I just adore your channel. You and your husband are a true inspiration and your work ethic and style is delightful. Please keep making and sharing. The subscribers will come!
The vision you have when it comes to restoration and the skills too so you can make it happen is first class. Most people would not have touched those 3 lamps for 70 Euros as taking them from what they were to what they are now is beyond them. Hats off again to you both as unfortunately what you are capable of / confident in giving a go seems to be dying out and for many it's all about buying new / getting people in to do the work these days.
Great recycling and transformation Peter, they really look lovely and at such a bargain price! Bet the locals are really pleased you bought the place as the exterior now looks really cared for and in keeping, compared to when you bought the house. Well done both of you!
Omg just beautiful, that was a bargain for the lights!!! Love all of your work, your wife's work, so wonderful the outside of the house. Have a great week!!!
Greetings from NZ love your vlog...just new to it. Yay!..no ads...I am a fan...l💚💙💜💛no ads unbelievable. So sick of ads will keep watching. Class act you two. Wow!! Awesome lights worked out well great end result👍💥💫
Your restoration skills are excellent. Keep up the great work. One tiny suggestion concerns the colors of the lights. I dislike mixing “white light” bulbs/leds with “”yellowish light” bulbs. The yellowish light is far more period correct than the bright white light that looks garish. Can you convert the ones that are more pure white to more of a yellowish color by spraying the white lights with a translucent spray tint. I have previously used a translucent yellowish spray to do just that. That kind of spray is often used by car people to tint their headlights etc. I think it would make your lighting more consistent. I think it is unfortunately a bit of a mismatch now. Love your work and effort on restoring the building. Keep up the great work
@@ItsaWonderfulLife2 That's great to hear. We have all made that mistake of mismatched globes at some time in our lives. I find it a constant source of frustration just trying to buy consistent colored warm white globes from the hardware for use within the house.
Can you please make a video where you tell us about the property and do a full tour of the place? Its hard to tell how much land you have or anything about the house...
How is it you know how to do all these things - electrical, welding, heavy machinery, roofing, carpentry? And please show detail of how to do de-rusting.
Hiya Jill! Its been a roller coaster of reading and research on those jobs that we need doing but don't have the skills. We are both luckily creative people and that has helped a great deal on our work here. We will be sure to cover how we deal with rust soon :-)
@@ItsaWonderfulLife2 Ha ha.. you will need to learn MORE than that EVERY DAY working on that pile (why not put brass "kick plates" on the big doors ??)
hello Jane, one of the lucky finds we have at the Chateau is a load of spare glazing, massive panels that we can cut up and use! So pleased you glad like what we are doing :-)
Hiya Moira, its not huge like some of the 17th and 18th Century Chateaus, ours is Art Nouveau design, 8 bedrooms, over 4 floors, 400 sm in total - its perfect for us two though!
@@ItsaWonderfulLife2 (Moira Ashton) I was thinking it was a different era to some of the others, as it looks very neat and compact, as you say, just right for two, Its going to be stunning when finished, I can't believe how beautiful your work is, I've been binge watching your vlogs, I think I've seen them all, and then another pops up, keep them coming !!! 🥰😍
I like it so much !! Brilliant ... man and ideas !
So kind Christine, much appreciated :-)
They are so beautifully elegant I love them Well done you are a Master of all trades and Jack of none xxx
I just adore your channel. You and your husband are a true inspiration and your work ethic and style is delightful. Please keep making and sharing. The subscribers will come!
That's a lovely thing to say...thank you...the encouragement is brillant 🥰
The vision you have when it comes to restoration and the skills too so you can make it happen is first class.
Most people would not have touched those 3 lamps for 70 Euros as taking them from what they were to what they are now is beyond them. Hats off again to you both as unfortunately what you are capable of / confident in giving a go seems to be dying out and for many it's all about buying new / getting people in to do the work these days.
Great recycling and transformation Peter, they really look lovely and at such a bargain price!
Bet the locals are really pleased you bought the place as the exterior now looks really cared for and in keeping, compared to when you bought the house. Well done both of you!
I hope so too, the local community have been so supportive, especially as the Chateau was empty for 12 years!!
Omg just beautiful, that was a bargain for the lights!!!
Love all of your work, your wife's work, so wonderful the outside of the house.
Have a great week!!!
Thank you so much Metro, we love the lighting too, so pleased how this came out :-)
Greetings from NZ love your vlog...just new to it. Yay!..no ads...I am a fan...l💚💙💜💛no ads unbelievable. So sick of ads will keep watching. Class act you two. Wow!! Awesome lights worked out well great end result👍💥💫
Thanks for watching! Hiya Judith, thank you for following us, we are very new to this and hope to get our content better and better :-)
Worth all the effort, they just look right-clever. Look gorgeous lit up!
Thank you so much Lynne, looks lovely when all lit up at night :-)
Just found your Chanel and am binge watching to catch up. You are such a hard worker and very skilled. Love your bargains and transformations.
Thanks so much! 😊 We're very happy to welcome you aboard, especially your kind comments :-)
Binge watching your vids enjoying so much 🇦🇺
Thank you Joanne, how nice :-)
The lighting looks lovely!
Thank you Judith :-)
Y'all do such a beautiful job 🙋🤠🙂👍🌟🌟🌟🌟🧚🧜🕊️
Thanks so much, so kind :-)
Amazing is there no end to your talents, Jason from England 🤓
Oh stop it Jason - so kind though!! Thank you
Nice warm lighting, the upper level also needs lights.
Thank you, and yes we think that too :-)
Fabulous!!! Subscribed!
Thank you so much :-)
Lovely xx
You are so kind
Your restoration skills are excellent. Keep up the great work. One tiny suggestion concerns the colors of the lights. I dislike mixing “white light” bulbs/leds with “”yellowish light” bulbs. The yellowish light is far more period correct than the bright white light that looks garish. Can you convert the ones that are more pure white to more of a yellowish color by spraying the white lights with a translucent spray tint. I have previously used a translucent yellowish spray to do just that. That kind of spray is often used by car people to tint their headlights etc. I think it would make your lighting more consistent. I think it is unfortunately a bit of a mismatch now. Love your work and effort on restoring the building. Keep up the great work
Thank you Bentley - great minds and all that sir, we thought exactly the same and fitted all the lamps with the softer creamier white!!
@@ItsaWonderfulLife2 That's great to hear. We have all made that mistake of mismatched globes at some time in our lives. I find it a constant source of frustration just trying to buy consistent colored warm white globes from the hardware for use within the house.
Lovely job I love buildings that are suitably lit up !
Thank you Pauline, its much such a difference!
Those lamps are massive!!!
Yup! Old ones were ceramic! Loved those!
Thank you
Just found your channel, can’t wait to see more.
Hiya Bianca, so glad you found us here, hopefully you'll enjoy our projects as they unfold!
Awesome job!
Thank you! Cheers!
I guess you could put some lights in the wall in the upper level too, to light up close the windows and balcony. Looks lovely!
Great idea 🤩
@@ItsaWonderfulLife2 good morning.
@@rafaeltorres4728 good afternoon 😊
I have this plier to strip wires. It’s awesome. Best tool ever
Aren't they, they save teeth and time!!
Chateau La Croix Honnet couldnt agree more haha
just found your site also. lights are brilliant xx
So found you found us Carol :-) Thank you!
Beautiluf end result. Well done
wow! beautiful!
Thank you! 😊
Looks so nice
Thank you Shirley so much :-)
Lights are good, but makes the house look a big spooky at night.
We love that tho!! Adds a bit of mystery to the home!!
Can you please make a video where you tell us about the property and do a full tour of the place? Its hard to tell how much land you have or anything about the house...
That is in the pipeline 🥰
They are in Normandy in France, just across the water from the UK
How is it you know how to do all these things - electrical, welding, heavy machinery, roofing, carpentry? And please show detail of how to do de-rusting.
Hiya Jill! Its been a roller coaster of reading and research on those jobs that we need doing but don't have the skills. We are both luckily creative people and that has helped a great deal on our work here. We will be sure to cover how we deal with rust soon :-)
1:34 it's called a PIGTAIL !!
Thanks Stephen - I have learnt today :-)
@@ItsaWonderfulLife2
Ha ha.. you will need to learn MORE than that EVERY DAY working on that pile
(why not put brass "kick plates" on the big doors ??)
Brilliant job, where did you buy the glass to replace in the lamps? are they easy to find? I love you are rehoming wonderful items
hello Jane, one of the lucky finds we have at the Chateau is a load of spare glazing, massive panels that we can cut up and use! So pleased you glad like what we are doing :-)
( Moira Ashton ), Stunning, how many rooms does the chateau have ?, 🥰
Hiya Moira, its not huge like some of the 17th and 18th Century Chateaus, ours is Art Nouveau design, 8 bedrooms, over 4 floors, 400 sm in total - its perfect for us two though!
@@ItsaWonderfulLife2 (Moira Ashton) I was thinking it was a different era to some of the others, as it looks very neat and compact, as you say, just right for two, Its going to be stunning when finished, I can't believe how beautiful your work is, I've been binge watching your vlogs, I think I've seen them all, and then another pops up, keep them coming !!! 🥰😍
What did u do to the hole in the glass
Hiya Patricia, we replaced the glass panels so hopefully that answers your query :-)
Why don't you paint the junction boxes the color to match the stone so they kind of London a little better.
yes that's a good idea - a job for the future we think!!
A Mr. Race was my science teacher at West Hatch, Chigwell :-). Coincidence?
Hehe, My Mr Race was in Portsmouth David!!