Wow! Congratulations! How about painting the walls a dark hunter green and putiing plaid cafe curtains on all the windows. Add two or three big wooden booths along one wall and some vintage brass hanging lights. I'm sure Angelina has some great ideas for making the back garden cozy with fairy lights and potted plants.Looking forward to your new adventure!
Super agree..move the bookshelf from the front area to the "unsociable" corner and turn it into a reading nook with a couple of armchairs and a cozy sofa. It could also have a small table with board games.
That nice area in the back would be a great spot for some cozy seating for coffee during the day and Happy Hour in the evenings. We have bars here in AZ called “ The Living room” which offer cozy seating for social time and they spill out onto a patio. Best wishes on your new venture.
For the unsociable corner ...turn it into a reading nook, a couple armchairs and a sofa, bring the bookshelf that is by the bar. A small table with board games and it would be useful again.
You could always build some business on a quiet weekday evening, hold movie and dinner night for families and project a movie on the wall during dinner. Congrats!
@@tiffany-sheriwageman.3702 Yes, it is a very cool idea! In addition Some evenings could be a date night, themed movie and meal (I have heard that a place local to me does it and is very popular!) Either way it could be great fun! And hopefully profitable!
Congratulations on your event in "The Red Lion" - it will be exciting to follow! I have a suggestion for what can be placed - now that you are from England: a darts game !! - and some live flowers. I wish you all good luck with the venture.
How wonderful and I can see that outdoor space as an area to listen to music in the evening while having a drink and/or meal. I love the idea of having a quiet corner to sit and read, maybe a couple of chairs and a sofa too. Will you have wifi available for customers? I thought I saw an overhead projector and a projection screen over the front windows too; so many possibilities!
Congratulations! I *knew it*! When you said you were meeting with the mayor, taking courses, and going to the pub to see off the old owners, it all came together and I thought, "I'll bet they've bought that pub..." Well done! You guys will do a great job of running it, I'm sure. I really enjoy how engaged you are with your local community, and how much you enjoy giving back to it in various ways. It's the part that I enjoy the most about watching you. I look forward to seeing what you do with this! 👏👏💕
Love it❤️❤️❤️❤️ so happy for you! The only suggestion I have is to make all of the bar tops wider so that you can have foot rails and purse hooks while enjoying a nice dark beer🤗❤️❤️❤️❤️🤗❤️
Congratulations on your new venture. A popular thing now is to have areas with couches and chairs as conversation areas with friends when you don't want a meal but sit with drinks and maybe a snack and chat. Cozy couches and chairs with pillows and small throw plankets on wintery days.
Congratulations! That's fantastic news and I'm sure you'll give it your very best shot at success. It already definitely has that "British pub" feel about it and most of the work looks very minimal as far as repairs so I look forward to seeing updates on your new venture.
Wow!! This so exciting! The building is in a beautiful location!! The interior is wonderful! I love the fireplace. The bread machines are so cool.I'm really looking forward to seeing videos from The Red Lion!!! Love from Vermont
Best of luck in your new venture. ❤️ The pub already looks inviting. The outside area needs some tlc but I’m sure you’ll get that looking great in no time. 😃
Wow! This is so cool! What a beautiful bar. I can't think of better owners! This is exciting to imagine people enjoying food, beverage, music. etc. Congratulations and all the love and best wishes to you and your local community. 🥰🎉
Hope all goes to plan - there is certainly a lot of responsibility with a pub. It will be good to direct people to the pub during chateau events as well. Congrats on your purchase. It looks like it will be a nice place.
Wonderful idea. I suggest you get rid of the dull grey paint and put your happy yellow/or other colour instead. Open fireplace perhaps and just a more warm look. Plants in the court towards the garden?
At the moment, the bar is looking a little clinical for an English style pub but it wouldn't take a lot of time/£/effort to change it. You could make that back part feel more like a gentleman's club - deep leather sofas (second hand! Lived-in is good), smaller tables, plenty of books (some for decoration, some for reading), newspapers, board games, maybe a parlour palm or two. It should feel dark and cosy - dark green walls, large botanical print wallpaper or similar. The grey walls throughout need to go, they're very cold. The area with the tables could be lighter where people are eating but there should still be touches of gentleman's club to tie in (shelves with artefacts and other wall decorations, perhaps a reverse of the colour scheme - pale plaster pink with touches of deep green). And the area around the fire by the bar should also be dark and cosy with a couple of arm chairs to invite people in. Cosy, pub-style but modern. Just a thought!
Congratulations! It’s a really charming space! I love the wood on the bar and the beams. The fireplace! The courtyard garden is great ! I see cafe lights strung there . My son owns a brewery and one thing I found convenient that you may want to use where you are putting the bar stools in the court yard are hooks on the walls by the bar stools for lady’s to hang their pocketbooks. Maybe some Flowers on the tables? Picked from the Chateau grounds! Wish I lived closer I would bring our whole family there! So happy for you both!
Definitely need wood look tiles on all the floors (dark grey). Also need to use a colour similar to dulux Australia colorbond ironstone paint colour on the walls and dulux offwhite on the ceilings. Then you can use yellow as your pop of colour... maybe the front of your bar and the walls where the bench is in the garden in the bright yellow. Then the ironstone where the dark wood is on the bar in the garden. Maybe the bar benchtop too needs refinishing with the ironstone or colour matched if restaining. Do all the table and chairs in ironstone too. It's a very clever colour you have to try out and I'm sure could be colour matched. These two colours would be easy to put your (is it) red lion emblem on too. Then uniforms just need to wear black bottoms, white tops black accessories ie shoes, cardigan, aprons. Put the book case near the bar down in the reading area painted the ironstone too. Maybe upholstered chairs down their in grey and yellow pattern...tartan/check. 🤔
How exciting. It is a beautiful building. Our local pub was a really nice building but the inside was old and dingy, only the locals used it. Then it got sold and the new owners had shut it for months and we worried it was going to become all modern but instead, they turned into a beautiful pub, flagstone and oak floors, vintage furniture. Now it is the most popular pub in the area.
a grouping or 2 of comfy chairs, and you have the lights for a pool table that may be an idea. Darts should be in there as well. also the walls could use a bit of interesting things on them. I am sure you know the kinds of things that I mean. Sounds like a fun project.
Wow 🤩 Angelina and Phil with the other couple, this is just amazing, what an opportunity. I can see this working hand on hand with the chateau events. I can’t wait to see more xx
Great to see the life of this pub continuing. It will be a big challenge to make it pay. I've eaten there a few times in the past. The food was fine but the ambience or lack thereof....... how to make it more appealing... get a few sofas back in by the windows for one thing
Best of everything to you all ! We are so happy for you. With your outgoing personalities and kindness, along with your resourcefulness and work ethic, this endeavor will be a success !
The room toward the back could be a fun games room, set for playing cards and board games! Get rid of the wall paper, make it warm and cozy with darker floors and smaller tables for 4-6 guests. No billiards or poker machines. Just a great place for guests to gather with friends. Offer fun games night packages with food and drinks for four, with snacks to enjoy during games!
Fantastic the 4 of you will make your stamp on it. For the unsociable area, what about carpets and comfortable seating? Maybe a wood burner if there's space....a real cosy corner.
Congratulations Phil and Angelina on the purchase of your local hotel. We wish you and your friends all the best on your new adventure. It’s a lovely little pub and I think that you are going to do very well. It’s very exciting for you and I can see that you will make it a very pleasant, cosy, fun and relaxing place to have a great meal. Can’t wait to see what you do with the place.
Congratulations! I agree you need to add something to take away the cafeteria look. Maybe Add Couch & chair groupings to make it look more like a welcoming space.
Love it! Looks like a great investment! In good shape but needs some thorough cleaning! Do it now because once you're open you'll be too busy! Congratulations and good luck!
With the very small amount of knowledge that I have of the space, it looks very hodge-podge. As if there were add-ons over the years and each room got its own treatment. So, different flooring, wall colors, etc. I would suggest trying to make the place have the same color scheme / decor throughout. So, that it feels like more cohesive and even matches your style as a whole. Even the outside spot, could reference some of the interior colors and decor. Love this new project!
Don’t forget Darts if a lot of Brits nearby. Pool table at back there appears tobe three light in a row to light a table. Do hope you don’t find it too much as you still have a lot to do at the Chateau. Good luck. 🇬🇧🇬🇧
Nice bar, congrats on your new venture. I think your quiet area was once an area for a pool table upon noticing the green shaded light fixture. Have fun making it your own.
What a great surprise! Congratulations! It will surely be a success with you both at the helm and with the suggestions I've read below. A reading room w/ comfy chairs and soothing music would be a place where seniors and women would feel welcome and, as onlookers, I'm sure some of them (I) would enjoy the family nights as onlookers. An intergenerational welcome to ALL! You have some nice wood decor, so a cozy British/Irish pub look would be nice. The French would like it, too, I hope. The outside garden serving area is a bonus! A place for all seasons and health situations! Best of luck! Patricia
I’m not sure what the rules in France are, but Bingo and Brew nights are always fun, dart tournaments, open mic nights, Pints on the Patio night, etc. have fun on your new adventure!
This is a wonderful new venture for you and a great asset for village. It’s good you could save the Pub and hope it is a stunning success.
Wow! Congratulations! How about painting the walls a dark hunter green and putiing plaid cafe curtains on all the windows. Add two or three big wooden booths along one wall and some vintage brass hanging lights. I'm sure Angelina has some great ideas for making the back garden cozy with fairy lights and potted plants.Looking forward to your new adventure!
Fab…maybe some sofas too as you have a mini library there, poss some board games etc.
I’m sure it will be a success with your work ethic 😊
Super agree..move the bookshelf from the front area to the "unsociable" corner and turn it into a reading nook with a couple of armchairs and a cozy sofa. It could also have a small table with board games.
AND, don't forget pub quiz nights!
There used to be a few sofas when I went there a few years ago.... agree they need to come back.... the table chairs are really hard after awhile
That nice area in the back would be a great spot for some cozy seating for coffee during the day and Happy Hour in the evenings. We have bars here in AZ called “ The Living room” which offer cozy seating for social time and they spill out onto a patio. Best wishes on your new venture.
Wow Phil and Angelina! What a thing to take on! I wish you both all the success in the world with the pub!
For the unsociable corner ...turn it into a reading nook, a couple armchairs and a sofa, bring the bookshelf that is by the bar. A small table with board games and it would be useful again.
Yes great 💡
Congratulations on your new adventure! I think your new place has lots of potential. You and Angelina are just the folk to make it a great success. 😀
You could always build some business on a quiet weekday evening, hold movie and dinner night for families and project a movie on the wall during dinner. Congrats!
I love your family night idea that is neat!
@@tiffany-sheriwageman.3702 Yes, it is a very cool idea! In addition Some evenings could be a date night, themed movie and meal (I have heard that a place local to me does it and is very popular!) Either way it could be great fun! And hopefully profitable!
I don’t have any suggestions, but it looks like great fun. And the most important thing is that you are supporting your community.
Wonderful and all the best... and kudos in keeping the community together.
Congrats all, well done you. Small thought, fairy lights for the garden. Best wishes and look forward to the vlogs 😊👩💼
Congratulations on your event in "The Red Lion" -
it will be exciting to follow!
I have a suggestion for what can be placed - now that you are from England: a darts game !! - and some live flowers.
I wish you all good luck with the venture.
Good on you! It looks very welcoming, charming, romantic and fun. Best of luck!❤️
Congratulations on your new adventure and the best of luck 🎊🎉😍
How wonderful and I can see that outdoor space as an area to listen to music in the evening while having a drink and/or meal. I love the idea of having a quiet corner to sit and read, maybe a couple of chairs and a sofa too. Will you have wifi available for customers? I thought I saw an overhead projector and a projection screen over the front windows too; so many possibilities!
Congratulations on the purchase of the pub!!!😀
Wow, that’s great! Can’t wait to see it when you’ve finished the gorgeous courtyard xxx
Congratulations!
I *knew it*! When you said you were meeting with the mayor, taking courses, and going to the pub to see off the old owners, it all came together and I thought, "I'll bet they've bought that pub..." Well done! You guys will do a great job of running it, I'm sure. I really enjoy how engaged you are with your local community, and how much you enjoy giving back to it in various ways. It's the part that I enjoy the most about watching you. I look forward to seeing what you do with this! 👏👏💕
Great comment
Love it❤️❤️❤️❤️ so happy for you! The only suggestion I have is to make all of the bar tops wider so that you can have foot rails and purse hooks while enjoying a nice dark beer🤗❤️❤️❤️❤️🤗❤️
Agree, the top rails did seem a bit small and great idea about foot rails and purse hooks
Big squidgy sofa area! Looks amazing! What a surprise.
Well that's a great surprise tonight! Congratulations to you all for the future. Looking forward to what you do x ❤
Congratulations on your new venture. A popular thing now is to have areas with couches and chairs as conversation areas with friends when you don't want a meal but sit with drinks and maybe a snack and chat. Cozy couches and chairs with pillows and small throw plankets on wintery days.
Congratulations! That's fantastic news and I'm sure you'll give it your very best shot at success. It already definitely has that "British pub" feel about it and most of the work looks very minimal as far as repairs so I look forward to seeing updates on your new venture.
Congrats on your new venture! I love the hot pink patio chairs, they really make the place pop!
Brilliant! Can’t wait to see you moving on with The Red Lion! Good luck to the four of you and Opening Night 🍻🥮
Paint the wood a light sage green or cream it will lighten the area, it will save money you won't need to change tables etc
Wow!! This so exciting! The building is in a beautiful location!! The interior is wonderful! I love the fireplace. The bread machines are so cool.I'm really looking forward to seeing videos from The Red Lion!!! Love from Vermont
Best of luck in your new venture. ❤️ The pub already looks inviting. The outside area needs some tlc but I’m sure you’ll get that looking great in no time. 😃
Wow! This is so cool! What a beautiful bar. I can't think of better owners! This is exciting to imagine people enjoying food, beverage, music. etc. Congratulations and all the love and best wishes to you and your local community. 🥰🎉
Congratulations I know you’ll do well !
Hope all goes to plan - there is certainly a lot of responsibility with a pub. It will be good to direct people to the pub during chateau events as well. Congrats on your purchase. It looks like it will be a nice place.
CONGRATS! I hope it's a big success.. How about calling it "The PHILLing Station.
Wonderful idea. I suggest you get rid of the dull grey paint and put your happy yellow/or other colour instead. Open fireplace perhaps and just a more warm look. Plants in the court towards the garden?
At the moment, the bar is looking a little clinical for an English style pub but it wouldn't take a lot of time/£/effort to change it. You could make that back part feel more like a gentleman's club - deep leather sofas (second hand! Lived-in is good), smaller tables, plenty of books (some for decoration, some for reading), newspapers, board games, maybe a parlour palm or two. It should feel dark and cosy - dark green walls, large botanical print wallpaper or similar. The grey walls throughout need to go, they're very cold. The area with the tables could be lighter where people are eating but there should still be touches of gentleman's club to tie in (shelves with artefacts and other wall decorations, perhaps a reverse of the colour scheme - pale plaster pink with touches of deep green). And the area around the fire by the bar should also be dark and cosy with a couple of arm chairs to invite people in. Cosy, pub-style but modern. Just a thought!
Congratulations! It’s a really charming space! I love the wood on the bar and the beams. The fireplace! The courtyard garden is great ! I see cafe lights strung there . My son owns a brewery and one thing I found convenient that you may want to use where you are putting the bar stools in the court yard are hooks on the walls by the bar stools for lady’s to hang their pocketbooks. Maybe some Flowers on the tables? Picked from the Chateau grounds! Wish I lived closer I would bring our whole family there! So happy for you both!
Definitely need wood look tiles on all the floors (dark grey). Also need to use a colour similar to dulux Australia colorbond ironstone paint colour on the walls and dulux offwhite on the ceilings. Then you can use yellow as your pop of colour... maybe the front of your bar and the walls where the bench is in the garden in the bright yellow. Then the ironstone where the dark wood is on the bar in the garden. Maybe the bar benchtop too needs refinishing with the ironstone or colour matched if restaining. Do all the table and chairs in ironstone too. It's a very clever colour you have to try out and I'm sure could be colour matched. These two colours would be easy to put your (is it) red lion emblem on too. Then uniforms just need to wear black bottoms, white tops black accessories ie shoes, cardigan, aprons. Put the book case near the bar down in the reading area painted the ironstone too. Maybe upholstered chairs down their in grey and yellow pattern...tartan/check. 🤔
Good luck.
Like the more natural light, but lighter floors and walls too at some point.
I am happy for you, very nice place and will be lots of fun too.
How exciting. It is a beautiful building. Our local pub was a really nice building but the inside was old and dingy, only the locals used it. Then it got sold and the new owners had shut it for months and we worried it was going to become all modern but instead, they turned into a beautiful pub, flagstone and oak floors, vintage furniture. Now it is the most popular pub in the area.
a grouping or 2 of comfy chairs, and you have the lights for a pool table that may be an idea. Darts should be in there as well. also the walls could use a bit of interesting things on them. I am sure you know the kinds of things that I mean. Sounds like a fun project.
Well this is exciting for you and your neighbors. Can't wait to see what you do with it.
I guessed it! Congratulations!
Congrats on your new adventure Phil and Angelina! Exciting times!
Wow 🤩 Angelina and Phil with the other couple, this is just amazing, what an opportunity. I can see this working hand on hand with the chateau events. I can’t wait to see more xx
What a great adventure!
You guys will do well with the bar
Good luck.
Congratulations 🍾🎈🎉. Love it. Especially the outdoor patio seating. Good luck 👍🏼.
fabulous, best of luck! love the outdoor patio
Great to see the life of this pub continuing. It will be a big challenge to make it pay. I've eaten there a few times in the past. The food was fine but the ambience or lack thereof....... how to make it more appealing... get a few sofas back in by the windows for one thing
Best of everything to you all ! We are so happy for you. With your outgoing personalities and kindness, along with your resourcefulness and work ethic, this endeavor will be a success !
The room toward the back could be a fun games room, set for playing cards and board games! Get rid of the wall paper, make it warm and cozy with darker floors and smaller tables for 4-6 guests. No billiards or poker machines. Just a great place for guests to gather with friends. Offer fun games night packages with food and drinks for four, with snacks to enjoy during games!
I hope you keep all of the wood in the bar area. It has such a warm pub feel about it. The rest will be better when you fix this areas up. Good luck!
More light! That is what you need now. God bless you all and Keepsafe 👍 ❤ 🙏.
Will be so exciting to have the pub up and running.
Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉 Great new adventures await! Enjoy the journey!!!
How exciting! I know the Pub will be successful. You could do an accent wall inside with stone or a nice wallpaper. I know the patio will be a hit!
What a great idea..!!! Good luck with it..!
I wish we had bread machines. Love the pub, fireplace. I so enjoy pubs, the best! You two will do great!!
Fantastic the 4 of you will make your stamp on it. For the unsociable area, what about carpets and comfortable seating? Maybe a wood burner if there's space....a real cosy corner.
Congratulations !!!! Wishing you all the best for the future with your new venture xx
Congratulations Phil and Angelina on the purchase of your local hotel. We wish you and your friends all the best on your new adventure. It’s a lovely little pub and I think that you are going to do very well. It’s very exciting for you and I can see that you will make it a very pleasant, cosy, fun and relaxing place to have a great meal. Can’t wait to see what you do with the place.
Congratulations! I agree you need to add something to take away the cafeteria look. Maybe Add Couch & chair groupings to make it look more like a welcoming space.
Love it! Looks like a great investment! In good shape but needs some thorough cleaning! Do it now because once you're open you'll be too busy! Congratulations and good luck!
With the very small amount of knowledge that I have of the space, it looks very hodge-podge. As if there were add-ons over the years and each room got its own treatment. So, different flooring, wall colors, etc. I would suggest trying to make the place have the same color scheme / decor throughout. So, that it feels like more cohesive and even matches your style as a whole. Even the outside spot, could reference some of the interior colors and decor. Love this new project!
I like your ideas, but they are opening in two days,I think. Maybe they can make these changes in the future.
Bravo to the two of you now the Four of you!
Exciting news. Wishing you every success in your new adventure.
Congratulations....wish you all the best!! Look forward to opening day!
A pub! Nice! The decor is all over the place. Keep up the tidying and keep it all simple.
All the best in your new venture - great that you can bring back the local pub for the village. Well done. From Brisbane Australia.
Cheers mate! I could use a cold one about now!!
Wow! That is exciting news!
Way to go Kids! Best of luck!
Congratulations! Best wishes on your new endeavor!
Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant! Best of luck!
Wow what a surprise !. So pleased for you both, looking forward to seeing more.
Don’t forget Darts if a lot of Brits nearby. Pool table at back there appears tobe three light in a row to light a table. Do hope you don’t find it too much as you still have a lot to do at the Chateau. Good luck. 🇬🇧🇬🇧
Congratulations. How exciting!
Congratulations guys. Well deserved. So exciting!!!
Bingo night is super fun for young & old, movie night, open mic night etc…Congratulations! No doubt it will be successful
Congrats! Sounds exciting! You both have the energy to make it a success!
Two very hard workers. Best wishes.
Nice bar, congrats on your new venture. I think your quiet area was once an area for a pool table upon noticing the green shaded light fixture. Have fun making it your own.
Awesome!! Good for you guys ( :
Congratulations on your new venture, let's hope it all goes extremely well and is a success for you and the community as a whole.
Love it! Guest bartenders would be fun. Reading nook a must.
Cheery place. Congratulations.
Congratulations on your beautiful, new pub ....it is going to shine and be marvellous ! Like your château... Best of Luck .
Congratulations. This will be a fun adventure for y’all.
Cheers and many happy hours! 🥂🍾
What a great surprise! Congratulations! It will surely be a success with you both at the helm and with the suggestions I've read below. A reading room w/ comfy chairs and soothing music would be a place where seniors and women would feel welcome and, as onlookers, I'm sure some of them (I) would enjoy the family nights as onlookers. An intergenerational welcome to ALL!
You have some nice wood decor, so a cozy British/Irish pub look would be nice. The French would like it, too, I hope. The outside garden serving area is a bonus! A place for all seasons and health situations! Best of luck! Patricia
The French have not visited it much in the past, there is a Tabac about 200m down the road that they tend to use
Huge congratulations. You will be amazing hosts.
Congratulations! What a wonderful adventure you're on
Wow great bar!!! Excited for you! Darts, Pool? Lots of potential for a great business! Congratulations!
I’m not sure what the rules in France are, but Bingo and Brew nights are always fun, dart tournaments, open mic nights, Pints on the Patio night, etc. have fun on your new adventure!
Congratulations!! I can't wait to see what you do with this great pub.
Sounds like fun!
Wow!! We can’t wait to visit !
Congratulations on your new business venture!
Congratulations - Best of Luck!
Congratulations and wishing you both all. The luck and happiness in your new adventure!
This completely amazing what you both are taking on that looks like a fun place to see a local RUclipsr have their own pub.