HeyJaredOnce Upon a Castle
An American in the French countryside, restoring a centuries-old château and writing the real story, from renovation decisions to culture shock, with a little magic at the edges.
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The 11 People Who Shouldn’t Move to France (I’m Three of Them) (opens the original)
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Almost everything written about moving to France is, essentially, an advertisement.I know this because I’m one of those people who writes about it. I have personally published articles about bluebells and four-course school lunches and a man who refills your wine glass without you ever catching him doing it, and every one of those things was true, but there are other parts of living in France that aren’t always ‘on the brochure,’ so to speak.I can see how an article on ‘11 people who shouldn’t m
How We Ended Up Buying a Château in France: The Conversation That Didn’t Make the Final Cut (opens the original)
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We sat down to film the story of how we ended up here with a very reasonable plan - thirty minutes, with a beginning, middle, and end. Extremely professional and efficient.Then we got to the part about the mortgage, and "thirty minutes" became something we'd believe in the way children believe in the tooth fairy.By the time we stopped talking, we’d cov… Read more
A New Chapter Begins (opens the original)
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August Almost Cost Us Our Château (opens the original)
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We Traded 500 Square Feet for a Château. Now I Can't Find My Husband. (opens the original)
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Our apartment in Los Angeles was 500 square feet.There was one bedroom, four people, and a kitchen with exactly enough counter space to make a small sandwich (provided you committed fully to the sandwich and did not attempt anything else in the same hour). There was no yard or balcony. Not even a sad slab of concrete with a folding chair on it. The view from our window was the roof of the house next door and a petite tangle of power lines.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https:
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