A Touch of Magic in a Little Yorkshire Cottage — Transcript

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1. 0:18Hello from Pocket Cottage. A rather
2. 0:21sweet name for a rather small house,
3. 0:23don't you think? We are in Stillington,
4. 0:25a small and very charming village in
5. 0:27North Yorkshire.
6. 0:29Pocket Cottage is a Georgian cottage
7. 0:31dating back to 1746
8. 0:34right on the village high street.
9. 0:36It's quite something to think about how
10. 0:38much this little house must have seen
11. 0:41over the centuries and how many
12. 0:43generations have called it home.
13. 0:45But what makes Pocket Cottage
14. 0:47particularly special is what lies behind
15. 0:50its front door. Okay, come on in.
16. 0:53I'll show you everything and I think you
17. 0:56will really, really love it because we
18. 0:59do.
19. 1:00This is very, very British to have like
20. 1:04a curtain
21. 1:05in front of the door because
22. 1:09it just helps to keep the cottage warm.
23. 1:12Welcome to the sitting room
24. 1:15slash dining room all in one because
25. 1:18it's such a tiny cottage.
26. 1:20The name Pocket Cottage does do it
27. 1:23justice. It's almost like a doll's
28. 1:25house, so adorable, but
29. 1:29we love it so much and
30. 1:32as mentioned, this house dates back to
31. 1:341746
32. 1:36so it's Georgian and what you can see
33. 1:38here
34. 1:39is the original inglenook.
35. 1:43It makes it so characterful, also the
36. 1:45low ceilings.
37. 1:47It has to be like that and
38. 1:51well, we have a wood burner here
39. 1:54and
40. 1:57the cottage is very colourful, playful
41. 2:00like doll's house come to life.
42. 2:04So, where to start? Well, the colour
43. 2:07here
44. 2:09I don't know if you can see it. It's a
45. 2:11very
46. 2:13dusty pink and that's Edward Bulmer
47. 2:17Jonquil.
48. 2:20We love Edward Bulmer, so
49. 2:23I think they have such amazing colours
50. 2:26and plastic free. We can really
51. 2:28recommend them.
52. 2:30This banquette, I think
53. 2:32it makes such great use of the
54. 2:36of the space.
55. 2:38See?
56. 2:40And
57. 2:41also here
58. 2:45the original wood.
59. 2:47I really love the curtains and the
60. 2:49blinds.
61. 2:51They are vintage, so I don't know the
62. 2:54brand.
63. 2:56It could be Colefax and Fowler,
64. 2:59but it's beautiful. I love a floral
65. 3:01fabric because to me
66. 3:04it's so quintessentially British and
67. 3:07this here is something I
68. 3:09really love as well.
69. 3:11Look at this leopard fabric. This is
70. 3:14vintage Colefax and Fowler.
71. 3:17Isn't it great?
72. 3:19I just can't get over the banquette
73. 3:21because
74. 3:23it's almost like you are in a pub, but
75. 3:28it's a in a cottage and
76. 3:31I love that.
77. 3:33Throughout the cottage you see a mix of
78. 3:35old and new, which I always love.
79. 3:39All the blankets are vintage and this
80. 3:41here is a favourite of mine.
81. 3:45And well, you know what? I will tell you
82. 3:48in the next room
83. 3:51about this pattern here because it's
84. 3:54something I discovered recently.
85. 3:58The next room is my favourite.
86. 4:02A doll's kitchen come to life literally.
87. 4:06Look at this.
88. 4:10This is the tiniest kitchen and it
89. 4:13almost feels
90. 4:15like a pantry, but it is a kitchen and
91. 4:18it's so beautiful. And actually,
92. 4:23this is my favorite fabric. It's vintage
93. 4:27and actually,
94. 4:30it started the entire theme here
95. 4:34for the downstairs.
96. 4:38So also here
97. 4:40on the walls is Jonquil.
98. 4:44But my favorite bit is the color of the
99. 4:46kitchen. See it's yellow and this is
100. 4:48Farrow & Ball Babouche. I love
101. 4:52I just love a yellow kitchen.
102. 4:55And look at the floor. So the
103. 4:57checkerboard floor is hand painted.
104. 5:01See
105. 5:02this is
106. 5:03they are Farrow & Ball colors
107. 5:05and I think it works so well with the
108. 5:07yellow.
109. 5:10Isn't this just adorable?
110. 5:15And throughout the cottage are hand
111. 5:18painted details and all of the colors
112. 5:21are little green colors.
113. 5:24Look at this. Isn't this
114. 5:26beautiful? See I actually forgot to show
115. 5:30you this. So before you enter the
116. 5:31kitchen,
117. 5:33another hand painted detail.
118. 5:37And this kitchen is tiny, but
119. 5:41we have a big range cooker.
120. 5:44We have a dishwasher,
121. 5:47a microwave.
122. 5:51And I just love
123. 5:53all the details.
124. 5:55All the lights makes it so incredibly
125. 5:59cozy.
126. 6:02It's such a cozy
127. 6:04and
128. 6:06so
129. 6:07this is the fridge.
130. 6:10Very small.
131. 6:12You know what? I just think that
132. 6:16this dusty
133. 6:18pink works so well with yellow.
134. 6:22It looks absolutely beautiful.
135. 6:26And
136. 6:27behind the kitchen lies the garden room
137. 6:30that is such a highlight.
138. 6:36Hi Young.
139. 6:38>> Hello.
140. 6:39>> So
141. 6:40we have a garden room, a very tiny one,
142. 6:44but look at this.
143. 6:49I love this. Behind the garden room
144. 6:52is the small courtyard,
145. 6:55but look at this.
146. 6:57Okay, it's so hard to film because
147. 7:00everything is so tiny.
148. 7:03And this here
149. 7:05is vintage Laura Ashley, a rose bud
150. 7:08fabric which I love so much.
151. 7:15Look at this.
152. 7:18This is a lamp.
153. 7:20Reminds me of Beatrix Potter.
154. 7:23So this is a fabric
155. 7:26by a brand that I have come across very
156. 7:29recently.
157. 7:31I showed you the pillow in the sitting
158. 7:34room. This is called sporty stripe.
159. 7:37Okay, Ottoline is an amazing Dutch brand
160. 7:40based in London, founded by Ottoline de
161. 7:44Vries.
162. 7:45Not 100% sure about the pronunciation,
163. 7:48but her style is incredibly playful and
164. 7:51colorful and well, if you don't know
165. 7:54her, I will put the link down below in
166. 7:56the info box and
167. 7:58also other links like
168. 8:00wall colors and fabrics. So if you want
169. 8:04to know more, check out the info box
170. 8:06below the
171. 8:08But this to me
172. 8:10is so unexpected to have a garden room
173. 8:15in such a tiny cottage.
174. 8:19I just hope you like it because we
175. 8:21absolutely adore it.
176. 8:26The yellow just makes me happy.
177. 8:30And to even have
178. 8:32quite a lot of worktop considering
179. 8:36this tiny space.
180. 8:39It's just adorable.
181. 8:42York decided to sit by the fire because
182. 8:44he just likes it.
183. 8:47He likes to be very hot.
184. 8:50And I nearly forgot to show you
185. 8:53something. This here
186. 8:58is the laundry room.
187. 8:59Look at this.
188. 9:02There's even space for a washing
189. 9:04machine.
190. 9:05And I nearly forgot to show you
191. 9:07something else. I think you will love
192. 9:09it.
193. 9:10Look. This here is our cottage mouse
194. 9:13called Minnie.
195. 9:14Well,
196. 9:15it's not real, but I love it.
197. 10:27>> Let's go upstairs and yes, this is the
198. 10:30door that brings you upstairs. I know
199. 10:34it's so deceiving.
200. 10:39Very narrow and well, before I go
201. 10:43upstairs,
202. 10:45look here.
203. 10:46More gorgeous hand painted details.
204. 10:51Look at this. Isn't that beautiful?
205. 10:59Um
206. 11:00okay, where to start? Well, first of
207. 11:03all,
208. 11:06this here is another
209. 11:08gorgeous
210. 11:10antique fabric and actually
211. 11:14we have
212. 11:16our clothes hanging here and
213. 11:20you know what?
214. 11:24It is
215. 11:25plenty of space.
216. 11:27So this here
217. 11:29is the same
218. 11:31vintage fabric
219. 11:32as this one.
220. 11:35I love it so much. Let's go into the
221. 11:38small bedroom first
222. 11:41and see so many details.
223. 11:47So this is the small bedroom,
224. 11:50but
225. 11:52I love it.
226. 11:55It's a great color scheme, a very
227. 11:59pale blue on the walls
228. 12:02and
229. 12:03this fabric here is beautiful.
230. 12:07This is a GP & J Baker fabric. I love GP
231. 12:10& and Baker and it's called Caspian.
232. 12:13As you can see,
233. 12:15Persian park scenes.
234. 12:18How beautiful.
235. 12:25So hard
236. 12:26to film in these small spots, but
237. 12:29I love it.
238. 12:30And see,
239. 12:31also here, the very same fabric.
240. 12:35It looks great on a chair, doesn't it?
241. 12:43I think,
242. 12:44actually, for the size of the cottage,
243. 12:48it's a great bedroom.
244. 12:54So I really hope you like it.
245. 12:58And
246. 12:59another favorite of mine, be happy.
247. 13:02It's beautiful.
248. 13:05See,
249. 13:06another
250. 13:08vintage blanket.
251. 13:11Getting out of the bedroom
252. 13:13is somewhat challenging because
253. 13:17as you can see, we have the
254. 13:19staircase right here. So
255. 13:22through here is the bigger bedroom,
256. 13:27which feels so airy and spacious. It's
257. 13:31not big, but it feels quite big, if that
258. 13:34makes sense. And
259. 13:37it has a little bit of a
260. 13:41wild west feeling
261. 13:44because, well,
262. 13:46because of the pictures,
263. 13:48and then
264. 13:49also because of the headboard.
265. 13:52It's a bit of a
266. 13:54tribal fabric,
267. 13:56which I really, really love.
268. 13:58And what makes this room a bit
269. 14:03almost
270. 14:04I think it gives it a bit of an American
271. 14:06feel
272. 14:08because the entire room is
273. 14:11Well, it has paneling
274. 14:14also
275. 14:15on the ceiling.
276. 14:18And the ceilings are quite high.
277. 14:24I love this bedroom.
278. 14:27See?
279. 14:28Some antiques here.
280. 14:34I think it's really great and also
281. 14:37the big window. So
282. 14:40it's very bright in here.
283. 14:43I completely forgot to show you
284. 14:45something
285. 14:46because this cottage is obviously
286. 14:48listed. Because it's so old, you are not
287. 14:52allowed to change the windows.
288. 14:54But what we do here in the UK is like we
289. 15:00attach
290. 15:01like a secondary window, if you can call
291. 15:04it that. And then
292. 15:07you can keep out the draft, if that
293. 15:09makes sense. So yeah, that's a solution
294. 15:12to work with here in the UK. This room
295. 15:14is really great, isn't it?
296. 15:18And I think the high ceilings
297. 15:22just give it a different feel.
298. 15:25And now
299. 15:27you need to see
300. 15:30the bathroom because that's really nice
301. 15:33too.
302. 15:34Small but lovely.
303. 15:41Look at this. This is the bathroom.
304. 15:45Yellow, black and white
305. 15:47to me very timeless. And
306. 15:50this yellow
307. 15:52is a yellow that I love so much. It's
308. 15:55from Farrow Ball called called, sorry,
309. 15:58Sudbury Yellow.
310. 16:01And
311. 16:02I love it with the tiles.
312. 16:06It's beautiful. It's such a tiny
313. 16:08bathroom
314. 16:10but I think it's very elegant
315. 16:14still.
316. 16:16Hand painted details.
317. 16:19This is something that I really enjoy
318. 16:21showing on our channel. You don't need a
319. 16:23big space to make it
320. 16:25beautiful. You can see what you can
321. 16:27achieve.
322. 16:29It's stunning and adorable. Well, I
323. 16:32still need to show you the courtyard.
324. 16:34It's very tiny and
325. 16:36you can't really sit outside now, but
326. 16:39still.
327. 16:41Okay.
328. 16:43This is the courtyard. Oh, no, it's
329. 16:46still raining. Well,
330. 16:49I have to be quick.
331. 16:52So, as you can see, you can sit here
332. 16:55with four people.
333. 16:58We have a barbecue grill.
334. 17:05It's a great size. Honestly, it really
335. 17:07is. So,
336. 17:10this is the view from here and I need to
337. 17:13go back inside because it's raining.
338. 17:16Sorry about that.
339. 17:18We always get
340. 17:20a lot of comments whether you can hear
341. 17:22the neighbors because
342. 17:26in the UK
343. 17:27lots of cottages are terraced cottages,
344. 17:30Victorian terraced houses.
345. 17:33You can't hear a thing here
346. 17:35because I think the cottage is so old.
347. 17:38The walls are very thick and that's
348. 17:41great. We can't hear a thing.
349. 18:09There's another interesting fact about
350. 18:11Stillington, so the village that we are
351. 18:14in.
352. 18:15Laurence Sterne
353. 18:17used to live here and he was the here.
354. 18:20So the Anglo-Irish
355. 18:23writer and clergyman, he wrote I never
356. 18:26read it, I must admit,
357. 18:28The Life and Opinions of Tristram
358. 18:31Shandy, and he was the vicar here in the
359. 18:33local church for quite some time. I
360. 18:36think for more than 20 years.
361. 18:38And later he moved to Shandy Hall in
362. 18:41Coxwold. It's very nearby. We went there
363. 18:44last year, filmed it for YouTube. We
364. 18:47stumbled upon it by accident. It's such
365. 18:49a lovely village, so I will link that
366. 18:51for you as well.
367. 19:19We're currently going for a little walk
368. 19:22here in Stillington. It's raining,
369. 19:25but um we just want to have a look
370. 19:28around. And tomorrow is Remembrance
371. 19:31Sunday, which is why you see these
372. 19:33poppies everywhere.
373. 19:35>> Yes, and it's a remembrance of, let's
374. 19:37say the
375. 19:38yeah, soldiers who gave their lives for
376. 19:40yeah, for king, country,
377. 19:42>> Mhm.
378. 19:42>> and so that we can live in peace.
379. 19:44>> Yes, and
380. 19:45the maybe if you don't know it, the
381. 19:48symbol of the red poppy is
382. 19:51>> yeah, dates to the poppies on the fields
383. 19:52of Flanders.
384. 19:53>> Yes, and
385. 19:55it's a very important day here.
386. 19:58>> and I'm always moved very much.
387. 20:00>> Me too. Me too.
388. 20:01>> Especially because I I served.
389. 20:03>> Yes.
390. 20:18So
391. 20:19opposite St. Nicholas Church
392. 20:21is the post office and a village store.
393. 20:25Next to it,
394. 20:27is a cottage that's probably currently
395. 20:30being refurbished. There are beautiful
396. 20:33cottages throughout the village.
397. 20:35>> Oh, yeah.
398. 20:36>> How about this one?
399. 20:37That would be nice.
400. 20:39>> That would be a dream.
401. 20:43>> Let's see. There's a library
402. 20:47in a telephone booth.
403. 20:55Okay.
404. 20:56It's quite full, isn't it?
405. 20:58>> Yeah.
406. 20:59>> Wow.
407. 21:04Actually, I see these more and more in
408. 21:06Germany as well. They do it there as
409. 21:08well.
410. 21:08>> I mean, it's a very good idea.
411. 21:10>> Does anything take your fancy? I don't
412. 21:12know.
413. 21:13>> Interestingly,
414. 21:14>> John Grisham.
415. 21:15>> Not bad.
416. 21:17That might be interesting.
417. 21:22It's a Japanese offer.
418. 21:24>> Oh, yeah.
419. 21:26That's true.
420. 21:28Okay. Next to the telephone booth
421. 21:32is Stillington's primary school and
422. 21:35nursery.
423. 21:36Just wanted to show you the building.
424. 21:49Yag really loves this one here on the
425. 21:51left hand side. And the right
426. 21:54the right one is gorgeous as well. And
427. 21:56you know what? It's November and look at
428. 21:59the roses. The roses are still in bloom.
429. 22:02>> Yeah.
430. 22:03>> Gorgeous.
431. 22:04>> Mm.
432. 22:46>> It's definitely a baby sink, but suits
433. 22:48this cottage.
434. 22:54>> Mm, looks good.
435. 22:56>> Oh, yes, it does.
436. 22:58Yuck.
437. 23:00This looks so good.
438. 23:02The cheese has the perfect
439. 23:04>> Colour.
440. 23:05I know.
441. 23:07>> Fake shepherd's pie?
442. 23:09>> With green beans and
443. 23:11yeah, cauliflower.
444. 23:13>> I mean
445. 23:14>> Well done.
446. 23:16Chef yeah.
447. 23:17>> Yeah.
448. 23:18>> Thank you.
449. 23:19>> Bon appétit.
450. 23:26>> Mm.
451. 23:29Mm.
452. 23:32Good.
453. 23:41It's a night to celebrate.
454. 23:43>> Yes. It's Bonfire Night.
455. 23:45>> Mhm. So, we've never shared it on our
456. 23:47channel, but it's such a British
457. 23:50tradition, so
458. 23:51>> Yes.
459. 23:51>> on November 5th,
460. 23:53but today is actually November 7th. So,
461. 23:56November 5th
462. 23:58>> Yeah.
463. 23:58>> 1604
464. 24:00>> Yes, since no, they put it like that.
465. 24:02Since November 5th, 1605
466. 24:04>> Yes.
467. 24:05>> we have Bonfire Night.
468. 24:06>> Yes.
469. 24:06>> And it remembers the failed
470. 24:08assassination of the king when he was
471. 24:11visiting the Parliament a year before.
472. 24:13>> Yes, King King James I.
473. 24:15>> King James, yes.
474. 24:16>> So, Guy Fawkes and his
475. 24:19how do you say
476. 24:20other conspirators?
477. 24:22>> conspirators, yeah, tried to blow up
478. 24:24Westminster Parliament.
479. 24:25>> They failed.
480. 24:27And
481. 24:28we celebrate yeah.
482. 24:30>> because that wasn't the bonfire.
483. 24:32Yeah, we have a bonfire now.
484. 24:34>> Can you imagine? They celebrate this.
485. 24:36>> Yes, they celebrate that it didn't
486. 24:38happen because the king was saved.
487. 24:41>> That's true.
488. 24:42>> Yeah.
489. 24:42>> Yes. So, let's have a look here in
490. 24:45Stillington.
491. 24:46Guys, we have the worst weather.
492. 24:50But, um yeah.
493. 24:53We are in the UK. It's fine.
494. 24:59This is going to be huge.
495. 25:01>> Oh.
496. 25:08>> Oh my gosh, it's so hot.
497. 25:11>> Yeah.
498. 25:13Keeps you warm.
499. 25:16>> This is huge, huge.
500. 25:18>> Yeah, very hot.
501. 25:19>> I had to move away because it's
502. 25:22it's so warm here.
503. 25:24I don't know the English word for it.
504. 25:27But, in German we have some kind of
505. 25:29music which is called
506. 25:33from here it sounds like it.
507. 25:35>> Yeah.
508. 25:36>> But, it's not.
509. 25:39>> I don't know.
510. 25:39>> like
511. 25:40music that you would hear in Bavaria.
512. 25:57>> Really good.
513. 25:59>> Reminds me of New Year's Eve.
514. 26:01>> Yes.
515. 26:02Ho Schno Ja.
516. 26:04>> It's bad luck.
517. 26:05>> Yeah.
518. 26:17Schön. Let's come again.
519. 26:28>> had a fate.
520. 26:30This to me
521. 26:31>> was like New Year's Eve.
522. 26:32>> Yeah.
523. 26:33Was a bit like yeah, New Year.
524. 26:35>> Exactly. This is what we have in
525. 26:36Germany, but it's not a thing in the UK.
526. 26:39So this for me
527. 26:40>> Yes.
528. 26:41>> Guy Fawkes is
529. 26:43>> Yeah, it's like New Year's Eve.
530. 26:44That's why I said
531. 26:46It was good. It was fun.
532. 27:21Good morning.
533. 27:22>> Good morning.
534. 27:23>> So we came to a very tiny village in the
535. 27:26North Yorkshire Moors National Park.
536. 27:29>> Hutton le Hole.
537. 27:30>> Yes. We've never been
538. 27:32and it looks very nice.
539. 27:33>> Yeah.
540. 27:34>> And it just
541. 27:37crossed my mind while Jörg is called
542. 27:41sausage roll.
543. 27:42>> Yeah.
544. 27:42>> So that's his second name
545. 27:44as a German.
546. 27:46>> Yeah, Jörg sausage roll Wick.
547. 27:48>> My name is
548. 27:51>> I don't know.
549. 27:51>> Mrs. T
550. 27:53because I love tea. So we passed our
551. 27:57British citizenship
552. 27:59tests and if we don't
553. 28:02get the citizenship because
554. 28:05of that
555. 28:05>> Yeah.
556. 28:06>> I don't know what's happening in this
557. 28:08country.
558. 28:09>> We'll see.
559. 28:10>> We are quite British I think. We have
560. 28:12become quite British.
561. 28:14It looks like such a nice village,
562. 28:16doesn't it?
563. 28:17>> Very nice.
564. 28:18>> So most of the cottages were built
565. 28:20between 1650
566. 28:23and 1750.
567. 28:27And
568. 28:28I find it so picturesque with the
569. 28:31stream in just in the middle of the
570. 28:34village.
571. 28:36Running through the village. It's
572. 28:38gorgeous.
573. 29:14No sausage roll for Yuck.
574. 29:19Mr. Sausage Roll
575. 29:21has a cappuccino.
576. 29:22>> Yeah, because they had no sausage rolls.
577. 29:25>> And so I mean as you can see we went
578. 29:29to a tea room here in Hatton Le Hole and
579. 29:32this is
580. 29:33Banoffee cake.
581. 29:36Mrs. T has tea.
582. 29:38>> Yeah.
583. 29:42Very hot one.
584. 30:13>> It's very simple church but
585. 30:17quiet and peaceful.
586. 30:19Do you want to know my favorite thing
587. 30:21about Hatton Le Hole?
588. 30:23She walk around freely in the village.
589. 30:27It's so beautiful.
590. 30:48>> We're back at the cottage
591. 30:50and before we leave
592. 30:53we want to have a cup of tea
593. 30:55and a nice fire.
594. 31:05I love this tea, High Grove loose leaf
595. 31:07tea
596. 31:09and
597. 31:10I would like to buy a refill at the High
598. 31:13Grove shop but they only sell the entire
599. 31:17tin. So what we do is
600. 31:20we just fill it up
601. 31:22with other Earl Grey tea.
602. 31:25I just love Earl Grey.
603. 31:33>> Mm, my favourite German treat.
604. 31:36>> So it's not Well
605. 31:39we are very careful because we don't
606. 31:42want to spoil Christmas for us.
607. 31:44>> Yeah.
608. 31:44>> But we saw these
609. 31:47because I don't have these.
610. 31:51Well you saw them at Lidl.
611. 31:53>> Yeah.
612. 31:54Lebkuchen, gingerbread rounds.
613. 31:56Oh, they're delicious.
614. 31:58I just love them.
615. 31:59Oh.
616. 32:05Do you know
617. 32:06this makes me nostalgic.
618. 32:09When I see these
619. 32:11it brings me back right to my childhood.
620. 32:13>> grandma had these.
621. 32:14>> My my parents, we had those at home.
622. 32:17>> you used them for dessert.
623. 32:19>> But very simple desserts for like
624. 32:23apricots in a tin or not apricots um
625. 32:28>> Peaches.
626. 32:29>> Peaches.
627. 32:30Peaches in hand
628. 32:32with some cream with with cream.
629. 32:34>> Yes.
630. 32:36We discovered something in the shop and
631. 32:39this is
632. 32:41almond flour and it's Italian.
633. 32:44How do you pronounce it?
634. 32:48Maybe. I don't know.
635. 33:06>> We have to leave.
636. 33:08>> Yes. It's Sunday evening and we have to
637. 33:11go home.
638. 33:11>> Yes. We love this cottage. Um
639. 33:15it's so lovingly done, isn't it?
640. 33:18>> It's so cozy.
641. 33:19>> Yes. I will I don't know. I have fallen
642. 33:23in love with the tiniest kitchen ever.
643. 33:25>> Yeah.
644. 33:26>> But um
645. 33:26>> I'm sure when you're at home you will
646. 33:28love our kitchen again.
647. 33:29>> I will probably appreciate it even more
648. 33:32to have more space. So we hope you like
649. 33:35this video.
650. 33:36Thank you so much for watching and as
651. 33:39always we'll see you again very soon.
652. 33:41Until next time. Bye.
653. 33:43Bye.
654. 33:44>> Bye bye.