Follow our French chateau renovation journey as we peel back the layers of time & craftsmanship
Tim Gosling is delighted to bring this former noble French 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. For more information about our interior design renovation projects, please contact Gosling.
The chateau library is now finished and up for the exhibition at Chelsea Harbours WOW! House -
A huge thank you to the genius’s who made it all happen @photisphoti @smscottthomas Tom , Nello , Noosh ,Johnny , @designboysey @clairegerman01 @lumagrawpr @jcseuss @frederick.fischer and a huge thank you from all those incredible companies who believed in us and helped make this happen :
@designcentrech @graphenstonepaintsuk @zardi_and_zardi @johncullenlighting @sally.storey @therugcompany @samtiga @chesneysfireplaces @volker.hermes @samuelandsons @rubelli_london @nicolo.ve @lamaisonpierrefrey @interiorsacademy @paolomoschino @tmlighting
Jun 3
We had a rather special guest arrive - a painting of the Duke of Wellington - the original was commissioned by King George the fourth by Lawrence and is hanging in Windsor Castle - this oil painting is the exact same size … gulp … which rather presents a few issues getting it in as we only have a chateau not a castle lol .
We also decided to give a dinner to our french friends celebrating his arrival.
The best thing is about these paintings is that when they are hung , if it’s right , they look like they have always been there … truly amazing .
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May 28
Hosting a small Lunch today with some great friends from New York at home -love setting the table with hocks and roses- pure spring time florals ! #interior #interiordesign #interiordesigner
May 14
We visited the decorative fair at Battersea london this week and found two stunning early blue and red tie backs from a lady called @sumasonlondon - it’s always fascinating to come across rare colours and these blue silk ones are such a perfect match to the 1826 designs I have in the Smiths cabinet and upholsterers guide book we just happen to have lying around in the library !
The blue seems to be the Louis Philippe colouring which is wonderful as we will now have to start the design and hangings to create a room at the chateau with these divine crazy colours .Wasn’t history so much more expressive colour wise !
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May 14
In literally under a month - the library that I’ve designed ( Steve has always told me I can have free range for this room at the chateau as long as he gets to design the kitchen - done ✔️ lol )
The library will all be put together for WOW!house at Chelsea harbour in all her full glory , including the amazing rug I designed with the @therugcompany , the incredible tapestries with @zardi_and_zardi .The original chandelier from the chateau that Steve has just finished restoring. The paints with @graphenstonepaintsuk - oh and I’ve designed a pair of plinths with @lalique and not to forget the fireplace with @chesneysfireplaces ! I’ll also be hanging four amazing art works from @volker.hermes in the framed mirrors .
If you’re around from the 5th June to the 5th July please pop down to have s look - tickets are available from @designcentrech wow house website.
See you all there !
May 7
Back in london for the Coronation today - the flags are flying at home , and it’s stunning to see yesterday all of the palace flags up ready for the amazing moment with the service At Westminster abbey … so incredible to be seeing history in England unfold .
#coronation
May 6
I know this is crazy - but we , well I ( Steve thinks I’m bonkers ) fell in love with these antique plant tags … so have started collecting even more so that we can find each one of these lost historical plants and plant them into the chateau garden and park … some of them are divine trees … it’s going to be really exciting working out where they can go and what they look like - it’s the perfect way to put the planting back into the park - and it’s going to be so great to see these tags in front of each plant proudly displayed.
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Apr 29
We have some very exciting news to share !… you know the library we’ve been designing for the chateau over the last year ( nearly two years now !) well it’s going to be going on exhibition as part of WOW!house this June @designcentrech …it’s on for a month from June the 5th 2023 and afterwards it will all be shipped down to France and installed at the chateau !
It’s part of 17 full scale rooms from that will be exhibited from the worlds leading interior designers - literally wow ! ( not sure how we got asked lol! )
They gave us the same foot print of the library at the chateau which meant we could do it , the only difference is the hight , so the corner mirrors will fit in the exhibition by sitting quite a lot lower behind the bookcases - when we get to the chateau they will sit on top of the bookcases reaching to the ceiling which is almost 4 and a half meters tall .
I hope you enjoy a little taste of seeing the watercolour design being created - all the different elements going in - still more to come , and as we progress the design we’ll share with you how it all goes in .
I do hope you can drop in to see it - it’s going to be amazing,otherwise I guess you’ll have to catch it at the chateau ! We’ve created the rug with @therugcompany the tapestries with @zardi_and_zardi the paints with @graphenstonepaintsuk the fireplace with @chesneysfireplaces the plints with @frederick.fischer @lalique the passementerie with @samuelandsons the fabrics with @rubelli_london the shades and chairs with @lamaisonpierrefrey the lighting of the pictures with @tmlighting ,lighting of the games table with @johncullenlighting by the genius @sally.storey the standing lights @paolomoschino and the biggest help from @byrnecomms and @lumagrawpr with a Huge thank you for asking us to do this to Clare German @clairegerman01 and @designcentrech
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Apr 16
Well we bought Queen Mary a new toy ( public outcry from Instagram!) of a leaf blower … and she’s over the moon !
Steve got a new toy too - a sit in lawn mower ( very second hand !) but we managed to break it within 15 mins ….
So we all went to play on the lake in boats … so wonderful with friends popping over to help play in the park … it truly is the most incredible secret park ….
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Apr 9
