Follow our French chateau renovation journey as we peel back the layers of time & craftsmanship
Tim Gosling is delighted to bring this former noble chateau back to life through his love of authentic restoration and interior design. Built-in 1820 this Normandy gem had the good fortune to be redesigned by the designer of The Ritz, Monsieur Georges Farcy for the Bon Marché family in 1910. The chateau has been untouched since the retreating German army removed the heating system in the 1940s. Eisenhower moved into the chateau when he was appointed supreme commander of Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of north-western Europe.
Restoration Chateau is a classical Parisian design, with 57 rooms, 22 ensuite bedrooms (revolutionary for its time), 8 staterooms, and 27 acres. Over the coming months please join us on a journey of discovery as we piece together history and restore this classic building back to its former glory.
View our chateau restoration journey so far below.
It’s so great to be home ! A great friend ( love you Matthew!) give us this extraordinary original photograph of Eisenhower during the operations of WW2 in 1944 … the dates are a bit confusing but its absolutely summer and it’s in France at the advanced command post somewhere in France ( and our chateau was the advanced Command post ) … it’s very similar in feel not only to the park but all the images that we have of Eisenhower here at the chateau with general Omar Bradly.1st to the 4th July 1944.
It’s also fascinating that the picture on the back is credited to Sidney Australia! And Steve being the wonderful Aussie that is so cool ! .. if there are any super sleuths out there who can track this photographer down it would be fabulous to see if there were any more in the series …
It’s such a truly incredible feeling coming back from Monte- Carlo last night and being welcomed back home with her wonderful open gates and Steve’s open arms ….
#eisenhower #ww2 #ww2history #dday #ddaylandings #overlord #us #normandy #normandie #chateau #château #restoration #restorationproject #diy #diyhomedecor #diyproject #home #france #beforeandafter #modeling #model #scalemodel #scalemodels #scalemodelling
Sep 26
It’s so great to be home ! A great friend ( love you Matthew!) give us this extraordinary original photograph of Eisenhower during the operations of WW2 in 1944 … the dates are a bit confusing but its absolutely summer and it’s in France at the advanced command post somewhere in France ( and our chateau was the advanced Command post ) … it’s very similar in feel not only to the park but all the images that we have of Eisenhower here at the chateau with general Omar Bradly.1st to the 4th July 1944.
It’s also fascinating that the picture on the back is credited to Sidney Australia! And Steve being the wonderful Aussie that is so cool ! .. if there are any super sleuths out there who can track this photographer down it would be fabulous to see if there were any more in the series …
It’s such a truly incredible feeling coming back from Monte- Carlo last night and being welcomed back home with her wonderful open gates and Steve’s open arms ….
#eisenhower #ww2 #ww2history #dday #ddaylandings #overlord #us #normandy #normandie #chateau #château #restoration #restorationproject #diy #diyhomedecor #diyproject #home #france #beforeandafter #modeling #model #scalemodel #scalemodels #scalemodelling
Finished the last day of judging lots of these amazing Yachts and Motorboats and now starting to head back to the chateau - by train !!!! ( there are no direct flights at the weekend so actually it’s going to be rather fun - soooo wish it was a steam train but I’ve booked first class so I can have a delicious lunch as I think it’s about 6 and a half hours from nice to paris !!!)
I’m also going to see my third bother today ,nicknamed Stavros ( his real name is Nicholas!) and he’s just come over to the chateau with his wife Debbie for the first time! …. Don’t you LOVE this picture of us all four boys at Henley Regatta ( staying with the boating theme !) back in the 1980’s … of course I’m the only one still wearing my school boater … lol .
Longing to see Steve and to be returning down that magnificent drive today … as Judy Garland so beautifully put it ‘ there’s no place like home !!!’
Bon Weekend everyone!!!
#monaco #monacoyachtshow #superyacht #yacht #yachts #brothers #brothersforlife #brother #chateau #château #chateauxdefrance #train #adventuretime #home #diy #diyhomedecor #diyproject #family #familytime #familyfirst #love #nickname #france #france🇫🇷
Sep 25
Finished the last day of judging lots of these amazing Yachts and Motorboats and now starting to head back to the chateau - by train !!!! ( there are no direct flights at the weekend so actually it’s going to be rather fun - soooo wish it was a steam train but I’ve booked first class so I can have a delicious lunch as I think it’s about 6 and a half hours from nice to paris !!!)
I’m also going to see my third bother today ,nicknamed Stavros ( his real name is Nicholas!) and he’s just come over to the chateau with his wife Debbie for the first time! …. Don’t you LOVE this picture of us all four boys at Henley Regatta ( staying with the boating theme !) back in the 1980’s … of course I’m the only one still wearing my school boater … lol .
Longing to see Steve and to be returning down that magnificent drive today … as Judy Garland so beautifully put it ‘ there’s no place like home !!!’
Bon Weekend everyone!!!
#monaco #monacoyachtshow #superyacht #yacht #yachts #brothers #brothersforlife #brother #chateau #château #chateauxdefrance #train #adventuretime #home #diy #diyhomedecor #diyproject #family #familytime #familyfirst #love #nickname #france #france🇫🇷
Running thought day two and still thinking about all the staggering and amazing details I’ve been lucky enough to see from sailing yachts to motor yachts and incredible tenders ( the boats that take you to the boats !)
Quite a few now have the most wonderful swimming pools on them as well the beach clubs which have sort of become standard issue for playing at sea on the larger ones …
There are also incredible sailing boats down here too for all those who truly love to feel the wind in their hair and to put their skills truly against nature at sea … again … an extraordinary year with some truly outstanding pieces of design work and imagination. So greatfull to be down here and seeing so much world wide talent and creativity…( really now want to create a casino royal gaming room at the chateau too with a roulette table and pretend we’re Monsieur Bond! Steve…. Pleaeeeeseeeeee Lol) …there’s no question that this place literally buzzes with imagination and wonder - so lucky to be part of the judging panel.
#boatlife #superyacht #superyachts #superyachtlifestyle #yacht #monaco #montecarlo #boatshow #boatshow2021 #casinoroyale #casino @boatinternational
Sep 24
Running thought day two and still thinking about all the staggering and amazing details I’ve been lucky enough to see from sailing yachts to motor yachts and incredible tenders ( the boats that take you to the boats !)
Quite a few now have the most wonderful swimming pools on them as well the beach clubs which have sort of become standard issue for playing at sea on the larger ones …
There are also incredible sailing boats down here too for all those who truly love to feel the wind in their hair and to put their skills truly against nature at sea … again … an extraordinary year with some truly outstanding pieces of design work and imagination. So greatfull to be down here and seeing so much world wide talent and creativity…( really now want to create a casino royal gaming room at the chateau too with a roulette table and pretend we’re Monsieur Bond! Steve…. Pleaeeeeseeeeee Lol) …there’s no question that this place literally buzzes with imagination and wonder - so lucky to be part of the judging panel.
#boatlife #superyacht #superyachts #superyachtlifestyle #yacht #monaco #montecarlo #boatshow #boatshow2021 #casinoroyale #casino @boatinternational
Hi everyone! Sorry for not posting yesterday morning but I was up early to nip down to Monaco for the boat show here in Monte- Carlo … which I’m so lucky to be part of the judging panel again for @boatinternational and the #designandinnovationawards2022 !!! Yehhh .
I’ve left Steve at the Chateau while I have the mega fortune of getting to see ( and sea !!)to judge the superyachts that have been newly finished this year and summited into the running …so they truly represent the cutting edge of the design world and incredible new materials.
If you can imagine it here , you can aways find someone to build it and I know that I’ll be amazed at something new and extraordinary over the next few days.
#superyacht #superyachtcrew #superyachtworld #boat #boatlife #boatparty #monaco #monacoboatshow #roomwithaview #chateau #château #diy #glamour #yacht #yachtlife #judge
Sep 23
Hi everyone! Sorry for not posting yesterday morning but I was up early to nip down to Monaco for the boat show here in Monte- Carlo … which I’m so lucky to be part of the judging panel again for @boatinternational and the #designandinnovationawards2022 !!! Yehhh .
I’ve left Steve at the Chateau while I have the mega fortune of getting to see ( and sea !!)to judge the superyachts that have been newly finished this year and summited into the running …so they truly represent the cutting edge of the design world and incredible new materials.
If you can imagine it here , you can aways find someone to build it and I know that I’ll be amazed at something new and extraordinary over the next few days.
#superyacht #superyachtcrew #superyachtworld #boat #boatlife #boatparty #monaco #monacoboatshow #roomwithaview #chateau #château #diy #glamour #yacht #yachtlife #judge
We had a local group of people doing US troop reenactment over to the chateau this weekend … it’s remarkable that this picture could have been taken in 1944 not 2021 …it’s a stark reminder that this chateau has been though so much and that it’s not only about restoring her but in our view healing her .
The history of this place is remarkable, over a thousand years of human events …the French Revolution must have been just as dark but I guess that only exists in engravings from around here now - this is so recent it’s only a generation and it’s quite extraordinary to see the pictures they had of our local town being liberated- the buildings that we all know and love .
Truly remarkable that these stones and the history remains here in each window , tree and early morning mist .
We are so truly lucky to be the Custodians of such a truly remarkable story and Chateau.
@juhauvel27
#ww2 #ww2history #chateau #château #interiordesign #interior #restoration #reenactment #france #france🇫🇷 #normandy #dday #overlord
Sep 20
We had a local group of people doing US troop reenactment over to the chateau this weekend … it’s remarkable that this picture could have been taken in 1944 not 2021 …it’s a stark reminder that this chateau has been though so much and that it’s not only about restoring her but in our view healing her .
The history of this place is remarkable, over a thousand years of human events …the French Revolution must have been just as dark but I guess that only exists in engravings from around here now - this is so recent it’s only a generation and it’s quite extraordinary to see the pictures they had of our local town being liberated- the buildings that we all know and love .
Truly remarkable that these stones and the history remains here in each window , tree and early morning mist .
We are so truly lucky to be the Custodians of such a truly remarkable story and Chateau.
@juhauvel27
#ww2 #ww2history #chateau #château #interiordesign #interior #restoration #reenactment #france #france🇫🇷 #normandy #dday #overlord
Hi Everyone! So …. The FINAL 12 paints that you all chose are here …and today we’re asking you to help once more in naming them all !!! ( it’s actually really good fun this bit !!!)
If it can be two words ( or three if you absolutely have to !!!) to describe your favourite paint colour ….for example ‘French Cherub ‘ to describe one of the pinks ? Or ‘ Trellis Green ‘ …I’ve filmed the colours as it’s really REALLY hard to get these colours acutely portrayed on screen - there is such a delicate subtlety to them that modern pixels just seem to walk over them …for example the blue number 4 comes out looking almost turquoise when it’s truly a faded Aubusson’s rug blue …( we’re going to paint the drawing room in london in that colour so you’ll see it big !!!)
I’ve also paired the colours together so you get the two top pinks working really well with each other …
The number 3 is paint that the grand salon is in …on the first picture …. 6 is the wonderful aged Aubusson’s straw colour … almost a yellow but faded …8 was the mossy colour that you all absolutely loved !!!! And the 9 colour is the green element in the Madame Pompadour wall papers …10 is the exact trellis green that all french architects used for garden trellis work … and the 11 is as close as I could get to the Snug Red which is a silk damask … the 12 colour is a slightly ‘snuggly’ version of that heading back into the pinks but still really vibrant …
So … what are we going to name our children !!!!????
@graphenstonepaintsuk
#paint #painting #colour #color #colourful #colours #colorful #aubusson #light #interiordesign #interior #interiorstyling #interiors #interior #interiordesigner #interiordecor #interiorinspo #interiorinspiration #interior123 #chateau #chateaux #châteaux #chateauxdefrance #normandy #france #diy #diyhomedecor #diyproject #restoration #restorationproject #restorationnation
Sep 18
Hi Everyone! So …. The FINAL 12 paints that you all chose are here …and today we’re asking you to help once more in naming them all !!! ( it’s actually really good fun this bit !!!)
If it can be two words ( or three if you absolutely have to !!!) to describe your favourite paint colour ….for example ‘French Cherub ‘ to describe one of the pinks ? Or ‘ Trellis Green ‘ …I’ve filmed the colours as it’s really REALLY hard to get these colours acutely portrayed on screen - there is such a delicate subtlety to them that modern pixels just seem to walk over them …for example the blue number 4 comes out looking almost turquoise when it’s truly a faded Aubusson’s rug blue …( we’re going to paint the drawing room in london in that colour so you’ll see it big !!!)
I’ve also paired the colours together so you get the two top pinks working really well with each other …
The number 3 is paint that the grand salon is in …on the first picture …. 6 is the wonderful aged Aubusson’s straw colour … almost a yellow but faded …8 was the mossy colour that you all absolutely loved !!!! And the 9 colour is the green element in the Madame Pompadour wall papers …10 is the exact trellis green that all french architects used for garden trellis work … and the 11 is as close as I could get to the Snug Red which is a silk damask … the 12 colour is a slightly ‘snuggly’ version of that heading back into the pinks but still really vibrant …
So … what are we going to name our children !!!!????
@graphenstonepaintsuk
#paint #painting #colour #color #colourful #colours #colorful #aubusson #light #interiordesign #interior #interiorstyling #interiors #interior #interiordesigner #interiordecor #interiorinspo #interiorinspiration #interior123 #chateau #chateaux #châteaux #chateauxdefrance #normandy #france #diy #diyhomedecor #diyproject #restoration #restorationproject #restorationnation
Trying to multi task and doing too many things at the same time like weeding the paths and looking after the carp in the lake … while still working on the internal plumbing!!! He he he …we did get the paintings hung though in the snug …. Which is starting to look really good and quite different from three years ago lol ….
#restoration #diy #diyhomedecor #château #influencers #interiordecor #interiorstyling #interiordesigner #interiorstyling #interiorstyle #interiordecorating #interiorinspiration
Sep 17
Trying to multi task and doing too many things at the same time like weeding the paths and looking after the carp in the lake … while still working on the internal plumbing!!! He he he …we did get the paintings hung though in the snug …. Which is starting to look really good and quite different from three years ago lol ….
#restoration #diy #diyhomedecor #château #influencers #interiordecor #interiorstyling #interiordesigner #interiorstyling #interiorstyle #interiordecorating #interiorinspiration
Most days we get no hot air balloons… and then rather like london busses , you get three in a row !!!
Majestically floating over the park and our chateau in the stunning silence of the morning sunshine ….
It did get us thinking , wouldn’t it be just the best way to leave our wedding here next year ?… floating off in a hot air balloon over the park , looking down at the lake and the waterfall …waving goodbye to everybody!!!
Just a thought …nothing like dreaming ….
#hotairballoon #ballon #balloning #hotairballoons #balleroy #wedding #weddingday #weddingday #weddingplanning #weddingplanner #château #chateau #chateauxdefrance #september
Sep 15
Most days we get no hot air balloons… and then rather like london busses , you get three in a row !!!
Majestically floating over the park and our chateau in the stunning silence of the morning sunshine ….
It did get us thinking , wouldn’t it be just the best way to leave our wedding here next year ?… floating off in a hot air balloon over the park , looking down at the lake and the waterfall …waving goodbye to everybody!!!
Just a thought …nothing like dreaming ….
#hotairballoon #ballon #balloning #hotairballoons #balleroy #wedding #weddingday #weddingday #weddingplanning #weddingplanner #château #chateau #chateauxdefrance #september
Ta Da !!! Steve and I just couldn’t help buying this HUGE model of the RMS Aquitania at auction as our staircase at the chateau was built in the very same workshop in Paris to the very same design that we shared with the first Class staircase in this amazing Ocean Liner .
The model was built out of wood and metal sometime in the 1950’s about when the ship sadly was taken out of service and it took over a year to scrap before in 52/ 53 the staircase balustrade ended up on the front of the scrap merchants own home in Scotland.
Our staircase was built a few months before the Aquitania’s in 1910 and the The Ocean liner was launched in 1914 .
We are going to place the model on the landing at the chateau , and at nearly two and a half metres long ( she is so heavy as the model is made out of shaped wood and hand welded metal !) she will sit on the main landing next to the staircase on the far wall …. We just now have to find a carved gilt console that’s fractionally longer .lol
I know it’s bonkers but what an extraordinary model and connection - it’s going to look sensational and we’re just so chuffed to have found this unique piece and at this remarkable scale .You can absolutely understand why the Ocean liner was given the nickname ‘the ship beautiful’.
#rmsaquitania #modelboat #oceanliner #oceanliners #model #aquitania #titanic #beautiful #interiordesign #interior #interiordesigner #interiorstyling #interiors #interiorstyle #interiorinspo #interiordecorating #chateau #cunard #cruising #ocean #boatinternational @boatinternational #chateau #châteaux #france #france🇫🇷 @the_saleroom @goslingdesignltd @timjgosling
Sep 11
Ta Da !!! Steve and I just couldn’t help buying this HUGE model of the RMS Aquitania at auction as our staircase at the chateau was built in the very same workshop in Paris to the very same design that we shared with the first Class staircase in this amazing Ocean Liner .
The model was built out of wood and metal sometime in the 1950’s about when the ship sadly was taken out of service and it took over a year to scrap before in 52/ 53 the staircase balustrade ended up on the front of the scrap merchants own home in Scotland.
Our staircase was built a few months before the Aquitania’s in 1910 and the The Ocean liner was launched in 1914 .
We are going to place the model on the landing at the chateau , and at nearly two and a half metres long ( she is so heavy as the model is made out of shaped wood and hand welded metal !) she will sit on the main landing next to the staircase on the far wall …. We just now have to find a carved gilt console that’s fractionally longer .lol
I know it’s bonkers but what an extraordinary model and connection - it’s going to look sensational and we’re just so chuffed to have found this unique piece and at this remarkable scale .You can absolutely understand why the Ocean liner was given the nickname ‘the ship beautiful’.
#rmsaquitania #modelboat #oceanliner #oceanliners #model #aquitania #titanic #beautiful #interiordesign #interior #interiordesigner #interiorstyling #interiors #interiorstyle #interiorinspo #interiordecorating #chateau #cunard #cruising #ocean #boatinternational @boatinternational #chateau #châteaux #france #france🇫🇷 @the_saleroom @goslingdesignltd @timjgosling
