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We have finally started on our biggest renovation

We have finally started on our biggest renovation project yet at the chateau - our Chateau Kitchen and I am so excited but also daunted by the task in hand.

The main challenge is always going to be, how to keep the integrity of a french 19th Century chateau kitchen whilst creating a functional, clean and warm kitchen that will work for us to live in as the heart of our home and work from for our guest house business.

The kitchen had been modified over the last century and some of it's original features, such as it's original tomette clay tile flooring was unfortunately replaced with cheaper replica tiles which were probably put in during it's last major renovation in 1917.

Over the last few months Philipp and I have been spending so many late nights, discussing, planning and trying to figure out how to approach this next phase of our renovations and find that balance.

It may look drastic ripping out the old floor but we wanted to bring the kitchen floor back to a more suitable period material. This meant removing the tiles and about 30 m3 of material underneath in order to be able to pour a new slab and put down insulation to keep us warmer in the winter months, before we can finally begin laying the new stone floor.

As we begin our 3rd year of renovating our chateau

As we begin our 3rd year of renovating our chateau we thought it would be fun to look back and remember all that we achieved in the first 2.

We may have slowed down a little since the beginning, and when the finish line is very far in the future, it’s good to look back and remember just how far we’ve come already, so we can focus and get excited for what’s next.

This weeks vlog is now up so head over to our channel to see more and some very old Instagram footage of the first ‘2 years (in 15 minutes) Renovating a French Castle into our Dream home’

Wishing you all a Happy 2022! 💫 Apologies for

Wishing you all a Happy 2022! 💫

Apologies for the late post but coming back to the Chateau on New Year’s Eve kind of threw me! We saw in the new year whilst quarantining, which meant trying to come up with meals on whatever was left in the cupboards and keeping the girls entertained for 2 days! I’m not going to lie after our 5.30am start we didn’t even make it to midnight!
Still it was all worth it for a Christmas spent with my family and reuniting with friends we hadn’t seen for 2 years, back in England.

We gave ourselves a proper break over the holidays so we are a bit behind with the vlog this week, we’re working on a special episode so can’t wait to share it with you soon.

Thanks for all your support and kind messages this year, we’re excited for 2022 and what we have planned and can’t wait to share it with you all. Xxx

Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas from all of

Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas from all of us and that your glasses, bellies and hearts are full today!
🎄🍾🎄🍾🎄
Anna, Philipp, Lily & Ella Xxx

It may be early December but last week felt like C

It may be early December but last week felt like Christmas had come early, as a lorry with 290 plants for our garden arrived from @kwekerijgoossens in Belgium.

The following days were spent mostly covered in mud, as we began a major transformation, thankfully with a little help from our farmer friend Jerome and neighbours and good friends Adam and Nathan.

Since beginning restoration work we’ve been impatient to get past the clearing weeds phase and begin planting. Although right now it may appear that we’ve planted a Christmas tree hedge, by next year, once the plants are established we will be able to trim them into topiary hedges, adding some much needed structure in the garden. This planting is important not only to improving how the chateau sits within the landscape, but we also wanted to add more native planting of yew and hornbeam to help the biodiversity of our gardens.

This phase of our garden work has been 100% financed through our Patreon community, and is our first major work using our patron’s support to help us in restoring Chateau Gonneville sur Honfleur, it’s outbuildings and gardens. It’s an incredible feeling to finally see some tangible changes and we are so grateful to all of our patrons for their support in helping us preserve this beautiful piece of French heritage.

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