CHATEAU RENOVATION: THE ORANGERY -- Before, After & a Big Reveal!
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- Опубліковано 28 тра 2022
- Episode 31: How to Renovate a Chateau Orangery. After many delays, the Orangery of the chateau is finished! Replacing countless window panes, repairing difficult metalwork, painting a green ceiling, and sourcing plants and furniture, there have been more than a few challenges! However, respite was found in plant shopping and discovering where France's hardest working tradespeople eat for lunch.
ABOUT US:
Hello! I’m Vivienne, the châtelaine of a small 19th century neo-Renaissance castle in the Loire Valley of France, which I share with my delightful (and wonderfully funny!) husband, Simon, our daughter, and -whenever possible- lovely friends and family.
This is not our first chateau! 20 years ago, we bought a much larger castle nearby, which we loved with all our hearts. However, nearly 18 years, many happy memories, countless renovations, and several small fortunes later, we made the very difficult, empty-nesting decision to downsize. With great luck and perseverance, we found our current petit château, which we are now decorating and updating with love, humour, comfort, and -of course- antiques and art!
We adore France and its many unique facets: its people, culture, landscapes, wine, food, art, and history. We also love being surrounded by châteaux, both public and private, which we can explore together! After 20 years here, we have learned many things about living in France, renovating châteaux, and appreciating the extraordinary riches surrounding us. We originally decided to make these videos as a way to share our lives with our loved ones worldwide during the pandemic lockdowns. However, we soon realised that many others are at home alone, and it is our privilege to open our home to you, our new friends. We hope you will join us on our adventures in this exceptional location, and we look forward to sharing a little Château Love!
Links
@Chateau Love
Instagram - / chateauloveofficial
Facebook: Chateau Love
MUSIC:
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Ashley Locheed - "La Vie En Rose"
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I have not seen a chandelier this shape before. Its shape is unusual and suits the room really well. Love the room and especially the flooring. Great job to all!!
Thank you, Debbie! 🏰💖
Wow, what a spectacular setting you have created with so many possible usages. Love the curtains and all the beautiful details you added. You are so talented!. I really enjoyed and appreciated the effort you both put into this video. Thank you, Thank you!
Thank you, Barbara! 🏰💖
Great area for multiple use. So beautiful ❤️ congratulations to both of you.
Absolutely stunning! The two of you balance each other so beautifully. Do you take reservations , even for viewing or is this blog to show your home with all of
Your special Touches.
What a wonderful room Vivian and Simon . You both have exquisite taste for decorating.
That’s a very elegant outcome Vivienne. Great husband and wife team work. 😉🥰
Thank you, Jade! 🏰💖
Great job on the orangery. And the curtains look great. Enchanting, relaxing and beautifully decorated. Kudos.
Great job, it turned out beautiful. I can see you using it as a multi-purpose room year round. I totally enjoy watching you and Simon on your adventures whether it's renovating or the many other things you present each week. Thanks for letting us follow your journey.
Thank you, Don! We are so happy you are joining us! 🏰💖
Wow wow & wow!!! Both you & Simon have done such a spectacular job. This is more than a renovation but a transformation into a dreamy ✨✨ orangerie were one can transport themselves to another time. Bravo mes amies 😘😘!!!
Thank you, dear Diane!! 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖
Ashley has the most soothingly beautifully smooth voice… thanks so much for sharing Vivienne and Simon ⭐️🤍💛🤍⭐️😊😊
Thank you, Sarah! I’ll pass on your lovely comment to Ashley. 🥰🏰💖
What a truly stunning transformation! The reveal was breathtaking. You both have created a most calming and beautiful space that will be loved and enjoyed for many years.
What a stunning transformation, well done you two.
So beautiful! I would have a hard time leaving that room! Coffee spot, reading nook, sunny .. perfect place!
WOW!! So beautiful!!!!! I also love the working man's lunch place. Looks delicious!
Beautiful! So satisfying when the project is complete.
The room actually looks larger with it completely furnished then it did when it was empty. That's the sign of a good designer right there. You did an excellent job.
What an incredible job you did in restoring this beautiful room. I love all the textures and neutral colors. If it was me, I would grab a good book and never leave 😂😂😂
Thank you, Rosemarie! I would love to just that, but this little chateau won’t renovate itself!! 😂😂🏰💖
Vivienne and Simon, Everything about your life is beautiful with light, positivity and love, thank you from the states
Sheri, what a beautiful compliment. You’ve made my day. 🏰💖
So lovely and peaceful. I would spend a lot of time out there. I can just see you sitting at that table and painting Vivienne with Simon reading and drinking coffee of a morning. Such a special place. 🥰
It's BEAUTIFUL! A great place for morning coffee or a lunch or just reading a book. You did a great job choosing the plants!
What can I say or add that others haven’t said. Bravo 👏 What a magnificent Orangerie. That is a some restoration job! A lot of hard work, creativity, love and money went into creating this. It is absolutely fabulous.👍😊💕🌈🇨🇦
You are always so very kind. Thank you!! 🥰🏰💖
The orangery looks beautiful and relaxing
Wow what a grand transformation.
Simon is always dressed so nice while he works. Löve it.
Simon sends you his most heartfelt “thanks”! 😄🏰💖
Dear Vivienne, the Orangery is EXQUISITE !!! Your eye and design, oh my, an incredible transition. Thank you for sharing your love of design and Chateau Love. Hugs💞
Thank you, Charlene! 🏰💖
What a wonderful sunroom☺💖💖💖💖💖🌼🌼🌼🌼
Magnificent!!! That is the prettiest Orangery I’ve ever seen. The curtains, the Chandlier, All the furniture, Plants, Curtains really stunning. Thank you ❤️
Thank you! You are too kind. 🥰🏰💖
What a triumph! Interior designers extraordinaire. Love your hands on approach to renovation and how your vision becomes a reality.
Thank you, Margo! You are too kind. 🥰🏰💖
I knew it, I knew it, I knew it! I knew for a fact that room was going to look as beautiful as it looks! Vivian your taste is exquisite! Much love from Oklahoma USA Jackie 🇺🇸💖
Hi Jackie, thank you!!! 😁🥰🏰💖
Fabulous, fabulous. Looks amazing. Shana, South Africa.
What a lovely job. The finished room is elegant and comfortable looking. The greenery adds such a n elemnt of healing and serenity.
As always your creative abilities and teamwork just shine into a beautiful, relaxing garden of tranquility!!
What a beautiful area you and your husband completed. It is so lovely.
Stunning !!!! Absolutely appropriate for the home & WELL DONE !!!!
Thank you! 🏰💖
Your sunroom is just beautiful. I love the palm trees and the lovely chairs, what a perfect place to sit and visit with friends and family. 😊God Bless, Kathy 🇺🇸
The Orangery renovation is stunning! Your taste in decorating is exquisite. Vivienne you did a beautiful job on the drapery, love the fabric. What a lovely room to relax in. I think your Chateau is one of the most tastefully decorated and it feels like a home, I love it! Thank you for sharing your beautiful home, take really good care of yourselves, stay well! Much love Kathy x 💖(Canada)
You are so kind, Kathy! Thank you! 🥰🏰💖
Oh my goodness, it is simply breathtaking!! You have amazing vision. Thank you for sharing this beautiful space🥰
Oh my, you two are so beautiful together!!! Vivienne. I am praying the Lord bless me with a husband like yours. I understand your decorating needs and to have a husband who has fun going along is a miracle.
The place is beautiful!!! blessings to you all.
You are too kind!! Sending you huge hugs!! 🥰🏰 P.S. Be careful what you wish for! You just might get it!! 😁😁😂😂💖💖
Bless you!!!
WOW, how beautiful it looks!🤗👍❤️❤️❤️ I did not realize you were going to use it for a place to entertain.
Hi Anita! All the spaces have to be for entertaining… a whole chateau (even a little one) is too much for 2/3 people! We are looking forward to filling it with family and friends both old and new. 🥰🏰💖
Oh my....it is a beautiful space.
Absolutely beautiful!
So beautiful, well done...really enjoyed watching 💚
Thank you! 🏰💖
Beautiful outcome. Many wonderful memories to be made there.
Absolutely beautiful thank you for sharing.🍊🍊🍊
🦘🦘🦘Thank you both for a magical dose of Chateau Love it’s just what we needed tonight💜💙💕 Ashley makes me smile every time I hear her🦘🦘🦘
Thank you, Carrie! I’ll pass your message on to Ashley… it will make her smile, too!! 🏰💖
Music for our souls and beauty for our eyes. Just delicious ❤️👏🇫🇷
Thank you, Candy! You are too kind. 🥰🏰💖
What a wonderful accomplishment ! Beauty and function, the best combination ! Great teamwork, great videos !
What a beautiful room!
Aww this room turned out absolutely fantastic 😍 I love ❤️ it! You guys did a fabulous job bravo!!!!
So so beautiful, will nice to relax in.🌸🌺
I can see the love and excitement of every purchase of furniture and accessories in that magnificent room. Be proud it is a triumph of beauty and warmth.
Blown away!!! Beautiful 💛⭐️💛
Duly impressed by your interior design ! Congratulations!
Absolutely stunning, glad you blacked out the green glass good choice. I would be a little hesitant to bring in my artist easel to this room, but what a place to enjoy afternoon tea and play cards. You have the decorators touch.
Thank you, Sandy! 🏰💖
WoW, wow, wow- this is literally what came out of my mouth when you revealed the finished room. If anyone's talents deserve a chateau Vivienne, it is certainly yours. Thank goodness Simon has the skills to repair the canvas on which you create your art. What excellent team work. You should both be proud of bringing this room back to such a glorious state.
Thank you! 🥰🏰💖
You've done a beautiful job of transorming the Orangery into a welcoming haven.
Stunning! A book, a cup of tea, and the cozy chair with the throw is the place for me!
Absolutely stunning! Well done you 🤩
sooo elegant ! A lovely setting to entertain .....Thanks for sharing !
Gorgeous! the final result was a surprise. Wasn’t expecting it. Looks so lush and inviting. WOW!🎉
What a magnificent transformation. The orangery is exquisite.
It looks amazing and comfortable now , A job well done xx 👏🌼🌼💕🤗
I love the transformation. Just lovely…
What a beautiful conversion of a space that was plain into something that is quite elegant now! So enjoyable to see the progress!
Just beautiful! So elegant!
That is a beautiful room, I’m so impressed with how you achieved it, I could sit in there all day..❤️🇨🇦❤️
Congratulations! that is an incredibly stylish restoration and makeover of the orangery!
LOVE this space!
Beautiful job! Love your ability to pull a look together. You and Simon are a fabulous team!
Thank you!! I think really I just needed an excuse to do some more sewing… 😂 Huge hugs from both of us! 🥰🥰🥰🏰🏰🏰💖💖
Truly lovely!
Wow!! The Orangery looks splendid!!! Well done!! Love from Vermont
Hi Rebekah!! Thank you and big hugs! 🥰🏰💖
It looks stunning. But a lovely place to relax too. Its nice when yours plans eventually all come together. Loved your sisters singing too. Just about to make my curtains for my French house, I think I bought double the fabric, got my measurements mixed up.😜 Thanks for a great vlog as always.
Thank you, Joy! Good luck with your curtains. Better to have too much than too little! 😄🏰💖
Beautiful, you have such good taste and an eye for interior decorating.
Beautiful so inviting , love the palms .
Just lovely. It is such a beautiful and inviting room.
Exquisite!
It looks absolutely magnificent
Fabulous job…..ALL is just so perfect! Lots of multiple jobs, painting, windows, chandelier, re-potting those large palms and orange plants, handing your exquisite handmade curtains and bringing in furniture. This is a room to feel at home in and lovely for all to enjoy always.
Thank you, Claudette! 🥰🏰💖
Congratulations Simon and Vivienne, the Orangery looks stunningly beautiful
Wow! I would give anything for your beautiful lamps, statue, table decorations….. exquisite. You can feel the love. Well done.
It's spectacular! What a magnificent triumph!
Oh wow!! That is such a beautiful space, well done! The furniture are perfect and the arrangement of plants make it very dreamy, just love it♥️♥️
Wow! I just love what you both have done in that sunroom. Beautiful. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Gorgeous!!
I am here for the first time. I am speechless. Really stunning.
WOW! absolutely Stunning job.The drapes are gorgeous Vivienne
and the furniture is beautiful.Thank you both so much for a
fabulous video🥰
Our pleasure, Catherine! 🏰💖
A triumph of form and function. A wonderful place to sit and relax and chat with friends, or to be by oneself among beautiful things. Well done!
Stunning…you have a flare for decoration and totally my style.
Wow indeed. Very atmospheric with all the planted pots. Can imagine wonderful lunches and dinners.💫🥂 enjoy
WOW! Just another amazing transformation. Every detail is just so perfect and the music at the reveal, lovely. Is that your sister? I love it.
Hi Kelly, yes! That’s Ashley’s voice. 🥰🏰💖
Wow! What a fantastic transformation, it looks beautiful. Well done you two youve done an amazing job. Love everthing in the orangery. Xxx
Absolutely Beautiful
I took a big inhale of breath at the orangerie reveal. Just gobsmackng! You could get a kumquat and have fruit for the most delicious marmalade!
Your orangery is lovely, your whole chateau is lovely
Absolutely Gorgeous!!! 💖💕
The room fits so well with your house! Well done! I wish you many happy moments enjoying the ambience.
The food at the restaurant for working people looked really good.
€14 for that feast is incredible! Your chateau is also stunning 😍
WOW! The room is stunning! Wonderful job guys!🥰🇨🇦
I am going to have to go back and watch from the beginning. Absolutely beautiful. Your just so happy , it brings a smile to my heart. I’m going to have to come over and shop with you. You find the best things.
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Simply stunning!!! great job.i can for sure imagine myself there reading a historical novel and have some nice hot chocolate in winter and a nice glass of sweet white wine in summer ooo and snacks of course duhh lol. The way i multiply succulents is lay the one you took off on top of some soil and spray with a tiny tiny bit of water every day and after a while roots will start to form. I don't know why but they just do better that way. When the roots have formed you put them in a pot, roots down and in the soil now of course. It is really simple.. I don't know if there are more ways to do it but this is how i do it and it works.. Greetings from Holland xxx Juliette
That is great advice! Thank you so much!! 😁🏰💖
What a beautiful elegant orangerie you have created! So light, so charming, do right! Well done!👏👏👏