This sweet old farmhouse has just come up for sale close by. The old owner was born there and so was her mother and grandmother before...

As if I ever need an excuse to fuel my addiction for Venice!! I have just discovered this press piece. Oooooooooooh la la!  The Cafe F...

Just a few of the treats truffled this week!! Zinc panels from a chateau roof. A huge handworked Toile quilt. A...

Mes belles, We left at 4am yesterday morning for a huge brocante......................and got back at 11pm last night in a crumple...

I have just been glued to the television for first episode of the new period drama The Paradise................ Was I glued to the p...

Brace yourselves mes belles!  Today we are going to be ramonaged!  No luxury of having town gas or central heating for us marsh dwellers...

I did tell you not to leave me unsupervised as I would start fiddling didn`t I? The old pig pen attached to the house is fast be...

Pssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssst.......phew........... so I have deflated and I am over it. I think it was the lovely comments of support a...

'Madame Chateau' storms onto her blogsite - furious and breathing fire!!! She kicks the chair, grinds her teeth and swears...

I found this wonderful old Paris advertisement today for the GRANDE MAISON DE BLANC.... Dowry linens and trousseaux linens woven to ...