Opened After 50 Years... - Chateau Life 🏰 EP 356 

Great job, Phil. Now your options are endless. Get Micheal Pethrick over for color. He is really good at matching colors and wallpapering.

✨How cathartic to get those doors open! Symbolic as well, when 1 door closes, others open…cheers to better things coming your way! ✨

Coypus don’t like geese, ducks swans etc. I was watching another channel that had the same problem that you have and they got geese etc. It took about six months to a year, but the coypus left. Worth a try.

Actually living in a space for a while does help imagine what you would like…based on what it feels like, morning and evening. Give yourself time to think it through. ❤

Phil save that tub (dog washing station for small dog’s). Sell if you do not want to keep as that.

Phil, ask Michael Peterick for his opinions. I don't think you could find anyone any better. He's very talented as you know. I'm sure Billy will lend him to you for advice. God bless you ❤️ 🙏🏻

Navy blue and white look fantastic together; to me, it's always imparted a nautical feel to a room. With the chateau being on an island, that would be quite appropriate!

Hi Phil, I hope the natural works. If it doesn't work quickly try a blow torch works every time. 😊

Phil you look happy and energised to continue the Chateau progress. I'm sure you will get many suggestions re decorating ... it's nice to see lovely 😊

Phil I watched a video today of a guy using a propane garden torch to snuff out the veg in gravel, between pavers, etc. Would be my go to if I had a need.

Phil I just want you to know how happy I am that you're back with us recording and videoing and showing us all the beautiful video of the chateau and you.

So the pink room will eventually be a "master on suite bath"? Love it! I'd go white in that room, old style subway tiles, hints of gold to blend in with the master bedroom and dressing room. Huge tub, large walk in shower, taps, toilet etc. For the bedroom and dressing room, love the dark navy color, lots of cherry or oak accents, a manly, gentleman's style bedroom. Large 4-post bed, wing back chairs in rich leather on either side of the fireplace, cozy, and warm. A retreat to go to when the rest of the chateau starts driving you bonkers. :) Of course, just suggestions, but love where this is going. You just got a new sub! :)

Anna from (how to renovate a chateau) is a fashion an textile design an has wonderful taste an even makes her own wallpaper. Give her videos a look you might get some good ideas or even see something you like. 😁

30% vinegar , 1 cup of salt and 6-8 drops of good dish detergent !!! No water mixing ! All organic but watch vinegar as it is highly concentrated and can cause burning or slight nontoxic fumes ! No 5% vinegar

How exciting this revelation. The pink room, since the plumbing is in there, should be the bath en-suite for the master bedroom. The opposite room off the master bedroom, a closet,dressing,sitting room. ALL three rooms would be BEAUTIFUL with the navy, white and gold, throughout each. I’m so glad to see your excitement in redoing these rooms. You’ve hooked me in even more now, than before when you first started your channel. Good going Phil!

Wow! What a transformation already! When that first door finally swung open, I said out loud "Wooo-hooooo!!!" And then finally seeing all the light streaming in was incredible! But the light wasn't just in the room, Phil, it was IN YOUR EYES!!! And that was such a beautiful thing to see! Keep up the good work there, and the vision will unfold in the process! The white and gold on Navy sounds amazing though, and there's all kinds of ways that the theme can flow into the other 2 rooms. New wallpaper with navy blue in the print, etc, for the dressing room and bathroom, etc. It would make a beautiful flowing and coordinated look if the 2 side rooms were decorated fairly much the same. Less planning and figuring too. More peaceful and elegant, and less busy than 3 differently decorated rooms I'm thinking! Congratulations on a great start to a big project, but you can do it! And you're not alone, we're all here rooting for you! A cheerleader, from Washington, USA!

When you opened the door, I literally cheered! Small victories!😂 Such great progress!

Good job Phil, Chateau's were made to have a suite of rooms you can walk through. In this modern age, that smaller bedroom will make a great bathroom.

Gravel clean. Consult castle ten Berghe videos, with your skills you can make a rake as he has , pulled behind your car regularly makes an impeccably clean driveway beggar all effort

Dark, medium, light blue in the same hue👍🏼😀 primary bedroom - dark, bathroom - medium, closet - light😀

Most importantly, stick to a realistic budget. Check out interior design apps where you can play with various color palettes, room(s) configuration and future plans.

Wow what a huge difference to the light in each room now those doors are open.

What a difference it makes with the door open, so much light

It would be nice to have a colour scheme that flows from room to room, it would look so impressive when the doors are open. For now you can get used to how the space looks and how you plan to use it. ❤

Think about a French navy colour. It’s a bit lighter and richer. There are many, many shades of “navy” blue. You’ve got time.

Here in the states, coca-cola can be used as a weed killer, but I don't know if the European formula is the same.

A decorating tip that has helped me decorate multi-room color schemes. Take one color from the 1st room and include in the color scheme for the 2nd room. The same idea for the 2nd to 3rd room transition using a different color that is in the 2nd room and include it in the color scheme of the 3rd.

I love your thoughts on colors in the master bedroom. I’m so happy for you that you got those doors opened. You now have endless possibilities. Very exciting. xx

Michael has great taste, maybe a little chat with him as to paint colors.

You’re inspiring one man band Phil x having both doors open makes a huge difference x

Yeah Micheal really has an eye for design. It's going to be outstanding. Good luck with it Phil I'm sure whatever you do it will be well done.

Hurray, you did it Phil! I can see your vision even better now. I love the idea of Navy...very rich., but not too much gold.

Sprinkle rock salt on the weeds. Natural, non toxic, yet lethal to the weeds! No mixing, no shaking, no sprayer! The rain makes it infiltrate to kill the grass. Botta Bing, botta boom! Easy Peasy!

I think the navy/white/gold will be beautiful in the bedroom. I don't think you need to have all three rooms matching, maybe one element tying them al together. A navy/blue and white bathroom would be lovely. It will be great to see all that wall paper gone! It's going to be a beautiful suite.

I like your cries of triumph!

Great progress. Phil, and I just love your victory laugh! Your happiness is infectious. I think your own ideas sound brilliant and perhaps go with them. Too many suggestions adds to the confusion sometimes. Well done looking good. 👏👏💝💝💝

Navy would be good. Looks great all open ❤

Put a bit of beetroot juice in your mix so you can see where you’ve been!! 👋 🇦🇺

Terrific! Navy and cream and gold is a great color combination. You can do navy striped wall paper in the dressing room, and in the bathroom, lighter blue and black and white granite. Or try and get a granite that matches the fireplaces. I love that you'll be able to do a shower and a bathtub in a room that large. Gold taps. I hope you use glass around the shower so you don't block out the natural light. You could do a masculine nature mural on the wall in the bathroom in blues and cream and gold too. Keep the tile in the bathroom easy to clean. Anything with dips and grooves is gonna drive you crazy cleaning. Think about painting the ceiling navy also. You think it would make the room smaller, but actually it won't. Paint the ceiling in the dressing room a color from the wall paper (if you go that route) also. Everyone forgets ceilings. Will you do a carpet in the dressing room? I like the wood floors in the bedroom, but you will probably love having carpet in the dressing room when you might be barefoot. When thinking of what to put in the dressing room, take stock of what clothing you actually have. What do you want access too quickly, and what can be put away. Take stock of your shoes also, and think of how you want to access them. Will you do your toiletry (drying hair, skin care, shaving) in the bathroom, or in the dressing room? If you want a place in the dressing room, make sure you make it a nice easy place to get too. Anything you have to work to get at will make it a drag, and you won't enjoy the room. I hope I helped give you some things to think of. My dream bathroom is like a Japanese bathroom with tile all over, open shower, deep tub. Enjoy your day and thanks for your time. Oh, I almost forgot, do you want a coffee area in your dressing room? A little fridge might be nice to keep from running up and down to the kitchen.

Looks so wonderful with all the doors open. That wallpaper in the future bath is a bit much. Love demo work, not the clean up. What ever you decide it will be beautiful. Get Michael, he seems to have a gift with colors.

If the bath is still usable it would make a great doggie bath, or even for other small animals, might be able to sell it.

Oh, I love your Chateau. The suite you’re working on will be gorgeous. You have great ideas.

Weeds try boiling water ,repeat on new growth you will win ,geese noisy but good alarm ,would need housing as foxes like them too!

Looking Better As You Open Up All The Doors.

Phil, what is your favourite colour? What colour makes you feel calm and relaxed? That is the colour you make your bedroom. The bathroom, I think a nice sky blue with white and gold. The dressing room a dark colour like you said a navy. If you do the dressing room dark, then the next room a bit lighter than finish off with the bathroom being the light colour.

It is going to be a master suite worthy of a Chateau.

Phil keep the polystrene Its great in terracotta pots Underneath the compost Better then stones

Well done! Feeling better and better. You have good instincts, trust them. You’ll get there and you’ll feel wonderful. Your house. Your concepts. 👍😁

Looks great now doors open

Dark navy and the white and gold.. Perfect

I love the light and space it created when you opened up the doors to both adjoining rooms to the master. I would suggest doing what is called a 'Mood Board'. Get paint samples, material samples, curtain samples, print off designs and colours from the internet of rooms you like. Put it all on a board. Thsis way you can see and play around with colours and options together. Anna does it from How to renovate a chateau without killing your partner. It's a very simple and effective way to design your room. There are many videos on youtube that can help you. Good luck!

Nice job, Phil! I look forward to watching it come together.

Nice to see you so happy and making changes to benefit you. Looking forward to the transformation of these lovely rooms.

Phil, you are doing great. Crack on!!

I love the rug in the master bedroom, a room done in the same navy blue as the rug with white trim would be amazing!

It’s going to look beautiful once you’re done. It feels so much lighter in those rooms now.

I like the color choice for the bedroom. Don't overwhelm yourself. Do one room at a time now that you have the doors open. Taking on to much at once can drive a person mental. Great progress Phil!😊

Phil, I love your research into the history and tales of the Chateau. It will be fun to hear what you learn. The homemade weed killer only works on live plant tissue. It will not control weeds for 4 to 6 months. If table salt is the type of salt used, the salt dissolves and will seep into the grass. Used repeatedly, the vegetation next to the driveway will die from salt damage. A better option is flame weeder. A propane bottle powers a flame about 10 cm in diameter. A few sweeping motion over the weeds destroys the plant, and the plant carcasses will be brown in a day or two. If used when the weeds are less than 5 cm, very little raking will be needed as the plants literally disintegrate. The flame weeder will kill larger plants. It just takes longer for the dead plant to disintegrate Research for a flame weeder. An example is the GLORIA Thermoflamm Bio Professional Plus set on Amazon France. With your skills, you could make your own.

So nice to see the doors opening again. What a lot of light comes in. Very exciting Phil. Crack on.

Dressing room and bathroom in white with navy trim and gold accents. Master Bedroom in Navy with White trim and Gold accents. A nice navy bedspread with bright white sheets and do your head board in Navy too. Figure out your bed and draperies - then pick the paint to match it's much easier to match paint.

If you're going for dark navy walls white and gold panels you could do white walls and dark navy and gold panels in the bathroom so your following the colour through just a thought.

Nice project Philip. If the wallpaper in master is in good shape on that window wall it would match nicely with navy paint. Just a thought.

Salt alone will work. Use rock salt. Spread it with a seeder and then wet the ground. Nothing will grow there for 2-3 years.

I’d like to suggest that the dressing room stays light and less coloured- white with accents of colour through artwork. When you’re choosing your clothing you want it to see the true colour and not be influenced by the wall colour. Also I love the navy idea for the main bedchamber, and suggest light blue for the bathroom…. It’s calming and will clearly correspond with the bedchamber.

Ahh Phil. Don't worry or stress too much right now about the color schemes/decorating side of these rooms. Get the demo done first, the layout next and the other ideas will come as they may! Although white, gold and dark blue sound pretty good!

10:33 Yes! With a beautiful claw foot tub. 😊

Weeds can be sprayed with Epson salt and vinegar. No chemicals.

Love the navy and gold idea, maybe do a blue suite? You could go with shades of the same blue or do a white and navy wall paper in the pink room and white with blue and gold accents in the dressing room. Of course it is your home so do what makes you happy!

I think navy walls will be beautiful. Funny little tub, but it did fit nicely between the rooms! Glad you were able to remove it.

Phil this is going to be THE BEST master suite ever!!

If you go Navy blue walls and white and gold trimmings in the bedroom, then do white walls/tiles with Navy and gold trimmings in the bathroom, the two rooms will tie in nicely together. Giving each room their own distinct color ambience. 😊

Doors open finally. Hallelujah! Your plans sound great. I know whatever you do, it will look great. It was fun to see you enjoy your new bike as you tested it out.

That blue and cream carpet is a very nice colour palette.

I see your vision and know you will achieve it. Go Phil!

I refer to the natural weed spray as the salad dressing for the gravel because of the vinegar smell. But it does work and keeps weeds down for about a month, depending on how much rain I get.

I love the idea of that room being a huge bathroom

Yeah! Open sesame! Great job Phil!

Love the navy wall color idea in the master! Maybe with the white/gold/ navy add a pop of medium to dark grey? Either way they are going to be 3 beautiful rooms together. I'd take off the doors inside the master room (the first set of doors) going into the bathroom so both doors to both the dressing room and bathroom open away from the master bedroom.

Take your time to decide what you want.

Turn the pink room into a large bathroom in white and blue. The large bedroom as you imagined in dark blue/gold and dressing room in dark grey/gold

I think Little Green does color consulting when you buy their paint and wallpaper. It might be worth looking to a professional so that the dressing room, the bedroom, and the pink room have a unified flow.

Such a beautiful home ❤️ Dark navy sounds wonderful.

Strip off wallpaper prime and paint white easy fresh and clean - later u can think about color

I think navy blue will be very charming. But yes, the pink will clash. a yellow in the pink room may work, Yes Michael Petherick will give you very good advice.

Love the dark navy with the white and gold idea... as far as the dressing room, something a tad lighter, maybe shades of tan and chocolate brown with navy accents... so it flows but isn't too dark for dressing. ...as far as the bathroom I would go classic white with gold, brown and deep green accents and a ton of plants (even faux plants look nice in a bath if you get good quality ones)

Suggestion: Make the dressing room into a dressing room/ huge closet. The pink room will be a beautiful bathroom. Unless someone else might be using that bath, I would remove one set of the doors. Glad to see you moving forward and making the chateau your own, the navy sounds like it would be a great choice.

You could make the pink room half on suite and half dressing room and make what is now the dressing room a comfy study/sitting room. The bathroom bright white, the dressing room cream, masterblue/white/gold, and the sitting room green/white/gold. Hence, a Master Suite.

For the dressing room…imagine Cedar Panels and built-ins, navy, gold and white trimmings 🤔

Navy is a stunning color. Works with a host of secondary colors.

Phil, you have thousands of jobs going at once, the inside of the house the outside of the house the garage fixing cars and also your bar that you own. You do your best but nothing seems to get finished and you need help. Even though you won't take any help you need help. I hope you can get everything done in time. Much love from Oklahoma USA Jackie 🇺🇸💖

Find a fabric that you want to use and base your colors on that. Much easier to match paint to fabrics rather than the other way around.

Love the navy blue bedroom idea with gold trim and white paneling! Dressing room walls can be navy and gold large stripes(paint, not wallpaper). Bathroom bright white Everything will flow together.

Yes dark navy walls for bedroom and maybe navy wall and white tiles in bathroom, white bathroom suite and navy towels etc

If these rooms are for you, might I suggest that you turn those 3 rooms into a master suite with a huge luxury bathroom, a separate dressing room, and a bedroom. I'd put the bedroom on one end and the dressing room on the other with the bathroom in the center. It could be beautiful and yes, you definitely should get rid of that wall paper. Regarding color...I wouldn't be married to the white an gold of the doors and trim. Your rooms could be awesome with slate blue trim and sage green walls. It's paint. You can always repaint.

Well Done Phil, excited to see your vision materialize. 🎉

I like your ideas for your bathroom. The dressingroom could be somewhat lighter but giving a nod to the bedrooms colour schema. Make a lighter room by adding a lot of mirrors and gold.

Phil, you've done an excellent job!

Basalt by little Green is a lovely very dark blue for the walls.

One step at a time & you will achieve miracles 👍🤗 Love Sue❤❤❤🇬🇧❤❤❤

Love it all open Phil! Great work! Thanks