Diane was a powerhouse! Having volunteers come in to help with projects that are in their area of expertise, especially when the entire country is on break, is brilliant! I love seeing the festivities and markets! So much fun! Thanks for taking us along.
PLEASE! Consider planning your camera around much more slowly. Fast can give viewers vertigo. Nice progress and results. You are a people person obviously, friendly & generous. I hope your retreat plans are successful. Nice home. God bless you & yours.
❤️🤍🩵 your dedication and patience with this entire amazing project and chateau - and enjoy seeing the markets in the area! Awesome volunteers, wow, Diane is a fantastic gardener. 🌳🪴🌿
I enjoyed how much Diane did for the garden!!!! Her ideas are wonderful!!! Please ask her to come back because while she was there she moved EVERYTHING (in the garden) forward. I don’t know why, but it seems (to me) that Diane did so MUCH in the gardens and they look more complete and not a work in progress. Thank you for sharing with us your chateau journey and everything in between😃♥️♥️♥️‼️‼️‼️‼️
I'm so happy things are moving along for you, does make a difference with good volunteers who have got the restoration of the chateau top of mind. Diane is a gem she will soon have the outside looking perfect. Good volunteers contributing there special skills are such a God send. Well done you. Take care❤
Chloe looked like she was guarding all the piles of stuff purchased during the many runs to the plumbing supply store. 🐶 HANDS OFF MY STUFF! I so look forward to your vlog on Sundays; better than anything on t.v. which I don’t watch. 😅 That 💶85 Euro wardrobe for linens was a steal! Everyone has accomplished so much in a week…..amazing. Diane has done wonders with the 🪴 garden, planters and topiaries and I hope France has a long Fall season so everything gets well established. The area under your kitchen sink is a work of art. Thank you for taking us through the wineries and markets giving us a real feel for rural French life. You are doing a wonderful transformation on the chateau, Abby, and you’ve created a great UA-cam channel.
Nice to have the extra help & all the brain power & ideas also so great. The Château is really smart now & choice of trees, plants & flowers so simple but beautiful 💜🤗
Abbey, a lattice arch piece to match your gate would look lovely on the wall behind the green planter box. Also, finials on the top corners of the plantar box would make them look more finished. Similar to the Versailles boxes. It is all looking lovely.
❤ Wow the Garden looks fantastic Dianne is excellent for doing all that ❤ it's very good to be able to get all that help with volunteers coming in . Loved that Toile wallpaper on the right too. Helo Chloe 🐕🕍🎠🎨☃️
Crazy, but I appreciate the reminder to click the like button at the beginning of the video! I get so engrossed in your videos I forget sometimes!! I love Diane’s garden plan, around the edges of yard. It gives you open area, your yard needs that, don’t fill in the middle, less is more!
Great job! Wonderful gardening work, Diane! It's looking so nice. You'll really enjoy these plants over the months of each year, as you watch them bloom and grow.
Oh, don’t tile over the wood floor. Just find a carpenter or maybe even Bruce can do it for you. Buy some similar wood or source some from your property or other salvage. You can patch in the really bad areas and just use finishing nails and you won’t even be able to see the holes too much. A few well placed rugs and voila! 😊 Beautiful garden! You have all done an amazing job!
I agree. Just try and darken putty where wood was filled in. Wood floors esp authenticate should be enjoyed. Perfection is SO overrated! Rugs would add texture and color. Love the bathroom beams and round window!
Keep a notebook for the garden and write in the names of the plants you have chosen. So if you need to replace some down the line you will know exactly what plant you need. It will help keep track of what did not work as well.
Love, love the olive tree topiaries!! Diane really has made the grounds look so much better! Great garden plan - can’t wait to see it finished. And what a terrific idea to get volunteers to stay at the chateau to lend their help & skills!!!
Chloe "guarding" Bruce was so cute! He, Diane and the rest of the volunteers are doing a great job. So much is getting done. The plants look really good, and will only look better when they settle in. I was just telling my boyfriend (do I still call him my boyfriend at 56?), how much I love your videos. You're doing such a brave thing, you're making shit happen, you have a great attitude, sense of humor and you're sharing all you can with us, your subscribers. I really appreciate what you're doing. I know, with all you're doing, you can only manage one video a week, but I appreciate it so much. Thank you!😊 A bientot!
Its so nice to see you getting the support from the volunteers whomseem to be a great company during this time. 😊 everything seems to coming along slowly but surely.
All the plants in the garden looks so good. The topiary trees in the planter boxes are perfect against the chateau. So good to see everything looking so organised for you.
What about four curved benches in the middle of the garden with a bird bath or sundial? It would be a great place to sit and have coffee in the morning.
I love all of the new plants and making everything outside look organized and neat. Everything is getting done and light years from when you first bought it. Great volunteers. xx
When you have the chance, make sure to remove the flat panel doors and replace with more suitable doors. They can be found everywhere. Many can be cut down to size and look so much better. They are inexpensive, too, but solid wood. My friend replaced every door, over time, in her country manor. Just a small detail that makes a big difference. The chateau is looking wonderful!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
You mentioned maybe a birdbath or state in the middle of the garden. How about a birdbath that has a statue in it? So glad to see your progress. Thank you, volunteers and Bruce. That is a beautiful armoire and great price.❤
Love the music you chose and especially that you let it run to the end. Felt like it was aimed right at my stumbly, invisible progress, discouraged life. Thank you
Way to go......fantastic seeing all those amazing volunteers........you've got the gift of making people feel at ease.....I am so inspired by you....and your videos are getting better and better....You will become quite a star.......❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Awesome progress being made with all these great helpers. I also love seeing what is going on around the area nice balance of fun & work & finding good wine of course!
Ohhh love garden videos. The plans look lovely and I always enjoy watching when people go to nurseries/garden centers because I get to live vicariously through them. Wish I had some time and money to come volunteer maybe I will have to save up for a workshop one of these years. This region of France looks so lovely.
It's so nice that you have people that want to get out and explore these places with you. The gardens and chateau are really coming out. You have a lot going on. It will be beautiful and you will have great memories with everyone.
Love the garden! How Beautiful! Wow, all the work done ! So great!! Happy for you! The two gardners ripped you off not comeing at all really! Then a wounderful volenteer did all that work! I love it! Love from Indiana!😄
Just paint that bathroom floor with a lovely floor paint... I love painted wood paneling and it would look gorgeous white or? with a lovely rug on top and not all the trouble of tiling. You have enough on your plate..if you change your mind later so be it but done for now.
The garden is coming together nicely and looking lovely! Hopefully soon your many areas of work to be done will become less and less and you can set back and just enjoy your beautiful chateau!
Your hard work is paying off… the chateau is beautiful and it’s wonderful you have the volunteers to help you… I can’t imagine going to a foreign country and starting over with such a huge place to remodel… you are a very hard worker and very determined to get things done…. I am watching from Annapolis Maryland USA and really enjoy seeing your progress… Take care and blessings to you all.
That garden supplies place is huge! Wow! I love your flowers~ The plan is going to be stunning! Everything is coming together! I'm happy for you! Looks like Chloe wanted to help with the plumbing lol! She's just adorable 🥰 This is so exciting! Much love from the PNW. Be safe over there ❤️✝️🙏🏻
The gardens are going to be spectacular Diane has created a beautiful plan for the garden so lucky to have her now as a good friend and great landscape designer so happy for you will give a place to go reflect on and get passed a bad day ! The volunteers are working well for you good plan so Helpfull
Beautiful gardens. I do landscaping and love the quick results from work. it’s so joyful to see the progress of a days work. I have used cloth and plastic grocery bags in my planters when the bags are not good for intended use. They work great.
I'm suggesting switching the tall shrub with the hydrangea. The hydrangea is planted too close to the corner and needs to come out a little and the taller tree will be a better fit behind the hydrangea and flank the stairs nicely. Love what you're doing!
Love all your progress in the garden. Hurray!! An idea for the large wooden boxes holding the topiary trees. Love the green color. Maybe do some sort of painting or stenciling of your logo for the chateau. Just an idea. Keep up all the great work.
Diane was a powerhouse! Having volunteers come in to help with projects that are in their area of expertise, especially when the entire country is on break, is brilliant!
I love seeing the festivities and markets! So much fun! Thanks for taking us along.
PLEASE! Consider planning your camera around much more slowly. Fast can give viewers vertigo. Nice progress and results. You are a people person obviously, friendly & generous. I hope your retreat plans are successful.
Nice home. God bless you & yours.
Noted! Thanks for watching anyway !
I like wallpaper # 3 with the trees 💙☺️
❤️🤍🩵 your dedication and patience with this entire amazing project and chateau - and enjoy seeing the markets in the area! Awesome volunteers, wow, Diane is a fantastic gardener. 🌳🪴🌿
Oh and I was thinking about the arch in your garden too ❤
I enjoyed how much Diane did for the garden!!!! Her ideas are wonderful!!! Please ask her to come back because while she was there she moved EVERYTHING (in the garden) forward. I don’t know why, but it seems (to me) that Diane did so MUCH in the gardens and they look more complete and not a work in progress. Thank you for sharing with us your chateau journey and everything in between😃♥️♥️♥️‼️‼️‼️‼️
What a great idea to have volunteers. Their super knowledgeable.
Love watching!
You should hire Diana to be your full-time gardener. She has great ideas. it's amazing what a difference some nicely planted flower beds can make.
I'm so happy things are moving along for you, does make a difference with good volunteers who have got the restoration of the chateau top of mind. Diane is a gem she will soon have the outside looking perfect. Good volunteers contributing there special skills are such a God send. Well done you. Take care❤
Chloe supervising Bruce with the kitchen plumbing lol 😂💝🤗
What real nice friends you have, invaluable jobs, garden is awesome, going to look beautiful.
Chloe looked like she was guarding all the piles of stuff purchased during the many runs to the plumbing supply store. 🐶 HANDS OFF MY STUFF! I so look forward to your vlog on Sundays; better than anything on t.v. which I don’t watch. 😅 That 💶85 Euro wardrobe for linens was a steal! Everyone has accomplished so much in a week…..amazing. Diane has done wonders with the 🪴 garden, planters and topiaries and I hope France has a long Fall season so everything gets well established. The area under your kitchen sink is a work of art. Thank you for taking us through the wineries and markets giving us a real feel for rural French life. You are doing a wonderful transformation on the chateau, Abby, and you’ve created a great UA-cam channel.
Diana is just gorgeous..love her. Bruce is such a gun!! I feel strangely relieved their there to help you. God bless them💙🙏
Nice to have the extra help & all the brain power & ideas also so great. The Château is really smart now & choice of trees, plants & flowers so simple but beautiful 💜🤗
I thought the wallpaper on the right was the prettiest.😊
Everything is coming along so well. Chole is such a help! The volunteers are awesome. The garden is really nice.
Congrats on the progress! C’est magnifique! 🥰❤️🌸
Wow, such progress! Your volunteers are awesome. Brian and Diane are gems. Everything is looking gorgeous. Thanks for posting this! 💗💗💗
Chloe helping Bruce with plumbing I see!
My eye definitely goes to the wallpaper to the far right over the other ones.
Love the plants
Abbey, a lattice arch piece to match your gate would look lovely on the wall behind the green planter box. Also, finials on the top corners of the plantar box would make them look more finished. Similar to the Versailles boxes. It is all looking lovely.
We’ve been looking for finials!
❤ Wow the Garden looks fantastic Dianne is excellent for doing all that ❤ it's very good to be able to get all that help with volunteers coming in . Loved that Toile wallpaper on the right too. Helo Chloe 🐕🕍🎠🎨☃️
I'm so glad you have volunteers to help!!!
Crazy, but I appreciate the reminder to click the like button at the beginning of the video! I get so engrossed in your videos I forget sometimes!! I love Diane’s garden plan, around the edges of yard. It gives you open area, your yard needs that, don’t fill in the middle, less is more!
Great job! Wonderful gardening work, Diane! It's looking so nice. You'll really enjoy these plants over the months of each year, as you watch them bloom and grow.
Flowers will be beautiful..and the trees ..looking better and better! Can't wait till you start the planned designed courtyard!
Very enjoyable vlog you got such a lot done, your volunteers are really talented and there's lots of them 😊
Chloe is simply cutest little doggy. Such a character!
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The topiaries look perfect. What a delightful addition.
Oh, don’t tile over the wood floor. Just find a carpenter or maybe even Bruce can do it for you. Buy some similar wood or source some from your property or other salvage. You can patch in the really bad areas and just use finishing nails and you won’t even be able to see the holes too much. A few well placed rugs and voila! 😊
Beautiful garden! You have all done an amazing job!
I agree. Just try and darken putty where wood was filled in. Wood floors esp authenticate should be enjoyed. Perfection is SO overrated! Rugs would add texture and color. Love the bathroom beams and round window!
Tile is a awful idea there. You can even do faux paint! Be creative!
New plantings look really nice. Agapanthus!
Keep a notebook for the garden and write in the names of the plants you have chosen. So if you need to replace some down the line you will know exactly what plant you need. It will help keep track of what did not work as well.
Chloe makes a great supervisor ❤❤❤ Love all the progress 😍😘
The French really do open markets well..the chataeu is really looking fabulous
Love, love the olive tree topiaries!! Diane really has made the grounds look so much better! Great garden plan - can’t wait to see it finished. And what a terrific idea to get volunteers to stay at the chateau to lend their help & skills!!!
Hopefully Bruce will have a suite at the Chateau for life, all that plumbing is hard work.❤
Chloe "guarding" Bruce was so cute! He, Diane and the rest of the volunteers are doing a great job. So much is getting done. The plants look really good, and will only look better when they settle in. I was just telling my boyfriend (do I still call him my boyfriend at 56?), how much I love your videos. You're doing such a brave thing, you're making shit happen, you have a great attitude, sense of humor and you're sharing all you can with us, your subscribers. I really appreciate what you're doing. I know, with all you're doing, you can only manage one video a week, but I appreciate it so much. Thank you!😊 A bientot!
Everything is looking so beautiful. Great progress. Blessings.
Lol cloe the dog hilarious with plumber 😮 love.y vlog lovely choice of flower fauna 😊
Thank you 😊
Its so nice to see you getting the support from the volunteers whomseem to be a great company during this time. 😊 everything seems to coming along slowly but surely.
Everything looks great a lot of hard work. Love it ! Blessings for volunteers! They are wonderful people ❤️
All the plants in the garden looks so good. The topiary trees in the planter boxes are perfect against the chateau. So good to see everything looking so organised for you.
What about four curved benches in the middle of the garden with a bird bath or sundial? It would be a great place to sit and have coffee in the morning.
Yup. All part of the plan! 😊
Wonderful helpers! Amazing touches ladies & Bruce
Everything is coming together nicely!!!
I love all of the new plants and making everything outside look organized and neat. Everything is getting done and light years from when you first bought it. Great volunteers. xx
Lovely vlog. Plenty of interesting things. ❤
Things are really coming together nicely so happy for You !The gardening 👩🌾 process and gardening plan is beautiful !
Wow,it's certainly coming together well and the volunteers really do a nice job. Just beautiful ❤
When you have the chance, make sure to remove the flat panel doors and replace with more suitable doors. They can be found everywhere. Many can be cut down to size and look so much better. They are inexpensive, too, but solid wood.
My friend replaced every door, over time, in her country manor. Just a small detail that makes a big difference.
The chateau is looking wonderful!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Great job guys 😁😎🙌🤩🤩🤩🙌😁😁
Awww …😍I love Chloe ! 🐶
Diane your amazing! Thank you for taking us along…
You mentioned maybe a birdbath or state in the middle of the garden. How about a birdbath that has a statue in it?
So glad to see your progress. Thank you, volunteers and Bruce. That is a beautiful armoire and great price.❤
Love the music you chose and especially that you let it run to the end. Felt like it was aimed right at my stumbly, invisible progress, discouraged life. Thank you
Love the green color of the planters. So happy to see your progress ❤ love it all!
Great progress….🎉
the courtyard is coming so nicely. As you would say "Amazing !" Oh yes, Chloe🥰 the supervisor.
Soooo exciting, coming along great. I have falling in love with Chloe
Way to go......fantastic seeing all those amazing volunteers........you've got the gift of making people feel at ease.....I am so inspired by you....and your videos are getting better and better....You will become quite a star.......❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
The purple flowering plants are agapanthus and the white daisies are erigeron.
If only I could remember the names when I’m doing the videos! 😳
@@chateauchronicles Lily Of The Nile (agapanthus) is more fun to remember! :)
The wood floors are such a beautiful color! Special shout out to your volunteers❤
Lots of great progress - exciting! Thanks for sharing!
The new plantings are so wonderful! You have done so much with volunteers and friends. Green for boxes would be awesome, that deep French green!
I absolutely love all the wallpaper samples 🧡
Lots of work getting done. Garden is going to be nice. Looking forward to the bedrooms being put together.
Great video. I love it. The mix was awesome
Awesome progress being made with all these great helpers. I also love seeing what is going on around the area nice balance of fun & work & finding good wine of course!
Ohhh love garden videos. The plans look lovely and I always enjoy watching when people go to nurseries/garden centers because I get to live vicariously through them. Wish I had some time and money to come volunteer maybe I will have to save up for a workshop one of these years. This region of France looks so lovely.
You are very fortunate to have your volunteers. Things are moving along quite well! I enjoy your videos. Keep them coming ….
Great improvements! 💕🌼🌸👏
It's so nice that you have people that want to get out and explore these places with you. The gardens and chateau are really coming out. You have a lot going on. It will be beautiful and you will have great memories with everyone.
I'm so happy for you and the reliable help you have gotten. You deserve every bit of it.
I've been following you for months, from Uruguay. Go ahead. I love your work.
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Love the garden! How Beautiful! Wow, all the work done ! So great!! Happy for you! The two gardners ripped you off not comeing at all really! Then a wounderful volenteer did all that work! I love it! Love from Indiana!😄
Just paint that bathroom floor with a lovely floor paint... I love painted wood paneling and it would look gorgeous white or? with a lovely rug on top and not all the trouble of tiling. You have enough on your plate..if you change your mind later so be it but done for now.
It is all coming together Awesome!
The garden is coming together nicely and looking lovely! Hopefully soon your many areas of work to be done will become less and less and you can set back and just enjoy your beautiful chateau!
How exciting to finally have stuff coming together and to know you have so many wonderful friends. Love what you’re Doing
I have 2 Boston’s and whenever I see Chloe she makes me smile!
Hello Abigael 😊it's a pleasure to saw you and Chloe❤❤. A bientôt dans votre veau château Borrie.
Your hard work is paying off… the chateau is beautiful and it’s wonderful you have the volunteers to help you… I can’t imagine going to a foreign country and starting over with such a huge place to remodel… you are a very hard worker and very determined to get things done…. I am watching from Annapolis Maryland USA and really enjoy seeing your progress…
Take care and blessings to you all.
I find it so interesting when you are out and about with the local residents at the various markets and such, a true glimpse of the French lifestyle.
Just beautiful! I love Sundays!
That garden supplies place is huge! Wow! I love your flowers~ The plan is going to be stunning! Everything is coming together! I'm happy for you! Looks like Chloe wanted to help with the plumbing lol! She's just adorable 🥰 This is so exciting! Much love from the PNW. Be safe over there ❤️✝️🙏🏻
The gardens are going to be spectacular Diane has created a beautiful plan for the garden so lucky to have her now as a good friend and great landscape designer so happy for you will give a place to go reflect on and get passed a bad day ! The volunteers are working well for you good plan so Helpfull
I am so happy things are moving along! It is looking fantastic!
It’s great to have friends and Volunteers.
So happy to see Chloe doing good ❤️🐶😀
Everything is looking great!!
Beautiful gardens. I do landscaping and love the quick results from work. it’s so joyful to see the progress of a days work. I have used cloth and plastic grocery bags in my planters when the bags are not good for intended use. They work great.
The olive trees look lovely with the flower surround. Nice plants around the Chateau. I love the step you stained it perfectly. Great progress
Arch with a hanging of wisteria at the well ?
bonsoir, beau progrès dans le château
Brilliant design well done xx
Looking good!
I just love seeing all the progress. Place is lookng beautiful.
I'm suggesting switching the tall shrub with the hydrangea. The hydrangea is planted too close to the corner and needs to come out a little and the taller tree will be a better fit behind the hydrangea and flank the stairs nicely. Love what you're doing!
The garden is looking wonderful so glad that you have helpers now
Love all your progress in the garden. Hurray!! An idea for the large wooden boxes holding the topiary trees. Love the green color. Maybe do some sort of painting or stenciling of your logo for the chateau. Just an idea. Keep up all the great work.
Nice idea!