WC Wallpaper, Terrace TEAROUT & News! | Manor & Maker

[@tonyawilliams9433]

I had another thought. As an art teacher and decorator, I find that it is so important to have continuity between rooms in design and color. The flow is so much nicer when it is all complementary. Have fun!

[@maryjimdale7031]

How nice to hear a couple of my countrymen, and admire their worth ethic. Go Aussies

[@julesrogers4095]

Me too 🇦🇺👍

[@donnagriffis4871]

Amazing helpers . Bless their hearts 💕

[@stephaniesharkey3538]

I’d either attach a rain barrel at downspout or close or redirect it away from house! You’ll need a mix of materials under that patio for support

[@stephaniesharkey3538]

Put some water in the copper sink to make sure it doesn’t leak!

[@lmaier5171]

The water collection on the terrace was called a cistern. It played a major roll in the need for water during the winter.

[@Treeskneez]

Oooh that wallpaper is gorgeous! Can't wait to see it up! ❤😊

[@patrickjourneytothechateau9452]

Absolutely love the wallpaper with the copper. Great combination. And you have chefs? 😮😮😮. I have chef envy. Love you two. Great job❤😊❤

[@ManorandMaker]

Yes! So excited to see them at work this year (and learn a thing or two!)

[@maryannaarnold3817]

Great to see new helpers and artists! The new projects are amazing! Thanks for sharing!

[@TheCrowsNest1950]

Hi Sarah & Steve, I love to follow you on tours of the small towns around you, they offer such a great ad-on experience in France. The copper sink is a great compliment for the floral line detail of the wallpaper. Mark & Scott

[@tracyllewellyn5258]

That wallpaper is magnificent!!!!

[@beaniecat1980]

I love art nouneau, and the wallpaper is beautiful! ❤

[@ManorandMaker]

Thanks Beanie!

[@calmitchell85]

Love the wallpaper especially as it has fritillary flowers on it , how wonderful you have such amazing volunteers they are doing a superb job. Good luck with the bathroom looking forward to seeing the final result😊

[@lisaakinlabi]

Once again the views you share are truly amazing and I am always thankful when you share them. How nice to have such amazing volunteers and passionate artists who visit your home and share their skills. Such a blessing.

[@TheFyffejill]

remember when filling in to have a drain pipe from the down spout to away from the house.

[@LauraRoss-x2m]

I always paint the walls the background colour of the wallpaper, wallpapering in old properties, you never have a square corner, if for some unfortunate reason you have a small seam splayed it doesn’t show up. Love love ❤ the wallpaper

[@srigging]

All coming together beautifully. 👏👏

[@almafriesen-se5qn]

The cistern was in almost every older homes. I have wondered about that. I grew up with a cistern for our water usage. We did not have good wellwater.

[@Ambers_Team]

Brilliant volunteers was just going to suggest that ❤😊

[@heliedecastanet1882]

Laroque-Gageac is amazing. So is Beynac, if you know 🙂

[@juliatownsend2324]

The wall paper is lovely.

[@drusabs]

you need to put a drain pipe out under the patio and then fill in around it or you will have issues with the run off

[@ruthblack3676]

You better hold onto Jason and Joey! They are Keepers!

[@josephinetetley-jones2727]

Love art nouveau, and that wallpaper is fabulous! Will you pick a colour in it like maybe the gold for the trim?

[@lauratohome]

Maybe run the downspout under ground and out to a barrel to catch the water instead of having it go into the terrace.before covering the terrace back.

[@AtlantaGarden]

Fabulous choice on the wallpaper - bravo!!!

[@sdole9448]

Suggest filling in that water store, but perhaps redirecting the flow from the downspout to a new concealed one (that kind of big tote that sits on a plastic pallet and is a translucent plastic water store with supporting metal surround?) if there a spot to tuck such a thing (screened) because then you could use it for watering all the plants along the base of the terrace. Or a couple of smaller 50 gallon water barrels? A water catchment system with a gravity fed drip system. The future is drier but we need plants for climate control so it could be a win win. gets the water further away from the foundations, too.

[@ManorandMaker]

Oh! We forgot to explain that the water store is now moot - the chateau is now on the town mains as of about 5 yrs ago and that hole was just from the runoff before the change. We do have a couple of other cisterns that need investigating tho!

[@sdole9448]

LOVE the wallpaper - worth the effort! I think that wallpaper plus your delirious giggles made me think "if they ever wanted one sort of moody, slightly darker, slightly NSFW room" that you could go for an unspoken absinthe-themed room - complete with touches of distinctive greens (absinthe and Sheele's green), a couple of funky silver barware implements, just 1-2 subtle fairies in a fabric print or artwork (Alphonse Mucha-style,) and velvet curtains on a four poster bed. Plus allusions to that beautiful but toxic green pigment Sheele's Green from the Victorian era - a stunning color that had a VERY naughty side and was discontinued.

[@sdole9448]

@@ManorandMaker Ah, I imagined it stored roof runoff - a highly valuable source for water as micro-climates dry out. Used to live in CA - left due to arid climate that we watched grow worse over 20 years there. But even in here in the notoriously wet PNW, our summers grow more arid. Storing roof water means you can enjoy the beauty and cooling nature of any plantings nearby when they start asking you to cut back on non-essential water use. Which they already have to do in the PNW during summer. Just a thought - the systems are easy to set up and hide behind landscaping... :)

[@ManorandMaker]

@@sdole9448 I love all of this... No off to have dreams of green fairies!

[@peterwhite9261]

Love the wallpaper for the bathroom. The sink copper pot is interesting. The silk painting look amazing. The audience boys need to stay long. They are awesome, as is Molly. Looking forward to the chef. ❤

[@patmcloughlin6409]

You need to reroute that down pipe though as you don’t want the rainwater accumulating in that area under the paving stones and create damage, it needs an outlet not just building up under the patio. Can’t it be rerouted to the town drainage system, if there is any?

[@leslikuyweski4576]

The wallpaper is beautiful! Can't wait to see the rooms finished!

[@carolesmith6620]

Love the wallpaper 🤩🤗

[@suzyq555]

I love love the wallpaper. What I love the most is the dark and light contrast. ❤

[@cagnaefetchison8075]

I love the wallpaper, I love the thought of wallpaper. Wallpaper is a marriage test if ever there was one🙃😉

[@carolynewilliams1194]

Ooooh! Yummy! Love the wallpaper. The bathroom is going to be so glamorous! I do love dark background floral wallpaper. Dark blue is my favourite colour at the moment. ❤

[@jasminelouisefarrall]

Absolutely gorgeous wallpaper 🥰

[@tonyawilliams9433]

Love the new wallpaper for the bathroom. Is it William Morris...or a WM inspired paper? As the silk artist was talking about her class I couldn't help but look at the beautiful garden inspired wallpaper. I was thinking about how I wished there were more birds in the graphic facing different directions and at varying heights. Then I thought...."piece of cake"....we have a graphic artist in the house. Steve why don't you create additional birds and paste them in other places on your paper...you could make it even more beautiful and unique. Just a thought!🙂

[@mandyedgar4663]

Perfect taste in wallpaper 👌❤

[@marilynwade9448]

I would make that tarrace a priority. The wallpaper is breathtaking ❤❤❤

[@rosemariedeschenes7013]

Love your volunteers ❤❤❤❤❤The bathroom wallpaper is gorgeous. Seems like the giggles got the best of you and Molly 😂😂😂😂😂

[@ashwonders16]

Domme is so dark academia 🖤 and that wallpaper is gorgeous!

[@healinggardens-terribowlby3129]

Looooooovvvve the wallpaper!!!🩷💜❤️

[@penihavir1777]

I had the opportunity to do a resist silk piece like that at university, as part of the fabric surface design class (definitely one of my favorites). It was so much fun!!! ♥️♥️♥️ Definitely one of favorite methods of designing your own fabric. It might be a lot of work to do a yardage in an outfit or something requiring wide, long pieces. (Not making errors in the resist lines takes practice, which is fine for an art piece but a distraction in an item of clothing). But in addition to creating art, it would definitely be manageable as, for example, the center panel or border of a cushion, trim on the edge of a curtain (seams to join pieces incorporated as intentional design elements), etc. Or accent items in a costume. Patio: If there’s an outlet at the base of the terrace, it might be nice to channel the water out below instead of having it pool on the surface and then run down the steps (which is what I assume it’s been doing up until now). Perhaps that’s a long-term solution though. So if you don’t take that route, it’d be good to compact the rubble, so you don’t have to pull it up and fill in more as it settles over time. I’m assuming that you can rent a portable compactor there. Or if not, I suppose you could buy a manual one, if you don’t mind the workout of using it. 😉🙂

[@ManorandMaker]

Oh how fun it would be to do some of the silk for a Venice or Versailles costume!! We forgot to explain that the chateau is now on the mains, so the run off in that corner is not the same washout that it was!

[@judynail1690]

I’m in LOVE. with the wallpaper. The silk art was beautiful. I wonder if you could ever offer the workshop by zoom. You’d almost have to hire an extra person to film it.

[@maryphillips-mb4ob]

I don’t know much about fill dirt but I do know you want a slight incline away from the building so the water will drain to the lawn and not the building.

[@annettetoohey8934]

Wonderful work on silk ….. are any of these for sale? Annette

[@rhondathomas7952]

Love the wall Paper.

[@cheriesharp234]

Please Give a thumbs up everyone hows watching. X

[@sianpryce3685]

Will you be having copper taps on bath , washbasin?

[@svg7335]

In your garage to the left, if you swapped places with the tools and the table, you could mount a board and hang the tools to get them more out of the way. How nice to have help. You guys are so generous with your time showing tge volunteers around. I can imagine all kinds of nightmares painting those pipes after doing the wallpaper . 🫣 Yikes, please tell us why you did that. The copper pot looked beautiful next to the wallpaper. That wallpaper is gorgeous!

[@ManorandMaker]

Great idea but the garage workshop is only temporary until we get power in the barn then everything will move out there. Thanks.

[@caropapa]

Hi Sarah and Steve, i think it was your last video Steve just received his new cutting machine, he tried a new design on a window that you wanted to change, which by the way was awesome, have you done the new look yet and if so would you please show us as im so looking forward to seeing the finish. Regards Carolina.

[@trinitystarclararose7118]

I tried to look up conservation without Borders. I touched the link that you provided but the page is not available. Just thought I’d let you know.

[@MK-Farm-Michigan]

So is the goal to have all these rooms finished before your summer events take place? Looking very nice.

[@maryjimdale7031]

Beautiful wallpaper!

[@irissaunders4421]

I love your videos….. when your video started this morning i laughed so hard i split my morning coffee - its so Canadian to have a garage so full it becomes giant storage 😂😂😂😂😂 reminded me of mine that i am currently clearing out 🇨🇦

[@LoriF25403]

Love the wallpaper

[@marcuscace8394]

Remove all the hard pavers and repack the terrace with hardcourt gravel...reuse the pavers as the edge for the garden re design. Ensure that u use a textile matt to prevent weeds on the upper terrace. Save save ... gravel an be re graded each year and pavers will defin garden edge and stop grass growth in garden beds

[@sue7190]

Could you install a water collection tank and add a submersible pump to water the garden. I have seen tanks on sale that are designed to collect rainwater and sit under a patio.😊

[@TreehuggerKay]

@manorandmaker is that the constellation of Cassiopeia on Molly's forearm?

[@debtheguest3109]

Love that wallpaper!

[@jangriffiths8013]

Is it for budget reasons that you are not hiding or removing/moving the pipes?

[@ManorandMaker]

Actually, I don't think we talked about it... and now we shall!

[@Mabbi54]

The wallpaper looks wonderful! What brand did you choose?

[@ManorandMaker]

Shoot me an email at bonjour (at) manorandmaker and I'll let you know...

[@vallimunari2527]

The written font you use, especially when shown quickly and on an angle, is very difficult to read.

[@ManorandMaker]

Thanks for the feedback! It's usually just a bit of fun - a wave to so&so, or an exclamation - I'll look for a different font...

[@clemandsven6834]

This wallpaper is gorgeous ! Who is the maker ?

[@newday5]

The water drainage from roof needs to be directed somewhere not sand and fill this is critical

[@ManorandMaker]

Not to worry, the old drain is no longer hooked up to anything there is a new bypass that goes to the sewers.

[@_Tiamat_.]

💜💙💚

[@Sharon-Me]

The wallpaper print is really too large for that bathroom!

[@sallyjohnson3381]

👋👍❤️

[@margiemistretta8885]

You ask for suggestions but then you filled it hopefully you'll tamp it down firmily or it can sink abd become unlevel

[@ManorandMaker]

Yes, somewhat filled, but not finished yet - are we better with soil? Sand? Gravel? Inquiring minds want to know if there should be different substrates or different levels of thickness... so many questions....

[@realmms]

@@ManorandMakeryou should use dirt/soil and then get a compacting machine that vibrates to make sure is level and compacted, then a layer of sand or gravel to set the pavers on, then the final step is to use lock the pavers into place use polymeric sand ( it interlocks and hold the pavers in place )

[@oliversmum1]

@@ManorandMaker certainly too late now-but given the climate emergency, I'd definitely look in to eventually returning it to its original feature - as a storage cistern for water....Practically speaking, i'm well aware you really din't have the time to have made that happen just now, but despite having to clear it all now. to create the cistern... that's exactly what I would have done. ( you did ask! ;) ) Part of the joy of an older house is taking those cues from a house- and saying, ," hmmmm. wonder why they would have done this?" before ditching the idea altogether... they may have had one somewhere else ?... Some of may favourite villages, you 're showing there! ;) I'm a former NYer renovating a town home ( part-time) in the Cognac region: those are some of my top picks for that area of France!

[@ronniemitchell1473]

It’s like watching paint dry. You’re such nice people, but so sloooow, it’s boring. Please just speed things up, put pep in your step, change!

[@CynthiaEvans-i2f]

[@laurencunningham8281]

Gorgeous wallpaper!