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Chateau DIY - Season 11 Episode 17
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00:00Across France are thousands of breathtaking Chateaux.
00:06Many now being brought back to life.
00:09Oh, it's coming off. Quick, quick.
00:11This was a bad idea.
00:13By intrepid owners.
00:15It's digger time.
00:17I have to be careful and just make sure I don't hit any power lines.
00:20They're taking on the challenge.
00:22How hard can it be?
00:23To renovate these forgotten buildings.
00:26I never dreamt that we'd still be shuffling too.
00:31Into stunning homes.
00:33That is incredible.
00:35It looks like you worked a decade on this room.
00:38And businesses.
00:40You may kiss your bride.
00:42There'll be triumph.
00:44It's fantastic.
00:48And tribulation.
00:50Look what he's done.
00:51You moan about my drive and you went into it twice.
00:54Please.
00:54But with great challenge.
00:57What can possibly go wrong?
00:59Comes huge reward.
01:02It'd just look beautiful.
01:04I don't.
01:05As they get to live the dream.
01:07Cheers.
01:08Cheers, darling.
01:09As custodians of their very own castle.
01:15Today.
01:16Ugh.
01:18It's not a mistake.
01:20Will this monster fireplace.
01:22That weighs literally a ton.
01:24Ever make it to its second floor home?
01:28The worst and the hardest part is taking it up.
01:33Just building this scaffold leaves others flustered.
01:37Can you remember how to do it?
01:39No.
01:40Never mind fixing their crumbling ceiling.
01:43It's going swimmingly.
01:45And for another chateau owner.
01:47It's always important that the first few that go in are right.
01:50Because if they're not, all the lines in the garden are off.
01:53Always a bit nervous.
01:53One wrong measurement and this garden could end up less grand design and more gigantic eyesore.
02:06Close to the Bren National Park in Western France lies the charming Chateau de la Boutiniere.
02:15With its own 52 acre estate and boasting 47 rooms, for the last four years it's been lovingly restored by
02:26interior designer Alison.
02:28There's no going back after this.
02:30But I do say I like it.
02:32And builder Zion.
02:34It's been a big learning curve.
02:35I mean, we love living here.
02:37That helps.
02:38But when you're living together 24-7, working together 24-7, that is a challenge.
02:43Good job is 52 acres so I can disappear.
02:48Chopping wood and smashing down walls helps get rid of some of the frustration.
02:52Yeah.
02:55Located under an hour's drive from Poitiers, Alison and Zion bought the Chateau in 2021 for £580,000.
03:08Since then, they have been restoring it to run as both a successful holiday let business and as a luxurious
03:18wedding venue.
03:20Come on, Charles.
03:21Come on, Charles.
03:22Come on, Charles.
03:23Come on, Charles.
03:23Come on, Charles.
03:23Come on, Charles.
03:23This is so amazing.
03:26With the bridal season looming, they have recently started to turn three small rooms on the second floor into a
03:34grand bedroom suite.
03:37If you get this wrong, you just have to work harder when it's up there.
03:42Including the creation of an intricate coffered ceiling from scratch.
03:47It's exactly what I wanted.
03:52And today, they're about to unearth something special in the barn which they've earmarked for the bedroom.
04:00Where is it?
04:02Right there.
04:05Oh, wow.
04:06It really is stones, isn't it?
04:08This solid stone fireplace is currently in ten huge pieces.
04:15This is ridiculous, two floors up.
04:25That's one there.
04:28The blocks weigh between 20 to 40 kilos.
04:33Oh, this is the heaviest.
04:37We found this fireplace in the second-hand store, Imaos.
04:41It's a place that we go regularly to buy furniture and we just saw this dumped outside and Zeon recognised
04:48it as a fireplace.
04:50I mean, these cost a lot of money, these stones.
04:53How much did we pay for it?
04:5450 euros.
04:5550 euros.
05:00It's a bargain find which hopefully makes all the heavy lifting worth it.
05:06I've done a mistake.
05:16That weighs a ton, literally a ton.
05:25Finally, all ten hefty pieces are in place.
05:30Good.
05:31Giant Lego done.
05:33You've just got to carry it upstairs now.
05:35But first, Zeon must make sure the fireplace will fit its new home.
05:42So, I'll take this one.
05:48Sometimes I wish I didn't start.
05:54Currently, parts of the stone are too big for the bedroom and need cutting down to size.
06:08All the cutting is done.
06:10I'm going to get the tractor, put this in a bucket and drive it to the chateau.
06:17And the worst and the hardest part is taking it up.
06:23They have an impressive fireplace which will now fit its new home.
06:28But there's still 80 chateau steps to go to get the heavyweight blocks in place.
06:42In the rich green countryside of Normandy, in northern France, lies the 18th century Chateau de la Lacelle.
06:52With 22 acres, a charming turret tower and 25 elegant rooms.
06:59The once derelict property stood empty for four decades.
07:07Before it became home to Middlesbrough couple Terry and Ashley, who live here with Terry's mum Tracy and nephew Jonathan.
07:18I think in France we're blessed with a very different culture to the UK.
07:23Yeah, definitely.
07:24And to be honest, like the way of life, it's sort of forced upon you.
07:29In like a good way.
07:30No, in an absolutely good way.
07:31Family time is so important in France.
07:33Like stepping back probably in the 50s and 60s and the way that families lived and the way that they
07:38all work together.
07:40Located an hour's drive from Le Mans, the couple snapped up the property in 2020 for £250,000 and began
07:53renovating it into luxurious guest suites for a holiday let's business.
07:59At the rear of the chateau, they've transformed a neglected space into a stunning formal garden.
08:08This year, they're keen to bring the same opulence to the front garden.
08:15And when we last saw them, they were battling to install plumbing for two massive fountains.
08:27Well done.
08:29Well done.
08:29That was nice and easy.
08:36Today, the attention is still on the centrepiece of the front garden.
08:42The sun's out and perfect time to be getting on sorting these fountains out.
08:46Yeah, just so it looks a little bit more percentile than what this does at the minute.
08:50It looks like a bit of a waste ground.
08:52It's a blank canvas.
08:53It's a good starting point.
08:55It is.
08:55It is.
08:56But Ashley will be facing the garden alone, as Terry has other jobs to complete inside the chateau today.
09:05We're going to jet wash it all down.
09:07That gets the majority of the dirt and all the muck out of the joints.
09:10Then I'll go around with the trowel and pull all the weeds out, pull all the rooting out.
09:13Then I'll clean it down with the jet washer again and then I'll start my pointing.
09:24All done.
09:26Ready to pull the weeds out now.
09:31If the sun's shining and I'm working outside, there's nobody on this earth happier than me.
09:37I grew up on a council estate in Teesside, a million miles away from the setting that I'm in here
09:43right now.
09:43So it is literally a dream come true.
09:52That's the weeding pretty much done.
09:53So next job is going to be getting it all pointed up and then we can start looking at getting
09:58the top in the next few days.
10:06That'll do me.
10:13Best tips for pointers, just push it in, just keep it going in.
10:18Put cement into the cracks, push it into the holes.
10:21It'll sturdy it up and it'll give it just a nicer finish.
10:24I absolutely love doing this work, I'd quite happily do it all day.
10:29It's just one of them things when you become a chateau, you have to pick up these new skills.
10:33Ashley still needs to cap the fountain wall, so there's a whole heap of work ahead.
10:44Still to come.
10:46I may be running with it.
10:48Zion faces an uphill battle.
10:52As he tries to reignite the past.
10:56While Ashley needs to finesse concreting around the fountain.
11:00Have you got all these right? Are they going to go in right?
11:03But it's his father's approval he's really trying to set in stone.
11:07That's the first one done.
11:09Another 45 to go now, is it?
11:1145 left to do.
11:18In the stunning Auvergne region of central France, within a small village setting, lies the imposing, part 14th century, Chateau
11:30d'Azera.
11:31A collapsed tower is clear to see.
11:36And inside, restoration work is ongoing, with the huge Great Hall currently doubling up as a bedroom.
11:46It made the perfect project for Cotswold antique dealers and serial renovators, Catherine and Steve, who bought the castle in
11:572022 for less than £100,000 and are slowly bringing it back to life.
12:05This building needs such an enormous amount of work, and it's never ever going to be perfect.
12:14You need to come into it with eyes wide open.
12:17The first part of the mission is to have a working home, a kitchen, a bathroom, a living room and
12:25a bedroom.
12:26At the moment, everything happens in the Great Hall, which is the room we're in at the moment, which is
12:32how it would have been used when it was a fortification.
12:35It's like being in a museum, but it's living, and you get to play with...
12:43You do get to play!
12:49Located just under three hours from Lyon...
12:52Looks really good.
12:54..the couple have been working hard to give their medieval castle a more modern kitchen.
13:01And the last time we saw them, Catherine had created a panel of faux drawer fronts to hide away all
13:09signs of modern white goods.
13:12It looks so good.
13:15Today, there's a final job to focus on as they push to finish the kitchen.
13:21We need to start getting the plasterboard up on the ceiling of the kitchen.
13:26The problem is it's quite high, and the scaffold tower at the minute is still stuck up on the top
13:32floor and won't fit down the spiral staircase.
13:35So the scaffolding are going to have to come out the window and then back up and into the kitchen.
13:40Nothing's easy.
13:41And then the easy bit, which is plasterboard the ceiling.
13:44Dozzle.
13:49OK.
14:07Ow! Stinging nestle!
14:13With the scaffolding parts safely inside, the build can begin.
14:21Can you remember how to do it?
14:23No.
14:28That's jammed.
14:33His favourite phrase is, hit it with a hammer.
14:36I have no idea what that looks for.
14:39Think!
14:40These just clip on, but I'm not sure.
14:43He has so many ideas.
14:46He needs kind of a soothing kind of, let's do one thing at a time.
14:51Like, let's try and finish a couple of rooms rather than a scattergrunt approach.
14:55So, he needs some focus.
14:58I'd like to think that I bring some of the focus, but I'm not always successful.
15:03Right, can't get the wheels on.
15:04Don't know what those are for.
15:06It's going swimmingly.
15:16OK.
15:19Yeah, they do need WD-40.
15:21They're all sticking.
15:23Got it.
15:24That's right.
15:26Solid.
15:27Brilliant.
15:28Right.
15:28Are you going to be able to lift it?
15:30Because obviously we're going to have to move it around.
15:32Would you stand on it?
15:35Building the scaffold tower has proved a project in itself.
15:40Now, Steve can reach new heights and start to plasterboard the whole ceiling.
15:49Four hours away, in Western France...
15:52Off we go.
15:55One, two.
15:56..Zion and his team have got around 160 kilograms of stone
16:01to carry up the 80 steps to their new second floor suite.
16:10I'm even running with it.
16:13I'm glad we had the boys working with us and helping us today.
16:17Otherwise, I'd be dead.
16:21Two floors up with all those stones.
16:23I don't think that would be you and me on our own somehow.
16:26It would be, one stone a day.
16:28Yeah.
16:29With all the pieces finally up in the new bedroom,
16:33Zion can get to work.
16:38It's important that he will sit and he is attached to the wall.
16:53These stones are heavy, I tell you.
17:01It just shows you the wall is out.
17:07Zion's skill as a builder ensures the fireplace gradually begins to take shape.
17:15OK.
17:19You can't believe it, but the glue is already holding.
17:24I think we achieved what I didn't think we will achieve today.
17:28Oh, my word.
17:31That looks amazing.
17:36It's perfect, isn't it?
17:38Perfect proportions.
17:39Very happy with that. It's fabulous.
17:45A week later, and the fireplace is in its new home, and interior designer Alison can get creative.
17:55My curtains are here, and this is the fabric.
17:58Look at that choice of colours.
18:00I mean, for someone who loves colour like me, that is just sweetie shop.
18:05I've gone for the palest grey, for the walls, and then for the ceiling.
18:10I've gone for not the, not that green, but I've gone for this tiny speck of blue.
18:16Because what happens is, when you use the tiniest fleck in a large quantity, it will make these curtains zing.
18:26Colour schemes chosen, and Alison can test out the pre-mixed paint shades.
18:32This is the stage where I'm just watching.
18:39Now the moment of truth.
18:41This is going to be your ceiling.
18:43Your ceiling.
18:46Our ceiling.
18:48Look at that. Isn't that gorgeous?
18:53This is the grey.
18:55It's going to go on the walls.
18:59Mmm, look at that.
19:02It's so lovely.
19:06So, if I put this next to it.
19:09Here's the fabric.
19:12In all its yumminess.
19:15I think it's looking fab.
19:17That's going to look very nice.
19:22Very happy all round today.
19:24Good decisions.
19:25Now you've got the wall colours.
19:27Now we can fix.
19:27Now we can all roll forward again.
19:30Alison and Zion are well on the way with their huge sweet renovation.
19:36Now the decorating can begin.
19:46Nearly 170 miles north in Normandy,
19:50Ashley's dad, Graham, is visiting from the UK
19:53and all set to lend a hand with the massive front garden project.
20:00So, we're going to start at that end.
20:01Yeah, we'll go up that end.
20:02We're going to set our highest point and we can get it level all the way around.
20:06Yeah.
20:06The capping stones for the two fountains have been measured and cut and are ready to be cemented on.
20:14I'll do the mixing, you get it all flat so I don't get the blame.
20:19Come on then, let's go and get one on.
20:24Oh, that's the problem, Mick. Just watch and learn.
20:29When I'm moving in France, I love being here.
20:32I love working. I've been retired ten years.
20:35I've done DIY all my life so I just get on with it and it's good.
20:39It's good to get my hands dirty again.
20:43The best one is the most important one really once you get that level.
20:47That's what a bricklayer said to me.
20:49I think you might need some more mixing there, Ash.
20:52I think so too.
20:56That's right.
20:57You want to be over the top with it to mix so you've got something to sit on.
21:01Yep.
21:05Alright, we're high now so...
21:07That's good.
21:13I think that's about perfect, isn't it?
21:15I think that's good.
21:18That's the first one done.
21:19Another 45 to go now, is it?
21:2145 left to do.
21:23I've cut 44 of the slabs.
21:27I get all the graft work where Ash just gives a little tap with an hammer and...
21:35I'll let you take all the credit with Terry as well.
21:38Cheers.
21:41Actually, I only see him maybe eight weeks a year.
21:44When he lived in England, we used to go to football together.
21:47And we missed that time together with each other.
21:50Have you cut all these right? Are they going to go in right?
21:52The last one is the only one that's most important, which you have to cut spot on.
21:56All the rest have been guessing.
22:00Right, we are.
22:01We're in the bubble, mate.
22:04I love working with my dad. He's so much fun to work with.
22:07And he always just makes every job enjoyable.
22:09And he's taught me lots of tricks of the trade on the way, which has been extremely helpful.
22:18When he first came here, he was useless.
22:21And I taught him all I know.
22:23He's getting up to my standard now.
22:26Wherever I put my spirit, it's sat in the centre, so...
22:30It's as good as I could have hoped for an old structure like this.
22:37With just one slab left to place, they make a spot check from overhead.
22:48Yeah, it looks good there.
22:50It does, doesn't it?
22:50Yeah.
22:52It's grand.
22:53Carry on like that, I think we'll be good.
22:54Yeah.
22:56Right, let's crack on.
23:00I'm nervous for this last one.
23:02I know it's going to work.
23:02I know it's going to work.
23:12Well, does it fit?
23:18Oh, my.
23:19What more can I say?
23:21Yeah.
23:28And...
23:28We're only levelled up.
23:30Aye.
23:30Well done, son.
23:31Well done.
23:33Oh, that's a relief.
23:38Considering how bad a state this was in, to get to the final one and we're levelled right the way
23:42around, that is an unbelievable achievement.
23:44yeah i think we've done really well calls for a pint i think to celebrate i think we've deserved
23:49one a cold beer might be calling but with the second fountain to tackle and the whole front
23:57garden to landscape they can't afford to down tools for too long coming up 37 sometimes they're
24:08absolutely true in parallel and sometimes they go all over the place steve faces an impossible
24:15challenge it's just a couple of mil too long and terry and ashley are laying the groundwork
24:22for one of their biggest challenges yet two at a time my arms can't take it it's dinner time yet
24:39back in western france it's been two months and the renovation of allison and zion's bedroom suite
24:47is well underway the newly exposed beams have been treated and stained and the salvaged fireplace
24:56and pastel walls lie beneath the bespoke coffered ceiling
25:03today allison needs to decide on curtain rails i have these beautiful curtains which i've had made
25:11and they're going to look wonderful but because they're already made i've got to fit the pole to
25:17the curtains it's another job for zion and with a triple bay of inward opening windows
25:25it's going to be a tricky one i need if possible is to have one pole and then be able
25:33to pull the
25:33curtains back is that okay yeah yeah that's fine alison for me is always i feel like she's challenging me
25:42she's always trying to see when would i say i can't do that so she's pushing her luck basically
25:49and so far i deliver and there's more jobs to add to his list and over here is totally different
25:59to
25:59over there so we've got no ceiling height we've got no width on the walls so i wondered if we
26:06could
26:06do a a nice little sort of opening pair of swinging arms and i did ask them that's a good
26:13point i did ask
26:14them to put a double fabric back and front so hopefully they remember that and when we close
26:19them and when we open them you can see the the color and pattern okay it's a big ask but
26:28zion loves
26:29finding a solution it's saying 58 it's very tight on here tell you what i can do i can make
26:36them here
26:37and the end base you can extend
26:42might work try it no harm in trying i just try to save your work
26:48moving down to her workshop in the chapel alison wants to make sure she hasn't made a mistake
26:56i'm wondering if my order for the curtains went through okay because two of them have to have
27:01double fabric and i'm just i haven't seen that yet so i'm hoping i've got the right number of curtains
27:06and the right fabric on both sides in his workshop zion has made a start on the bespoke curtain rails
27:17you know alison have her own design i'll have my own design
27:23she can't have a say on this one but the fabric's on both sides look
27:30phew that was just a slight panic
27:35his idea is to create a metal arm for the heavy curtains that opens into the room
27:42the idea this i'm going to weld this on there and this will be here
27:52and imagine this is how it's going to swing
27:58zion has no problem visualizing his creation but will it pass alison's taste test
28:09four hours drive away in central france at chateau dazera there's a pressing job steve has to tackle
28:19before he can start plasterboarding the kitchen ceiling removing an old and empty swallow's nest
28:27there's the top floor
28:35outside you go my plan is these pieces of timber here i need to
28:42get rails along both sides so that i can just whizz along filling the gaps with plasterboard
28:49the couple strive to keep as many historic features as they can but also need to make it work as
28:56a home
28:57at the minute that's the floorboards for the great hall so we get a lot of dust come down through
29:1038 and a half
29:14plasterboarding a 14th century ceiling comes with challenges of its own
29:1937. 37 sometimes they're absolutely true and parallel and sometimes they go all over the place
29:30all right let's go cut a piece of plasterboard
29:47we bounce ideas off each other it's just a couple of mil too long she puts up with my craziness
29:55and
29:56uh and we just really enjoy each other's company and what we what we get up to
30:08does it fit all right
30:09i think now with that minor adjustment it should be perfect sure
30:26how's it looking from down there katherine it's looking a lot cleaner i have to say
30:34but i'm also thinking there's a long way to go
30:39katherine and steve are taking another vital part of the restoration in their stride
30:46putting the scaffold towel together was trickier than doing the plasterboarding we haven't done it
30:51for a long time have we no when we first got here the uh the kitchen was like a a
30:57real blank
30:58canvas wasn't it it was a big open space with a ginormous fireplace for roasting oxen
31:04i love how the kitchen's coming together it's evolved over time the more you live in a renovation
31:09the more your ideas adapt i think it's going to look amazing this kitchen project is on a slow boil
31:18but is gradually coming to life
31:26350 miles north at chateau de la la sel more than a month has passed and both fountains have been
31:34capped
31:35in stone are you all ready now i'll get the van and then we'll just unload them all yeah and
31:41borders and
31:42pathway edges have been dug out to start landscaping the formal front gardens
31:49it's been a nice off for so long now the plan is to try and get the the first stretch
31:54the central
31:54driveway done yeah by the end of the day that's my aim hopefully in a couple of the other bits
32:04two at a time good two at a time my arms can't take it
32:11today terry ashley and tracy are starting to edge the central pathway
32:17so these are all our border blocks we buy them at a pallet at a time makes life a bit
32:23easier
32:24and we'll probably need six more pallets do all of the borders
32:32is it dinner time yet long time before dinner patrick
32:38all doing now is getting the edge and blocks in place we've got all of the like trenches dug for
32:44the design so we've got like a rough sort of spacing where the blocks are going to sit in
32:50there are around 1 000 stone slabs to cement into place to create the outline for a massive gravel
32:59pathway this is just literally a dry placement so by the time the cement goes in that'll probably
33:05set about right yeah so if you go and set the one that you want down there with the string
33:12line
33:13and then i can put a midpoint as well you got it in yeah yeah
33:28once the first blocks are in we'll kind of know where we're at and then we can work from
33:31the first one to measure everything off it so it'll be good
33:46it's always important that the first few that go in are right because if they're not all the lines
33:50in the garden are off so always a bit nervous but it's good should go well
34:00first three blocks in only what a thousand miles probably
34:18after a full day's work the progress is clear to see
34:28and i think that is all looking good says it's looking brilliant
34:34now we've got this one in we can work everything off this line absolutely
34:37i think it's brilliant i think it's time for a beer i think it is go on
34:44the formal front gardens are growing in stature but there's 100 tons of gravel to go down
34:52and huge flower beds to create before the summer season starts
35:01still to come anxious times ahead for allison i do wonder with all this whether i've given
35:08myself too much work and it all gets a bit too much for steve it is emotional flippin is yeah
35:24so i'll be able to do that in western france at chateau de la boutiniere alison and zion are pushing
35:31ahead
35:31on their new bedroom suite and while zion continues work on his bespoke curtain rail
35:40alison is hand decorating panels for in between the beams of the suite's coffered ceiling
35:49it's quite a finicky little job doing this
35:52having created an intricate design she now has five separate stencils to overlay i do wonder with
36:01all this whether i've given myself too much work but typically we we always go over the top
36:08the secret with stenciling paint is not to put too much on the brush otherwise you end up bleeding
36:12under the edges of the shape once you get the idea of the layers it's very simple and i've got
36:18something like 20 panels to do and then there are five layers to each one
36:26that's going to look fabulous from me from the ground when we're looking up at the ceiling or
36:30when our guests are lying there in bed and going oh look at that
36:41zion has almost finished his latest invention
36:47all what i need is her approval
36:51and up in the new suite he can demonstrate his design in action and then when this is open
36:58it says you just miss it that's a good weight very good nice what do you think about that love
37:07it
37:08what i love about it is it's sort of that rustic slightly made medieval feel
37:13they probably never even had medieval curtains in those days but they do now
37:19i'm really happy with those
37:22i'll make another one i'll get another kiss
37:26first things first they want to try a few of allison's decorated panels out for size
37:34everything has to be bespoke because none of the ceiling panels are exactly the same
37:38the ceiling was never square so literally every single one has to be measured and cut specially
37:55we have a slight hanging of the art problem in that
38:00the panels where they've been stored upright are slightly bowed and the ends are lifting up which
38:07needs a gap so somehow we have to pad them out from behind with a spacer so it's going to
38:12take even
38:12longer with a few wooden spacers in place the first panel is up
38:28it's just gone to a whole new level because each panel has to be adjusted slightly so the whole job's
38:35going to take probably twice what i was expecting the pattern is is right the color is right so that's
38:42a big
38:42step forward and and it works yeah and it's going to make this room wow
38:51allison and zion's new bedroom suite is turning into an epic feat of design and ingenuity
38:59but there's a way to go before they reach the finish line
39:08over 200 miles southeast at katherine and steve's it's been six weeks and the couple have a completed
39:17ceiling but today want to add the final touches before their visitors arrive we have worked our socks off
39:28to try to be ready for the boy's arrival the last time one of my sons was here we had
39:35a stand pipe in
39:37one of the cellars to get water no glass in the windows and he slept in the kitchen fireplace and
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39:43was a dirt floor so i'm couldn't be more excited to show him what we've done that'll be the first
39:50finished room which is monumental for us yes it'll transform the way we live here won't it yeah
40:02right finishing touches with just a few hours to spare the couple want to personalize this space
40:19yeah love it
40:25katherine and steve have a wealth of french treasures including servant bells dating back to the 1900s
40:34you're going to tell me it's not level now i'm not sure i don't think it is
40:39it's like laurel and hardy yes that's it see i always plan to do it that way
40:48gotcha and scarper hey thank you
40:58it's quite nice to have collections of things it makes it so much more cohesive
41:03my gin and tonic glass it's a leech jar every kitchen should have one
41:17you all right yeah
41:21ready
41:25perfect now it feels like a real kitchen just need to clean it
41:33you all right
41:35three years ago the room was nothing but a neglected empty shell with a dirt floor and no electrics water
41:43or glass in the windows with crumbling walls this dust-filled space had lain abandoned for years
41:52you all right now katherine and steve have created a charming kitchen which is perfectly in keeping
42:02with the history of this 14th century castle
42:08the hefty stone slabs had to be painstakingly cut and lifted into place to form the floor
42:17the bean ceiling is now boarded over and painted to prevent dust and noise from the great hall above
42:27while the modern white goods are all hidden away behind six handmade faux draw panels lovingly
42:35decorated by katherine in an old apothecary style
42:50this room's been in my head for three years could not be happier
42:55if somewhat exhausted bruised battered and i absolutely love the floor so do i i'm gonna
43:03spend a fair bit of time just sitting and soaking it in because it's just a privilege to get to
43:15bring it back a bit
43:19oh don't ask flippin start
43:24we flippin did it
43:30it is emotional flippin is yeah
43:39hello hello hello hi how are you how are you how are you doing come on in cool lovely to
43:45show you
43:45i can't wait katherine's son callum and his girlfriend kitty are here to see the end result
43:54wow oh my gosh look at that oh stunning i can't believe it's the same room honestly
43:59that's amazing i've seen the pictures look at the ceiling as well oh my gosh you've got tears in
44:06your eyes we've just had a real moment oh you're making me do it again yeah oh look at you
44:11flippin
44:11at callum go wow it's it's night and day it's unbelievable it is unbelievable we have been here
44:21yeah just a little bit just a little bit good yeah that's lovely oh i can't believe yeah you've
44:28paved all the way into there that's that's brilliant everything's got better everything's
44:32impressive but this is yeah jaw-dropping yeah stunning it is overwhelming isn't it it really is
44:41katherine and steve have the kitchen of their dreams and it's on to a much-needed bathroom next
44:49their restoration marathon continues
44:59next time pandemonium it doesn't want to stick on an epic suite renovation hang on let me hold it
45:07there oh it's coming off quick quick crafty business that looks great in a barn makeover
45:15i have never in my life done this never on the floor and it's the final hurdle for allison and
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45:23that's it you don't need to be perfect
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