TOUR THE PRIVATE AREAS OF THIS BEAUTIFUL FRENCH CHATEAU!
Discover the private apartments of this beautiful chateau, which for hundreds of years was lived in by French counts and marquis!
I'm delighted to welcome you into my home, and to take you on a personal tour. There's so much to see that I've had to split the tour into several parts. This week I'll show you the private areas, not usually seen by guests, that we use in our every day life at the chateau - including my mother's apartment, the service rooms behind the kitchen, and the apartment that was lived in by the Marquis to live at the chateau 👑
It's the moment we've all been waiting for - a full tour of the Chateau de Lalande! I'm sorry that it's taken me so long to do this, but I never felt that the chateau was fully ready! But I've realised that I'll always feel that way, and part of the beauty of a historic home like this is that it's always a work in progress. Restoring Lalande is the creative passion of my life ❤️🏰❤️
Escape to the chateau with ’The Chateau Diaries’ 🏰
This weekly vlog follows the adventures of chatelaine Stephanie in her French 16th century home, the Chateau de Lalande, in the heart of rural France ❤️
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So glad you did not take your mothers advice to not show the unfinished rooms. I think its so important that people see the reality of a chateau, not just the beautiful finished product. You have accomplished so much, and can be so proud of everything you have done. Of course there will always be more, but its the process thats more important than the end. Well done. Loving every single moment!!
I am so very much enjoying your hospitality, Stephanie. Your home is magical.
Your enthusiasm is catching! I love how you present your home. Actually seeing the rooms, not the spoke person, though you are well spoken and friendly. I suspect that you are a bit of a perfectionist 🤭 Thank you for sharing!
I weirdly love the charm of the unfinished bathroom with the exposed elements.
Thank you for treating your viewers as old and dear friends and allowing us into your most real and unfinished rooms. You and Michael are remarkably talented and gifted in so many areas. I’ve only recently discovered yours and Michael’s channels and am delighted with everything I’ve seen. I also appreciate your down to earth manner, considering your beauty and operatic voice, you’ve maintained a sense of delight, humility and genuine relatability. Best wishes to you and your chateau family!
I truly appreciate seeing the before, shows us what kind of and how much work needs to be done to restore what is now becoming a beautiful home once again! No need to feel embarrassed, you didn’t create the mess but rather you and many others are painstakingly and lovingly restoring this very old, well used Chateau. It’s a lot of work and a huge financial commitment too. Well done! Mummy is a hoot! Love her apartment, so sweet of you!
As much as I like your mum, I think you are right: It was a good idea to show rooms like the laundry. That was really interesting to me and fun to watch, too. Your mum is champion, btw.
This channel makes me miss a place I've never been to. Lovely insight into chateau life!
No need to feel embarrassed, you didn’t create the mess and I appreciate seeing the before, shows us what kind of and how much work needs to be done.
I love your fathers art. You should definitely get those gorgeous originals, printed and sell those to the public. Not postcard size but original size....in frames. Any size would do. You could command a fortune and it would be a wonderful opportunity to showcase your fathers work, world wide. Maybe your father is telling you this from the other side? Maybe he's secretly trying to help you financially, in your Chateau renovations?
I definitely support this, your dad's art is magnificent!!
I second this !
I agree the work he has done is extraordinary. How is he not world famous already?
I AGREE
Absolutely. I’d buy it over and over.
I’d love if you and Michael did a story time about your friendship! How you met, how you came to buy the chateau.. etc! Love both of your channels!
Yes!!!!
Stephanie and Michael met when they and their respective chateaux were featured on Return to the Chateau DIY on British television. This link is to the episode of the Chateau Diaries the tells how Stephanie came to buy the chateau. kzhead.info/sun/lsqJnbZurImIZ6M/bejne.html
Steve Arnold I think you’re talking about the other Michael!
Start watching all her vlogs and you will see.
Oh, you get your beauty from Mom. She's seems charming as well. Apple didn't fall far from the tree. Michael tower room is beautiful. I admire your ambition. For when you say "not decorated yet " it doesn't mean ugly or neglected, not by a long shot. I bow to people with higher standards than mine. I'd call that room "done." It's quite livable.
Btw...love your vlogs!!! Better than telly shows, and better than New Zealand's rubbish Netflix, most of which are old reruns. I love your purchases at the 2nd hand shops and how your 'finds' become useful and part of your collections. Your taste is wonderful and its genius how you renovate and furnish your home with them. France must have wonderful 2nd hand shops. Its so much better recycling real wood hand crafted furniture and using it than replacing with flatpacks and Ikea. You have a real knack for design and up doing every room! Its alot of hard work and you make magic happen! Your personality is so dynamic and upbeat. Well done Stephanie!!
I love your father's art work, I'm not normally attracted to that style but for some reason your father's art work just speaks to me! His style of art is brilliant! And I love your Mom and Scotman they are so full of life. Thank you for your posts. My husband suffers from a chronic pain disease called Complex regional pain syndrome it is in his feet and legs and he spends most of his days sitting in his reclining chair watching KZhead videos and your videos are the high light of his day. He especially loved you reading your book you are such a good reader. Please read more
So sorry to hear. Big hugs and prayers.
Love the tour of your beautiful home. Mummy’s apartment is amazing, but mummy is the true jewel. Blessings to you all for health and safety. 🐶🐾🐾
I love that Michael is getting his own room.. as it's only fitting! lol
absolutely thrilled by the tour. I can't wait for the next tour.
Thank you! I truly appreciate your joy in your quest for greatness. I live in a small town in Richmond. Missouri...US and my house was built in 1850 and finished in 1855. It, like your world, is a work in progress. My quest is to buy a chateau in the Loire Valley in France and do what you do...! Life is an adventure and as Mame says: "most damn fools are starving to death"....Love your adventures. Thank you!
The very reason I watch you and Michael is because of the views of what was, what is, and what will be in the process. I love watching your show, and I'd give anything to be able to be there helping. There has always been a place in my heart for France, I even attended Le Cordon Bleu here in America for a culinary degree. But alas I am retired now and on a set income, so I live vicariously through you. Thank you.
It takes wonderful people to care about history of any kind, the fact that you all are caring for and restoring the Chateau is fantastic. Don't ever be weary to show the building in all its glory, every part of it is beautiful what ever state of shape it is in. You all are a asset to the world!
I love renovating. I renovated a Victorian home for five years straight. It was a lovely process. A chateau would be a momoth task, but so much fun.
Coming back to old chateau diaries videos gives a totaly new awearness of how much it has changed!!
Thank you so much for giving us these tours! It’s so great to have a sense of where all the rooms are, after seeing glimpses of them in the vlogs. You and your mother are cheering me up so much during these difficult times, I’m so glad I discovered your videos. Thank you so much!
I'm a French teacher and you have such a beautiful, soft French when you pronounce the names of the rooms and other French terms! I would love a video on your learning French and its use at Lalande :D
Her mother's French, so I'd be surprised if she didn't grow up bi-lingual.
That would explain it!! Je m'en était pas rendu compte ☺️
@@bradleygro Use the past tense. Je ne m'en etais pas rendu compte. SInce at the time you're making the statement you now know.
@@bradleygro LOL. Maman a un accent très fort Français, bien qu’elle ait vécu en Angleterre pendant de nombreuses années et que son mari était britannique.
Rosie Hugh agree
I love that you show it raw, because I can visualize what you're gonna do and you'll have that before and after ,that's what's fun about renovating. People like to see the before
This young lady is just nothing more than class. She is so educated, and so intelligent. Her taste is impeccable.
I recently discovered your channel and am loving it 😊 Your family is so talented! Your father's paintings are incredible, so distinctive, and I couldn't believe it when you said your mum did the tapestry! And then all of the amazing interior design pieces you do, along with your singing....wow👏☺
Yes, mum could sell those tapestries, truly!!
I love your aura Stephanie!!!! Your passion for history and fine art is so admirable. I feel like your an old soul from a past life reincarnated in the 2000. Most likely you where a noble woman in the past life. With a life full of glamor and extravagance. Your truly a lady at heart.
Once it’s safe again, I would love to come visit as a guest or a volunteer! I absolutely fell in love with this magical chateau🤗
DaphneReloaded Yes, I’ve seen the video! Thank you
My little Dutch colonial is 115 years young. We’ve been working on it for years. If you have a half finished loo, it’s still a great thing. My cottage, aka shack in the woods, no illusions here, has one room with soaring ceilings. I had to show my husband how you display art on those big walls. Thank you, I win the argument.
Going back a year and seeing all the progress over the past months is amazing! I liked the gentle tempo and creativity of the tour videos.
Cher Mlle. Stephanie...please don't apologize for the work you haven't yet done...what you and your associates (Mme. Mere in particular )have done is FANTASTIQUE !!!...i grew up on an old farm in KANSAS...and the work was never done...!!!
I'm watching the past videos all over again and I must say I'm enjoying them even more than first time around. Thank you Thank you.
Take a snapshot of the laundry room’s pipes & tubes so that when you’re not at the château you’re able to look at your snap shot & provide instructions. Also, put a label on all your pipes & tubes. Good luck 🍀
I love how you keep the history behind the chateau alive with the names of the rooms, same with the videos of the work in progress type rooms! It’s cool to see the bathroom like it was - kind of transports you back in time. Will be a great memento to look back on too when you get around to fixing it up!
I love the unfinished tours as much as the completed rooms! As you said, the best part is being able to dream of the possibilities! It makes seeing the room transformations all the more special.
That Schumacher fabric in the Marquis' bedroom has me drooling! The rich dark saturated colors... and it looks to be pure linen! It's wonderful to see the beautiful rooms, but I really, really enjoyed seeing the more 'utilitarian' rooms in all their realistic 'oldness' and beauty and the interesting object strewn about them! Thanks for this tour!
The tapestry your mom made and the painting in Michael's apt just BEAUTIFUL.
Love Michael’s apartment, it looks wonderful, we saw it unfinished last October when Percy was kind enough to give us a tour of the chateau, you were not well that day and we could not say goodbye. Keep safe xx
Your videos are delightful! And I so much agree with you (apologies to your mama) about showing your viewers the chateau as it is. That's what people WANT to see -- the old, the magical, the development and transformation. I personally do not like the videos of chateaux that are perfect and look like real estate videos :( This is so much fun! Okay ... now to finish watching.
Next time I’m in France I know where I’m staying! Would that I had dared a project the size of yours when I was still young enough to take it on. I settled on much smaller properties in the US. It is so satisfying to restore an old home. We are just the current guardians of these old homes and must preserve them for the generations to come. As they say, they don’t build them like that any more.
I can hardly wait to hear about or see your plans & completion for the private areas of your beautiful chateau. Even the mess isn't a mess. It is just like old houses, it is part of the living history. I love everthing about it. I have an old 1927 bungalow. I knew the minute I walked into the house that I was going to make an offer. I look forward to many of an enjoyable hour watching your videos. Mercie!
So neat to see all the rooms, and hear all the dreams and you know dreams do come true❣️ Just plain love your blogs .Thank you for doing this.❤️
Stephanie I’m in awe of all that you have accomplished at the Chateau 💚 I continue to be enchanted 💚
I love your fathers work and was very happy to see so many more of his paintings around the house. Has there ever been a book made about him? I would love to have prints of his paintings. Happy Easter! X
Thank you so much for showing us your home. I love the furnishings and fabrics. It reminds me of my two friends who left England and made their home in France near La Reole near the Gironde river many years ago, money was in short supply and they hunted around second hand shops to furnish their property. A lot of the furniture was in a similar style and they eventually made a lovely home together. You’ve done great work with the fabrics in making curtains etc. The chateau looks fascinating, it looks like you’ve filled it with life and love.
I love that we are able to witness the transformation from what you started with to what your creating! All the realities of renovating such an estate are of interest and there is no such thing as too many details or a pause too long for viewers to take it all in. You are fun which makes our visits to short!
Once again Stephanie you help us all to escape into the beautiful world which is your daily Chateau life and for this I am extremely grateful to you and all your Chateau family. 💜🧡💜🌟🧚🏻♂️😊
Thank you, especially for showing the nooks and crannies! This has been my favorite so far in seeing all that you have done. No wonder people love staying there.
Until the sheep moved I thought 27:02 was a realist landscape by a master. Beautiful chateau and a nice video. I love how your storytelling brings the place to life 😀😀😀
Omg, I've never been this early! Thank you Stephanie for this wonderful tour of your Chateau De La Lande!
I love to see the rooms not decorated yet, it gives a feel of what you have overcome and have delt with on your journey. Love the windowsill in the toilet and the flooring.thankyou for sharing with us.
Wonderful tour, thank you so much.For information and maybe correction.My understanding of a lazy susan is a circular turntable placed on a dining table which normally houses condiments ,jams and items to share during a meal.Whereas in the laundry room the wooden slats with metal holders are driers which are are called Sheila maids, they are hoisted to the ceilings to dry clothes and sheets.Have been watching your inspirational videos from 'day one'.I applaud your commitment to a different way of living, best wishes
I scour the internet to see as much of this world's architecture as possible and I am ECSTATIC to have found your channel!!!!!! Your home is a marvel and a dream!!! I very much wish I could visit this loveliest of places on earth, but I am beyond excited to get the pleasure of watching ALL of your videos you have uploaded!!!! If you only knew the way your channel feeds my soul and inflames my love for architecture!!!!!! Its awesome!!!! Sending love and gratitude from Louisiana!!!
I absolutely love your fathers painting in michael’s room 😍
Hello! 👋 Absolutely loving your channel over this isolating time!
Thank you! 💛
Yessss, same!! :)
I'm just now rewatching your videos and just noticed the orb at 26:19 when you are discussing the fireplace. Someone else is happy about your plans!
Thank you so much for sharing your home, the chateau, with it's many BEAUTIFUL rooms!!! so much beauty and inspiration and joy to be found here on your channel and in your home😍❤❤❤❤
Thank you so much , for this delightful tour ! Now we know a bit more about this magnificent chateau where you live , with the most sweet Mummy ever.your attention to details with keeping with the caractere of the place is so good and refraiching. We see so many chateau transformed into modern mansions hideous to look at. One thing l appreciated so much it is the tapestry your mother made, to beatifully, and not easy, it is not just your father that was an artist , your mother is very much one too, and a hard worker too. Thank you for your radiant smileeven with all the responsability of this huge place give you. But you have support from wonderful people that love you and encourage you. AND WE ARE SO BLESS TO SEE IT ALL. Have a peaceful Easter dear Stephanie
Your father was a really talented artist, I love his work. And I can't wait to see the progress in the restoration and decoration of the rest of the chateau and chapel. I really wish, that I would be able to be a volunteer at the chateau sometime in the future.
YAY! A bedroom for Michael Petherick at La Lande! I can't wait to see the finished produit! It's going to be so fab!
Dear Stephanie ! This tour de Chateau privé is GREAT. So delikat decorated and elegant all of it !!! ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
I'm so glad you are showing the unfinished areas, it's such an interesting building 👍
I'm glad you showed the unfinished areas. Its let's us see the reality of Chateau living. I like the servants bedrooms in the servants area much better then they guest rooms they are much cozied. The guest rooms look like hand me downs. The bed hangings in your mother's room and the marquise room is what I was expecting in the guest rooms. If I was a paying guest I would prefer the staff bedrooms.
Your chateau is absolutely stunning. Living there would be a dream! Gorgeous.
A bedhead from an old mirror frame! What an ingenious idea! But then Stephanie you are the child of two very intelligent & creative people, so can we expect anything else than brilliance? I think not. Mess or no mess please show us every part of the chateau. It’s the way that you present it by your commentary that makes it so interesting, & who does not have at least on less than tidy room in ones home? I do. Thanks for showing us around & take care.❤️
Love the idea of creating art from book pages. My mom used to do that too. Even the private areas are brimming with style! 🏰
You did it a jewel box of a leu with a view. Stephanie, stay the course. Who thought two or so years ago we when I began watching your vlog that all what you have accomplished would come to fruition. So proud of you!
Doing it Ourselves sent me over HELLO!!!! from sunny Florida
Regarding decorating Michael P's room, I'd go Gothic. Will fit perfectly the casket shaped doors! Loved the tour.
I like your thinking!!!
I was just thinking the same thing, Coffin shaped doors. Why? if there ever was a reason.
@@TheChateauDiaries William Morris inspirations come to mind with Gothic, rich colour and full of possibilities, japan black architraves, simple furniture and strong wallpapers; rooms like these become magical at night. Interestingly the Chapel has a gothic look as well, and the exterior and interior design could be considered in decorating the room. If the visual link is there through the window, it could be another room in your beautiful Chateau that acknowledges it's historical past. Thanks you so much for the tour, interiors are exquisite and it made a isolated day feel so much better.
So beautiful...everythimg looks amazingly lovely! Your mother's apartment is gorgeous, and I love the paintings; particularly the large brown and russett to the left of the bed, with the gold lines running through it. Every room seems to have its own character. I love the Marquis' apartment. It feels to me as though there may be some spirit guests in there. I love the overhead shots done by drone. I really wish you would do a full feature of the chateau and lands taken by drone. I would like to see overhead views from a good height to see if any archaeological features are apparent, e.g. patterns in the soil indicating gardens, outbuildings, and so forth. Thank you so much for sharing your lovely home 💗🌷💗🌷💗🌷💗
Stephanie - your tours are absolutely the BEST!!! You explain and show exactly how the chateau is laid out and what the rooms look like. I was thrilled watching this!!! Loved everything!!!
I have had the most amazing afternoon, curled up in my favorite chair with a cup of tea and watching you and Michael show us so many special places in your Chateau's. I love seeing the unfinished rooms in their current state and hearing the wonderful ideas and plans of what is next to come. Thank you for showing us this magnificent Chateau. In the future when we get to see the rooms finished we will have memories of her almost undressed and waiting for your talents to dress her in marvelous materials, luscious paints, wallpapers, furniture and accessories, which she deserves. xoxo
I stumbled upon your channel a few days ago by accident and I haven’t been thinking about anything else ever since! The atmosphere in Lalande seems so magical. Thank you for your vlogs Stephanie, I hadn’t known this kind of lifestyle existed until watching your videos and it has blown my mind. You all are really inspiring and your positive energy is infectious. I hope I will be able to come visit you next summer (and hopefully stay as a volunteer, that would be a dream come true) :)
Your mothers tapestry work is amazing!
I absolutely love this video and can imagine myself, strolling with you while you proudly show us a tour of your beautiful chateau
Hi Stephanie - I am so amazed by your father's art! His works could be in museums. So stunning.
love love your father's paintings!!
I like seeing the untouched or unfinished parts of the Chateau. It makes me really appreciate all the work you have put in and the vision you have
Oh lordy, I wish I had a fabulous French Chateau to love and restore! 😢 Its a sad week for myself and my family. We were coming for a week over Easter to our little former cow shed in a tiny hamlet Chez le Maçon in Vienne region. What's particularly galling is that we are stuck in a damp rented house in Cambridgeshire....knowing we could be doing masses of DIY jobs in France. We are supposedly moving permanently in August....😷 fingers crossed that will be possible or I may get mad with envy watching your fabulous vlogs! 😄
Let’s hope you can move in August as you planned. Best wishes
Stephanie, I have so much respect and admiration for you for undertaking such a large project and for sticking to it all these years. Your tireless endurance, creativity, and optimism are a source of inspiration. I always look forward to learning a lot from your videos!
I’ve been watching several of your tours today. I absolutely love the amount of light throughout the Chateau!
I love all your videos, Stephanie, and have been looking forward to this one, in particular. I am near the beginning of it, and wanted to suggest you might video yourself repairing or servicing the geothermal unit, so that, in your absence, someone there could see how to do so. People - myself included - learn how to do many things from KZhead videos, these days. You are so good at making these videos, so you could put that skill together with your skill with the unit. ♥️ Now, I have watched the entire video. I so enjoyed seeing all the private rooms you showed us. Your taste is divine. Thank you for sharing it all with us.
That’s a lovely idea. I did make a little chart, but a video is a good idea
The Chateau Diaries That is another good idea for it, absolutely.
I just recognise the overall achievements done in the meantime , binch watching all the jounger diaries already , I see now how much vision and perseverance is needed for creating a little chateau household . I completely agree with developing a new stage of artsy & playful design combined from old and new , that’s also the way I grew up .
Your tour is great and your enthusiasm for the Chateau is truly infectious .
I can totally see downstairs bathroom walls in light pink color🐖 and for sink cabinet to be white cream color with a golden trim around😊
It’s wonderful that your mother and best friends share your journey. It enhances all your lives.
Wow, Stephanie, the apartments are incredible!! Especially your mothers. Well done!!
I want to see the amazing charity shops where you seem to find everything! After you finish the tour of course!
I enjoy seeing the rooms in their raw original unfinished look, before you remodel and redecorate them, it’s like reading a good book that takes you on an exciting and interesting journey.
So enjoyable - loved everything 👌🏰⚜🎀 especially your Father's artwork 🖼💛. My favourite so far, is the colourful detailed equestrian themed one in Michael's apartment - stunning. Thank you Stephanie. Beautiful blessings Mandy 👑SA
thats the chateau i fell in love with. so amazing, how fast things changed since the beginning of lockdown.
The Marquis’ room is amazing! I also love mummy’s apartment! Great job!
I truly enjoy your treasured chateau. I've been watching all of your videos from the beginning but had to skip to see these private tours. I'm on video 49 and can't wait to see the rest. 🥰
We own a small 2 bedroom home in France. People thing its absolute luxury but we call it more like camping. It's so true! BUT WE LOVE IT
That was enjoyable. Lovely to see how it all fits together. Can’t wait for the next tour. You have decorated the chateau so beautifully. 🥰
Two years later, the downstears bathroom is ready and glamorous😊
Your talents know no boundary. It’s all so beautiful. Thank you for sharing.
Beautiful amber necklace. Loved the tour. Amazing rooms. Your father's paintings are amazing. And your mother's tapestries are lovely as well. Love those quirky doors in The Michael's room. Stay well💙💚💜
Please don’t make us wait too long! I have watched every single video plus michaels in the last week and I am hooked. Amazing i would love to come and stay one day
Enjoying the series of tours of all areas of the Chateau- amazed at how many rooms there are!