by Lisa LaCount | Aug 25, 2019 | Activity, Events & Holidays, Chateau, Chateaux Weddings, Decoration, Design, Dick and Angel Strawbridge, Escape to the Chateau, French chic, The Chateau Experience
Right across the English Channel is the beautiful area of Swiss Normandy. Easily accessed by ferry to Ouistreham it only takes 45 minutes by car to arrive at Clécy, the capital of the region. Clécy has a population of just over 1200 people and offers tourists a wide...
by Lisa LaCount | Aug 23, 2019 | Chateau, Decoration, Design, Escape to the Chateau, French chic
Dick and Angel Strawbridge, stars of Channel 4 Escape to the Château and Escape to the Château DIY, have created a heretofore overlooked French lifestyle option. To own a Château was for most of us an impossible dream only achievable by the rich and famous. They...
by Lisa LaCount | Aug 17, 2019 | Decoration, Design, DIY, Escape to the Chateau
As you all know I LOVE chandeliers and apparently vintage chandeliers are becoming tricky to find. This may be due in part to Dick and Angel as well as the Escape to the Chateau DIYers who are snapping up the bargains at the local brocante. Did you know that not all...
by Lisa LaCount | Aug 9, 2019 | Activity, Events & Holidays, Chateau, Chateaux Weddings, Decoration, Design, The Chateau Experience
Finding someone to marry you in France, no not literally (thought not a bad idea)! I mean sourcing someone to officiate the wedding proceedings! First step in the process is to get the necessary documents together, and some departments may even required these to be...
by Stephan LaCount | Aug 2, 2019 | Activity, Events & Holidays, Chateau, Decoration, Design, Dick and Angel Strawbridge, The Chateau Experience
Forest Gump said that life is like a box of chocolates, and that certainly holds true with French châteaux – they are as just as varied as a box of Godiva and vive la différence! You may be planning a visit France to enjoy a memorable château experience; so as...
by Stephan LaCount | Jul 31, 2019 | Activity, Events & Holidays, Chateau, Decoration, Design, Dick and Angel Strawbridge, Escape to the Chateau, The Chateau Experience
Last Saturday, Lisa was waiting to pay at the supermarket (OK, it was Lidl) behind a couple checking out. The cashier requested their bank card for payment (it was a Bank Cards only checkout line) and the lady had intended to pay cash – she had a bank card but...