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Chateau DIY: Living the Dream Episode 1

by Lisa LaCount | May 23, 2023 | Chateau, Chateau DIY, DIY, Escape to the Chateau, Escape to the Chateau, Escape to the Chateau DIY Episode Recap, Escape to the OTHER DIY Château, The Chateau Experience

I don’t know how many of you tuned in on Sunday for the first in the new 8-part series of Channel 4’s Chateau DIY: Living the Dream? In this latest format, each week a recognisable chateau (as showcased on the original series of Chateau DIY), sees a full 45 minutes...

Chateau DIY: Living the Dream

by Lisa LaCount | May 19, 2023 | Chateau, Chateau DIY, Escape to the Chateau, Escape to the Chateau DIY Episode Recap, Escape to the OTHER DIY Château, Living the dream, The Chateau Experience

New 8 part series starting on Sunday 21st May at 8:00 pm on More 4! This spinoff will feature eight one-hour long specials each dedicated to one of the Chateaux owners we all followed on the main series of Chateau DIY. We have all wondered how things have gone for...

May 16th Feast Day of St Honore

by Lisa LaCount | May 16, 2023 | Escape to the OTHER DIY Château, French Food, French Pastries

May 16th Feast Day of St Honore Patron Saint of Bakers! Wikipedia: Saint Honoratus of Amiens (Honoré, sometimes Honorius) (d. 16 January ca. 400) was the seventh bishop of Amiens. According to a legend, when it was known in his hometown that he had been proclaimed...

La Chatelaine of LaLande by Claire Warbeck

by Lisa LaCount | Apr 5, 2023 | 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...

“The Temple of Love” at Chateau Saint Georges

by Lisa LaCount | Apr 5, 2023 | Chateaux Weddings, Escape to the OTHER DIY Château

Ah “The Temple of Love” what thoughts does this name conjure up in your mind? The Greek Goddess Aphrodite gazing adoringly at Zeus on Mount Olympus, or lilting sitar music in Khujaraho India’s Temple of Love? Well you don’t have to go that far, this Temple of...

Once upon a time at Château de Garrevaques

by Lisa LaCount | Apr 5, 2023 | 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...