Firstly I have stairs...................stairs made out of old stone found around the chateau and I am delighted!! I shall be dancing up and...

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.....there you are! Now I can see you all. And my, you all look so beautiful. Have you done something different with yo...

Monsier 'le builder' has his father, Bertrand, with him this week. A tiny little man but who is as strong as an ox and has a cheeky ...

Monsieur le builder, "Floran", is making great progress in joining the old workers cottages through to the 'chateau'. It f...

I am still unpacking some divine old treasures from the chateau attic clearance...................... I could quite happily keep it all......

It`s been one of those weeks! Chaos reigns at the chateau with the building work and I fell off the steps like an idiot and twisted my foot....

Someone recently asked me about the shop I used to own in the UK before we moved to  France - and I managed to find these old photographs......

With such wonderful sunny, spring weather at the moment Monsieur Floran, our builder, is able get so much done - and we have quickly gone fr...

I love discovering a piece of old toile with a pattern I have never seen before. After 28 years of truffling out old French textiles I thoug...

My mum used to say that with every dawn......................... comes a clean slate.......!! As soon as I began truffling through my att...