Bridgerton-Inspired Suite Progress & Extraordinary Antiques in Florence! 🏰 💖Chateau Love

Our Regency-style, Bridgerton-inspired chateau Primary Suite renovation continues! Antiques and jewelry treasures are found in Florence, Italy. How to faux marble using the trompe l’oeil technique. Paris is a snowy fairytale. 🏰 Chateau🔨 DIY💎 Treasures 🇫🇷🇮🇹 Romance👩‍🎨 Creativity 🌟 Ekster is having a big Valentine’s Day sale! Go to https://partner.ekster.com/chateaulove for discounts of up to 40% off and on top of that you can unlock an extra 20% off with my code: CLOVE SHOP Art, Gifts, Original Photographs, Bags, and Antique & Vintage Jewelry: www.chateau-love.com #chateaudiy #vintagejewelry #florence #bridgerton #ad ABOUT THIS EPISODE: ⭐️ 🇫🇷 We continue renovating the Bridgerton-Inspired Chatelains’ Suite (primary bedroom) at the chateau and tackle a design challenge: how to make a newly built shelf match an existing marble fireplace. I demonstrate step-by-step how to layer color, stipple paint, blend tones, and create realistic marble veining, finishing with varnish to achieve the depth and sheen of real stone. But before returning to sunnier times, we share a rare moment of snowy Paris near the Eiffel Tower — a fairy-tale scene we couldn’t resist filming! ⭐️ 🇮🇹 After completing our faux marble project, Sally and I travel to Florence for antique shopping and design inspiration. We explore the Ponte Vecchio, hunt for antique jewelry, visit the Santo Spirito Antique Market, and enjoy Italian food, markets, and interiors — all part of the creative journey behind the Chateau Love aesthetic. I find an exceptionally rare complete chatelaine, the grandest of antique jewelry adornments, with a mysterious past! ✨ In this video you’ll learn: • How to paint faux marble • How to use a trompe l’oeil technique • How to match faux marble to an existing fireplace • How to layer and stipple paint for stone texture • How to create realistic marble veining • How to finish faux marble with varnish This episode blends: ✔ Decorative painting ✔ Faux finishes ✔ Chateau renovation ✔ Antiques and rare vintage jewelry discoveries ✔ Florence shopping ✔ French and Italian travel inspiration ⭐️ If you love: faux marble trompe l’oeil painting French chateau renovation decorative painting tutorials antique shopping in Florence and beautiful old buildings then this episode is for you. 💬 Let us know in the comments — where should Simon and I travel next? ABOUT US: Bonjour! I’m Vivienne, an artist, designer, antique & vintage jewelry dealer, and also the châtelaine of a small 19th century neo-Renaissance castle in the Loire Valley of France, which I share with my delightful husband, Simon, our daughter, and —whenever possible— lovely friends and family. This is not our first chateau! 25 years ago, we bought a much larger castle nearby, which we loved with all our hearts. However, after 2 decades, many happy memories, countless renovations, and several small fortunes later, we made the very difficult, empty-nesting decision to downsize. With great luck and perseverance, we found our current petit château, which we are now decorating and updating with love, humour, comfort, and —of course— antiques and art! We adore France and its many unique facets: its people, culture, landscapes, wine, food, art, and history. We also love being surrounded by châteaux, both public and private, which we can explore together! After 20 years here, we have learned many things about living in France, renovating châteaux, and appreciating the extraordinary riches surrounding us. We originally decided to make these videos as a way to share our lives with our loved ones worldwide during the pandemic lockdowns. However, we soon realised that many others are at home alone, and it is our privilege to open our home to you, our new friends. We hope you will join us on our adventures in this exceptional location, and we look forward to sharing a little Château Love! SHOP Art, Gifts, Original Photographs, Bags, and Antique & Vintage Jewelry: www.chateau-love.com @Chateau Love Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/chateauloveofficial/ Facebook: Chateau Love MUSIC: (sister) Ashley Locheed - "La Vie En Rose" ashleylocheed.com https://www.amazon.com/Love-Chris-Rottmayer-Ashley-Locheed/dp/B08G1ZHNQY/ref=tmm_msc_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= www.epidemicsound.com www.artlist.io