Château de la Grifferaie: S5, E10: "The Orange Room." 

I love that you are planning to frame a piece of that beautiful paper. 😍

I still marvel at your STAIRWELL walls and all your CEILING repairs! Your hand built scaffolding was amazing. You are very good.

The yellow-flowered plant is Gorse, in the pea family. As pretty as it is, you'll want to keep it from taking over. It's a pest plant in coastal California. And, as you noticed, definitely prickly! Further down someone gave the correct botanical name (Ulex). Fontainebleau is fantastic. I lived there for 1.5 years, basically around the corner from the Chateau. One of the great things about that chateau is that it's more completely furnished. So, you get a sense of what they were like lived in. There are parts that date back to François I, and one long hallway with lots of wood and Frescoes dates back to his time. So a great, historic chateau.

Oh Leslie thank you so much for the object lesson. God is currently "pruning" me AGAIN. Please keep me in your prayers as I will for both you and Rob and the ministry!!!❤❤❤❤

Great problem solving on the outdoor light ❤

Wonderful to see two Albertans’ helping out! I wish it was me!

That pool could be great as a pond with water cascade in it.

Could you put some solar powered lights in your two lamps out back the ones she just fixed I use a lot of solar power lights around my house just makes it easier and cheaper

We may need to start a 'go fund me' for Robs 🩴🩴 new footwear 🥾🥾 😃 ... Big blessing to have friends come and help. Happy Sunday 😊

Rob will be Rob. He will be careful but his shoes will probably always be flipflops. Just how he rolls. Everything is looking good. Love your love for the plants Leslie. I really wish we could help you guys, but for now our prayers will have too do. Have fun next week.

Leslie that yellow plant is a weed its call Gorse it really needs to be sprayed . Love the Orange room looks great. 🧡 . Helo Bing 🐑🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐰

keep up the good work. have fun in Paris. Blessings.

God's continued blessings 🌸 ❤ thoroughly enjoying & looking forward to each new episode!

Great accomplishments this week! Just a quick 2 cents worth...at 17:00 when Leslie is scanning the grounds and we see the gorgeous Cedars of Lebanon, it struck me how much more impactful they would be if the smallish self-seeded trees in front of them were removed. No job is small, I understand. Just me dreaming about how gorgeous the grounds will be with time! P.S. I love the orange trim too!

Looking dapper there Rob !

Love what you guys are doing. Look forward to all your videos. Take care 🙏

Gorse in Scotland and it smell like coconut. Usually later in the year it blooms. ❤❤

The yellow spiky plant is gorse x

Rob, you need to upgrade your foot ware from flip flops to work boots.

The orange trim would keep me awake at night. It probably glows in the dark.😅

Electric heavy duty hedge trimmer with multiple hundred foot or longer extension cords from the château should do it

The plant with yellow flowers and nasty spikes looks like Common Gorse, that what it’s called in the U.K., may have other names in other parts of the world. Love all your wonderful renovations ❤

Youding a great job creating Cristian students. God bless you.

I enjoyed hearing from Leslie!!

That yellow blossomed plant looks similar to Scotch Bloom. Nice episode! Lot of projects getting done.

The comment you made about the roses hit right to me. True. And you may think that some folks might not want to hear that but honestly I truly did Leslie. I really did. And it’s so true and now i need to remember that as I go thru life right now too.

Hey! From NC. Love your vlogs!

Fontainebleau, great idea. You will visit my area. You also have Barbizon close to Fontainebleau, after you have Vaux le Vicomte 😉. Close to my home you have the Château de Courrance and the town of Milly la foret 😊

Idea: if they offer the service, have the local French electric service provider out to the chateau, and have them do an energy audit! I wondered about this when you found the electricity still on, at the pavilion building, several episodes ago! There is no way two people could be using $1,000 euros of electricity per month! Maybe, they need to install a new meter, something is wrong somewhere! Do you only have one water heater operating. No AC, no heating, what else could there be? Do you guys have some large freezer maybe? It is definitely worth exploring, for sure! Thomas!

Loved the object lesson. Gonna start doing that with our grandson. Thanks for the idea.

Darn it Guys, missed the live update, been up with the Iceland Volcanic eruptions. Hope you are all well (you’re both looking magical) and geared up for the mammoth task that this Chateau presents, but hey you are putting your touch of elegance throughout this most ornate residence. With the wallpaper there must be places in France that should be able to duplicate the pattern, though as Lesley mention it would look great in a nice Brocant frame. Je vous souhaite à tous les deux une semaine très constructive, prenez soin de vous et soyez prudents. Que Dieu bénisse. 👍😇🙏🏰🇫🇷

Leslie, I really love the orange especially if you have bedding with the orange in the quilt print, or maybe throw pillows etc. The orange really isn't my thing but because the rooms have such high ceilings you can get away with bold colors whereas a small room would look overwhelmed with the color, I would also have white sheers at the windows, that would be beautiful . I thought the yellow bushes were forsythias bushes but for the thorns, I just don't know now. Best wishes, Kathy USA

❤️😊love your work and your video’s thank you for taking us on your journey

You mentioned the cold. Does the chateau have any chimneys in working order? A woid stove (or two) combined with the woid from fallen or removed trees could provide cheap heat. (Cheap because there would be a cost for the stove and possibly a chimney liner plus your labor to cut and gaul wood.)

Always a good video R and L. Thanks for sharing.

I love your double negatives: That is not terrible! How about this brain thought message to self, instead, I did a great job, it looks great, I am proud of my workmanship! Amazing the difference, just saying it aloud! Thomas!

See you again in the next one have a good week 🤗☕🍰☕🍰🤗 Love Sue❤❤❤🇬🇧❤❤❤

Look so forward to your videos!!💜🌈💜

I believe the yellow bush is broom, or that is what it is called here in Australia. Both rooms are coming along nicely. Nice to have help. Well done. Best wishes.

Love the orange room all painted and the trim looks great!

The yellow prickly plant is called broom which is found on moorland in England

I agree! You need to be wearing shoes that cover your feet and stay on when you’re working! Not slip on! I’ve seen you on ladders with those shoes. Dangerous! Don’t want you to get hurt.

Gorse,very prickly,can make a cordial from blooms. A lot in Scotland.

I like the Orange as well. I'll miss you guys on Wednesday,but have yourself a a great week.

Brick interior wall!😮

Good morning. I believe the prickly plant is Gorse.

You did a good job with the pruning. In fact you could've gone down a little more and still be fine. One question? Where were the safety shoes when removing the radiator? Fabric can be painted. 2 parts paint, 2 parts water, 1 part fabric softener. I paint fabric all the time. Look it up on RU-vid.

That "pretty" prickly bush in New Zealand is called Gorse.

Rob… car jacks are your friends…❤

I believe the yellow Bush is Gorse ... you can make wine from the flowers

Looks to me like Gorse, which is a scrub/weed plant.

Another name for the gorse is broom… quite invasive but smells very good!!

They do make solar powered light bulbs that wouldn’t require electricity for the outside lamps.

Have fun in Paris! Thanks for the video!

Chateau is looking so good. Always love seeing Mr. Bing Bing Bubs Bangles. 😂

Leslie had a lesson from the park this week! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Normally Rob has deep thoughts riding the mower and stops to share 👍🏻…😊 great fun week btw orange is my 🍊favorite color that room though was overwhelming 😳so much better now. (Rob next time use the Jack and put some shoes on broke the glass loose you could some toes Not good😢) good job on that lantern pole do they not light up all this time?

I noticed you don’t have safety shoes on and your little toes are wiggling while you’re messing with that really heavy piece! Please be a little bit more careful

The name of the yellow flowering plant is Ulex europaeus.

The bright yellow very prickly bush is called gorse look on line you can use the fresh flowers to make a home brewed fizzy wine ... Apparently it's exellent,!!!!

And wearing the flip-flops while moving the radiator had nothing to do with it. Dear God.

Excellent object lesson, Leslie. Thank you. I love what you guys are doing.

Common Gorse is the yellow prickly bush. Botanical name: Ulex europaeus

Gorse has sharp needle like spikes, where as Scottish broom looks the same but has small round leaves. They both have yellow flowers.

Tripod so you can film you actually working - moving the radiator? Also, I think “ Life of Ryan” states a wallpaper steamer was about 50 euro to purchase.

You need the phone app that you take a shot of flowers, ie plants and it tells you..they have it for birds and all kinds of stuff..and time for fertilization of all flowers and plants..

Yellow flowered shrub is Gorse, looks pretty but its an invasive weed here in New Zealand. Introduced by first British settlers, used as fencing but spreads everywhere if not controlled.

Oooo, that yellow flower prickly brush looks like Gorse. If it is, that's not good. Dig it out at by the roots. It's originally from Scotland I think. We have it here on the Oregon USA coast. Big fire hazard, burnt the town of Bandon down way back when. Spreads like weeds and is very aggressive. Very bad stuff.

Mr Bingley needs a Mrs Bingley … Spring Time PUP! Easter gift?

I think the yellow flower is Gorse. I have an app that you can upload photos of plants to identify and that is what it said.

Gorse is the yellow flower/bush

I had I little dog called Bangles 😊

the yellow flowered shrub might be Ulex europaeus (Common gorse)

Sure enjoyed your video this week. I am backing some chocolate chip cookies for my friends this week. I am hosting the Bible study this week and a friend is coming to see our new apartment.Have fun is that Paris

Yikes, not sure if you realize when you are outside the wind really ruins the audio. Hopefully one of you buy a wind proof mike? Please.....

Yellow plant is Cytisus scoparius.

Was there once a chapel on the site? Any remnants?

I know the yellow prickly plant as gorse

Wondering...the lichen that is all over the terrace/banisters....is there any plan to clean it? Is it damaging at all to the surfaces? And is the yellow plant a gorse?

That's gorse. Captain Cook introduced it to New Zealand and now it has taken over all the farms and native bush. It's a nightmare. Sorry to say,

That’s a gorse bush.

Rob, why didn't you wait until your friends were there to help you move that? 🤔

Why do you remove that radiator? It looks like it functions. Do you not need a radiator? Bit strange.

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Broom. Sometimes smells of coconut.

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Can you not use stoves in the fires ?

How will you heat the room?

did i miss the mid week episode?🙃

Couldn’t hear much of your musings about the light because of the wind.

Mmm orange and cream do not fit together.

Gorse?

Gorse bush

Looks like gorse to me

Is your family Protestant or Catholic?

Please consider wiping the filler with a damp cloth after you finish. It will limit what you need to sand and probably prevent the need to sand. Must be damp, not wet and a spong would be best to get an even finish.