I feel like the headboard is too straight/ geometric for the graceful tables you picked up, which are gorgeous! I’m hoping the finishing touches tie it together. I’ll be watching to see! Always a joy to watch you videos.

At La Lande, Michael Petherick worked on something with Stephani (long time ago), he showed her to use a gold wax thing...in a little jar...he rubbed his finger in it to get just a bit and then he rubbed lightly around the edges of the applique to give just the slightest definition. Took the project to a whole new level.

Love the colour and trims on the headboard but to be honest, a more decorative fabric complimenting the blue tone would really make it a feature of the room (if that was the idea!).

I think you did a great job with these, and they should be used somewhere, but those elegant tables deserve a headboard that echoes their curves and of the same period. Love your channel!

I think a warmer fabric would work better. I love the wooden cutouts but maybe having them gold may pull it all together a little better. Love your channel.

Maybe you could use the headboard/doors for a cupboard somewhere else if you find a an elegant bed to go with the nightstands eventually.

I think you can do your cut outs in the same golden brass/gold colour, but with a very dry brush on the edges.

I'm afraid the headboard project isnt working as an upgrade. Sorry guys! Perhaps you could deconstruct a couple of large (dark wood) armoires...to create a surround/bedcrown combo, from which lovely fabric could hang. The brass leg fittings are lovely, but the "country blue" paint, the small scale flat embellishments, and the modern white fabric are all out of place.

I like the headboard except the white fabric.

One day when you're visiting a lovely local brocante, the perfect headboard will appear and you'll be able to really highlight that room. Until then, this will do. We all have to make improvements as the budget allows. You're doing a marvelous job though. Thanks for continuing to share your journey with us.

Gilding on the cutouts will connect it more with the lovely furniture.

Sara and Steve I hope you feel much better soon. It was nice of you to post a video even though not at top form. You’re doing a great job and I’m not going to add additional suggestions as you’ve received plenty. Steve your cutouts are very nice. It’s great to have tools that allow this intricate design work. I can imagine in ages gone by people doing carving by hand and how long it was to produce such beautiful work that’s detailed on the side tables and commodes that were of the period. We all have to do what we can based on finances so I have much admiration for you both. Take. Care and thank you. ❤❤❤

I don’t feel the headboards go with the beautiful furniture you bought but they are nice so they might work somewhere else. Maybe with the crown and curtains.

I think the headboard needs to be mounted with a frieze about 10 inches wide with more serpentine appliques like what's on the chests, and a peaked pediment with a keyhole center cut out at the apex. The effect would be more Neoclassical, but with Rococco elements tying it to the chests. I believe the brasses are incompatible with the laser cut appliques, because the appliques are flat and not carved in relief like the brasses. It might make sense to gild the appliques and add linework detail in a thinly painted manor to coordinate more with the brasses, if you must have both on the piece.

Like the headboards painted blue but not sure about the white fabric with circles and wondered about the turquoise blue fabric you picked up and said could make a trim from, if you had enough for the panels the pattern would complement the bedside tables more.

You did ask for our opinions! I do not like saying this after all your hard work but I do feel the fabric on the headboard although lovely is too modern for the gorgeous furniture you have purchased.

This is my Favorite Chateau. Not Too Big, Not too small. Fantastic Staircase! And I Love the Sewing Projects!

I'm jealous that you can just stand out on a stone balcony barefoot and work on DIY projects in the French countryside..😃

Bonjour mes amis. I sure would add a touch of gold to those appliqués, for sure. The gold would give them a more glam look. (my taste of course). They would fit better with the little side desks (again my idea) A château needs some glam LOL. Well done, it looks really good will be so interested to see the final product. Steve, this jam looks delicious and you made me hungry for toast and jam. - Rosalind -

Quince jelly to have with cheese is a classic. The jelly is very set so it cuts in slices. Sadly don’t have a recipe but wish you good luck.

Hello from Texas! I’ve been watching y’all for a while, first at Chateau La Lande! About the furniture gorgeous bedside tables, and the headboard! I love it all, but there is one thing I think that would make it perfect, at least in my eyes, would be to add a bit of golden touch to the cutouts that you added! That would make then pop! And one more suggestion, would be to find some matching trim to the lampshades! I love your show, and both of your personalities are so wonderful, and fun! Keep up the good work!

I like the doors but the white fabric seems to contemporary!

Roast the quince whole in oven till soft, let them cool once tender, then slip skin off and squeeze quince flesh off the core. You can then freeze the pulp and use it when ready I make either jam or quince paste.

I think the two scroll pieces are too small and don't look proportionally balanced with the brass details. I prefer the larger single piece with the brass details. Perhaps you could jujje up the fireplace mirror with those scroll pieces...

You guys are just so clever in all you do. Fig and ginger jam is delicious. I agree about the bit of gold around the edges of trim. Great work on the inserts Sara. 😀👍👍😀

Quinces make absolutely beautiful jelly! Conserve, jam, just stewed and frozen to be used off season to make divine Quince shortcake, Chutney is good too! One of my favourite fruits, very old fashioned and doesn't get the recognition it deserves. They're as hard as concrete, can't be eaten raw, and are a bit tart if not sweetened enough. But they're the most gorgeous pink when cooked, just peel, core and treat them like apples basically, except they take a bit longer to cook. And love the fig jam! Your headboard is very nice, but needs a bit of gold on the cutouts to tie them in more with those gorgeous side tables.

It's going to be beautiful. I have to admit that at first I thought the white on white fabric wasn't the best choice. I wished it were some blue-ish pattern. well you are there and I am here. BUT now I know you'll be using a crown, -- the works -- I trust your creative eye!!! It will be beautiful!

I really like your project. I probably would have painted the scroll pieces gold, to match the furniture. It looks great anyway!

Fig jam and quince jelly, aaah, my all time favourites from childhood. Sadly , birds eat or damage all our figs, even with netting spread over the tree 😢. We'll try again this summer tho. Quince trees are fairly rare these days in NZ, owing to codlin moth which plagued all the trees planted by earlier generations and the comparatively long cooking time. However. New moth resistant varieties are now available, so we may be lucky and come across some. Quince jelly develops the most exquisite jewel toned colour during cooking so the jars of jelly placed on a windowsill with the light coming through them are stunningly decorative. Mmm, my mouth is watering thinking about these treats! ❤

Quince jelly (or membrillo) is delicious with cheese (plenty of recipes on Google). OR peel, quarter and core, put in baking dish with dob of butter, brown sugar and slosh of favourite wine (I use a nice muscat) and bake in oven till soft. Serve with cream or icecream 😋

I always enjoy your maker videos although not sure about the headboard preferred the larger applique piece which would look amazing in antique gold not sure about brass pieces and would prefer a rope trim nothing at the present seems to gell great ideas but needs a bit of tweaking sorry to be so critical but you did ask for comments. Fig jam looks amazing 😊

Isn’t technology grand! What a great tool. Looks lovely, great idea. Just drove through Shelbourne, it’s lovely.

Hi Steve and Sarah, I love your new fancy night stands and the small table( all matching). They are GORGEOUS!! Yes, they are stunning as Steve said! Anyway, I am looking forward to seeing the finish product of the revised headboard!! Elizabeth Goodrich, Texas

Love the bling! It is a Chateau after all 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

That’s amazing creating those designs, Steve! Magic! FYI Matt paint works better on old walls. Matt paint doesn’t show all the imperfections as much as satin. How do I know, I live in an old house with Lath and plaster walls. I think,the fancy wood bits should be in gold. 🇨🇦😁

Here in Switzerland, quince is often made into jam. I've also seen recipes for quince-glazed lamb, quince butter (like apple butter), compote, etc - just google, and I'm sure you'll find dozens of recipes to inspire you! When canning, just remember to wipe off the rim of your jars before sealing - it prevents mould growing on the residue around the lip of the jar.

Hey, we walked up that road yesterday and saw Steve working in the garden. Was going to stay and help but it was such a hot day so we went to the bar instead. Maybe next time! Lots of work for you both there….good luck.

I like the wooden scrolls - adding a bit of gold would be nice. I would prefer a blue patterned fabric to the white, which doesn't match the rest of your work or the room. The blue fabric you had on the sewing desk upstairs seemed like a lovely option.

I suggest some brass or antique gold Rub n Buff on the appliqué. It would bring it all together. ❤

The white material is what's throwing me off it

Love the designs, and the music. Thanks for sharing!!!

Headboard looking good but I think the pale fabric doesn’t do it any favours - if you’re putting a canopy and curtains up wouid look nice to have that fabric in the headboard also ! Jist a thought ! The jam sounds delish ❤

A all cloth tufted headboard would be beautiful with these pieces. The doors no matter what color looks not as classy as they should.

Those night stands are beautiful ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

Beautiful headboard! Just the right amount of glitter🤠❤️. Yummy looking jam.

I would change the white fabric

You can make quince jelly (delicious with cheese). Here in Germany we make a lot quince jam and also quince syrup (to dilute in water for a cool summer drink). Or for a hot water quince, which helps with a sore throat in winter.

I am terribly jealous of the fig tree in your garden! Its huge with so many figs! Figs are so expensive here. My grandma had a fig tree in her garden and i have good memories of that tree. The tree sadly has been cut down now 😢 Enjoy your figs. ❤

Quince are super high in pectin but can also have grainy flesh and are rock hard and therefore difficult to deseed and core. For that reason I usually make quince jelly with them (recipes abound in preserving books and on youtube). Not only is it fragrant and absolutely delicious, it turns an amazing deep pink colour on being cooked. There is also the Spanish wonderment known as membrillo and, again, recipes abound online. I've never been successful making it but the last massive batch I attempted (too dark, too gloopy and too sticky - like something to glue rocket parts together, but delicious) I froze and now use as my secret ingredient each Christmas when I make David Lebovitz's mince meat. But I digress. There are those who do not mind the sometimes grainy texture of the flesh and will put slices of one quince into an apple pie or crisp for that blushing colour and amazing scent. They really do have a wonderful perfume. When I have quince I like to keep them in a big wooden bowl in the middle of the dining table for a while because I like their resemblance to a golden autumn moon, and because they perfume the air whenever I walk by. After years of getting masses of quince from a friend on Salt Spring Island I am now bereft as she's moved back to mainland BC. I have planted my own little quince which currently has 3 baby quince on it. I will not get a decent crop till I'm about 93, but I'll wait that long because they are worth it. You are lucky ducks!

No, it's not too cutie! I really like it. So nice to have some unique hand designed and made by your very talented selves. WCL

I concur with many here-gold on the cut-outs would make it pop and tie into the furniture better. Love the DIY!

Why not try some gold rub and buff on the beautiful wood scrolls you made? I think it would make them pop and look nice with not only the gorgeous brass center piece but with all the trim on the wonderful end tables and chairs.

Also, quince jelly is the best! It also pairs nice with other fruits to give a punch to their jams and jellies. My grandmother used to make a quince-pumpkin spice spread, sort of like apple butter.

Bed head looks great. A big improvement. You can make quince jelly, lovely with cheese or quince paste again great with cheese. In Australia both are used extensively.

The cut outs will look better in the brass color. They are lost in the blue.

Love how talented you both, and I am sure you have a vision for the final outcome. Personal choice but I would have perhaps darkend the tone of the wood with a dark stain, closer to color of side tables, changed the color of the panels to match top of side tables, introduced the blue in the trimming of the panels and done the embelisments in a gold leaf. The graphics and your machine is awesome! ❤

Lovely pattern matching. Wow!

I simply love the creativity you both have and how your skills meld together, resulting in fabulous creations. I do agree with some who say to give the appliques some dimension, because they are so pretty. I can't wait to see the final product. Everytime I see or hear of fig treats I think of fig newtons and start craving them, on the grocery list they go. LOL Have an awesome rest of the week.

Quince jam!!! Most delicious! Great eaten with manchego cheese or any of your favorite cheeses. Yum!

Hello from Ontario , regarding quince, you can make jam or jelly with it. It tastes like a bitter apple until it is made into a jelly and then it’s similar to a chutney. Best of luck with that.❤

Quince jelly or Jam. Figs..yum Fig Jelly for cheese. & Figs with honey pecans & feta. Agree love the headboard upcycled idea, bar the bland white fabric.

Love fig jam. Lucky you to have that tree in your garden.

Great job on the headboards. Beautiful. The jam looks delicious. Enjoyed. Blessings.

Looking great guys! I like the scroll pattern you picked!

Quince and pork, prepare quince that has been peeled and quartered and each quarter cut in half length ways, put in water that has lemon juice added so fruit does not go brown while preparing the rest of the fruit, prepare sliced onions and saute in a little olive oil, remove onions and set aside, in the same oil brown pork that has been cubed to a nice caramel shade add the onion the fruit and enough tomato juice to lightly cover the meat and fruit add pepper and salt for taste and some suger to counteract the tartness if desired, cover the saute pan and continue cooking until fruit and pork are tender. Eat with rice or other side dish of choice. IT IS A VERY DELICIOUS DISH.🍜

Very creative headboard diy! Love the addition of the brass piece in the centre. With all the work creating the scrolls id be tempted to match the goldish brass color to make them pop . It must be so wonderful to walk out into your yard and grab fresh figs ! Yum and the jam ...how devine. Some french cheeses and fig jam on crackers, a lovely festive christmas appetizer lovely.

Perfect you two have very good taste. Both furniture and figs!

I like that you use what you got. I think it looks lovely. Well done love...

Your panels came out beautiful. I think your crown idea will bring it all together.

The headboard looks wonderful. The fig jam too. Well done!

Really like your choices for the bedhead you colberate so well together. Sarah I feel you were keen on the blue chosen and your colour knowledge has been picked up from Steve without you realising it. Quince Jelly can be made, don't have a recipe, just google it and make some Figs In Brandy, very easy and delicious with vanilla ice-cream, yum, they also make an excellent gift with or instead of a bottle of wine. Love It!

I made fig jam with some dried figs. Used fresh squeezed orange juice and lots of orange zest. I'll definitely add candied ginger next time. Agree with all those that suggested burnished gold.

In Australia we have a famous cook who brings out a line of gourmet foods and one of her most popular things is quince paste. Made specifically for cheese boards. It’s delicious with a mature bitey cheese like aged cheddar. Her name is Maggie Beer.

The color of the headboard is perfect with the chairs! Nicely done! If you can't process all the figs into jam at one time, put them into ziplock bags and into the freezer, whole, and make jam in the winter. Works perfectly well. Try putting lots of thinly sliced lemon into the jam (with the rind) as it cooks. Wonderful! I've never made quince jam, but a friend of my mother did, and my mother said it was absolutely the most delicious jam she'd ever had. Give that a try too!

I made jelly everyone liked it and a jam cutting them is hard work but worth it good luck ❤❤❤

So far, I love the headboard upgrade! Elizabeth Goodrich, Texas

Headboard is lovely. Looking forward to the final reveal. Quince Jelly!!

The headboard turned out very niceky! Jam! 😊❤

👏👏👏👏 looks brilliant.

Love it!

Quince pies! I’m so jealous of the figs. ❤

Quince jelly. It’s delicious with cheese as well as roast pork.

I would suggest antiquing all of the headboard and taking out the white fabric and putting more padding on it so it poofs out slightly 0:01 and a more luxurious fabric, possibly a velvet or William morris fabric would be lovely. You could also distress and add gilding to the edging and trim.

Try baking your quinces, recipes on line, with cinnamon,honey, cloves, orange and lemon etc. It's my favourite thing in the world to eat and smells amazing while it's cooking. They have a tang still but you can adjust the sugar and honey to suit. I add a bit more liquid as the syrup really makes it.

Excellent Video. Haven't been on You tube in awhile Great to see you still creating & collaborating. .

In Catalonia its traditional to make Gelea de Codony, which is like a set jelly with the quinces (codonyat). Its thick so you can slice it, It is usually eaten with cheese. Its really yum! you should try it!

Wonderful job and I love figs 🥰

I want to make jam too ! Love the headboard , looking forward to next video.

Quince jelly - roughly chop fruit dont peel & include seeds & all. Then boil for about 3 hours till fruit is soft then strain through muslin overnight next day add about equal amount of sugar & juice of a lemon & cook until it thickens to a beautiful pink jelly. Jar it up & you will have quince jelly

You’ve done a wonderful effort to the doors. l love that you make your own decorations, and your not too perfect in your work. 😀

Yes in Spain they make a Quince jelly called Monbrillo. It is quite stiff so you can cut in slices. Lovely in an apple pie!

Both the bed head and fig jam are a huge success.❤❤

I have lovely memories of stuffing myself with fig jam in the garden in a gorgeous house near Beirut! Figs are my favorite food, I could live on figs and avocados !

Fig jam with ginger yum.👍😋❤️🙂

Quince and walnut preserve, yum

I think the door is a lovely colour and the panels are different and why not looks nice and the fabric is lovely.

Have you considered putting a little gold highlights on the cutouts? Might blend with the furniture

What fun creating the headboard, guys! You both make such a good team. Yum, fig & ginger jam! I love to make ginger chutney which seems to last aaaages in the fridge! You could make fig and feta pizza, sprinkled with rocket. Yum 😋 Make quince jelly, Steve! Love Jacqueline from New Zealand

Quince jam or jelly a great engligh tradition with fruit cake and Wensleydale cheese yum my mother in law and both grand mothers made this I miss it terribly

Save the brass pieces for another project. Steve's cut-out wood pieces are plenty