The Beginning of a Painstaking Restoration Contemporary art dealer Pierre-Alain Challier fell in love with a romantic castle as a boy and finally fulfilled his dream of one day ruling the roost. When asking children what they would like to be when they grow up, the answers are often about being a firefighter, a movie

Château du Fresne, Val de Loire, France
Flore de Brantes, who runs an art gallery in Brussels, holidays here, for it is her ancestral château. Completed by architect Anatole Amoudru in 1770, Château du Fresne today is filled with pale blue walls and marble fireplaces, 18th-century tapestries and even an antique lit à la polonaise done up in vintage D. Porthault bed linens. Click through for a magical tour .

A Magical Château in the Dordogne, France
I came across this delightful post on This is Glamorous – enjoy! Meredith x If you close your eyes and conjure up the most perfect chateau you can possibly imagine in the French countryside, it will probably have a long winding gravel driveway edged with lavender and clipped box hedging. As you draw nearer

Christian Dior’s Château de la Colle Noire
These photos will give you a taste of the home behind a man with such talent… Christian Dior Parfums recently invited 200 very chic fashionistas and celebrities for an even chicer dinner under the pergola of Christian Dior’s former residence, the Château de la Colle Noire, to celebrate the launch of their new scent La

Tis the Season at Château de Gudanes
Once again, winter has settled around the Château de Gudanes, the grand 18th-century estate that husband and wife Karina and Craig Waters have been lovingly renovating and restoring since they purchased the property in 2013. With the drop in temperature comes a shift inward: to planned kitchen repairs in the name of warm meals around
