Chateau in CHAOS: Our Epic Race Against Time to Impress our 1st B&B Guests!⏱️🏰
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.พ. 2025
- Today I'm taking you behind the scenes as we race against time to get the chateau ready for our first B&B guests of the season. Join us as we paint, clean, weed, and decorate the property - hopefully in time for our guests' arrival.
I'll take you on a tour of all of the guest bedrooms of the chateau to show you the (horrific) before and (hopefully lovely!) after shots of each room as we work to transform the chateau into a welcoming and beautiful space for our visitors. And whilst half of us are going crazy inside, the garden team faces a huge weed problem outside...
With the clock ticking, the pressure is on to finish everything in time. Will we make it? We'll share the moment of truth as our first guests arrive. Will they be impressed with all the hard work we've put in? Join us to find out!
If you love DIY, interior decorating, and hospitality, this video is for you. Follow along with us at The Chateau Diaries as we race against the clock to get the chateau ready for our guests and create an unforgettable experience.
The Chateau Diaries Episode 381 ✨🏰✨
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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It’s not until you see videos like this one that you completely realise just how much work is involved in running a chateau and preparing for guests. You normally make it look like a bit of a breeze and great fun, and yet you all still manage to keep upbeat, singing and smiling. Absolutely well done everyone and thank you for sharing your lives, loves and laughter 😊
Pavlina has blossomed into the loveliest sweetest, lady evermore, and l hope that she stays forever love to all from Blackpool x
Love Blackpool 😊
I'm in Lancaster ..such a small world! ..I agree she is an asset to the chateau! ..❤
Maria can cook, is pretty, has a lovely wit and senseofhumor AND play the piano!🎉❤
Yes she’s amazing!
She is the whole package!
One in a million. Such an array of talents!
For real! I feel like I'm close to her age and it reminds me to spend more time developing myself and my skills. You don't get there without work. She's awesome
She's is the whole package
Ms Kirsty is just absolutely lovely! That dimpled smile, cheerful eyes with a great sweet and humble spirit. A good fit for Lalande. Blessings.
I just love her💜!!
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So many talented helpers, skilled workers, gardeners, painters, chefs, floral designers and a pianist.Congratulations on making it just right for the new guest season.
Pavlina just exudes joy for me. She is a very sweet girl, I feel as if the orchid was there simply for her to find. I just adore Phillips insight to plan ahead and have what works in the moment at his fingertips. I think that Amaurys "sweat heart" derives from the love of his parents and the kindness they instilled in him, which he exudes. Maria - bravo! Such talent! Stephanie with your guidance and ability to draw such wonderful people to you and your home, makes for a wonderful joyful, talented team of people around you. Job well done everyone.
Well said!!!
Amaury's heart sweat is definitely care bear material. 😍
He’s a muscle Mary with a heart.😉😂❤️
in-croyablement adorable!
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I love these types of episodes! So much productivity, everyone pulling together. So much hard work! The chateau looks beautiful
Had a great time watching everyone chip in and do hard work. Now it's my turn to do my own😊❤
Maria is a multi talented and lovely asset to La Lande!
Stephanie you have so many wonderful, lovely people around you….as the saying goes….”it’s not what you know, it who you know”….your wonderful family and Friends are what makes you and LaLande so great
Stephanie, brea down the cardboard boxes and rake back any mulch in your garden beds put the cardboard around the plants you want and then cover back with mulch. The cardboard will help reduce weeds and as it breaks down it will bring more earth worms. Win, win! My Grandma did this every year and she had a beautiful garden!
Just what I was thinking! Carboard keeps the weeds away so well.
Please be CAREFUL⚠️⚠️ WITH TOO MUCH CARDBOARD, YES it will Controll WEEDS but. MICE AND VOLE INFESTATION CAN COME ON VERY FAST.😮 THIS DID HAPPEN AT TO ME AT A COMMUNITY GARDEN THE MICE LOVE CARDBOARD TO MAKE WINTER NEST🪹..TOTALLY ATE MY VEGGIES IN MY GARDEN BOX AT THAT GARDEN⚠️ SOMEONE PUT OLD CHUNKS OF CARPET DOWN IN THE WALKWAYS. OH IT JUST ATTACTED MORE VOLES🦡 AND MICE🐀⚠️
I love Pauvlina she is a truly lovely person so even toned, kind, sweet and polite. Your maintenance touches and design changes are beautiful. 😍
Bravo Phillip, nothing in life has to be ordinary!
An intense build up to the guests arriving with dear Phillip working all night painting and his considerate touches, and your gorgeous girls prepping, cleaning, gardening and entertaining. I felt like a guest at the end, so happy to have a glimpse of the chateau looking her best. Love you all.
The rooms are just gorgeous. I wish some of the other chateau owners would look at your designs and do something with their bedrooms. Sadly, some are just dismal. They all need a Phillip!
Hearing Chopin played live at this lovely chateau was magical. Musical performances in the Grand Salon upon it's completion, will be absolute heaven on earth.
Hi from Texas! I think you were paid a wonderful compliment by Phillip when he said, "You are becoming more like your mother everyday!" My mom passed in 2010 and I miss her every single day. Treasure your moments with "Mummy"!
Just a thought. When we put bark etc on our garden beds we always put newspaper down first on the dirt and around the plants about a dozen pages or whatever we can get. Water it down. Then put the bark on about 4-5 inches thick. We do not get weeds coming through except for the off ones which the birds drop or poop out and they grow. But then they are so easy to pull out but there isn’t many of them at all. Does not effect the plants at all except they do not have to compete with the weeds. It saves sooooo much time which in turn would save money. Just a thought for you
maria is just a treasure in all she does - especially as a pianist - wonderful!
I agree with Phillip and the spoons 🥄 😂
Ooh, may I give you a great tip for dealing with weeds? I may? Oh good! If you spray good ol' white vinegar over the weeds, such as the ones coming up in the stones, after the sun has gone down, trying not to spray the plants you do want, then they'll die overnight and you can pull them out in the morning! Also, of course, there's your flame tool.
What a stellar job you all did getting the chateau ready. I sooo wish I was there helping because I love doing that sort of thing! One day, perhaps! 😃🤞🏼
Philip, you're always bang on with things the chateau needs. It's only a mater of time before you get that puppy! 😁 (sorry Stephanie 😉)
Love, Jacqueline from New Zealand 🌻
Amury puts his whole heart into everything he does
It is so exciting to see the guest already coming for the season and I just know you are ready. Also, it was great to see Kat helping Dan the other day!
Honestly, Stephanie, you shouldn't worry as most guests will be fans and patrons. They might be disappointed if everything were slick and perfect...the hurley-burley of Laland's quirks and evolution is part of its charm. We all love it just as it is. Plus a stay is always more fun if one has a story to take away and share.
My grandmother use to say “ many hands make light work”. The many hands at LaLande have made the beautiful chateau sparkle as Maria plays the piano .How I wish I was there. Bravo ! Well done!
Maria playing the piano at the end just made this wonderful vlog even better, all the best for the coming season. Everything looks wonderful and what a great team ❤
What an amazing team making things happen. You guys did it. Nathan was a life saver and helped tade the pressure off. The dinner table looked elegant and glimse of the food served made such a beautiful presentation. Stephanie is innately considerate and hospitable. It comes so easy and natural for her.
María what a women not only does she cook but she plays the piano magesticly ❤
My goodness gracious, what a fleury of last minute preps to make sure all is as it should be for the B&B guests. Well worth the effort as the finished product is amazing. Maria’s piano recital was heavenly, she is so talented. Wishing you all a happy and successful season.🙏🏼❤️
It gives me joy to see vlog content like this. So satisfying to see things shape up and all the “behind the scenes” work that goes into Lalonde. It’s very much appreciated to see that everyone works to hard but seems enjoyable to a certain extent. I wish I could join you!
And then to include us in a bit of greeting of the first guests and a little music....priceless! ❤
I would never say anything about what Phillip buys. He has the eye and the gift of thrift. He was born to glamorize castles! ❤❤❤
What a change from your first videos with you doing everything and not much help ! So happy for you.
I always anticipate the different seasons of LaLonde. Each one has a different energy, each one has its endearing qualities. I love watching the exciting spring B&B season before the summer groove hits.
Me too!
All looks clean, tidy and beautiful and Maria's playing a real treat. Thank you
I am breathless, the beauty of all these rooms is truly enchanting!
So magical! I vote for a wheelchair accessible room to be set up somewhere on the ground floor level, on the grounds. I'm such a stinker, being that i've said this comment before, but I would literally stay for weeks-at-a-time. All is needed, perhaps, is a movable, wooden ramp to get into the chateau
Lalande has come together finally 🎉❤! It is looking like a Chateau, grand and glamorous! Well done guys.❤❤
The Chateau is beautiful, but the music is even more beautiful. It touches the heart to see her playing. What these people, who live here, and work here, contribute is beyond measure. This is what a chateau should always be, a home for everyone.
I love to listen to Maria play the piano. She has such a beautiful tone and touch.
Nathan is a gem for coming on his day off!
Amaury is singing because he is so happy to be walking around naked in his new flat! 😃
Stephanie you are the soul of the chateau. You have such energy and enthusiasm and have surrounded yourself with such talented people. Who wouldn't enjoy staying at Lalande. Such a joy to watch. Thank you
Maria plays with such sweet sensitivity. What a joy to hear her. Thank you.
Wow, what a difference it makes when Stephanie is around . When I visited Lalande was lifeless...
I don't know how this one got past my radar! You all knocked this one out of the park - everything looks fantastic! The season has begun! 🥂
Phillip has such a good eye.
I planted wisteria last month. I can hardly wait until it is mature enough to bloom.
In the US I had a tool that looked something like a screw driver for weeding. My weeds are springing out of pavement. I wish I had gravel.
Everything is looking soooo good.
Everything is beautiful, Maria’s piano playing is splendid! Thank you 🎉
Hey all, Hopefully not intruding and if thier comfortable about doing it. But it would be great to see a TH-cam video about how Stephanie and Phillip met. And Ann Marie and Nati. Kind regards everyone 😊
I was so sad for Amoury when I found out he was losing some of his shop he worked so hard to set up. So now it makes me so happy to hear he is getting the space in the chateau that he needs to be exquisitely excellent again!!!!
I does seem to be the most ready, the Chateau has ever been 😊 Everything looked lovely 😁
Maria is so multi talented. Just love her.❤❤
Wow. STEPHANIE, PHILLIP AND TEAM. WOW.🎉 IM SO HAPPY TO HAVE SEEN THIS VERY ACTION PACKED.VLOG OF ALL THE WORK THAT YOU ACCOMPLISHED IN A SHORT TIME❤ AMAZING, YES IM SURE U R ALL EXHAUSTED. WOW UR ROOMS U SHOWED R 🎉MAGNIFICENT🎉 STUNNING 😍 LITTLE TOUCHUPS OR ALOT OF PAINTING SURE MAKES ROOMS CLEANER. I CANT WAIT TO SEE WALLPAPERS❤ THE GIRLS WEEDING PARTY WAS AWESOME. PAVLINA FINDING THAT VERY RARE ORCHID IS AMAZING. I THINK U NEED TO PUT A LIL FENCE AROUND IT SO THORS🦚🦚 GANG DONT EAT IT😂
I CANT WAIT TO SEE THE MEAL. MARIE AND PAVLINA CREATED. LOOKS MAGNIFICENT FROM LITTLE VIEW I SAW🤩 MARIA. PLAYING HER MINI CONCERT WAS FANTASTIC THE GUESTS GETTING CHAMPAGNE AND CHEESES CROTIERE BOARD WAS SUPER LOVELY.
YES AMORY, NATTI AND PHILLIP WERE VERY HELPFUL EVERYONE SURE PICHED IN WELL🎉 LOVE PHILLIPS ❤ GREAT IDEAS FOR FURNISHINGS AND TABLE SETTINGS. YES PHILLIP U R VERY CREATIVE AND INCITEFUL IN HIS WORK. IT MUST BE THE DUTCH IN U AS THEY CAN BE PRETTY FANCY ALSO!! U R VERY CORRECT PHILLIP THE *GOLD TEASPOONS* R MAGNIFICENT WITH UR FANCY TEA SETS. HOPE NO ONE TAKES A SOUVENIER!!😂
VERY VERY GREAT VLOG STEPHANIE❤🎉🌷💐
No words!❤❤❤❤❤ what a group effort by all to get the chateau ready for guests. Beautiful rooms and garden cleanup! Maria playing on the grand piano was exquisite! Stephanie, you looked gorgeous! A sit in the gravel led to you weeding the fountain area! I have to commend you with such a beautiful job in the rooms. Philip is a talent. I love the golden tea spoons. Wonderful! I hope the Peacock struts around for the guests. Lots of hugs to all of you ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Stephanie, I have panic days just cleaning the house for expected guests (or the cat sitter), and I don't even have to worry about installing new toilet seats. 😍
Everything in today’s video was spectacular but Mari’s playing was the iced roses on the cake!
Docks love disturbed ground and the seeds can stay in the soil for 50 years. The dock problem will be because you moved so much earth to make that area of the garden. The one good thing about them is that the deep taproot brings up minerals so if you compost them they will break down and add a lot to the compost but it's probably a good idea to drown them in big bucket of water first to make sure they are dead and won't grow in the compost. Docks are edible, in Yorkshire they make a savoury pudding from them that is served with bacon and it's supposed to taste somewhere between spinach and asparagus but I'm not convinced.
Impressive how a team of dedicated and talented people can get the chateaux looking beautiful and ready for first guests of the season. They must feel so welcomed and lucky to being treated to Maria's piano concert. In fond memories of our first stay at Lalande two years ago now, how time flies. You are a master planner Stephanie. Swan
Stephanie and Phillip you and all the Lalader resident new and old are all a delight to watch. You all manage to pull it all together for the B & B people to come. Now relax and have fun! Well.Done!
I spotted a table on the landing placed against a radiator - naughty! - if the heat is on the wood will warp
Plexiglass panels would unobtrusively protect the walls behind your woodpile. They could be permanently mounted or, if in a wooden frame, they could be freestanding and removed at the end of heating season. (Sorry Amaury!) The chateau looks wonderful. What a massive effort by everyone. Wishing you a successful season with plenty of laughter to lighten the work.
Sweat a heart?! It is adorable Nati.
Rubbing alcohol will get dried paint off clothing, I rescued quite a few of my clothes using it. Works slightly better on synthetic fabric.
I was breathless watching all the preparations, painting, cleaning and final touches before your guests arrived. Phillip has such an eye for the details that make such a difference and gives a personal touch. Lovely to see Dan & Amaury together. Well done to your entire team.❤🎉👏
The rooms look so inviting !! Great work by all
Phillip has exquisite taste. He chose beautiful spoons and as always when it comes to things of beauty- he always chooses the perfect item. He did choose Stephanie after all.
Lalande is really beautiful! It makes so many people happy. The ones living and working there, the guests, and we the admirers from afar who are thinking how happy we are. 😍💐🧡
I am so excited for the new season and all the guests. You would think I was there working along side you to get everything ready! I heaved a sigh of relief when the guests arrived and everything and everyone was in their place. Bravo!
As a hotelier for many years, I could have said much, however, I understand your MO. Please, please, remove the towels to the bathrooms. It is so wrong to have them on the bed, in the bedroom, and spoils the look of the bedding. Delighted your season has started.
Wonderful Maria! First time I’ve properly heard her play. Great job everyone you’ve worked very hard ❤
Maria played The Nutcracker Sweet, I think The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (If my long term memory of schooling as an 11 year old is still there!), Around Christmas time...Check it out, it was truly AMAZING!💥🔥🏆🥇
MARIA is too stinking talented! Pianist and chef ?! Not to mention her wit! Well done all pulling it together!
When weeding, spread a large tarp on ground to throw dug weeds into. Then pull the tarp to the area you are depositing. This way you only need pick up weeds once. Also spray weed-b-gone in the weed hole
so remaining roots don’t regrow the plant. Otherwise, you will keep digging up the same plant. Gardens are looking lovely, good job gardeners!!!!
I found that the dock weed never comes back up when i cut it right below the base with a sharp knife i have just for the dandelions and the docks. Not that i dont love both of them with all my heart, because I do, really do! they are wonderful medicinals, but just not in my garden! :)
Ahhhhhh Maria's playing is beautiful.......as is her cooking and character............
P.S. Amarie & Nattie congratulations on your new nearby house. I am glad to see you are still working at Laland.
😂😂candles drip up🤣🤣 Phillip you crack me up and your attention to detail is extraordinary 🎉
I love Chateau Diaries. The piano is lovely. Please keep it tuned !!! Having worked selling Steinway pianos for 40 years,, a friendly reminder. Spend more now or spend more later. Maintenance will save you $$ in the long run. Much love.☺
What an amazing family/team you are! Everything looked beautiful. ❤️
So wonderful to see everyone working together. It’s all beautiful. Congrats everyone!!
Wow..what an enormous job to do..?? Wondering why you didnt do all this before the beggining of the season? Grear the Plumber guy could come.. and on his day off..what a nice guy..he's a keeper.
Watching this older episode as I like to catch up . I loved the walk through of the guest rooms. Can I suggest (as I saw one room had this issue)you check that no cords are showing from under bed side tables or beside lamps. It's a pet- peeve of even 5star hotels ; often photos of accomodation will have electric blanket or TV cords sticking out ..ggrr. Makes a huge difference if this touch is noticed. :)
The rooms are gorgeous! You all have done an amazing job for your guests.
Welcome, Magdalena! What a beautiful smile. She and the band of gardeners are doing an amazing job!
As usual the dream team strikes into action, well done everyone it’s looking beautiful.
Just love Pavlina, what a beautiful girl to join the La Landa fami!y xc
yes Army's swathe is like himself; full of hart Marias music is so delightful
That was thoroughly enjoyable. The Château looks like a Château, white walls and all. Congratulations Stephanie, on a successful season opener!🥂🍾🥂
Remember the gardener's rhyme, first they sleep, second they creep, and third they leap.🌱🌿🌳 Your English garden has just one more year to really bloom.🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
What can be said about Amaury and his heart shaped sweat stains that hasn't already been said?❤
As always, Stephanie, your ability to deal with Châtastrophes is admirable. You just roll with it.💃
Phillip, Master of Tassels, you were right, but we all knew that when you bought them. Well done!
Bravo Stephanie, for eating crow so gracefully. Bien jouét!
Marie, Kirsty, Umbeline, Pavlina, Maggie, Nattie, Amaury, Phillip, Dan, Kevin, Nathan the adorable plumbing engineer and Stephanie, great team Lalande effort! Thanks to all of you for a most enjoyable episode.
A special thanks for including the sweet moment with little Thomas. But Stephanie, not a tulip to spare for a little boy?🌷Tsk, Tsk!
I can't wait for Thursday.💋
Amoury's heart of sweat is insanely cute!
lay all that cardboard down on the weeds in the English garden...would certainly help a lot with the seed growth and it just composts down...win win
Wow, I am impressed with all of you for pulling the Chateau Clean and Beautiful Act. Spectacular, job well done. Blessings. I love the new gold teaspoons. Kudos to Philip.
The chateau looks stunning! Such a great team working together in harmony! How I’d love to be a part of it!
It literally brings me to tears how beautiful you all have made things. The design, artistry and general feeling of elegance is so above board. I think I would spend the whole first day speechless in utter bliss! Beyond all the finery, the community of friends and family you have brought together warms the heart as well as your hearth. I think I could forever lose myself at Lalande.
You've made it! Everything is looking fresh, neat and beautiful! Everybody working at his/her best and you can see the result: everything looks cozy and perfect!!! Maria, I love watching your menus and now I hope I will listen to you playing the piano more often. Phillip, you are a great decorator, please show us how to set the table for different occasions. Pavlina your flower arrangements are incredible. And Steph as usual, is lovely to see you and listen to all the plans in the chateau. I loooove watching your videos!!!
Wonderful. Phillip was spot on with the new spoons. Maria is so talented. Enjoy the season and all the guests.
What a welcome - Marias' spectacular piano, a little nibble of French cheese, a little bottle of champagne, and possibly, a display by Thor! C de L rocks!
Stephanie, I actually put white vinegar on weeds in certain areas. So I don’t use any kind of chemicals. My grandmother in Lebanon had a big garden at the mountain home, and she used vinegar to clean the house and get rid of weeds. I do the same by using a brand new three gallon sprayer and this way I don’t have to injure my back spraying. I mostly use it between gravel and cracks in the driveway. I use the vinegar to protect my cat from any chemicals.
Maria🎼🎶🎵🎹❤️👍Chef& Concert Pianist 😍 what is not to love at Lalande ! 🥰🎹🎵🎶🎼❤️
Amaury and Natalia are perfect together. It is such a blessing they found each other. From Argentina to California to France! What a journey. I am from Uruguay and now live in California, after living in New Jersey and Washington.
Greetings from So Cal to all of you at Chateau Lalande! ❤
Funny, my husband sweats Care Bear hearts, too
Stephanie, every video you make could be the inspiration for a chapter in an actual printed diary. Hmmmm... what an opportunity...
Fine cusine and skilled piano playing..... what an asset Maria is to the chateau!