As a family of four, we left the city to follow our dream of a new life in the French country side. We fell in love with a charming Chateau on the beautiful Normandy coast and since then we've thrown all our life savings into restoring this 18th century Gem and creating "Le Fleur", a perfect family home and welcoming place for our friends.
We are devoted to make the chateau as stunning and personal as possible, strive to learn new skills, and - as a designer and a film maker, love to share this adventure with you.
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Golly this is a hard one! I like both, but maybe the lighter background one? I also thought you were going to put a touch of red into it? Is that still on the cards?
Wow Congratulations. a boat! I can see Phillip will no longer be in the chateau... he's going to be sailing whenever he can. Where are you going to dock your boat?
Christmas tree shopping I thought is a family event. Weird you excluded Philip. Your tree turned out geoirgeous. Guess I'm just old fashion regarding picking out trees.
I think at least one darker, Richer WARMER colour would be great. Does the husband get any say in the decorating choices? A lot of these rooms look quite stark and cold - they need rugs, paintings on the walls, pretty decor pieces, some humour, personality & imagination. The nuts and bolts of the restoration are well done, but it kind of feels like a very by the book, safe style. I guess it's hard to do too much in so many and such huge spaces on a budget - maybe that stuff will come as they earn more from hosting guests. I can't imagine an 18th century hunting lodge would look so austeer & minimalist. The breakfast room: white floor, white half walls, white tablecloths. The blue room looks like a blue version of magnolia and has a positively icy vibe. Maybe it's nice in summer. I have to give it to them for restoring and preserving a beautiful old building so well, and allowing others to enjoy it via these videos and as guests. Not many people could pull that off.
Gaura are amazing plants, ours have seeded all around our courtyard so lots more free plants. They flower all summer almost into winter down here in the SW and are great in full sun.
Rhubarb hints: Don't let it flower, it becomes tough. Leaves are poisen, discard. Pick when smaller shoots, more tender. Pull gently, don't cut. To freeze, chop in small pieces, do not wash, put in zip lock bag. Lasts up to 6 months. You do not need to let unthaw to make a rhubarb crunch. Jelly made with rhubarb, strawberry Jello mix, and sugar. Rhubarb pie Rhubarb custard Rhubarb muffins Rhubarb bread Rhubarb juice/punch
Rhubarb hints: Don't let it flower, it becomes tough. Leaves are poisen, discard. Pick when smaller shoots, more tender. Pull gently, don't cut. To freeze, chop in small pieces, put in zip lock bag. Lasts up to 6 months. You do not need to let unthaw to make a rhubarb crunch. Jelly made with rhubarb, strawberry Jello mix, and sugar. Rhubarb pie Rhubarb custard Rhubarb muffins Rhubarb bread Rhubarb juice/punch
You make me smile so much in your vlogs. My cheeks hurt. Thank you, Phillip. Brilliant vlog. Love the transformation of the rooms. So inspiring, and makes me want to get my renovations started. yes!
Rhubarb freezes extremely well! Freeze in quantity of number of cups and dice/slice called for in the recipe. No other prep required. Just slice and freeze. I have wonderful rhubarb recipes that I will happily share.
What would be wonderful is to have a walled Garden especially as you live in a château. This would keep away the wild boar. I live in France and created my own walled garden with a arched door, that looks like a Secret Garden works brilliantly for a sun trap for the vegetables and keeping wildlife out. It was made out of charantaise stone.
For myself, I just don’t find Phillip and Benoit’ s “ humor, amusing. The constant insults… not cute. And the pestering poor Nathan. Leave the kid alone .
Anna rhubard marmalade is delcious as is a oriental inspired dipping sauce with rhubarb and star anise you can bottle it and it keeps for months finally rhubard gin! I have all of these to use up my excess rhubarb.
The light one! The dark one makes the room too busy for the eyes, and even though there are big windows, the room in quite small, and with the already painted doors and furniture in aquamarine, it could all feel too crowded with the darker wallpaper...
I can't believe you dug out the rhubarb. It is delicious with strawberries for sauce over ice cream, pie. Jam. A million things. The garden looks great and the door is fabulous !! .
While the darker one appeals more to me, the lighter one works better in the room. Think of it once the room is finished and decorated, the darker design will sort of blend with the panels. Too similar... Pretty gorgeous though!
I hope you will replant the rhubarb root - they live for years - just need a lot of feeding (horse poo etc) mulch and harvest stems when needing a dessert or stewed for breakfast on your porridge - yum! Love the latest renovations!
