We're unhappy with our last renovation... 

Marie really out does herself with the meals and her floral arrangements. Everything is so beautiful! You may have to call in a specialist to capture the fox and relocate him because of Lancelot and the new chickens.

All I can say is yay for Natty she's got one hell of a man

Marie, I hope you know how truly special you are.

I totally agree. Annalise would look amazing in a painting in the gazebo❤!!! That was picture perfect😊!!!

Oh no I'm heart broken over the loss of your sweet chickens.

The restorers are true professionals!

Why is it we never see Kirsty anymore? She was always a ray of sunshine on the vlogs.

And it is always great to see Annalise

Don't ignore the fox situation, because now, your place is their good hunting ground, so they will keep on coming, looking for any prey, meaning the peacocks, Lancelot, Ruby... But also all small wildlife in the gardens and woods.... The foxes probably have alot of growing young ones to feed...

I am beyond impressed with Maries culinary skills in combination with her floral arrangements! 🌸💙🌸

I miss seeing Stephanie decorate rooms and do projects from begininning to end. I enjoyed watching her process and hearing her ideas...💛✨

I really think that the "problem" with this room is the wallpaper. I think the pattern is too busy, too *much* for the room with all its angles and interesting architecture. I think you need a calmer paper (less contrast, and a larger repeat) and lighter colour in this room.

Please be careful with Lancelot with that fox being around. He's so tiny even some types of raptors could swoop down and pick him up. So sorry to hear about the chickens, I know some of them you had since you started your vlogs and they were beautiful.

The wallpaper looks like Marjuania leaf but blue 😂

I LOVE, LOVE how you decorate, but am I the only one who thinks the new wallpaper looks like thousands of pot leaves?

With the fox being so brazen at attacking in the daylight you need to get rid of it. With Lancelot and the peacocks being easy targets.

So sorry about the chicks. Poor little Nancy and her friends. 💔 Circle of life … ❤️

Please be careful with Lancelot while he is outside and also on your walks as he would not survive a run in with a Fox. Especially since they are attacking during the day

🍃I want to apologize to Marie for some not so nice comments I made on her attitude on her birthday. I’ve regretted it ever since, ..we all have our off days, and possibly hers was around the time of the horrible chicken incident. I’ve made some very supportive comments about her in the past, and that’s what I truly mean. You’re the best Marie, & I’m sorry💚💚💚🌳

I do like the two smaller beds in there. Very nice.

It would be so cool if you turned one of the rooms in the chateau into a gallery for all your fathers paintings that arent on display. All of them are so beautiful and colorful they are like spring and to have alot in one room would just be a utterly magical experience.

I'm sorry Stephanie dad painting doesn't look good in that room pattern, it looks out of place there,

That wallpaper is so busy in that room, I personally don’t think the peacock headboards are suited for that room, nor your Dads gorgeous art work.

Stephanie…FYI Anna and Peter, former Chateau owners, had an incident at their current farm home where all their chickens were slaughtered by a single pine marten during the night. You may want to compare notes with them, and commiserate some with them, on what they did to combat the pine marten. I will also offer a comment I made to them to secure a couple of West Highland White Terriers to take care of and to rid you of the menacing carnivores, fox or pine martens, which is what they were bred for. I own two and they are very formidable with vermin. Hey…what’s two more dogs and they are very cute. Just my thoughts.

I can’t believe how much the chapel has come to life with the colors. Beautifully done ❤

Happened recently at another chateau. It is possiblly the season: mother's having their babies and thus hunting for easy prey.

So sorry about the chickens. And I am so sorry Marie had to find them...what a shock for her.

The wall paper reminds me of blue marijuana leaves... 😂😂

Your darling mother would have been devastated at the loss of the chickens. I remember her care of the tiny ones after they hatched

Those foxes have been living around the chateau and woodlands since before you came. They eat rodents and other small pests, and usually leave your cats and dogs alone. Since you recently lost a couple of your charming chickens 8 months ago, and last month found your chicken run decimated, I'm wondering if you currently have a mated pair who are feeding for their kits. The best solution in my opinion is to move forward with what you are doing: build an impervious chicken run and by no means allow the chickens to roam the walled garden when no one is working in it. It would be advisable to VERY carefully examine all the outer walls and entry points to ensure no tunneling under walls. It appears the walls are all much too high to be jumped over, other than the one the new chicken run material was lifted over, but isn't the moat along that entire wall? If not that low wall is an easy entry point.

I'm not sure if you have heard but the owners of Chateau de la ferte have sold the Chateau and the new owners don't want all the chandeliers that they had bought so only one of them is staying. If you need chandeliers, that's one place to find some pretty ones. Adrian and Carole are the current owners. Terry and Ashe know them.

We lost four of our chickens to a weasel attack about four to six weeks ago. It had gotten in our coop in the morning before I had let them out in their run. It was absolutely devastating. We have them as pets and love them deeply. We thought they were safe in their coop and run, but didn’t have enough safety measures. Thankfully we had another coop we built last summer. We quickly updated it with extra safety precautions. Now we are building a run onto the side. It should be completed in a week. If you want to prevent more attacks I recommend you build an enclosed run with a underground apron. Use 1/8” hardware mesh. I didn’t realize weasels can get into spaces as small as 1/4”, and they hunt nightime and daytime.

The fresh vegetables arranged like a Floral bouquet of flowers was just beautiful.

I hope you guys are keeping Ruby indoors at nighttime.

I'm so sorry for your chickens. Glad youre making their environment safe.

I'm so sorry to hear about the chickens. I'd been wondering about them and the sheep since I hadn't seen any of them in a while. Watching you for years and being invited into your life also means wanting to know the difficult things. I appreciate your sensitivity, but also as a regular viewer am interested in all aspects of your chateau life. Where I live we had some pesky critters that were caught in a live trap then relocated a distance away. You might consider doing that with the fox(es).

The wall paper is so busy, keep the decorations simple. Even the blue trim in this room is so bold, it throws things off. The mixed patterns don’t blend well with the wallpaper. Every challenge in this room goes back to the boldness of the wallpaper itself. It clearly makes putting this beautiful room together more difficult.

It’s more important to be honest than just uplifting, so we feel we actually know who you are.

Sadly I think this is one of those times it may be necessary to find a trapper to trap and relocate the fox as he/she will keep coming back now that it has found there is “food” there. Not safe for Lancelot or Ruby.

I’m so sorry for the loss of all the chickens. They were such characters. It’s very sad to hear this. Sending big hugs.

I've been watching the channel for a couple of years now and currently wondering if we could get some updates on the renovations of : -the lake? -the grand salon (the beam)? the heating? -the facade and back steps? -the apartments (Stephanie's (office and wardrobe), Gerry's and Nati’s)? -china pantry? Anyone know? Cheers! 👋

As a traveller who likes to stay 2, 3, or 4 nights each place it would be handy to have somewhere for a suitcase with easy access. I do hang some things but leave the majority in my case for ease of re-packing, just a thought! Love the room!

How about painting the window frame the same white as the background of the wallpaper? That turquoise paint classes with the other blue in the room.

What ever happened to the pink room where Amaury was fixing the dormers?

I'm so very sorry to hear about the chickens suffering such a horrible fate. You're all so tenderhearted with the animals of Lalande. Poor Marie finding such carnage in the otherwise peaceful walled garden. 😢 I'm so sorry she had to see it. I know it's a really big ask, but please try not to be too cross with the foxes. A fox finding a pen filled with chickens is like a human walking into a well stocked pantry. Living harmoniously with predator species can be challenging but it is possible. Foxes have a super important role keeping forest habitats healthy and strong by keeping small mammal populations in check. Their absence in many areas of the world is why ticks have become such a huge problem. The small species of rodents that serve as hosts to the tick larvae at the beginning of the tick life cycle, need to be kept in check by foxes, birds of prey, etc., to stop forests from becoming infested with ticks. I know you'll get the chicken run sorted out properly. Seeing the wildlife return to Lalande means the forest is finally healing from all the hunting from decades past. That's a beautiful thing! ❤

I can’t wait for Nati’s verdict on the room …😂

Good morning from Toowoomba in Queensland, Australia. A suggestion you may take on board. Re the storage containers, prior to placing anything in the containers, purchase a can of powdered borax and sprinkle it liberally along all sides of the container. This will stop any type of insect invasion. It is not harmful to others, ie. humans or animals. During the summer months and only if you have wooden furniture stored, place a bucket of water just inside the entrance and refill as necessary. This will ensure your furniture doesn't dry and crack. Good luck, love your vlogs Stephanie and et al LeLanders. Take care ❤️

I agree folks. This wallpaper is definitely maruajana. You could call it The Pot Room!🤣🤣

You guys!! The room is looking so cute, and the tablecloth is a dream. Sorry about the little dinosaurs.

Speaking from experience, the chicken coop needs a chicken wire roof as well as full length chicken wire walls (or solid walls). The wire also needs to be buried into the ground (wall) at least 50cm to prevent digging underneath and with the wire bent outwards to prevent access. Foxes are able to climb and enter any tiny hole that's available to climb through. I have lost several hens in the past and this seems to be the only deterrant. Good luck with it.

The attack on your chickens sounds less like a fox and more like a weasel or a mink. We had mink breaking into our neighbours' chicken coops when i worked at a plant nursery that had rescue chickens. The mink killed every chicken in each coop it attacked, and took none of them. Foxes don't kill for sport (that's a myth) like weasels and mink do.

How playful that bedroom decor is! I love it!

Marie’s food looks amazing, and hot flower guy delivers beautiful flowers :-) as always

Do not care for the mod painting in that room. Love the room though.

Sorry to hear of the great chicken loss. Nature while beautiful can be cruel 😢

Please be extra careful with Lancelot. That fox has his sights on him! I had the same issue with my 5 lb dog. Lancelot should never be left alone. xx

The bed against the wall will be a nightmare to make.

Please consider getting a guarding dog, Ombaline or Kirsty will be able to guide you I am sure. He/She could live in the walled garden and go out during the day with the chickens and gard the Peacocks when nesting as well. They are very low maintenance and independent but very very protective of their livestock. It will save a lot of stress to animals and humans alike!

Anna and Peter also lost their chicken friends to a pine Martin. Anna is devastated. Sorry for your loss of your friends 🥺🇨🇦🐉👩🏼‍⚖️

I find the wallpaper in that room a little overwhelming. A strong blue, a busy pattern in a room with walls that lean in is very dominating. Maybe one wall of paper and the rest just painted might simplify things. Just my feelings. Everyone is different!

Possibly keep a large dog in the walled garden. We have a Newfouland who love to be outside and truly does protect all of our farm critters.

As far as your fox goes I think you should consider bringing in a professional Foxcatcher. Especially if you don’t want to shoot him. But the most important is that Lancelot is kept safe as the chickens also. Good luck

The bedroom is so much better, quite lovely now. I’m not sure why but the trim color doesn’t work for me. Marie has really come into her own as a chef. Love seeing the table settings and the food presentation. Sad about the chickens but I hope you repeat the beautiful variety of breeds when you replace them. Well done.

Dear Stephanie, The dress you were wearing in the bedroom is just beautiful. So feminine. Hugs💞

Yes, I watch for the uplifting content. However, you are like family to me and so, never be afraid to tell me the bad news. It is part of your story, which I am here for.

OMG! I was fond of the chickens, but I would be devastated if anything were to happen to little Lancelot. I realize that foxes will be foxes, please find out where the assassin is getting in. ❤ from TX!

With the fox, I’d also worry about the kitty-Ruby? We lost a cat to a fox (in America). Very sorry Marie discovered the chickens. How awful and such a loss. They were so fun. Tricky fox outwitted you all. Want to encourage native environments, but it can be difficult. May all your feathered and furred loves stay safe.

Sadly your Father’s modern artwork truly clashes with that charming room. 😢

The wallpaper looks life marijuana leaves

So sorry to hear about the chickens. That is so sad. They were always a highlight. 😞🇨🇦

Over the years I lost too many chickens by a very determined fox, in the end I just gave up, I love Annalise in that gorgeous dress, what a lovely girl she.

I absolutely love the brown furniture that’s in the room to begin with. It really popped on those light walls

Please tell us about Thor and his family!!! Are they OK??? That fox will surely go for them, especially if it has kits to feed. Also, please be careful with Lancelot and Ruby, they will be vulnerable to attack.

19:13 the 'wood asparagus' is actually better known as the *Bath asparagus* ( _Ornithogalum pyrenaicum_ ) as it is most common in the woods around the town of Bath in England. Other names include 'Prusian asparagus', 'wild asparagus' and 'Pyrenees star of Bethlehem'. Searching the internet for 'wood asparagus' will find you _Asparagus acutifolius_ from the same genus as the edible garden asparagus, but that's not the species you had on your plates.

So so sorry about the chickens. The first two people I thought about were your mom and Pavlina.

God, that hair on him is so unappealing.

Such a lovely room until the painting was hung there It just spoils everything. :(

Please be careful, I’ve lost a small dog to an owl once, literally flew away with it.

We lost a kittens with foxes when we moved into a different home. Be careful with Lancelot.

Stephanie, your hair looks amazing! I’ve been noticing how much healthier it’s been looking❤️ Also loving the new bedroom styling. Much better. The wallpaper is stunning!

The dinner looked amazing! Marie is a master at her craft.

I like the two beds against the wall but all I see is the blue paint trim around the window. It draws the eye in a way I think you don’t want it to.

MARIE 😍 THOSE PLATES ARE RESTAURANT WORTHY! My mouth was so jealous it didn't get to taste. So sorry about your feather babies 😢 But the peacocks in the new room seem happily ensconced and ready to be adored 🥰 well done!

How sad about the chickens. Love the blue & white beds, & Stephanie's dress. Also love Philip's shirt.

I do love the peacock bedheads. Loved them in their original room as well. Sad new about the beautiful feather family, its awful. The chapel amazes me more each time I see it. The guys are so passionate and mindful about what they are doing. Marie really is producing lovely meals. Grate call on your hair Stephanie it will grow stronger now.

"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication" Leonardo da Vinci

I'm not used to Philip's clothing style. If I was there, I would have asked him to tuck in his shirt, or leave it loose over the waistband.......Ha ha ........

It could still be a pine marten , Peter and Anna’s (it’s a wonderful life) chickens were all killed in a night by a pine marten who slunk in the chicken coup (a part of their barn) during the day waiting for the chickens to get locked in , carnage 😢

Lots to learn in this vlog: but the standout is that Amaury is the sexiest man alive! (No argument here!) ❤

To me, Dad’s painting goes well in the room. A well loved room evolves over time with each generation adding its unique touch. What I loved about my relatives homes in Finland was the juxtaposition of family antiques with very modern Marimekko fabrics. It’s very different from the typical North American west where you go to one store and buy everything there.

Love the single beds in the renovated bedroom. The room looks fresh and uncluttered. Sad news about the chickens. They do become special pets. Looking forward to seeing the new, fortified chicken coop. The gazebo is a gift, it is such a great addition to your walled garden.

Sorry to hear about the chickens. But it is strange that the fox comes around during the day - it is worth being extra careful with Lancelot as one does not know whether the fox would attackhim or whether the fox carries any diseases...And Lancelot is so friendly with all creatures he met in his young life, that he would not know not to approach a fox or not to chase after it. I love the wall paper in that room. The color combination looks so fresh!

Your fathers painting is lovely, but not in that room, it is very jarring.

My sympathies to you all for the loss of your little feathered friends. I know how these sweet creatures can peck their way into your heart. Still miss my childhood chicken, Henny-Penny, also lost to the circle of life. So sorry.

In regards to the fox… What about Ruby as well as Lancealot.? so sorry to hear about the chickens.

How sad you’ve lost your chickens to a fox. Watch out for Lancelot. Not sure how to deter a fox. Perhaps he can smell food and having got lucky before he’s keeps returning. But as you said Stephanie, once you can build a fox proof chicken coop and run, the new chickens should be safe. I really enjoy seeing the table layout, flowers and Marie’s wonderful food! The bedroom does look better with two single beds with dresser in between!! Your vlogs are sadly always over so fast, I look forward every day to watching before I go to bed. Thank you so much 😃🌷🪻🌻🌸🥰🙅‍♀️🙅‍♀️

Extremely sad to hear about the chickens 😞

I’m so sorry about your hens, I know what that’s like! Once you recover and you feel ready you can restock. 😢

The foxes are only present because of hunger and trying to feed their young. They are wild animals but they also need food and support to obtain this hence why not get cheap cuts of meat scraps/bones etc and leave it at a safe distance from the buildings/walled garden and they can be trained as they have the instinct to recognize the food location and this will minimize the risk although a reinforced chicken coop is ideal. I speak from experience as I have fed foxes for years and have even watched them waiting for the cat to finish eating before then taking their portion, they only attack to survive. I don't treat them as 'pets' as they are wild animals and this needs to be respected but it simply helps them to survive and minimize attacking living creatures. They are very timid and are only aggressive when hunger is their enemy and surprisingly they move on after a time.

I love the bedroom before the redecoration. It looks so light and airy and romantic with the floral accessories and bed toppers.