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 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 | Sep 27, 2022 | Chateau, Chateau DIY, Escape to the Chateau DIY Episode Recap, Escape to the OTHER DIY Château, Event, Living in France
Mark your calendars for October 22nd and (in some chateaux) October 23rd for the 4th Nuit des Chateaux which began in 2019! This is the 4th time that this event has taken place in France, (as well as on a much smaller scale in Belgium, Switzerland, Spain, Belgium and...
by Lisa LaCount | Sep 22, 2022 | Chateau, Chateau DIY, Escape to the Chateau, Living the dream, Renovation, The Chateau Experience
I saw some comments recently on FaceBook about how the Chateau owners recently featured on Escape to the Chateau DIY have progressed with their renovations, so I did a bit of research. Let’s start with Le Fleur which is located in Gonneville-sur-Honfleur, Normandy,...
by Lisa LaCount | Sep 20, 2022 | Chateau, Chateau DIY, Dick and Angel Strawbridge, Escape to the Chateau
Meet the talented self taught artist Keith Boldy, aged 74. Keith began his career owning a company which produced school uniforms, which he did for 30 years. In 2009, after he retired, Keith picked up drawing as a hobby, quite by accident. He was on a cruise ship...
