Battling WINTER in a CHATEAU - Plus Holiday Lights in a French Hilltop Town
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.ย. 2024
- Amanda decides to make wreaths for the chateau, Lincoln explains how we stay warm and we visit the hilltop town of Rochefort-en-Terre in Brittany.
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We are Amanda and Lincoln. With our two daughters and pets in tow, we moved across the world from our home in San Francisco California to buy and restore a petite chateau on 40 acres in the beautiful French countryside of Brittany.
Our channel will document our triumphs and failures in restoring the 19th-century Chateau de Lingourdy. We plan on returning the gardens, cottages and barns back to their former glory (on a tight budget) and opening it up to the public for events and luxurious stays. So if you're interested in observing daily life through the eyes of an American family whose French language skills are quite lacking and who have amassed a menagerie that includes cats, dogs, and donkeys, please join us...
The wreaths look amazing. You are probably, like most creative people, your own worst critic.
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I love the wreaths. They are wild and fluffy. Just perfect.
Enzo is the happiest 3 legged dog I’ve ever seen❤
Beautiful. Your floral talents are in your DNA, obviously. My mother was a talented crafty artist and she would say there is nothing more beautiful than a plain wreath of greenery. Thank you for sharing your home. 🇺🇲
I think your wreaths are lovely! And this stroll through Rochefort en Terre was magical, thank you✨✨✨
Although very touristy, Rochefort en Terre is one of my favorite villages in Brittany and at Christmas time it’s lovely. ❤
Don't sell yourself short, your wreaths are lovely! And they have more meaning than store bought because not only did you make them with your own hands, most everything came from your land. I like that you gave props to artsy people because a lot of people who aren't makers have no idea all that goes into creating things like this. The lights of the town are beautiful, thank you for sharing that with us!
What a beautiful little town. Just magical! Wreaths look great!
Your vlogs are the best, so charming & enjoyable to watch, they’re very entertaining & adorable, especially the content of the animals, so pleased you added this extra one 🥰
Glad you like them!
I completely agree.
💕Such a lovely town!! Beautifully decorated & very festive with all the fairy lights!!😍
Hello 👋how are you doing?
Золотко ты наше, спасибо тебе, что заботишься о безногой собаке. Низкий тебе поклон.
I love the care that you provide for the animals & I think your wreaths are lovely.🥰
I love your straight forward, unpretentious commentary about life in your manor house. Your obvious love for all the animals is exemplary!! Always look forward to each new video.
Yes, i agree!
They seem very likeable!
I've gotten a bit sick of the average English commoner going over and buying an ugly chateau and then acting like royalty in it and begging their viewers for money to fund their lifestyle!
it's all gotten a bit tiresome, but this couple seem really nice, their building is lovely, and they don't seem like grifters at all!
I can't tell you how I enjoy your yt videos and your humour! I hope Mimi continues to improve, she's a cutie. As for the wreaths, so festive!
The wreaths look beautiful!! Oh and how charming that little village was.. So storybook!!!
Hi how are you doing?
Wonderful job on the wreaths! Village is beautifully decorated!
Living in Northern Australia I have no experience in heating so a fire and a tank full of fuel really makes me very nervous, however I am sure you are very experienced in these matters. We know all about keeping cool and not using too much electricity to do so. You did a lovely job on the wreaths...well done. The village and the decorations are just lovely, what we Australians dream Christmas to be in Europe.
My kind of wreaths. What a beautiful village you visited and the Christmas lights gorgeous. Wonderful architecture in Brittany.
Hi how are you doing?
OMG, you crack me up with your somewhat off handed “Happy Holidays” wreath making final comment. I understand and I know how you feel; I’ve been there, too, more than once…love your channel. Both you and hubby are real survivors and I admire your perseverance. You’re both winners. Watching from PA, USA.
The visited small town was a delight! Don’t beat yourself up because your wreaths WORKED!
The wreaths are beautiful and love seeing all the animals. Happy to hear Mimi is doing well. What beautifully decorated village. Truly magical and festive. Thanks for sharing 😍😘
Hi 👋how are you doing?
So you can make your own wreath base by foraging for long vines - like ivy or grapevines. Just keep wrapping them round and secure with thin wire. Then you can poke pine branches into it and even reuse them every year!
Omg, that little town looks amazing, postcard picturesque! I could feel your frustration with the wreaths all the way here to Florida! I think they look great! Surprised that you can't find them to buy? That could be your side hustle!😊
If there are dead or dying vines around you could use that to wrap around the pine boughs. I'm sure your doing better than you think you are..
Thank you for such a realistic and down to earth Chateau channel. No hyped up theme or fantasy, just real life in a beautiful old building.
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I love your wreaths! Dad would be proud. ❤
best wishes to you, thank you for the vlog
For someone who says she is not a crafty person, those wreaths of yours came out beautifully, just how they should look, loved the snippets of the animals and town. Happy holidays!
Aww bless your little girl cat Mimi. That’s so sweet. Praying for her recovery. I too have 5 cats & 2 dogs. But now you will have 6 cats, so you got me beat.
3:34pm-Your wreaths are perfect! Well done…. God bless you for the care you give your animals and the town is very pretty with the lights and decorations. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
The Wreaths are beautiful...very natural...the holly x with the greens makes them even more rustic...
Your wreaths are lovely, Amanda! Thank you for the beautiful,lighted town tour✨. Can see Mimi is hunkered down in healing mode🐾🐾.
A chateau wood boiler is probably a very different animal than house sized wood stove. We heated solely with a wood stove for many years. A large log added before bed each night and the damper turned down left a bed of coals for morning kindling. How I miss wood heat and the beauty of the flames. Not the mess though!The only time we had fussy fire building, maintaining was when the wood wasn’t dry enough. We mostly bought our wood because we went through so much each year. Where we were, oak was our choice, seasoned two years before burning and cedar for kindling. Unless there is issue with the venting on the stove itself, I’m wondering if Lincoln’s wood may just not be totally dried out.
Your wreaths looked great !!!
What a beautiful village Rochefort en Terre is .
Wreaths are beautiful… good job 😊
Nice town… festive with the lights and decorations ❤
Hello 👋how’re you doing?
Thanks for the update. The animals are well cared for and happy. And the wreaths look great.
I think the wreaths look exactly like what you wanted, rustic. They're perfect.
I think your wreaths look wonderful on the doors! If you would like to watch a video on wreath making, Laura, from Garden Answer, has a helpful TH-cam. If you put together small bunches first then attach them with 22 gauge paddle wire it makes it so much easier. There is also a spray, Wilt Stop, that helps the greenery stay fresh. Good Luck, your father would be proud!
I like her videos! I fell asleep watching the wreath episode 😬
what blinky christmas town and the last impression of chateau is so wonderful
Hi how are you doing?
This Winter light is gorgeous...
They are perfect, they really suit the doors.
You did a great job with the wreaths in the end but I understand your frustration, I am not very crafty either! Loved the music during the Rochefort footage, happy and light-hearted. Thanks!
You’re like me. I work with what I have. I surprise myself❤️😎🎅🏻🇺🇸
Hello how’re you doing?
I just discovered your channel and think it's great that you are giving us some practical info and numbers on how you are heating the château! It's important to also see the hurdles or downsides of "the dream". Also love your cats! ☺️
Hello from cold, snowy Canada, where wood stoves are a way of life. Splitting your wood that small means you will burn more wood and effort because your filling the stove more often. Large pieces not only burn longer they create a nessasairy bed of coals. Start with small wood to get it going followed by medium sizes to create a base fire, you once thats burning red add 1 or 2 large pieces. Watch your drafts, too little air flow will put your fire out, too much and it will burn hot and fast. From this point the coals will form the base and it only needs to be fed large pieces if you have the timing right. If its burning too low, throw in smaller spilt pieces and a larger piece on top to build it back up. Split wood will catch quicker but a full round piece of hardwood on a solid base of burning coals will burn all night , leaving you a base of hot coals to restart the fire the next morning. It is a skill that requires trial and error but once you get it you will be the fire master ;) Love the wreath!
The wreath is super sized lovely
Hello 👋how are you doing?
You are an amazing couple. No one would laugh at you. I applaud your efforts and accomplishments.❤️
Girl, your wreaths are gorgeous! That look wonderful on your doors!
Merry Christmas and Happy New year!🎄🎁❄️⛄️🪅🎊
I forget sometimes how lovely your place is! I can see why you chose the one you chose.
Good job on the wreaths they are the kind I like.🌲🌲
Hello 👋how are you doing?
I totally love the wreaths you hung on the door. They are so lush with evergreens that quite honestly I would purchase ones that look like yours.
I'm dreaming of a White Christmas.....
One of the most original outdoor decorations I have seen in France was while taking the RER commuter train north of Paris to IKEA near CDG Roissy airport...they'd wrapped different sized boxes in reds, greens and gold stripes with big bows, the boxes were 15 square or 45cm...the paper and ribbon was metallic and the home close enough to the train that the lights in the cabins lit up the decor beautifully, those were just leafless trees, not ever greens, really delightful where as the few houses that had some decor was a single or double strand of lights and nothing more....
Absolutely magical! Thank you Amanda & Lincoln for sharing. 🎅🤶🎄✴
Glad you enjoyed it!
I thought your wreaths looked beautiful, and France looked gorgeous with all the Christmas lights. This has been my favorite video.
I love the wreaths you did an excellent job and even crafters have mishaps we repair and keep going. Hugs
I love your wreaths! I think you’re just spoofing us! You’ve got talent🎄🥰🇨🇦
Thank you for the time in town! How beautiful!❤
“I gotta hand it to crafty people. I don’t know how you do it. Happy holidays” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Thank you so much for sharing. Your wreath looks very beautiful. They are "Handmade". Thank you for taking us for a sightseeing tour to see the Christmas Lights. Love and Blessings to you all.
Doris, Penrith 🇦🇺🦘
The wreaths looked great but throw a little red on them like berries. The town was so pretty with all the lights.
The wreathes look great. Add a few red berries in there for a little contrast. Love to MiMi.
On your road trip "the heavens are displaying the gory of - the two or three volcanos now erupting around the globe". I think that's why the clouds are so red? They are visible on a few other DIY Chateau videos too.
The wreaths looks gorgeous good for you on your first try! Well done!!! Cheers from Toronto!
The town visit was just beautiful thank you
Hello 👋how’re you doing?
Я измучилась топить дровами. Одной зимой у нас было минус 47. Это было испытание. Теперь мы топимся пеллетами. Удобно!!! У вас мягкие зимы, как наша осень и весна😊 Каждый раз умиляюсь вашим питомцам. Спасибо, что спасли местную кошу. Здоровья крохе!
Thank you! Your wreaths look great on your doors. I bet they smell wonderful!
Absolutely gorgeous, not prime and proper, but wild and creative.
Great wreaths🥰 and the village is beautiful.
Hi how are you doing?
Love your wreaths you can trim them into a round cutting off the fluffy bits to give more form. The town was beautiful with all the lights thanks for sharing
The wreaths were perfect.
I love shopping our land for Christmas decor.
"I'm not very crafty" says Amanda whose renovating a 17th century Chateau 😼. Amanda give yourself some credit. Your audience certainly does.
Another lovely vlog. Your wreaths look really nice. Simple and rustic is the way. Glad you have plenty of wood to stay warm. Lincoln did a great job. That tour of your village is awesome. The lights and general quaintness is hard to beat. All the home made foods and sweets. You are so lucky to share this with your kids too. Way too commercial here in the States. Glad Mimi is better too. Stay safe and warm.
Lovely! Here on the south coast of Finistere we have frost all over everything this morning. I'm psyching myself up to get the sleeping cat off my lap, face the cold and make a trip to the grocery store. Everything about the situation screams to stay home. But I've run out of brioche.
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I actually love your wreaths - they’re beautiful!
What a beautiful village.
The wreaths are lovely. I like a little wild and/or unruly in wreaths and floral arrangements. Enjoyed the visit to the village too. So pretty.
Was looking forward to the bathroom update! How is it going?? Wreathes look mega, keep up the decorating. Any chance we’re going to see Christmas lights on the Chateau?
I love the wreaths, natural and fluffy my style, well done ❤🇬🇧
Lovely wreaths. Very natural which is so nice
pretty music as we wandered the pretty town.
Love the wreaths, they are wonderful. I have fake this year but make have made very similar in the past from greenery growing on our property. What a lovely hill top town right out of a postcard! Merry Christmas from USA, Virginia!
Perfect wreaths they are beautiful on your doors.
I like your wreaths. Just sad some color and they will be very festive ❤️
I love your heart for the animals...
Btw, I love that you choose a lot of Baroque background music
Glad to see you have a wood splitter. So much easier. I believe the oil heaters are being phased out in France (or part of it at least}. Good to see Mimi doing so well. As for crafts, you have a partner in me. I don't do fussy jobs well. in truth I dodge them if I can. Great result, big house, big wreaths. Best wishes.
I liked your wreaths❤
I just came across your video and I really liked you both!
Some of these Chateau channels have become a "bit "dome a dozen" and "changing rooms" with their tacky cheap fixes, and some of the owners aren't the most likeable, but I really found your video refreshing!
You both seem humble but likeable- every one would like someone like you as their neighbour, and the style in which you shot the video with nice B-roll was entertaining and pleasant to watch!
Looking forwards to seeing more!
The wreaths are great. Natural & fluffy. ❤
Hi how are you doing?
The wreaths look great to me. Next year you will be better prepared and supplied assuming of course your interested still. Trust me I am no critic and still learning as I go which most times requires practice. I love your wreathed as they are.
The price of oil in Newfoundland is even more expensive.
That was a nice tour with all the lights and shops. Glad to see Mimi is doing well.
The wreaths on the front door look great!
What a delightful Hilltop town you took us to thankyou.
I laugh and guffaw each time you say it’s really cold when there is green grass everywhere! Really cold is -35C and snow up to your waist! Ha ha! Think I’ll move from Canada to Brittany.
I just discovered your channel a few days ago and I love following your new lives in France so far - the renovations, the animals and the very witty commentary :) Thank you for sharing it with us and I look forward to the next installment :)
Thanks so much :)
Finally up to date with all your video's. I'm having so much fun.
The wreaths look great!
Hi 👋how are you doing?
Amanda, your wreaths are Fab!
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And your wreaths are Perfect!
I love your rustic wreaths and the town was beautiful
I think your Wreaths are beautiful! Happy Holidlays!...................Tammy
I think that Stephanie Jarvis at the Chateau Diaries had a quote of 200,000 euros for central heating ! It is something to take into consideration. I have a huge house but still try to heat it all in case damp creeps in as it had lain empty for 20+ years.
Wow. That estimate sounds insane.