I don't know about anyone else but I it will be difficult to go back to once a week vlogs. Stephanie, when Michael comes back put your heads together for some more great treats for those of us that enjoy cannot get enough of your fabulous energy.

@carmeladeck6948

4 жыл бұрын

Fully enjoy this. Keep up the videos.

I was thinking I was going to have to watch Stephanie re-runs and there you were...just in time. I would get some of those men hanging around to clean out a room in one of the outbuildings and turn it into a billiards and darts room. Maybe a bar too!

@TheChateauDiaries

4 жыл бұрын

That is probably the best answer!!!

@loraferrante9486

4 жыл бұрын

Yes! I think your friends will be very motivated to set up a games room.

Your father was very talented, you must be very proud of him Stephanie x

❤️❤️❤️ The billiard table can eventually go in the outdoor spaces that are empty, where one day you will have the pool (wink, wink) and the tennis courts. That whole area can become a gaming area. ❤️❤️❤️

The medieval painting could be designed as a duvet cover and pillows.

@ASW-kk7yz

4 жыл бұрын

Sonia I agree but also as Christmas cards,gift wrap & gift bags :-)

@Andrea_Weird

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed. I’d love it if Stephanie and her mother would consider releasing licensed prints and textiles based on her father’s artwork. We need a Lalande online store!

Dear Stephanie, I’m watching your video and I have an idea on what to do with your billiard table. I have a billiard table and it has a solid top that I can put on it. This is super handy for meetings around the table and I use it all the time for sewing. It’s wonderful to have a large surface to sort out all the bits whilst sewing. I hope this gives you an idea what to do with your table. I adore your vlog ❤️ Please keep doing them 🙏 Sending you lots of ❤️

I love the idea of recreating your father''s art onto other products. What about some old time dressing table items such as compacts, dusting powder boxes, mirror backings etc. Even linens such as tablecloths and placemats.

I agree that this is a room that one could spend hours in. I love, love, love those rich green walls that make the room so snug and your marvelous mix of furniture and decorative items that reflect a personal history. And how lovely to incorporate your fathers paintings and drawings that make the space even more special. Perhaps you could consider his Medieval painting on fabric or dinnerware which would look stunning in your beautiful Chateau.

@l.carolparson9689

4 жыл бұрын

I love the idea of porcelain (or pottery) dinnerware!

I somehow missed this vlog. It’s just like I’m sat opposite you and you’re explaining all about the chateau, it’s history, the renovation works you had to do. Your Father was such a talented man and I particularly like the brown and sepia architectural painting with the flower stall, lady and man sat on the bench and both glancing at the women with the pram for different reasons, how often do we still notice this?! Men 🙄😄 I love everything about this room and you definitely made the right decision to make it a cozy gathering place. I wish I could step through the screen, have a lovely cup of tea with you. I had 3 exquisite teas given to me for Christmas! I’m watching this on 4th January 2024. I enjoy seeing how much has changed when I happen upon an older vlog. I thoroughly enjoy all things LaLande but this was simply charming, thank you Stephanie ☕️🫖☕️🍰🍰🎉🥰🙅‍♀️🙅‍♀️

The steps, bookcase, globe/bar, paintings by father. Everything is used and loved!!!! I see your library vision, can hardly wait. The carpet will come so few ghave the room.

this room and the red dining room are my two favorites...and the kitchen...and the chapel....and....

That room would make an absolutely perfect Library and a large Persian carpet with jewelled colours would be magnificent and thoroughly warm the room up also, your father paintings blow me away , how talented was he ! Are they catalogued ! If not they should be. Was he a member of the RA and did he exhibit ! Another amazing Vlog Stephanie, each and every one is so interesting and so detailed, they are heart warming and joyful, love the silk curtains ! Love all your curtains you have such a eye for detail. You could do interior design that competes with the very best in the world.

@TheChateauDiaries

4 жыл бұрын

❤️❤️❤️ Daddy wasn’t a professional artist because he refused to sell his paintings! He was asked to join Disney as an animator, but decided against it because he wanted to be free to paint whatever he wanted. He painted with great discipline in every spare moment he had, it was his purpose and passion.

I binge watched your vlogs this weekend and I just can't seem to get enough. I would love to own a book of photos of your Chateau. ( I don't have a library but I do have a treasured collection on my coffee table that is begging for your book). Perhaps you will have one for sale in the future. Much love from Missouri!

The architectural painting over the leather love seat with couple is now my favourite one of your fathers. He captured the couple beautifully !

Thank you for sharing your winter salon, I love hearing all about the rooms and contents. In some of your videos I notice the door knobs, locks, , hinges and other hardware it would be interesting to learn about these‼️ LOVE YOUR VIDEOS ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

I love the room as it is! Though a large carpet would make it more cosy I agree. I wait every Sunday to get the notification that your video is up, then take a little trip with you to 'dreamland'. Thank you I love your videos. Love and all blessings from sunny South Africa.

@christian66ca

4 жыл бұрын

just because I was going through advent calendar withdrawal yesterday afternoon I watched 15 episodes of DIY someone kindly posted

Beautiful room! I am fascinated by your father... he sounds like an extraordinary man. Was he a career artist or a hobbyist? He was certainly prolific. I am so curious to know how your parents found one another - I am sure it is an interesting story - and how they ended up running a care home for the elderly. Your life, from a young age and even still, seems like it could have popped out from the pages of a novel. Any thought of writing a memoir at some point? Lots of questions (apologies) but this video sparked my curiosity :) Thank you for sharing your journey with us.

@TheChateauDiaries

4 жыл бұрын

I will try to make a video about my family one day - they would make a good novel! But I don’t have the discipline to sit down and write!

@IMDaniDee

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheChateauDiaries yes, please! I look forward to it :)

@theresaromero2855

4 жыл бұрын

The Chateau Diaries I understand completely. Surely, just the right person can appear, who will draw forth from you the stories of your family and your past.

@l.carolparson9689

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheChateauDiaries I hope you find a writer who would take you and your family's stories as a writing project, sponsored by some publisher. It would sell well.

Your Father had an incredible talent and the monochrome is very contemporary still. Love them.

Cannot believe you have not had the multi-talented Mr. Michael P transform your Billard table? Surely , he is the man to put pockets on your table? Your father's art is Sublime .

I think that all of your Fathers paintings are interesting , but I really do love the colored medieval painting .

Thank you Stephanie for another wonderful vlog. As much as I enjoy all you put up for us, you deserve a break after all the work you've done with hosting parties and the advent calendar videos. It's okay to take some time off for yourself and to rest. Happy New Year and may 2020 bring you HEALTH, LOVE and CASH.

@TheChateauDiaries

4 жыл бұрын

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You could change the pool table into a pocketed table by adding a extension around it and putting the pockets in the addition. I cant think exact measurements but it could be done. Sandy

If you don't mind me saying, I enjoy videos about the restoration/restoring the chateau and how it operates the most.

Ever so pleased to see you resuming the Sunday service after the Advent specials! Simply adore the quieter, more chatty style of these ones...and really enjoyed this edition. A library would be gorgeous for weary globe trotters and explorers! For future, would love to have an architectural tour, esp taking in the roof space. Keep up the good work and Happy New Year!

@50Street21

4 жыл бұрын

I have to agree with you about your comment. That fully engaged conversation with Stephanie when the stage is hers and she explains things without other distractions is a treat. Cheers! Darryl

@l.carolparson9689

4 жыл бұрын

@@50Street21 Indeed. She is so well-spoken and has such a marvelous treasury of historical and artistic knowledge.

Loved getting a closer look at this room, how it evolved and how you incorporated all the treasures from your family and the world. This type of styling is what gives a room warmth and great character. Your father's artwork is exceptional and it must be wonderful to still feel his presence in them. Thank you for sharing today. It brought a smile to my face. 💕

This is my favourite room. So cozy and calm. You did a fantastic job!!

I also love your father's medieval painting. ..why not have fabric printed and cut into pillow sizes...a little home craft for you and your visitors. Then sell them in three or four standard sizes but.... UNFILLED. Mail them to purchasers in a large envelope. Further to the above. If you have it printed on canvas it could be easily framed and or easily washed. Cheers

@TheChateauDiaries

4 жыл бұрын

I love that idea!

@scpmdt

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheChateauDiaries Yes please Stephanie could you make one and save one for me to purchase a canvas of the print, thanks

Have you thought of having a crafty carpenter make a removable tabletop for the billiards table? It could be used as a buffet during holidays and celebrations. I’ve seen examples as well where the top is glass and you can display important objects underneath like a picture box. 😊

@TheChateauDiaries

4 жыл бұрын

I really like the idea of making it into a display case!

Thanks for sharing the marvelous paintings from your father! What a lovely room it already is👍🥰🙋🧚🕊️

I love a good cozy library! I am blown away by your fathers talent! His paintings are magnificent!

It's an appealing room and would be nice to have a large rug to ground the sitting area. You've done a masterful job with curtains in all the rooms. Love every one of your Vlogs. Thank you!

Liked your mentioning the special cake with the small figure inside--reminds me of our Mardi Gras cakes we have here in the southern part of the USA (mostly Louisiana and the Gulf Coast).💖😊

Oh my im so glad I came upon your channel... I'm totally hooked!! Wishing you and your loved ones a very happy 2020 🎉🎉🎉❤️

The globe/bar makes me smile.....I have one that was purchased when we lived in Madrid in the 70''s. I love your father's artwork....such perfect whimsy in the lovely room! Thank you for creating such entertaining vlogs!!! I know that the vlog process is not as simple or easy as you make it appear. :)

I’m simply addicted to you and your chateau. I love history, architecture, art, music and interior design. So naturally your channel is fascinating to me. You are so intelligent, interesting, charming, talented, fashionable, fun and beautiful. It is my dream to one day stay at your beautiful Château and have the chance to meet you. Thank you for the many hours of wonderful entertainment by sharing your adventures. Merci beaucoup! 🌹😄

Stuck at home after a bad snow and icestorm, would love to be in that warm inviting room all day- the Winter Salon and kitchen are my favorite rooms in the chateau

What an amazing room. I love it. So enjoying these videos 📹

There is a company that turns artwork into fabric and wallpaper (it's in the U.S. and I'm not sure about whether they ship internationally) but turning your father's paintings into fabric would be lovely! Their name is Spoonflower.

What a lovely room with lots of history & your Fathers wonderful artwork. That was lovely Stephanie. Thank you for sharing. A very happy new year to you & all the family.

I`m watching a lot of your older videos and I as you spoke of the wrapping paper it crossed my mind that you could sell it and also make greetings cards from his art work too , I think as your channel is now so popular there would be quite an interest in these items and it could be a way of raising more money for The Chateau....just an idea ! XX

It’s a beautifully inviting room, warm and I love the sound of the fire, I love to watch a fire as wee, I’m part firebug I think. Your plans for a library are lovely, hopefully that will come about soon. Here’s to lots of paying customers, and extended bookings.🍸🙋🏼

Love the paintings in the room, especially the one with the flowers in it. I have an old wardrobe which I took out the doors and turned it into a bookcase. Love thistle room😊

This was right up my alley! Would love more videos just like this showing little details in other rooms!

Your father’s art is so unique and just downright intriguing 🧐 I love them all and get excited every time you show something your father has done!

Have you considered selling prints of your fathers amazing artwork to raise money for your chateau? I, for one would love the opportunity to purchase a few. They are stunning! It would also be a wonderful way to share his amazing talent world wide. I am a new viewer to this series Stephanie, and I am hooked!! Your chateau is glorious. Thank you for sharing.

@Jayrose59

4 жыл бұрын

We are all suggesting this to Stephanie, I am sure it will happen!!

This is a amazing room, looks so so cosy. I also love the very bright paintings, in fact I love it all. We love France and tour a lot in our camper van, love Chateo life and your videos. Fantastic host you are.

How lovely... a library... the very best room in any house. It is already beautiful but I know you will make it even lovelier...

I forsee a range of chatea papers and fabrics using your father's papers. Love your vlogs and loved the advent series

Its such a lovely room and all your ideas will make it perfect. Its nice to have rooms that have more life to them at different times of the year. I would love to see more of the chateau that is still untouched!

Maybe for the billiard table you can glass top it and use it as a some sort of serving or display table? It would look cute with the balls and cues displayed under the glass. Especially if you have a games room or some sort of events room... And -if you're not doing it already - I wondered if you could use one of the print on demand services to create products like wrapping paper, cards, phone cases, tins, cushions etc. from your fathers paintings and images of the château. Like you and quests have done on thank you cards and cushions, but specifically to bring in money for repairs. I think some who follow your channel would buy them to help you, but also they would be happy to have a little piece of Lalande and your family in exchange. Each product could have its own project fund and have a little blurb on it saying what proceeds from sales are funding. (And outsourcing making & fulfilment would be easier to manage than making them yourself.) Maybe? xx :)

@TheChateauDiaries

4 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love this idea! I’ve been considering making products for sale for a while now, and I definitely want to look into it this year. But I hadn’t thought of linking individual items to specific projects. I think that’s a stroke of genius - thank you!

Yes, a beautiful room, like what you have done so far. Thanks for sharing.

Well on top of a book about lalande and your mother publishing her book there should also be a book about the art of your father, it could be the lalande or jarvis collection

Stephanie,I think that the painting your father made of the city would look great as a material for cushions etc

Hello Stephanie. I love that you shop at second hand shops. Regarding the couch with the damaged seat cushions. Could you do something similar as the curtains that you created in one of the guest bedrooms? I.e.. Save some of the fabric to use as edging and use a solid color as the main part of the cushions? Then, you could still keep the fabric intact on the back of the couch. Based on your plans for the room, you will be attending a lot more auctions and second hand shops. Lucky us!

So inviting! Thank you so much!!! I shared with a few of my friends

Such a capable inspirational women. Thankyou for sharing your journey with us, Melbourne Australia 🥰

You should have Selmar build an insert for the billiar table that raises the table portion to an even height with the edges so you can use it as a game table to play cards/board games/put together puzzles or use as an extra dining table when needed.

HELLO Stephanie! from south Australia! hot summer here.. What I loved most about this one was I have seen ALL the ones you have mentioned!! I love hearing about the goodie and your plans. I love antiques too and auctions .. I got from my father.. Thankyou this was lovely! xxoo

Enjoyed. Your chateau is beautiful and elegant but most importantly comfy and homey, One of my favourite. Your taste in decorating is superb.

so sweet and cozy- such a great place to read and relax !!

I have just made the hop from my phone to watching this video on my laptop! I love the winter salon! Cozy is the word and intimate best describes such a room. I like the shade of green on the walls, your father's paintings, the fire place, the book shelves and the floor and so much more! I'm so pleased to have found your channel and have even watched several videos over again. I always find something new that I missed. My, I really enjoy you two , "The Dynamic Duo". . Hope you will do more videos together. You and Michael are such a tour-de-force in your design ideas. I can imagine myself sitting in your beautiful eclectic Winter Salon with the fire crackling reading one of your books and enjoying a Manhattan! 'À votre santé!' ~Karola

Wow I love this room! It looks so cozy, and the green is just the perfect color for a winter salon. I hope to have a room just like it one day❤️

Congratulations on the Big Jump in Subscribers! My wife & I enjoy your channel! Thank You 🙏

What a lovely room, so cozy. Great way to end a wonderful day

Would love to see a video about stairways

As usual I am the last person to see your vlog and comment on it. Did not think that you would have a Sunday vlog so soon after Christmas because as much as it was tremendously entertaining it was a lot of work for you and then planning the festivities. You really are a very hardworking but you must remember to take some rest and of course though I miss watching your vlogs I should not be so selfish as to keep asking for more as you do deserve a break. Love the winter salon and your father's paintings. What a talented man and even though you said you wished you had his talents in fact you have talents but they are different ones and you should be proud of yourself. So rest a while. Happy New Year and enjoy the day.

@TheChateauDiaries

4 жыл бұрын

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Beautiful cozy room Stephanie. Love all the artwork & history. I have no doubt, that it will be even more enchanting as it fills with interesting objects, books and memorabilia from your travels all around the world. Exciting project.🌍 Vietnam next on your agenda👌💛. Beautiful blessings Mandy 👑SA

You could actually create a tapiserie or even upholstery out of your dad's Medieval painting...that would be extraordinary if you manage to pull it through...try Brussels they have the knowhow...beautiful looms

you could just put a thick wooden piece on top of the billiard table and use it as a normal table. then you do not destroy it, but you can use it daily as a normal table. And if you want to play billiard then you just lift the wooden top off❤️

Can't even express how wonderful these blogs are.

Dear Stephanie. I love watching your vlog tremendously! I love the way you are constantly evolving the decoration of some of the rooms, like the winter Salon. I own a 1905 Victorian home in Cape Town and can empathize with your continuing decoration and renovations as money allows. Please don't take this as an insult, but as a Viewer and fellow decorator, I must say that the only space in your home that disappoints is your entrance hall/summer dining room. When are you going to address that room, as it is your main entryway and has no wow factor at all! Hope you don't mind my blunt honestly. Warm regards and I specially watch the ads so you can get more money. Can't afford to be a patron. Fond regards Viv Turner

For the billiard table, may I suggest putting some kind of decorative knick-knacks on the table and putting a thick glass over top and use it as another dinning table. Just a suggestion.

This room Feels like 100 years old and so many things in the room 😏

The winter salon is such a lovely and inviting room! Every year my boyfriend puts up a fight when I want to pack up the Christmas decor on the day after the epiphany 😂 I am french and he is german, and the german tradition is apparently to put it up close to Christmas day, sometimes on the 24th, and then to keep it for most of January.

The winter salon is a beautiful space and your logic to convert it from a billiards room makes perfect sense. The colour green works well especially with wooden furniture and the floor tiles. Have you ever entertained the thought of publishing a book documenting the transformation of the chateau. Some KZread channels also have merchandise for sale. Perhaps the proceeds could go back into Lalande for the bookcases, the perfect carpet and the double glazed windows that you have in mind. Just a thought, Stephanie. Yet again, another lovely video. Thank you. Darryl

the redwood tree ,the one that fell , you should have that wood turned into planks and make them into a library

Make the stables a home for the billiards table , it would look good in there with the dark wood paneling.

The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts has turned my husband's painting, which they own, into a puzzle and socks for their museum gift shop!

I am watching on 04/23/2020, and I am so happy to know that your income from Patreon contributions has exceeded $4000 per month, thus far. So you can begin to get to some of the many restoration projects there! I am so happy about this! Most of the Patreon income is from those who pledge $5 per month, if I am not mistaken. You touch the hearts of thousands of people, Stephanie! You deserve all the support! Because of the lockdown, I am currently without income, or I would be one of those donating. I look forward to joining the ranks of those who donate, when I am able. You are such an inspiration, and I’m one of the thousands who adore you.

@seu6238

4 жыл бұрын

Theresa Romero you watched this 20 years ago?

@theresaromero2855

4 жыл бұрын

SEU 😂

Great video.Thank you for sharing your enhanting home.

Another lovely video Stephanie. Thank you. Can I ask, does your house have a main staircase as Dick and Angel's chateau or some of the others that we've seen on ETTC DIY? I just wondered because I haven't seen any decorating of a stair case.

@TheChateauDiaries

4 жыл бұрын

It does, there’s a stone staircase, but it’s not freestanding, it’s in a stairwell, so it’s not as dramatic as some!

Thank you I thought it may have been another building, all the best for the new year

Please show a tour of the whole house!

Thanks for another great vlog. I really enjoy hearing the stories of your father, what an amazing and talented man he was. Happy new year xx

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In regards to ideas with your fathers medieval painting you can have a copy of it onto fabric . Then you can make throw pillows or a valance made.

Lovely...and so cozy.

Wow loved the gangsta photo!

Stephanie, how about a tour of the bedrooms. I've seen and loved all your episodes of Diaries. So have seen part's of the various bedrooms but Chateau Bedroom Diaries could be quite fun and interesting too. Miss your mom and definitely miss Gerald. He is a treàsure. Happy New Year.

Love love love your videos! Charity shops are so much fun as you never know what you will find!

Love your kitchen banter with friends/helpers.

It is a very special room Stephanie and a wonderful place to cozy up with a book, a glass of. Whatever one fancies and the fireplace blazing......I’m doing exactly that here in Toronto, but somehow it’s not the same....oh well.........thanks for the vlog...........Donna in Toronto

I'm a new subbie from Nanaimo BC Vancouver Island Canada. I have been binge watching your videos and absolutely love them. I am so happy i found your channel. Merci beaucoup! 😄

@TheChateauDiaries

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! 😊

@janetg1691

4 жыл бұрын

I am from Vancouver, BC, Canada and just love the way Stephanie takes us through the stages of renovation, garden changes and shopping to fill her lovely chateau so very beautifully. Thank you for entertaining us Stephanie!

@vintagemoss9578

4 жыл бұрын

@@janetg1691 Fantastic. I found her by watching "Return to the Chateau" if you haven't seen that look it up it's awesome too.

@vintagemoss9578

4 жыл бұрын

@@janetg1691 By the way lol my name is Janis 😄

@petramckean5041

4 жыл бұрын

Vintage Moss I’m just over the water in Vancouver!

Love all the history! What a lovely place to have for winter! xx

How cosy! And such lovely decoration!

Replace the fabric on the seat cushions with a solid fabric or a complementary matching fabric and leave the rest of the sofa with the original fabric.

I love your father's medieval painting and the pen and ink ones in the Winter Salon too (as well as some of his other paintings). The wrapping paper you used for Christmas was beautiful (and could be used year-round), so what about doing more of that and/or having sets of cards or prints to sell? I'd love to see a section on the chateau's website where we could pick up some gift-type items and a section with some of your favorite or recommended items, recipes, hotels and more. Thanks to comments from you or others on your vlogs, I've tried the F&M Smoky Earl Grey (delicious!), bought one of the Cire Trudon candles (a small La Marquise--wonderful smelling!), looked at Peter Reed sheets, experimented with Aperol spritz recipes, etc. Keep up the great work-- we want you to have a lovely library and what you need for all the other plans at the chateau!

@TheChateauDiaries

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for all of these great ideas! I’ll definitely try to do that ❤️

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I love the Sunday Vlog! Could you please tell us more in a next video about your bathroom? I love the mirrors and paneling and I want to do it in my house but don't know how. Thankx. Greetings from Belgium!

How about a Chateau Diaries La Lande calendar?