by Lisa LaCount | Sep 11, 2019 | Activity, Events & Holidays, Chateau, Design, Dick and Angel Strawbridge, Escape to the Chateau, The Chateau Experience
When couples think about getting married in romantic France, their first thoughts are typically for Paris, Provence or the popular Dordogne. It seems that Normandy is often overlooked, yet it has SO much to offer to visitors not the least of which is its proximity...
by Lisa LaCount | Sep 9, 2019 | Chateau, Decoration, Design, Dick and Angel Strawbridge, Escape to the Chateau, French chic, The Chateau Experience
This weekend friends of ours invited us to join them at a local brocante in the lovely town of Aunay-sur-Odon in Norrnandy, which incidentally is the local town to their chateaux! We have been to brocantes before but nothing prepared us for the number of vendors and...
by Stephan LaCount | Sep 4, 2019 | Activity, Events & Holidays, Chateau, Decoration, Design, Dick and Angel Strawbridge, DIY, Escape to the Chateau, French chic, Renovation, Shabby chic, The Chateau Experience
Has the DIY bug bitten you? What is the “maladie” that infects DIYers anyway?? I call it DIYitis and I can personally attest that once you’ve been infected with it, it’s in your system and completely incurable! After watching Dick and Angel Strawbridge in the early...
by Lisa LaCount | Aug 30, 2019 | Activity, Events & Holidays, Chateau, Design, Dick and Angel Strawbridge, Escape to the Chateau, The Chateau Experience
With the advent of Channel 4s fabulous series Escape to the Château and the subsequent Château DIY Dick and Angel Strawbridge have become household names and to a lesser degree so have the DIY Château owners. For those who have not been featured on the series, we...
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...