by Lisa LaCount | Oct 21, 2022 | Chateau, Chateau DIY, Chateaux Weddings, Decoration, Escape to the Chateau, Escape to the Chateau DIY Episode Recap, Escape to the OTHER DIY Château, Event
Chris and Jolyon are amongst the latest chatelains you have seen on the recent series of Château DIY. They met whilst working for the Foreign Office in 2008 and discovered their mutual lifetime dream of owning a Château.. In pursuit of the Château experience they...
by Lisa LaCount | Oct 18, 2022 | Chateau, Chateau DIY, Chateaux Weddings, Decoration, Escape to the Chateau, Escape to the Chateau, Escape to the Chateau DIY Episode Recap, Escape to the OTHER DIY Château, The Chateau Experience
“Once upon a time…there was a girl who lived in a pink castle surrounded by sunflower fields. Under the summer trees, near the winter chimney, her grandmother’s gentle voice uttered stories from the castle’s past.” That little girl? It’s me! I am Caroline, the...
by Lisa LaCount | Oct 13, 2022 | Covid 19, Dick and Angel Strawbridge, Escape to the Chateau DIY Episode Recap, Escape to the OTHER DIY Château
A Daily Mail article revealed the devastating effect that Covid 19 had on the chateaux for sale market, positive for buyers not so for the sellers. The lockdown in France forced many aristocrats who potentially have had the property in the family for centuries, and...
by Lisa LaCount | Oct 12, 2022 | Chateau DIY, Escape to the Chateau DIY Episode Recap, Living in France, The Chateau Experience
Rennes le Château though small, with a population of just 70 inhabitants, has been known for decades throughout France and beyond as boasting one of our greatest legends and arguably the inspiration for Dan Brown’s Da Vinci Code. Accessed via a narrow road you...
by Lisa LaCount | Oct 11, 2022 | Dick and Angel Strawbridge, Escape to the Chateau DIY Episode Recap, Escape to the OTHER DIY Château
The talented artist Claire Warback has been busy and I believe she has found her new career. You recall her recent portraits of Angel and Dick, well here’s her latest – The Chatelaine of Chateau de Lalande, the glamorous Stephanie. Claire has the unique ability...