[Music] Today we're finally completing our very colourful
and joyful dining room. Yes. The only thing's missing are the chairs and the dining room
table. Yeah, there's been a bit of a delay. They're supposed to be coming next week so we will
definitely share that once we do - yeah - all the Christmas decoration. That's really exciting.
Yes but I can tell you the room already looks stunning. Yes we do love it already but without
further ado let's get cracking. Yeah. Right, lots of jobs to be done in this room today.
We chose an amazing yellow called 'Chinese Emperor' from 'Paint & Paper Library' because it
simply brings the sun into this room and is so cheery. We painted the walls and all our built-in
cupboards in the same shade and really love the look. A couple of months ago we had some shutters
in our bay window installed. For one to have more privacy and also because it is a practical way to
control light. We also had a gorgeous curtain pole with pineapple finals and lovely brass brackets
installed. We are so pleased with it. Next up is adding a new toggle switch and new socket
outlets. This always make such a big difference, doesn't it? Yes. But the first thing I
need to do now is - yeah - is - clean, cleaning - clean here because - yeah, oh
there's a lot of dirt in it in. Yeah. In there. [Music] Okay, let's test it. One, two. Perfect. And we're replacing all the knobs here
on the built-in cupboards because we didn't like the plastic ones. That
looks so nice. I hope you like it too. There is still so much work to
be done in this room - yeah - but, um, I think the result will be very nice.
Next up are - the curtains. And they look amazing. I think you will love them. At
least I hope so it's an English fabric. What do you think Jörg? They just look
wow. Yeah, really really nice so let's continue. [Music] Okay, the curtains
are up and of course we will show you the entire room once it's completed or
well, nearly completed I should say. And now we have to work with these holdbacks
and I think they will look so nice. [Music] Mhm. Now that's better. Yeah.
Yeah. We shortened it or Jörg shortened it. Yeah. It was far too long. [Music] Come on. Our workout for today. Yeah? Yes. Okay? Be careful careful. Yeah. Good. I I don't see anything whatsoever. Okay. Come on.
Good. Yeah? Yeah. And now? Turn? Wait. Yeah. Looks good. So I need to - do you want me to
pull that out? Yes. Okay. Good. Yeah. [Music] It's the next day and the weather is absolutely
miserable so it's actually perfect to work here at home. Last night we had to stop because
it was getting quite late and we had to make dinner. So now we're going to pack away lots of
our books and we're using a a wardrobe that we've had for many years. It's an antique wardrobe
and we had to or we had it repainted. It looks absolutely incredible. You will only see small
bits. We will show you everything towards the end. Now Jörg is a a bit of a history geek. Yes
so - Frederick the Great. Yes. So. The history of the - yeah - Prussian State. Yeah. And you
can have the entire shelf for that. Yeah. I get more. You have so many. And that was also from
your time at university actually. Before we put away this book we just have to show it to
you because it holds very special memories. Yeah we bought it probably 30 years ago at an
exhibition in Munich. While we still lived in Bavaria. Yes. As you can see - yes and it shows
- Frederick the Great. Yes and it shows things Frederick the Great collected. Do you call them in
sniff boxes in English? Yes. I think, I think so. Let me see if I can find some. Yeah because they,
my goodness, I remember so well. Yeah because he was collecting these kind boxes. I was blown away.
Yeah. I'm not that much into him but when I saw his sniff boxes - yeah - my goodness. They were
very beautiful. Oh yes. Look at this but there's also, um, you could also see china and yeah, I
think Meissen, even Meissen China. Yeah. See, no wonder I loved it so much. You can see my passion
started many decades ago and it's still going strong. These are books that Jörg inherited
and we need to go to someone who can just fix them for us because they are quite old but
the covers look amazing. Wow, they are so heavy. [Music] In here is a very big and heavy ginger jar.
And we will put it here where we have have this gorgeous fireplace with the amazing
tiles. So sadly it's no longer working but we will put the the ginger jar
here and I think it will look quite decorative. [Music] Now this is something very very special because we
got it from my parents as a Christmas present last year. And it's an amazing music box. I'll show
you in a second. It's absolutely divine. This is it and we love it so much. It's so special.
It shows, in German it's called 'Maientanz' so it shows the dance into May. Very summary but I
think it looks so gorgeous in this room. And we're currently looking for a glass dome to protect it
from dust and yeah, it's so special. By the way, this is from the Ore Mountains so handmade.
We have this wonderful picture rail here in the room and we will only hang one picture today
because we have to buy more art basically so the picture rail goes along the entire room and
we have these beautiful antique brass hooks. So I have to be very careful. Yeah. It will
look quite empty still but you have to start somewhere. Now that looks good. Yay, at least one picture is up. It's a start. It
is. And it's a gorgeous one so. [Music] Now this corner is still very empty and it's a
little bit embarrassing because there will be two lamps but we have to wait for them because
there's a waiting list so I hope we will get them in about 2 weeks' time. We do have the lamp
shades so just imagine one light here, the other one here. Like this. And we will also put a lot
of family portraits here. We're also waiting for, um, frames so it will take a while but we will
share it with you once we've got it. [Music] Jörg had to go to the recycling centre because it
closes in half an hour so I'm alone and maybe he will be able to join me towards the end of the
video. We will see. Fingers crossed. And I'm so sorry about the light. We have heavy rain today
and it's nearly dark so I have to do the tour like that and I hope it's fine. This cupboard is so
special to us because we bought it at an antique store about 20/25 years ago so it holds special
memories. We've had it at different places. The only thing is that it was a brown colour that we
didn't really like and we were actually thinking of selling it but on the other hand we didn't
want to. So last year I came across an amazing lady. She's called Heidi Roper from Dingley Dell
and it's not sponsored. I shouldn't mention that. So I saw her or her work in in Country Living
Magazine and yeah, she paints furniture and she takes commissions so I got in touch with her and
because we have this wonderful Swedish Mora clock, we thought you know what she can paint it in a
way that just goes perfectly together with the furniture that is to arrive and our Mora clock.
And I must say I couldn't recommend Heidi any more highly because she she was constantly sending
little videos and what her next step would be so it was it was pure joy to work with her so
yeah. And now this looks even more beautiful and amazing and yeah, we love it so much. So
that's the special piece that we bought at an antique store here in the UK last year. We've
always wanted a Mora clock because we used to have a Swedish House in Germany so I don't know
why we didn't have a Mora clock in our Swedish house. We've always wanted one. So we saw this.
It's from the 18th century and looks amazing. And you can see it's painted so it looks so nice
with a cupboard. And yeah, we're so excited to have it. Just pieces that make you smile and
happy. Okay, I completely forgot to tell you that this clock is actually working. It's not working
now but we will make it happen for Christmas and I can't wait. So these are our wonderful curtains
and they are from an English Fabric Brand called Linwood. This is actually from a collection called
The English Garden so it couldn't be more perfect. This is the so-called Hester fabric with green
and pink so pink stripes with a bit of yellow, gold so matches perfectly with our wall colour.
And a very traditional English oakleaf motif. Also with a bit of blue. It looks absolutely
amazing. The quality is amazing. It's linen, it's wonderful. Also the trimming is very
nice. It's from Samuel T Sons and yeah, has blue and a bit of beige in it. So love the
curtains. Really beautiful. This is a corner that we're actually not too sure about although the
chest of drawers is antique. We've had it for ages but we think it could be a little bit bigger so
so maybe we're going to exchange this for a lovely antique cabinet. I don't know if you're following
the YouTube channel Schumacher 1889. The gorgeous fabric and wallpaper brand. And they also do house
tours on the channel and I'm completely obsessed with those. And just recently they introduced a
designer that I didn't know. She's called Heidi Caillier. And I Love Her Style so much. Anyway,
she is in her in her dining room in the video at one point with a gorgeous William Morris wallpaper
and has a an amazing cabinet and above the cabinet she has antique plates and it looks so nice and
yeah, I showed it to Jörg and he said that's beautiful. We could do that here as well. So we
got inspired and maybe we will make that happen. I think it would look amazing in here as well. Okay,
just one art print so far but it's a nice one we think. We bought it at Hemswell Antiques just
about I think two months ago. And that's a limited edition print from an artist called Helen Bradley.
And it just caught our eye because we think it looks so nice in this room and it just makes
you smile because I think in most of her work there's a lady called Miss Carter and she always
wears pink so you can spot her in the pictures right away. This is our new rug that we got from
a website I think it's called Rugvista. It's from India and we think it looks so great because it
picks up all the colours that are in our furniture and also in the curtains so it adds character
and warmth although we are so lucky because we have underfloor heating in this house. So as you
can see a lot of items are still missing but as we said earlier we will definitely share them once
we do the Christmas decorations video and we're probably we probably won't be having a Christmas
tree in here but imagine a lovely Christmas garland here, around the mantelpiece and maybe a
wreath here. This is actually a very old mirror. We've had that for decades and also. I don't
know, I just love sharing our old things. This clock is very old. I think about 30 years old.
We bought it yeah, a very long time ago. And last night Jörg changed the batteries and it's finally
working again so it sometimes feels as if things have just waited for the room you know. I hope
you enjoyed this. Sorry that Jörg is not here. He's still not home from the recycling centre but,
um, yeah we're going to have dinner and just put our feet up and enjoy the rest of the evening so
thank you so much for watching and honestly I hope you you like the room so far. What you've seen so
far. So until next time and take care guys. Bye.
