THRIFT SHOPPING AND GIFT WRAPPING!
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- Опубліковано 16 вер 2024
- The Chateau de Lalande is in its final preparations for Christmas, as the inhabitants are in a flurry of thrift shopping and gift wrapping...
The Chateau Diaries Episode 281 ✨🏰✨
Escape to the chateau with ’The Chateau Diaries’ 🏰
This channel follows the adventures of chatelaine Stephanie in her French 16th century home, the Chateau de Lalande, in the heart of rural France ❤️
We share our life in this ancient chateau in the heart of the French countryside, and show you the diy, renovations, crafts, cooking and gardening that are needed to bring a home like this to life!
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your ant and uncle should stay forever 🤩🤩🤗 they are adorable
Yes, an apartment for them as well. Once Isabelle and Percy arrive it will be as it was during the years when Stephanie and Amaury grew up.
I love them!
Anyone else nervous for the garland when they were starting the stove!!
Dan is too excitable with the yard burner. My Dalesman father from York used bellows from below on the coke bin.
@@carolinegooder7091 - Safer idea. They must have a bellow somewhere in the chateau?
I think the flamethrower should be banned from the house. That's the second time Dan has used it. Ya a bellows would have done the job.
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Your Aunt and Uncle are adorable 💖 x
I love Amury's parents. They've been working since they hit the ground at LaLande. Big jobs! Now we know why Amury works so hard.
I love to see your brochante visits and finds.🌷
I'm potty trained and ready for adoption by your Aunt...I know I'm a little over the accepted age for adoption but hey it's Christmas 😊😂😁...I love your Aunt, she is perfectly adorable. Please give her a hug from all of us who have enjoyed 'meeting' her on your vlogmas. Have a wonderful Christmas, beautiful Stephanie and all the lovely LA Landers🎄🎅🤩💕
I am enjoying Amaury's parents!!! They are so young at heart!!!
they really need to stay......
Your Aunt and Uncle are just lovely. How could Amoury not be as delightful as he is with parents such as they!
Have a wonderful Christmas Day everyone! 🎄🥂🕊️
I don’t know why but I always just grin 😁 from ear to ear when Mr. Potts shows up! He has a wonderful energy!
i love Mr Potts, too!
He is a Joy!
His smile is the most infectious smile. I love him too, he has this wonderful sense of mischief about him.
@@nettybubba7730 couldn't have said it any better. I agree!!!
Another great day today, my heart is growing with all the Christmas secrets, silliness and antics. I love how Sabina creates a back story and purpose for every article of clothing... she should write for the J. Peterman catalogue!
Lol!! I was thinking the same thing! Her imagery is so evocative! Land Girl chic would be fabulous on her! Hopefully she bought all the items. At those prices it’s worth experimenting with various styles!
Is the J. Peterman catalog real or are you referring to Seinfeld.
Catalogue is real.. or Owners Manual is real.
Because of you I looked up j peterman ... . Did a little research and learned the company still exist. Yes! Sabina would be great she sounds just like the catalog . The clothes are so amazing . Great cut simple and well made.. I called them and spoke to a very helpful kind young woman. Their company still exist.
Yes, I remember my father being on their catalogue mail list in the early 80's. I think from an article at the back of New Yorker. So much fun reading the manual, when it arrived. Kept in the bathroom for light reading and entertainment. They did have a few store front, but went bust and then regrouped.
OMG I just kept giggling the whole time. Between Dan and his weed flamer to light the stove, Sabina’s stories at Emimus(sp?), and your aunt and uncle wrapping gifts it was comedy gold. So much joy and wonderful to see Michael again. 😍😘
Oh, you weren't joking about the weed burner? lol
Your Uncles sense of style is epic! Shopping was great fun, " land girls" love it, and your aunt is so much fun. Thank you!
Agree courtyard will over power main entrance. Lucky to have Amoury and Dan who seem to know how to fix anything.
The court yard looked more elegant and grand before it now looks like you have a maze in the entrance
I agree, can Auntie & Uncle please stay?! They bring a wonderful joy with them & Steph seems so happy! 🥰
Thank Goodness Michael Potts arrived. I was scared he would not be able to help Santa and the Elf's this year with hanging those X Mas sacks. :-) PS.........You have to have a little "WHIMSY" with decorating. LOVE the apple pie dish.
I wish I could get on board with the espalier trees. I do love them but think they would be better in the walled garden or perhaps to line the path to the lake, but I am sure in person it looks right. I wish you all an amazing Christmas!
I agree they have spoilt tne view of the chateau they need to away from the court yard
They have them in the wall garden also, but are fruit trees. They are being repruned.
Totally agree. Move them now before they take hold.
Michael Potts is back...yes I was excited, always.
Sabina has such a gentle and amusing attitude. I loved the robe!
I love Maria. Talented. No nonsense.
Only Phillip could bring that hideous apple pie dish to be a collectible. Not me, Maria. Lovely video, as always. ❤️🎄
Love your aunt and uncle!
Especially your aunt's laugh; they're such good sports.
LOVE you guy's! ❤
Always love seeing the return of Michael Potts. Another wonderful video.
What a joy is arrival is , Stephanie greetings are wonderfulls
I adore Michael Potts! He is humorous and a natural.
Just a note, Stephanie. Your uncle is soooo right about flashing lights versus constant ones. The flashing lights give me headaches! And Amaury’s voice is so wonderful and calming, the timbre of his voice, really, that he could read a phone book to me and any elements of stress in my life would immediately depart. Just sayin’.
Agree
Your wonderful household is always full of so much fun, laughter, sharing and love! Just the way we all hope that the world should be! Another wonderful day of life at Lalande! Bisous 🥰😘🎄🥂
The storyline for the skirts and the feud over the pie container situation: those three are magnificently funny :D
Merry Christmas to all my fellow LaLanders 🎄💕. Best wishes for a healthy, safe and 🥳 Happy New Year!
It is glorious to see your love for each other!
fake, dont be naive lol
@@VB-lz5cx don't
@@VB-lz5cx how’s it fake?
Love Davey. He is so great with his explanations 😊
Thank you for the explanation of the courtyard scaffolding Stephanie. I’m still very sceptical and Lalande will never look like Paris! Fingers crossed your optimism is proven correct. ❤️
Love the laughter. It is great for the soul!
Dan is one of my favourites for sure 🤗💗🇿🇦
Genuinely love Stephanie’s Aunt and Uncle. What a gorgeous elegant couple with such a wonderful charming nature about them. Makes me miss Isabelle from all the vlogs such a true kindness about them. Sending lots of love from New York to La Lande. Can’t wait to come and visit
They need an IG outfit of the day account.
I’m so no sure about the trees yet!! But I can’t wait to be proved wrong!!! Love Davey and he is lovely to watch work. Let’s see what spring brings!!
I'm with Philip on the apple pie plate. Very whimsical. Love it.
My grandmother had one and it went to my aunt.
Love it too, wish l could find one .
Me too.
Another beautiful table! I love the napkins, and the floral nativity is gorgeous! Tysm for sharing it all!
So fun, I love all the laughter! Your courtyard is going to look fantastic when the trees take hold. Never mind the negative comments of the nonvisionarys. Its going to be magical. Plus planting trees your helping the environment 🌳🌳.
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Your Uncle is a style icon! Also loved the footage of Phillip & the ladies shopping!
I loved his lime green trousers and the polka dot shirt.
I just love your Aunt & Uncle!
I have an avenue of Lindon trees and I planted them to be pruned into two lines of narrow foliage. But we left the country and left them unpruned. So I appreciate the look Davey is developing and it is very French. I think the scale will be perfect for the size of the building. Everything was too small and too low before like the veg garden. My lindens are flowering now and full of beautiful bees. I will be harvesting flowers for tinsanes along with my bees' honey for delicious teas in the afternoon or breakfast.
You comment made me remember that my mother when pregnant with me in 1946 had the urge to sit under her Linden tree. They will look spectacular when leaves and flowers come out, I think Dave has great vision.
All so beautiful.like the Christmas decorations and bringing all the joy in my life ! Million thanks 🙏
So nice Michael Potts and Ruth are at La Lande!!! I am truly happy for you, that you can be together for Christmas! Enjoy and have lots and lots of fun!!!🥰
The Dan Fire Starter method. Do you have hand held welding torches . Perfect for light a fire...
As a Canadian, I know about lighting the fire early in the morning. The hand torch has always been a god sent....
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'I AM A LAND GIRL' is something I'm going to be saying to myself whenever I need to justify buying anything
Parisian park? Do I need to clean my iPad screen? Well, each to their own!
Linden ! Lovely. They smell so nice.
Your Aunt is just adorable. Also love when Michael Potts is in the Chateau.
ugh, I am with the girls on the apple pie plate!! But I did see a couple of other plates that you guys skipped over that I really liked. And I loved the "The Landgirls" series. I hope Sabine got all those clothes
The courtyard is looking fresh and inviting. I’m looking forward to see the new trees
I love the pie plate. Fun trip. Beautiful leave. Happy holidays
I find it so strange that I feel so happy every time one of the prodigal lalanders arrives back for Christmas! I have never physically met any of you but I truly feel as if my old friends have come for a visit and I find it a very perplexing feeling to be so truly comforted by their return. Stephanie, you have truly created a magical experience for those of us who have been fortunate enough to discover your amazing little world. I can’t imagine that this kind of community exists in this form anywhere or ever has existed anywhere where perfect strangers from every corner of this crazy world have developed a feeling of friendship and investment in a group of people who hardly any of us know personally. You guys are all truly amazing and wonderful and beautiful and talented and kind and endearing and I wish all of us and all of you a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful world of yours with me.
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Your aunt seems to be a romantic whereas your mom seems to be a busy bee!
Merry Christmas to all at LaLande 🎄💗. Thank you for your wonderful vlogs and sharing your lives with us 💗💗
What a wonderful gathering of loving people at a beautiful time of the year at the magnificent Château de Lalande. Joyous Noel. Blessings to everyone
Another beautiful video thank you for sharing!
So good to hear all the laughter... Philip what were you thinking! That pie plate... with all the beautiful china at the Chateau, you had to buy that monstrosity... and Maria was so funny... my thoughts exactly, but the green leaf dish was good. Funniest of all was Sabina's "1943 Land Girl" - priceless! Good to have Mr Potts back at Lalande... 🎄 🦘
Did you know you can collect and dry the keys that grow on linden trees and make a very tasty tea of it? Another bonus of the tree you have chosen. I wasn’t sure of the courtyard structure but now that it is in place, I quite like it!
I love the scent of the flowers in June💛🌿
Yes it is call Tilleul tea . All my chilhood memories of grandpa tilleul tea before bed , good for sleep !!!! But it attract a lots of bees in summer , as it smell beautiful and will also fall and make a mess in the fontain, unless it is a Linden made to be without flowers. Does Stephanie know they are growing into some of the biggest trees . Hope there is no undergroung pipes where the trees are . The front of the facade of the chateau will disapear in time and the fontain will be totally shade in summer . But again it may be like a secret garden , l dont thing it will be what Stephanie imagine . My worries are the Roots of those trees planted too deep and still tied in a bowl and they think it is all right . ?????
I checked several times with Davy and he says that it’s normal to plant the trees like that
Marcel Proust wrote about it in his A la recherche le temps perdue. Lindenflower tea with Madeleine bisquits, it couldn’t be more old school France (and lovely too) ❤️
@@tinathene yes- the scent of the white flowers in springtime is another lovely aspect of Linden trees! Bees attracted to the tree shouldn’t be a problem - looking after pollinators is a good thing. Luckily Amaury has learned bee keeping!! He’ll keep them organized.🐝
I am definitely pro-Pie Plate! I love it totally!!!!!
Thank you for the video. I hope you have an epic Christmas celebration!!!!!!
Philip I quite like the pie dish it's whimsical and interesting. Of course it really doesn't matter what anyone else thinks , if it brings you joy then you should have it. I am sure there are others that won't care for it, but that is their taste and hopefully wouldn't be so rude as to disparage your choices.
Merry Christmas to all of you.
I absolutely adore your Aunt and Uncle, what kind, loving, respectful of others , people they are, it's quite clear why your cousin is such a wonderful, loving young man.
I liked it as well. Now Philip just needs to learn to build a pie that fits in there. That would be epic.
Happy Christmas to all La Landers ,a very happy new year 🥂❤
I also love the pie plate!!
Me too
I too am pro pie plate plus pro green plaid skirt.
Your Auntie and Uncle are wonderful and lovely people! You Auntie is a joy and she has amazing spirit! Your Uncle was wearing a neat shirt!
It would be wonderful if your aunt and uncle became a permanent fixture at the chateau. An apartment for them perhaps? She is so nurturing and real.
Great video. Oh ye of little vision... that courtyard is going to look splendid once the trees reach their potential... this is, after all a long-term plan... so patience, please, and reserve your judgement for three years.
So much fun! Can't wait to see the table.
Davy is brilliant. His vision is amazing and your willingness to implement so we can all enjoy it is greatly appreciated. Thank you!
Your aunt and uncle are adorable !
Stephanie I truly swear I was smiling
The whole way through this video
Everything is just absolutely glorious
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Let Phillip know I actually loved the apple pie 🥧 Dish as well.... ☺🦭
Wait an see it will be looking better with a delicious pie inside or perhaps apple 🍎 fritters or just a bit
Of random Pies placed inside ?
I'm feeling the chateau smiling
It's very happy to see everyone joyful An Stephanie your the center of it All
Truly amazing well done my sweet friend Merry Christmas 🌟💞🎄💐
Thank you so much to Stephanie and all the La Landers for entertaining us this year. I know how hard it must get sometimes, just know we all greatly appreciate it. 🎄☃️🎄
The flame thrower I wanted to grab the Fire Extinguisher 😂😂😂
The happy vibes through the Chateau is wonderful🤗
Off to watch the other video loved this one
Love ❤ Sue🎄🎄🎄🇬🇧🎄🎄🎄
So good to see Michael Potts back .x
Stephanie- your Aunt reminds me of a couple of my French aunts; I had tears of laughter at the easy way she moves through life, communicates with her son(HA!) and loves life. My Tante Torine was such a woman.
So nice to see family and friends enjoying each other's company and creating masterpieces, which you do so well! Nice to see Michael and Ruth back!
Tú PROGRAMA es muy interesante,una de las mejores cosas es la alegría y empatía entre tanta gente que comparten...otra es parte de la BELLEZA en decorado y actividades...creo que una serie de TV con todos USTEDES, sería todo un éxito !!
I swear Davie has the sweetest face and the kindest eyes, I've ever seen 😍
So exciting as Christmas is getting near and the Chateau gets ready!
All your vlogs are great !
Lovely view and courtyard. I can’t believe you do that flame thrower in the kitchen
Oh Yay, let the festivities begin, Michael Potts and Ruth have arrived! He is the most fun, but then ALL your guests are. Merry Christmas Stephanie and all Lalanders, past, present and future!!
Amaury's workshop is so organized and looking tidy.
i can well understand that, Christy does not think , Dan should use the weed burner.😂
Love the green leaf bowl. I see cabbage and potatoes in it and green salads too.
And fruit would look great too!
I so love your views of the "frosted forrest" and St. Joseph's Chapel. Frankly, all the views are grand at Lalande.
Philip…… for the first time… sorry….. NO. revolting! You’ve usually got such perfect taste! Nah…. Not today, darling! 😂😂😂 the girls are hilarious. Steph, Your family is full of laughter and joy! So wonderful to see. Welcome to Michael! I’m particularly fond of him…. The SAfrican connection! Love to you all x ❤️
Wishing you, Phillip and everyone at the chateau, A Merry Christmas and a happy New Year too! Love the video!!☺️👍👍
Your Ant Uncle Are Lovely The Food Looks Amazing Happy Christmas Stephane And All 💕💕
Michael Potts ❤️❤️ ohhhhhh joy ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🥰🥰🥰🥰😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘
I can't wait to see Philip make some kind of pie in his dish just to show everyone what it will be like lol
This meal is amazing!!! Phillipo can cook!!! So adventurous. Wonderful to see everyone at the table.
She had me laughing 1943, she should be in a play.
Yes Phillip get what you want!!!
Happy Advent, Merry Christmas from South Florida all you beautiful LaLanders where ever you are. God bless.
I am just now decorating for Christmas and this came on perfect timing merry Christmas to everybody
Love your excitement!!!
Philip I'm with you about the apple pie plate...it has a certain charm...rustic no? Seriously tho, your Aunt and Uncle, how can you not love them, and Aubry, so much like them! Loved the Brocante shopping and those two girls are a delight, funny and talented!
So glad Michael Potts is here too!!
I enjoyed every minute of that … so many wonderful people at Lalande 😊 🎄❤️
How fun! Phillip has great taste-I made one of the ceramic pie keepers for my Mom! Alas, it didn’t make it through a downsizing.
The green leaf dish will be useful all 4 seasons.
Philip, the ceramic pie saver will compliment a picnic table and a harvest table.
Love it 👌👍❤️❤️🎄🎄🎄🎄🥂🥂
We have Linden trees here and they are beautiful. We had a hurricane about ten years ago and many of them broke in two so the tree surgeon cut them about 10 feet high and by the next year there were many new shoots growing from the top . They didn’t let any lower branches grow and pruned them into a nice shape and now they are so pretty and you’d never know they had broke in half. I can’t wait to see them in leaf , the courtyard is going to be beautiful come summer. Excitement is building there, wishing you all the best Christmas ever🎅🏼🤶🏼🧑🏼🎄🎄🥰
In the US we use hollow faux stones ( small boulder size) to cover things we wish to hide.
While a forest creature would be nice, maybe only one and the rest stones?