart but I often tell him, where I found amazing flowers. ❤❤❤. Hope all is well😊
Hi fellas, the floors are beautiful. They will last so much longer with such a lovely product, ❤ God bless you and yours, Love, jenwhite 😊❤😊
Oh I forgot to say how beautiful your Flowers are! The purple Lilac bush must smell incredible! I have been trying for Years to buy an heirloom Lilac which have the bigger darker green leaves, but all they sell here are the hybrids which aren’t as big blooms and have smaller leaves and very little scent. Pretty but nothing like the ones you have. Enjoy them all over the chateau. ❤❤❤
Floor looks fabulous - nice to have a more eco finish and love the garden update
Jako vždy kluci podlahy se opravdu povedly.
The floors look amazing guys, with all the decorating you’ve been doing in the guest bedrooms, the floors are just the icing on the cake. Good luck with your coming season. 😁
Hi sweeties. The floors look realy pretty and so rich. Seeing the flowers and the lilac in bloom you get spring vibes. When the B&B rooms are fournitured you have space for friends to visit. I'm getting everything together for my trip to you. My car will get service so it's save. Have a great evening. Hugs and kisses also for the furries 🥰❤️😘🐕
Thank you sweetie. It is lovely. I hope we get bookings for the B&B room. We need to have more income soon 😊❤😊. Spring is here but with nice days and then cold ones like today. 🥶🥶🥶. Wonderful to see you soon. My cousin Angela and Irene from Denmark will have just left. Hugs😊
It’s like a whole new home. Bravo 🙌 Adding extra warmth.
Wow! Mother Nature is lit when taken care of. The before and after really paints an amazing picture. Awesome job guys.
Thank you so much 😀
30K congratulations! Your continuous hard work is paying off, much to our joy!
Lovely montage of your seedlings and gardens Stewart. As for the floors - wow! Magic! Love using Gilboys on my antique furniture. Like you, learned about it from Terry and Ash.
The floors sure look amazing. You must be pretty chuffed.
Holy shit what an amazing transformation! Well done 👏
I’m just in awe of those gorgeous floors! Well done.
What an amazing product. You both show how happy you are with it. And it is truly beautiful‼️🫶🇨🇦
Beautiful stain on the floors well done. Thanks for the update on your lovely blossoming garden ❤
Thank you,so very much ❤❤
In Australia we are in autumn (fall) so it is fantastic to see your blossoms and blue skies. The floor looks great too and I'm excited to see the room setup. You must be too. Great to see you again (each Saturday afternoon here in Aus) as I tune into your channel. Love you both, Carmel xx
Wow, the floors look amazing! We live in a discard everything society and I think this is why i love watching chateau owners because you all have a different philosophy. Cherish the old, restore it but don’t discard it. Gilboys is quite a product. I watched Terry and Ash use Gilboys to restore a piece of furniture. I believe it was the side table you picked up for them. It turned out beautifully. The flowers and seedlings are wonderful. You are going to have a spectacular property this summer. You’ll have plenty of flowers to pick for wonderful arrangements for the chateau rooms. Many hugs!! xx
So true. Here in USA everything is torn down so more hideous buildings can be built. I think that the buildings in France are magical❤
Thank you! 💕
You have convinced me,, the floor is beautiful! Soon it will be finished, cant wait.
My personal favourite is wood flooring. Oak is a wonderful wood, mind you I love our spotted gum and others too. Don't know if our choices would last as long as oak though. Just magical. Credit to the gentleman who did the sanding. That Gilboys deserves to be named. It has worked its magic yet again. Hugs and best wishes.
The floor's look fabulous love the colour so rich and fresh 😍,The garden is coming on nicely and seeing it spring into beautiful colours is so nice take care and see you both next time 💕🌼🤗
I love the difference! It makes me *almost* want to do my floors. 🤣
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It is truly amazing. But then again, you are a bit busy……. 😂😊😂. Love and hugs from Colombe ❤
The floors are astonishing and beautiful. What a pleasure to live in a place with such ancient floors. Think of all of the lives....amazing! The garden is coming along and how beautiful. Dahlias are my favorite. Keep cutting the floors and they will keep delivering. I am hoping for loads of them this year :-) Cant wait to see what you do next! :-)
Tge floors look amazing, well done p
lovely floors and the flowers are gorgeous!
Love the floor way better than estapol, your flowers are beautiful too don’t they just make you smile, I get so much joy from mine
What a great looking 👀 floor. It’s beautiful 🤩 Well done. Oh to be able to smell those flowers. The bird song 🎶 is so enchanting.
I LOVE the floors! They look amazing. Great job gentlemen. Gorgeous and a lot of floors that you completed
Wood grain just pops out ,bravo !
The floors look great
If only we could all look that great at 400 years old!! Your seedlings are looking great. I started mine yesterday. Praying we all have a lovely growing season! XO
I'm happy to see someone with a Chateau go for old school all natural materials used for hundreds of years to treat wood floors! Finally! I know all of you use dmthe English paints that are good quality but they are all acrylics, so water water based but still plastics. Which I'd never dream of, regardless of the British marketing and choices for their own grand houses. It's also cheaper to make your own real oil emulsions. But natural, breathable and ecofriendly. Finally seeing a floor treated the proper way warms my heart. Its not a covering, its a conditioning of the wood itself that seeps into the pores and will protect it from drying out, cracking etc. It's so beautiful too. And you wont have the problems with all the scratches that inevitaby show up on a glossy layer of polyurethane laquer either. To get scratches it needs to bee someting heavy enough to scratch the actual wood, not a glossy plastic layer. Considering you guys are often moving furniture around, it's a more practical choice for many reasons. Good for you! Your blooms are beautiful. I cant decide on a favorite. But the scent of lilac is one of my favorites, one twig in a vase makes a whole room heavenly perfumed ❤ We had minus 3 celcius yesterday. And almost May! Something is very strange with the climate these days, Aoril in Tuscany has been like August, and according to my stepfather all winter has been very warm. You guys seem to be in the right place! And everything looks beautiful. ❤❤❤👌✨
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I'll bet the lilacs smell heavenly! Your roses look great, and the potager veggies look like they're off to a great start. Dahlias are so delightful, what a good selection you have! Thank you for sharing your garden with us.
Those floors are absolutely stunning ❤❤
What a difference a floor makes 😆 Great product. 💡 I really love the room, the wallpaper and that creamy green color. Lucky patrons. I do bielieve everything thrives at Château de Columbe. People,, dogs, and everything that grows. ❤️ 😍 💖
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Floors look amazing😊
Beautiful floors and garden ❤❤
Well done guys, floors are fantastic
The floors look great! Congratulations! I’ve been meaning to ask how Patrick’s plantings are doing; so glad someone else asked and thanks for the update. Wow, they’re really taking off!!! Lilacs and roses - it must smell like heaven when you step outside, or into any room where you’ve brought them in. ♥️♥️♥️ Lemons ready to use in the kitchen - so jealous. My purple lilacs smell like grape cool aid and my yellow ones are fragrant too. I hope yours are as well. 🙂
The floors are gorgeous.❤😊🥂
WOW 😮 your floors look amazing!
It’s getting so exciting! Well done! Those floors are magnificent!
Just watched the video when I finished work (couldn’t wait till the morning LOL) What an amazing product. The floors looked stunning when they were sanded. They look stunningly amazing with the wax. Probably better than when they were done first day. The depth of colour and richness is simply beautiful. Well done to both of you.
Thanks so much!
Congratulations are in order for the floors, they are stunning.
Gilboys is an amazing product, to what I’ve seen on other people’s floors and bannisters etc. Floors came up beautifully after sanding, and look gorgeous with using the product, bet they were thirsty little suckers 😉😂👏
Bravo 👏 👏 👏
Floor look beautiful. Love your channel and still watching from PA, USA.
Thank you so much for always providing a layout diagram of the area you are working on, to guide viewers; you are one of a very small group of Chateau owners that do! & it is so helpful. The floors look absolutely amazing, beautiful, rich in colour & elegant WOW! (prepping is everything & the sanding was a really professional job).You definitely need to buy one of their hand-drill attachment buffing discs its amazing for use with furniture - just ask Tracy @ CDLL😊. Garden in full bloom, how beautiful & how envious I am.
Floors look beautiful! Garden is a feast for the eye!
Oh guys you must be like a dog with two tails over that outcome with the floors! I saw Ash & Tez doing it at La Lacelle and was amazed at the transformation there too. I think with an older property you would have also lost something if you had used Polyurethane as it would have been out of keeping with the property. I love the fact that this is adding to the property without diminishing it. I look forward to hearing your Patreon's reactions if they choose to share them. On a separate note when you were showing the updates on the grounds I thought about those big sheds you have at the back of the property, there are about 5 of them. I wondered if you had found anything interesting and wondered if you have any plans for them that you are ready to share. By the way, it is JR don’t know why it shows different names between comments and live chat.
Good to see the before and after photos of the floors - they look fabulous. That's a great product and I love that it is so natural.
The floors look beautiful. 😊
The floors are beautiful, great job guys.