Restoration of two CHATEAU guest rooms is underway! Our French Chateau: Episode 9
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- Опубликовано: 17 июл 2024
- Watch as we begin restoring two guest rooms in preparation for summer guests. We also have a bit of fun driving around Brittany in a Triumph TR6.
If you're new to our channel - welcome. We're an American family of four (with several rescue animals) restoring a petite chateau on 40 acres in Brittany, France.
Follow along on Instagram: / chateaudelingourdy
When the beds were made back in the day they used real wood and took pride in their work your doing a fantastic job you and Lincoln love your channel love all your animals from canada
Straw was used to prevent the springs from squeaking. Box springs can be cleaned up and recovered or disassemble and repurpose the wood and springs. 😉
I loved the car ride. Thank you so much.
Loving the TR6 remember being in one
The bucolic countryside view from that window is spectacular!
Thank you :) We've never had any sort of view before!
The second guest room was perfect as it was. Of course I am French and perhaps we do not need to change everything for the sake of change and "updating". We are also ex San Franciscans and do enjoy your new adventure in my country. Welcome to Bretagne!
Thanks for watching :)
I liked the wallpaper, but the green, NOT so much!
I've recently found your channel and am working my way thrrough all your videos! I must say I have fallen for you and Lincoln! I love the music you choose, I love your sense of humor and mostly love how you feel about animals!! I cant wait to get caught up and follow your journey! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Lisa! Happy you found us :)
The spring boxes just need a new sturdy fabric covers changed , they are the perfect fit and will save you a couple 💰💰Also the trouble how to get the new ones in that room !!!
Love the animals,good luck
Just found your channel. What a beautiful property you have and that drive through your town was absolutely gorgeous, those blue skies😍 I love finding fellow Americans in France.
Thank you Sam - glad you found us :)
I’m delighted you love color and want to incorporate it into your decor, so many new chateaux owners go the safe route 😃
Longer videos please! Both guest rooms will look amazing! Love the color choices for walls and woodwork! I love black furniture as well, so thumbs up from me👍Your cat looked so happy❤Enjoying chateau life😅
I suppose we think we might bore people with longer videos! Thanks for watching :)
@@OurFrenchChateau No not at all! You are very good at creating content, filming, editing, and what music you add to each chapter. You're natural talents! Making RUclips videos is truly an art form that most you tubers don't have the talent for. Some get better with som trail and error and by investing in better equipment over time. But you guys have managed that skill from day one. Watching longer videos from you would just be a delight. But I do understand that it takes time as well, and there is the privacy factor as well - discovering what parts of your personal life you want online for everyone to see and what you want to keep private. But for us viewers it's just fun and ebtertaining to watch your chateau life and journey!!
Love the car and the work you both are doing! Great job!
The first guest room is going to be lovely, but you might want to measure the beds for the mattresses. I believe matteresses have changed in sizes. The 2nd guest room needs a beautiful color with gorgeous wallpaper. So tired of grey! Wasn't France known for their gorgeous uses of color??? Anyway nice job. Nice car!
Grey can be gorgeous match with white furniture and grey is a real french colour!
It strikes me that it's an industrial colour. Best used in industrial or even a loft conversion but it feels lifeless. There are some interesting shades these days used in small measure. My view.
I'm also tired of gray and all the shades of green.
@@rainbocatz6376 like Anna’s every shade of moat green painted on the entirety of HonFléur 🫢🤣😂
Agree it’s had its heyday! Use some imagination…
You do a great job at decorating bravo! I too am tired of everyone using grey everywhere! With such fabulous big rooms you could go bold!
More of the same flavour of the month -- grey! Much preferred the green!
The rooms will be beautiful. I love your choice of paint colors. What a great car to drive around the village and French countryside on a magnificent day. Love your vlogs! xx
Thank you so much!
I loved the green and pale blue room as it was. Lovely and fresh and very feminine!
me too
Hello, derust pins on shutters rub candle on metal. Love you both perhap's a preference for handsome Lincoln Not missing a video.
The car took me back quite a few years. I had a TR6, it was my pride and joy!
Loving the richness of the colors you have chosen in that guest room! I HAVE to tell you that I used to have a 3-legged Cat!!! Animals are so amazing, stoic, and in the moment-what lessons they have for us! Blessings for you, the family and all the animals- your very basic "Bless the beasts and the children' song--and I add to it the whole family, the land, the home you are making and what your frame of mind is to do this! It is hopeful! And we need that, oh, how we do! Thank you for sharing! Terri from South Carolina in the USA.
Love the car, I own a 1976 Triumph Spitfire, same colour . 🇨🇦
Guest rooms will be beautiful. You have wonderful sophisticated taste. Love it.
Thanks so much! 😊
Music is FUN!!! Love what you’re doing so far!!❤❤
Thanks Wendy!
What about a French blue- royal/navy for bed frames… black is harsh. Little bit of Vaseline will help the hinges. Great music. Light green goes, but light blue not bad. Good deep closets. Gorgeous fireplace… hope it will be a working holiday for the guests
There will blue in other rooms :)
The guest rooms will be nice when completed. Great to see the cats enjoying them. Liked the car and the ride in the country.
Thank you :)
I must agree with others.....49 shades of gray had its decade of vogue. Now we're back in the comforting earth tones trend; using pops of color and texture to excite and inspire. Having said that..... not only is the wall color the blank canvas of the room, you have several other rooms decorated differently. This in not one half of a two room cottage. Each guest room is meant to have a different atmosphere. I'm confident the room is going to look, feel, and smell amazing 🙀! But if it were me, which it is not, I would have embraced the green, added a bit of gold gilding, and pale yellow for the walls. Perhaps trompe l'oeil molding or paneling on the walls above the wood paneling. You could put out to the universe you seek an art student who needs to paint and record examples of trompe l'oeil as part of his/her/their studies. Trompe l'oeil paneling/molding is not that difficult once the technique has been achieved. However, if the artist has not quite mastered the technique, you will be painting over their failed attempt once you hear his/her/their departure down your allée bordée d'arbres progressing.
The only way to save the mattress foundations is to remove and sanitize the fabric, replace the straw, and sanitize the wood to kill smelly mold, mildew, and bacteria. Sure they're over a century old, but a lot of things are. Not everything is worth saving in it original form. I say toss them out the window and disassemble the crushed remains to harvest fun bit for other projects.
Cheers!
Love the second guest room. The bed and the whole layout. The paint colours are going to be perfect. Good choices. The cat is so mellow. Enjoyed cruising in your Mom's car. She has good taste.
Keep up the good renovation.
Happy Mothers Day.
Thanks so much Diana :)
It’s all beginning to look great….painting doors etc.much easier to start at the top and work down
Thanks! Yes, I sometimes do things the other way around ;)
The only way to see France. Have fun 🤩
Every one of your design choices have been spot on! Can’t wait to see finished projects. Your mom’s car reminds me of my Daddy’s MG Midget. It was so fun to learn how to drive those decades ago! ❤️😉
Awesome! Thank you!
From Bon Marche, those were some fancy box springs and for being over 100 years old they held up amazingly.
I know, we were quite surprised!
Still catching up 😅 I hate wallpapering stripping would rather stick pins in my eyes 😅 love painting tho can’t wait to see the finished rooms
😍Your guest rooms will be beautiful when you’re done!💕💕 The view out to the garden! Wow!😍
Thank you! 🤗
Just found y'all:) :) Fun energy, great taste, glad I stumbled across.
Glad you liked the vlog!
When I had to get rid of a box spring and mattress on my own are used heavy duty bolt cutters and a saw to cut them in half. That made them easier to get out.
That’s what my friend had to do to get her box springs upstairs then they just braced them back together!
The springs under the box spring is called 8 way hand tied. I think the straw was used as a sound barrier/ cushioning of the springs! This method is always considered good quality in any upholstery piece.
Yup, to lessen the sound of squeaky springs!
Please don't throw the box springs out! just remove the ticking and recover. You can even wash the ticking and sell it.
I will keep the ticking - unsure of what we're doing with frames :)
we had some box springs which we redid and others that we got rid of. But the French ticking.....ebay! Love your show. (American in France too!)
@@OurFrenchChateau can you steam clean the box springs as they would save you having to get special ones to fit ,
8:16 we got the same cat tree with the same off center hole in it haha
Wow, the rooms will be stunning when finished. What a beautiful day for a drive in a great car. My dream to drive around French towns in a convertable!
Thanks Michelle :)
"PIVOT! PIVOT! PIVOT-PIVOT-PIVOT, PIV..." And then Chandler says "pivot" back to Ross from 'Friends'- by saving pivot with displeasure and lens up saying t with his tongue sticking out! Rachel was there, too. Funny! Kind a catch phrase- sort of like, "We were on a break!" Just sayin'. Terri
If you like the town, we like the town. Thank you for the video
These box springs last forever. Proof is. The straw is for the noise and the humidity. You missed the horse hair on top between the two layers of coutil. That material also last forever and can be salvaged and cleaned to be recycled for the stuffing when old furniture are reupholstered since it is so expensive. These box springs were designed specifically for wool mattresses. Their dome effect was to counteract the sagging of compressed wool in the mattresses. You might have considered keeping the frame and have them reupholstered (once cleaned) in the "tapissier" manner since no antique bed has the same dimension and modern box springs don't always fit well.
Very interesting! We have the original mattresses which are extremely heavy and have similar cotton ticking on the exterior. We kept the box springs
Looking good!!
Thanks!
Great job...fantastic!!
Thank you!
Nice job, would like to see more!
Applauses great music!
I so enjoy your music selection! 👩🌾
Interesting. Looking forward to seeing them complete. Love the kitties!
Thank you! 😊
Thank you for sharing this Vlog. Such an amazing Chateau. I love the gorgeous car. It is in great condition. Greetings from Doris in Australia 🙂
Thank you for taking us with you on a journey! It was lovely.
Glad you enjoyed it!
You really love dark colours. Love your furkids
Watching your videos make me happy, you guys living my dream ❤
Thanks!
Love the TR! And of course, your color choices!
Thanks!
Love the Triumph! I have a '74 TR6 -- perfect for drives on a beautiful day.
They're so much fun!
OMG! I haven't thought aoubt a TR6 in many years! I LOVED them!....PS" I'm 82 y/o
Ah yes, so much fun! Thanks for watching :)
Wonderful vlog love the blue car drive very scenic like England UK in parts
Guest rooms will be beautiful! Fun car! Wonderful home! Wishing you the best of everything!
Thanks so much!!
My sister -in -law had the same problem with getting a box spring up a narrow stair case , they had to cut the wood underneath in order to bend it , then of course screwed back together , antique car is in good shape.
This Is So Exciting Watching The Work, The Hard Work. I Can't Wait To See The Finished Product.
Loved the video - we have similar beds in our house in the Provence and had a real pain of a time finding mattresses to fit. Ours are 2m long but as box springs in a custom design were out of the question, we used the wooden mattress supports (similar to what you already have - the slats) and trimmed the sides to size. The mattresses fit in nice and snug and look great. Still, 187 is pretty short. It would be easy to make new side supports for them as you're painting them anyway and make them 2m long. Good luck!
Thanks Christine :)
Your so fortunate
Lucky that you mostly just need to redecorate bedrooms. No major structural restoration required by the looks of things. The rooms will be gorgeous and interesting with all those unique architectural designs🥰
Beautiful rooms, good luck, you have great taste
Thank you Alaine :)
Living the dream! Love it. Ive been searching for a petite chateau for years, My search continues. Also, kudos for rescuing the two little donkeys.
Good luck!!
Love the black...just a little suggestion before you repaint it all in sage green. I am besotted with light sage green as well. My friend painted the same colour combo in her large family room area and her husband who is a car paint detailer painted thin white lines or frames around the wainscoting edgings which just made them 'POP!!. My friend suggested before you repaint the black you could stick on thin strips of white masking tape in a small area to see what a white detail on the black would look like. The husband did experiment a bit with painting the beading...they were very pleased with the result. They have polished concrete floors with a large cream carpet square in that room.
Oh Goodness I had a red Tr6 at home in Ireland
Well I am all caught up on your videos and enjoyed each one. You are to be congratulated for taking on your chateau and all the stray animals. Love Dominick and Uvea especially. I would come and help with the garden and clearing out the woods but alas, I am in my dotage and two hours in my garden today has knocked me for six . I love your decor and am a huge fan of greys. I look forward to the next instalment. xx
Thank you so much!
You know, if you used a blue in the second guest room, you could put up with the blue wallpaper and re-do that another year. It seems a shame to have both guest rooms grey. Of course, here in the US grey has been used ad nauseum, which colors (pun intended) my perpective. Thanks for sharing your home!
Could the mattresses be recovered? That may get rid of the musty smell, as they are so well made. If it could be done up there as well, it would save you trying to get them downstairs. Just a thought. Your plans for the bedrooms sound lovely.
the 2nd bedroom was good as it was. it had an original French touch
wow I was surprised to see the steering wheel on the left since the car is British and you're in Europe! I had British sports cars in my youth in the USA they are fun to drive on the back country roads. Enjoy!
The car was originally purchased in the US - very fun!
Yes, you can get the musty smell out. You can use something like Febreeze (or some equivalent you might find in France) and keep spraying every few days, while letting it dry in between until the odor's gone. Or you might try making a 50/50 spray solution of white vinegar and water. If possible spray outside, then let them dry in the sunshine. Either way may take several spraying sessions but it's worth a try if you want to salvage them.
Or, just remove the fabric and reupholster! Not an easy task.....but may be easier than trying to remove the odor from old, stained fabric!
Thanks for the tips! We have an extractor that we use on use rugs - might give that a try.
The straw is to reduce/muffle the squeak of the metal springs :-)
Don't know where that first small bedroom sits between other bedrooms but since it is small with some odd roof shapes, perhaps it can be split in two and make make 2 bathrooms out of it to connect to two bedrooms on other sides. Most people do want their own bathrooms. Good job!
There is a bathroom right next door to this room. This room is in one of the turrets.
the straw must have been there for sound. The metal springs would grind on wood, so the straw would have prevented that.
That's what we were thinking..
That's how all old box frames were built. I remember that from when I was a kid. Made to last.
Your diy chateau is the closest to what I would like to have. I am especially interested in the interior.
Thanks Bob :)
I Would have painted the wood of white and left the beautiful wall paper . CHATEAUX are antique places, not modern . They are from the romantic era . Hate all grey and black and harsh contrast that everybody do now, it is everywhere . But taste and colour ... to each its own . It is your castle !
I second someone else's suggestion to measure the beds before disposing of the old box springs. I also have antique beds and have had to get the box springs and mattresses custom built (ka-ching!) If the box springs are musty, that is just fabric (and probably straw!) which is the easy part to replace. I assume the straw was to silence squeaky springs. Can't wait to see the finished rooms; your plans sound like the results will be elegant.
Yes, we haven't decided what we'll do yet. Thanks for watching :)
I love your Mother's Triumph! Also, thought it was amusing when Linc drove it off and every wheel turn was a squeak, squeak. But what a car! I had more than one friend with one, and being a convertible, when I was growing up-a teenage girl was ga-ga over them-me! And still... My fabulous Uncle had a black Jaguar before he married and he let all the nieces and nephews have a "thrill ride" in it--this was some time ago. We had a blast. I remember it to this day! I have somehow missed the name of your Chateau and it is becoming difficult to find, for me, among quite a few numbers of French Chateau's bought by a person from the UK or America, etc. I believe the when Dick Strawbridge and Angel Adore came out with their televised Chateau experience, that was one but way that people found out the number of abandoned and for sale Chateau's in France. To have the desire, the youth, the energy and the creativity and adventuresome nature's to take them on though is quite another thing! This is something I absolutely would have attempted, "back in the day." This type of thing is right up my allele (see what I did there?) but I have no reservations about how much really hard work, decision making and active carrying out all the projects and plans. And to be ready for almost, literally everything that gets thrown one's way! And of course, the wherewithal monetarily to do it correctly. A family who does this together, I feel, is blessed indeed and I hope it goes as planned! You said you had guests coming in July-It's JULY! I cannot find everything on here about you all but you are the one's I have chosen to follow because of your family, the way you both go "after" projects, the sense of humor and donkeys saved! I will tell you that one of my friends with horses has to keep one of two animas around her, as she needs that. They all do. She had a big old mule, Kate. Mule's have a smell to their urine that the coyotes around here will NOT come near them! I know there are wolves n France. A mule is a "good thing"- they are strong and live long. After she ended up with only one horse now, she had a donkey and then added Kate- because they were going o slaughter her! My friend would not let that happen! Bless yo both for your rescues! Best wishes and when you have a moment- please assist this forgetful fan the name of your Chateau, although I do not want to bother you- but I'm not very good yet with keeping my writing to a more moderate size.
For that, I apologize. I am trying to find a "middle-ground" to get on and stay on--since the death of my-our daughter, I am going either 1000 mph or am at STOP. It was not Covid, but it was illnesses she did nothing to "get." Blessings to all and more joy de vivre! Thanx! :). Terri from SC in USA
I love Liberon paint
It's great - and it smells better than most paints...
Great work with good taste I must say. Any chance if restoring the original matresses? They are antique!?. I think shiney black paint for the beds would be great....giving them a laquer effect... also nutral giving a larger scope for different bedding colours....just brainstorming🤣🤣Awesome car your mother used to drive!! Love your videos and thank you for sharing🌺
Thanks Anita :) We could possibly restore mattresses - still pondering...
I would dismantle them and throw them out the window, stinky beds are no good for anyone and youve documented the interesting part on film.Talking about the old bed frames.
PS---I love your videos. --Hannah
Just watched a ‘Sadie in France’ vlog and she used an amazing product for removing wallpaper. You may want to check it out as I’m sure you will have use for it in the future. Love the colours you have chosen!
Thanks for the tip!
I’ve seen planters made from mattress springs. Look on Pinterest for various ideas.
Straw probably kept the springs from squeaking
The sound was fine when I watched.
Lovely car
An easy wallpaper remover is a 1/3 mixture of liquid fabric softener to 2/3 water. Can Mrs off like butter. I used a big spray container with spray nozzle wand.
Great tip! I'll try this
NICE
Thanks
NOT to take anything away from your previous Vlogs but this may be my favorite so far. Guest Bedroom Number 1 color palette, fresh, understated and elegant. And those beds painted black? YES! As for y'all cruising along in the Triumph on a beautiful French day - again YES! The ONLY thing that would have made this Vlog any better for me would have been all the furries making an appearance. BUT you can't have everything. Merci!
Thanks Ella - happy you like the vlogs! The animals will show up again soon :)
Hi ya, really enjoying your channel, you my like to try a zinsser paper Tiger scoring tool to remove wallpaper easier, it leaves tiny holes in the wallpaper for the steam to penetrate makes wallpaper removal so much easier.
Im currently working my way through your journey from episode 1 to this one, keep up the good work.
James
Uk
Thanks for the wallpaper tip. Happy you’re enjoying our videos :)
You might want to check the sizes of the bed frames with the different sizes of the mattresses I found an antique bed frame two twins that was exactly alike and I hooked them together which made it a one great big huge king size bed
The room will probably be wonderful, but so far you paint things black or dark colors . Not my favorite colors, but it's your house and I admire your energy and love for painting.
We had a TR 5 when I was little. Worst sunburn ever!
Oh, that's never fun. I'm covered from head to toe when I'm driving!
OTHER CHATUES WHEN REMOVING WALL PAPER USE A PRODUCT CALLED " QUELYD DISSONCOL"
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Hello and I love watching your video's! Just a question...are the twin beds going to be for children, because a normal sized adult will probably not fit on them!
Bon courage for all the work!! :)
Thanks Linda - a tall person will not fit. Average height people or animals will ;)
Perhaps the straw kept the springs from squeaking.