Time's Running Out! Will the Chateau be Ready for our B&B Season? 🏰 😱

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  • @Yesitisbrett
    @Yesitisbrett Год назад +3

    The crown mouldings are gorgeous 🤩

  • @dinahreyes4947
    @dinahreyes4947 Год назад +5

    It's so great to see Michael again in so many videos! Especially in the recent moat plunge!

  • @eledatowle8767
    @eledatowle8767 Год назад +7

    "Deliciously dreadful" and "most murkful?" You are the most alliterative weather reporter anywhere! I love it!

  • @mhale-mi9iy
    @mhale-mi9iy Год назад +3

    I love, love, love the room. Wall paper is magnificent, and molding too!!!

  • @hungrygrl333
    @hungrygrl333 Год назад +6

    Michael’s presence at the chateau sometimes seems to lift Stephanie’s spirits.

  • @Alexhugues
    @Alexhugues Год назад +98

    Kevin did such a nice job with the mouldings in the room

  • @peterwhite9261
    @peterwhite9261 Год назад +82

    Honestly, everyone at Lalande goes all out to improve the beautiful place. Phillips painting, you and Micheal cooking, Maria cleaning, Pavlina making rod cages for daffodils, Amaury, Kersey and Davey in the garden. You are all awesome. Micheal full of pigeon poo, but now a pigeon daddy too.Everyone is just bustling for the opening of B&B season. It is much better than Downton Abbey. Much love to you all.

  • @juliawatson8874
    @juliawatson8874 Год назад +116

    I was so glad to see Michael taking his job seriously, you do have to be very careful with bird & bat droppings due to histoplasmosis…a former co work lost sight because of histoplasmosis, another friend was on treatments for weeks, once nesting is over I would block birds totally

    • @jennifercampbell7698
      @jennifercampbell7698 Год назад +16

      And pigeon mites are a problem as well. Where I once worked in a historical building it had to be fumigated due to pigeon mites. I remember waiting for a bus after work. I was wearing a yellow top and I looked down to see I was covered in black bugs. I tried to discreetly brush them off before getting on the bus. 😳😳 Some of my co-workers also got an allergic reaction to them.
      Also pigeon poo damages stone buildings over time.

    • @300books
      @300books Год назад +12

      Glad you mentioned that. Pigeons are very dirty birds 😞 (sorry Stephanie. I know you're very fond of them and they do look lovely in pictures)

    • @Z-rune
      @Z-rune Год назад +8

      Did anyone else notice that Michael almost said “poo-geons” just after the 17:46 mark? It was so serendipitously hilarious!

    • @SuzylondonUK
      @SuzylondonUK Год назад +3

      😱 but how does that happen?

    • @jennifercampbell7698
      @jennifercampbell7698 Год назад +4

      @@300books If Stephanie loves pigeons perhaps a pigeon loft in the walled garden or Jardin d’anglaise could be the solution. 🕊🕊

  • @aprillanders8018
    @aprillanders8018 Год назад +1

    Love flowers. My husband had a green thumb. But as soon as I touched something it died. Lol!! I guess I don’t have the touch!! Lol!!
    Lol. Kitty wasn’t going to have anything to do with working!! Maybe next time!! Hee hee!!
    Nothing like a good cookie. Just love them!!
    The molding around the room is absolutely gorgeous!! Love it!!!
    Such a great episode!!

  • @lorassorkin
    @lorassorkin Год назад +61

    It's wonderful to see more of Michael at the chateau, even if he is covered in pigeon poo. Pavlina's garden cages look fantastic!

  • @dorothyleeuw8774
    @dorothyleeuw8774 Год назад +14

    Those fancy double tulips are as a gardener I consider one and done. They look beautiful the first year but never look the same after that. The stems become shorter and need stalking as they fall over. So they are expensive and not cost effective. When planting tulips for reblooming, buy Darwins as they multiply year after year like a daffodil. 😊

  • @jaybird426
    @jaybird426 Год назад +43

    He needs to enter that lion photo into the yearly contest. It's STUNNING

  • @endeavouringit
    @endeavouringit Год назад +15

    I think the cages in the garden look pretty, Pavlina is certainly paying her way with all the great projects she has undertaken, she's been a real asset.

  • @cheriethievin9243
    @cheriethievin9243 Год назад +46

    those cages for the flowers look so perfect

  • @Raxx777
    @Raxx777 Год назад +1

    fun to watch- can't wait to see the garden room

  • @Julie-ol7kb
    @Julie-ol7kb Год назад +5

    I could listen to Michael Potts for hours.

  • @kscruggs21910
    @kscruggs21910 Год назад +15

    Pavlina is such a gem. ❤

  • @loveabby2138
    @loveabby2138 Год назад +9

    Hi! I’m a Singaporean Chinese. It’s interesting to note that Maria has used the same method to measure the amount of water to cook rice as the one I was taught when I was a little girl forty years ago!

  • @saraheschweiler4939
    @saraheschweiler4939 Год назад +32

    So nice to see the lovely Ruby!
    😊💚🐈💚😘

    • @ritasengupta9611
      @ritasengupta9611 Год назад +10

      Rare sighting but good to see her looking healthy.

    • @caroleharden3055
      @caroleharden3055 Год назад +5

      @@ritasengupta9611 Him! 😂

    • @ritasengupta9611
      @ritasengupta9611 Год назад +6

      @@caroleharden3055 Ruby - him?? I thought with a name like Ruby he was a she!! Whatever, he is very cute. He must miss Diesel.

    • @rosemarymegan
      @rosemarymegan Год назад +2

      Yes he was named before it was discovered that he is Male. 😂😂

  • @donnasteinberg1398
    @donnasteinberg1398 Год назад +140

    So lovely to see Michael Potts again! His personality and sense of fun is charming!

    • @JoeTheLion60
      @JoeTheLion60 Год назад +10

      He and Hugh Grant could be brothers :-)

    • @faeryvixenetc
      @faeryvixenetc Год назад +6

      @@JoeTheLion60 he seems much cooler than Hugh Grant

  • @johannabaumgartner
    @johannabaumgartner Год назад +5

    I love the cages Pavlina made, really nice. I hope they serve their purpose!
    Regarding the pigeons: you need to fix the wire really well and the edges and also close the smaller wholes in the wall as pigeons are really intelligent and manage to get through even very litte gaps. We had this problem in a covered inner courtyard in Vienna….

  • @liyinliang
    @liyinliang Год назад +41

    Maria has earned the asian nods of approval for use of the knuckle rice measurement trick, bravo!

    • @bernadenecarr5418
      @bernadenecarr5418 Год назад +3

      I learnt that from my Asian husband too - works a treat every time 😊

    • @alisonft
      @alisonft Год назад +2

      I learned this method from my mother who lived in Indonesia for a number of years. Worlds every time.

  • @jenng.7939
    @jenng.7939 Год назад +7

    I love watching Maria get organized. I really wish someone would paint those big kitchen cupboards. That would go a long way to freshen up the kitchen...one day.

    • @LizzieDripping67
      @LizzieDripping67 Год назад +2

      I’m hoping once the lake is back in , they get a new kitchen

  • @lizstevenson7801
    @lizstevenson7801 Год назад +8

    So much going on today, Wow! The garden hedge will be beautiful with all the bushes. Maria doing the spring clean plus Phillip painting, the sculptured wall cornices and the de pigeoning was a good job done. The meal looked lovely. Good to see you are well again Stephanie. Thank you all. 💕🇦🇺

  • @michaelburne3936
    @michaelburne3936 Год назад +7

    PAVELINA IS A HARD WORKER AND VERY NICE SHE MADE A NICE JOB AT THOSE FENCES

  • @pohpohhhg3042
    @pohpohhhg3042 Год назад +3

    I love Kirstie! She is so bright n Funny too

  • @maureenabray7660
    @maureenabray7660 Год назад +90

    That is a very wonderful reuse of the bendy twigs. It's so attractive. Pavlina is so brilliant. Poor Michael Potts doing a very necessary and dirty job of pigeon control. I never saw baby pigeons before. Thanks for sharing all that in detail. Is the bedding dry cleaned or laundered? You have an army of very talented people who give so much of their energies to the upkeep, and designs inside and outside.

    • @TarnishedTreasures1
      @TarnishedTreasures1 Год назад +7

      The twig system is so pretty in the garden.

    • @sallyscanlan7269
      @sallyscanlan7269 Год назад +7

      I did this last year and they started to grow. It looked so funny as green buds grew from apple branches

    • @carriecece1
      @carriecece1 Год назад +5

      My six year old neighbor made a fairy fort out of bendy twigs last week. 🧚🏻‍♀️

  • @annettewalter2273
    @annettewalter2273 Год назад +15

    Michael’s lion photo is amazing. Activities all over the chateau. Everyone is so busy and everything is looking terrific. Had a laugh about Maria and the handles facing the same way, I do the same thing. Don’t feel so weird now.

  • @metropcs7560
    @metropcs7560 Год назад +46

    Omg, Micheal, your projects have my ears perked up, I am sure there are a lot of us who love, love nature shots and a story as well!!! I am waiting with bated breath. Love the video, Phillip you are really productive, wow, but you are a designer, it is in your blood.

  • @aynvaughan
    @aynvaughan Год назад +22

    Almost like a Maria video warning and everyone needs to see it before agreeing to enter the kitchen… ´it better bé 😂❤

  • @MP-xf6gq
    @MP-xf6gq Год назад +1

    Michael Potts has such a million dollar smile.

  • @JohannaVeerenhuis
    @JohannaVeerenhuis Год назад +41

    Thank you so much for all the joy!! 💛💝💛
    I’m SO glad you’re back on the Sundays, I was really missing it a lot… 😘

  • @ladybarbarapinsonartist4052
    @ladybarbarapinsonartist4052 Год назад +9

    What a memorable phrase, "It is most murksome."

  • @LA-jf1zn
    @LA-jf1zn Год назад +17

    THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR POSTING ON A SUNDAY!!! 🦋 Its nice to see Amury and his wife from Castle Ten Berghe. He has such a lovely family and beautiful home. 🦋
    Having Michael around is alot of fun. Great to see all the happenings going on around the Chateau. Lots of hard workers. 🦋

  • @icuinthelight
    @icuinthelight Год назад +6

    LOVE LOVE LOVE RUBY!!!

  • @MaryEllen_of_OBX
    @MaryEllen_of_OBX Год назад +33

    Maria, the kitchen is so amazingly organized! 😮🤯 Where are you going to put the crystal?

  • @ccoeurjoli
    @ccoeurjoli Год назад +5

    Ooh ! Quelle belle surprise de voir Caroline et Amaury 😊 ! Leurs enfants doivent bien s’amuser à LaLande !!
    Maria est inflexible quant à l’organisation et la propreté de la cuisine 😂 👍🏻 !
    Elle a raison pour la cuisson du riz : de l’eau jusqu’à une phalange au dessus du riz, rincé plusieurs fois, et voilà 😉
    À bientôt les heureux LaLanders !!
    🌸🌸🌸

  • @ellaw356
    @ellaw356 Год назад +11

    Stephanie, you guys should show the before and after of the downstairs bedroom suite. It’s looking like a completely different room! Fabulous!

  • @MoNaBookworm
    @MoNaBookworm Год назад +29

    Thank you for this Sunday edition of the Château Diaries ❤ It was so so nice to get a bonus video! Thank you 🎉

  • @3_times_mum520
    @3_times_mum520 Год назад +7

    Always great to see Michael.. looking forward to seeing more of him in the future 👍😊
    Paulina is also a great addition to your family 😊 always working on a project 😊

  • @mommashawna707
    @mommashawna707 Год назад +7

    Oh my goodness! You just had to start with tulips now you’ve got tiptoe through the tulips in my head and I can’t stop thinking and singing. Lol 😆

  • @louisegatti9262
    @louisegatti9262 Год назад +7

    Everyone needs a Michael Potts in their life!!! I think I will try Pavlina's idea of the bending twigs, maybe they will keep the rabbits and squirrels away from my tulip leaves, they are getting all chewed up!!! Oh, and another thing that you have inspired me to do....I now drink my tea (Bigelow Lemon Lift Black Tea) with a little bit of half and half and Stevia. Your gardens will be beautiful this year....you are a blessed lady Stephanie to have so many people helping you restore Lalande.

  • @michaelt8727
    @michaelt8727 Год назад +10

    As much as I thoroughly enjoyed this Sunday vlog which was a special treat for so many reasons, I'm happy to be here at home soaking up the sunshine at 32 degrees Celsius. As for Pavlina"s neat branch wigwams, I hope it proves successful against invading peacocks since it had to have been a great deal of work whipping all those rebellious branchlets into shape. Especially as they whipped back! Now we know how Pavlina's garden grows.

  • @susanmace8183
    @susanmace8183 Год назад +27

    Lovely having you back on Sunday.

  • @kellysullivan1755
    @kellysullivan1755 Год назад +7

    Ahhhhh amury is looking soooo worn out and tired...poor little guy...

  • @danielintheantipodes6741
    @danielintheantipodes6741 Год назад +7

    I can confirm that that trick with the rice works even for the most amateurish (like me!) cooks. An Asian friend told me about it years ago and I have never had failed rice since. The proportions work in a saucepan or a rice cooker! Thank you for the video!

  • @nicolethijs5428
    @nicolethijs5428 Год назад +7

    If you planted the yellow tulips I send you you will have double yellow Charming Ladies! The one you showed is one of those! Pavlina did a wonderful job with the twigs and its very decorative!

  • @josephinewills8647
    @josephinewills8647 Год назад +8

    What Another Superb Vlog, Every Person In your Household Are Amazing, Loving Your Family LaLand 👍👏👏❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @josephdanielmarsh
    @josephdanielmarsh Год назад +5

    My goodness! That picture Michael captured of the young male lion is absolutely gorgeous! What a talent!!!! I will be subscribing to his second channel as well!

  • @bobolpatrick3789
    @bobolpatrick3789 Год назад +9

    j'adore quand Stéphanie parle en français ,c'est tellement cute

  • @catkiki7779
    @catkiki7779 Год назад +10

    LOve all Guys !!!! You all bring such JOY God Bless you all

  • @rnggall9640
    @rnggall9640 Год назад +18

    Looks delish! I agree with Maria's rice water measured by finger. I go just above the first knuckle of the index finger. Works with all types of rice!

  • @ludovica1914
    @ludovica1914 Год назад +5

    Thank you for caring about the pigeons, Stephanie! Obviously they can't be allowed to poop all through the attic but they are domestic creatures and deserve some shelter 🤎

  • @klmjtr
    @klmjtr Год назад +3

    I love watching on a Sunday. Just seems right. 😊

  • @robynforman1978
    @robynforman1978 Год назад +25

    Thank you for another enjoyable video.
    Loved seeing the pigeon chick's.
    Sending peace and love to you all.
    From England

  • @nunyad.bidnezz9127
    @nunyad.bidnezz9127 Год назад +6

    I so loved having a Sunday episode again!!! Such a lovely way to end the weekend/start the new week🙂

  • @rowenro7046
    @rowenro7046 Год назад +9

    Love the activities at Lalande and especially what a fabulous team Michael and Stephanie make. They are so perfect together. 💕

  • @christinebarnes3493
    @christinebarnes3493 Год назад +1

    Oh yes Michael - we’ll have a peruse of your new channel! 🦁🦁🦁

  • @lisaakinlabi
    @lisaakinlabi Год назад +2

    I love seeing the hive of activity and all the wonderful people who have become a part of LaLande. Never a boring moment. I love Michaels photos, so I will pop over to see his new channel. The dedication everyone has to make the garden just as Davey envisions it, is truly wonderful to see. I can't wait until your gazebo is put up, it's been a long time coming. I hope it goes up this year. I love Maria's disciplined approach to ensuring the kitchen stays clean and organized, streamlining it to ensure efficiency. When you have multiple meals to prepare each day, the last thing you want is to take time to re-clean and reorganize. I like to clean as I go and have a place for everything as well. I hope all your guests this year have a wonderful time at LaLande.

  • @margaretglaser6227
    @margaretglaser6227 Год назад +9

    You all are so talented love Micheals pictures

  • @judithclark2823
    @judithclark2823 Год назад +3

    Everyone so busy pitching in with the work. Poor Amaury and busting granite so not easy. He needs a getaway for sauna treatment and massage and dear Michael Potts with a very dirty and unhealthy job. I would have nightmares from that job! And what perseverance your Phillip has what with painting at least 3 coats on that ceiling and trim. I can’t leave out the ladies with plantings and cleanings, oh my!! May this season for the B&B bring many new and returning guests at the Chateau🥰

  • @deborahgoulding2048
    @deborahgoulding2048 Год назад +1

    Hey Stephanie and Michael… Debbie (and Paul) here.. so lovely to see the video and be able to relive the day. Once again was wonderful to meet you and share such a lovely experience with you both….

    • @TheChateauDiaries
      @TheChateauDiaries  Год назад +1

      How lovely to hear from you! It was such a fun experience, and Michael and I both felt very lucky that you were the other members of our group, it was such fun!

  • @irenewilson9323
    @irenewilson9323 Год назад +43

    I’m really looking forward to seeing Michael’s nature pics ❤

  • @samanthabloggins1775
    @samanthabloggins1775 Год назад +1

    I like Michaels idea of his new channel !!

  • @juliacobb4355
    @juliacobb4355 Год назад +10

    Oh the babies🥰🥰🥰🥰 Great Job Davy! The hedge is epic. Can’t wait for Michael’s new channel. Maria is amazing SO HAPPY SHE’s BACK!

  • @rosemariedeschenes7013
    @rosemariedeschenes7013 Год назад +1

    Yet another fun vlog with so many amazing projects and wonderful people. Can’t wait to see M. Potts new vlog. His photo of the lion is spectacular. Love seeing Ruby supervising the garden project. Thanks for sharing 😍😘

  • @lindefraser9148
    @lindefraser9148 Год назад +15

    Thanks so much for the lovely vlog. Too bad the weather didn't cooperate for Davey's visit and everyone participating in the garden but beautiful to see the result! I have noticed that whatever weather you have mid week, we get 4 or 5 days later in the southern part of Ontario Canada. We enjoyed your Easter spring/summery weather late last week andthis weekend. The forecast is to be cold and rainy tomorrow and for a few days after. Thanks for the preview! big hugs

    • @joanwalker9809
      @joanwalker9809 Год назад

      Would you be from Sarnia, Ontario by any chance ??

  • @nancyjohnston5985
    @nancyjohnston5985 Год назад +32

    We need a link to Michael’s new channel! I could almost smell the spices - the chicken looked yummy! The new garden room will be lovely

    • @kimberly_erin
      @kimberly_erin Год назад +7

      The link is on the screen at the end of the video. Click on Michael’s face :)

    • @CathyMiller0711
      @CathyMiller0711 Год назад

      www.youtube.com/@MichaelPottsPhotography-hw7kx

  • @jeanmkaufmann
    @jeanmkaufmann Год назад +2

    It is great to see Amaury and his family enjoying themselves away from their Chateau. And I look forward to Michael's new channel. It's a great idea. Your cooking lesson looked like it was so much fun and delicious. 🙂🇨🇦

  • @mrs.anonymous6291
    @mrs.anonymous6291 Год назад +3

    I was very impressed MP Lion photo! Beautiful work!

  • @cliffhorman6846
    @cliffhorman6846 Год назад +3

    yes, our gardens love the rain. I love the time in the garden its beautiful... Loved the work kevin ois doing as well. as a chef I love seeing the food being made! Phillip, you are really going for it.

  • @lhmcd5538
    @lhmcd5538 Год назад +2

    Yes please. Shame I can’t have some chicken. That look scrumptious. Philips painting of the cornice and ceiling is something I loath doing so my admiration is shinning through. The granite looked very heave going and the same with the pigeons. No thanks to both of those. Thank you. 👏👏👏❤❤❤🤩🤩🤩

  • @chrisdavis2040
    @chrisdavis2040 Год назад +3

    So much happening all at once, would be so wonderful seeing it all come together

  • @janetg1691
    @janetg1691 Год назад +4

    Thank you for bringing us to France with joy of life!

  • @madonnadillon5545
    @madonnadillon5545 Год назад +5

    That was a delightful video..thank you for sharing your home with us ...😊🍽️🍨💃🌎🐦🍾🥂🍷🍽️☕🍪🍩

  • @lindawentink2725
    @lindawentink2725 Год назад +2

    Always interesting and entertaining. Looking forward to seeing Michael s other RUclips channel

  • @rayscott2611
    @rayscott2611 Год назад +1

    Love the colour of the room Phillip was painting. I love Mixheals F1 and looking forward to seeing his other photos. Wouldn't mind that rice recipe.

  • @nanellevantonder3767
    @nanellevantonder3767 Год назад +7

    Here in South Africa, we cook a very similar chicken dish, called Breyani. Yours look delicious!

  • @staceyhogg7664
    @staceyhogg7664 Год назад +3

    Another great vlog the new hedge looks great and Yay can't wait to have a look at Micheals new RUclips chanel I love photography it one of my passions but not so much the formula 1 so very much looking forward to seeing all the other types of photos Micheal has taken and the story behind them.

  • @karenjakubowski6370
    @karenjakubowski6370 Год назад +1

    I'll keep watching no matter what. Love your channel ❤

  • @kimvoogel9152
    @kimvoogel9152 Год назад +1

    Completely smitten with Michael 😊 your friendship is just lovely. We going to try the chicken.

  • @JnWmMatt
    @JnWmMatt Год назад +6

    Michael is smart to use coveralls to stay clean.

  • @kerryowen-holmes3719
    @kerryowen-holmes3719 Год назад +1

    Nice to see Davey again as well as Michael 😊

  • @ingridbiagiacarlino4351
    @ingridbiagiacarlino4351 Год назад

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ Thank you

  • @deborrastrom8559
    @deborrastrom8559 Год назад +3

    Love this eclectic vlog. Love that Dubi Cook fabulous 👌 recipie! Love Michael's new channel vlog choice for us not so car Racy viewers! ❤.

  • @paivitiitta1884
    @paivitiitta1884 Год назад +2

    I love seeing Mr. Potts involving with the chateau and a new channel of his ! The chateau is fresh and ready , thank you for the Sunday vlog it is so much needed, we all miss the Sunday at the chateau !❤I wish you a happy B&B season !

  • @nyckolaus
    @nyckolaus Год назад +2

    lovely as always

  • @thezmanchar
    @thezmanchar Год назад

    My biggest joy will be seeing the grande salon completed. I loved it before, so I imagine it will be more magnificent.

  • @sholelittle504
    @sholelittle504 Год назад

    I love watching you all! Today reminds me of what gardeners have done for centuries to create charming gardens. I'm excited to see the flowers and plants of spring and summer to bloom at Chateau de La Lande. :) You've all done soooo much work. I can really see the progress of the Chateau. Your home is thriving.

  • @kellymyerson29
    @kellymyerson29 Год назад +2

    Awesome to see everybody coming back for Spring?

  • @lisabeaver7061
    @lisabeaver7061 Год назад +10

    Nice to see Davey back.
    When are your fathers tiles going to be installed?

  • @katherinecormack5727
    @katherinecormack5727 Год назад +3

    How exciting as the season draws closer and so many tasks near completion!

  • @papagaaiable
    @papagaaiable Год назад +2

    The iron rod that Kirstie has found could be an opener for some valve of a water pipe in the ground. Probably it had wooden handles that have disappeared.

  • @barbiec4312
    @barbiec4312 Год назад +2

    So much fun to catch up with everyone and everything. Thank you.

  • @blakehahn-atlantaga8510
    @blakehahn-atlantaga8510 Год назад

    That was fantastic!! The chicken looked delicious!

  • @CG-gm8fe
    @CG-gm8fe Год назад +5

    What a very pleasant surprise to find an extra vlog this day, greetings from Australia on a Monday bright and sunny morning.

  • @jennifercampbell7698
    @jennifercampbell7698 Год назад

    Great to see the happenings at LaLande, especially the garden work and the pre season back of house preparations for the B& B season. I’m sure that takes enormous effort each year, and includes a lot of book work and contact with guests for you and Nati!
    Well done everyone! 🥰🥰

  • @stephaniewaters4931
    @stephaniewaters4931 Год назад +6

    Thank you for the Sunday video! Loved it!

  • @nativetexan53
    @nativetexan53 Год назад +6

    Exquisite remake of the moldings!!!

  • @christineh5790
    @christineh5790 Год назад +1

    What a delightful episode to watch on a windy showery day! Lovely to see all the nitty gritty stuff going on around the Chateau with such great teamwork too. Lots of fun helping to light the load.👏❤️