A Scottish couple’s journey to set up a creative retreat in South West France from scratch.
En français
Sharing the adventures of this artist and photographer as they settle into a new way of life, and find the perfect location and property from where they will be able to offer a change of pace, and the space to create.
Sharing the adventures of this artist and photographer as they settle into a new way of life, and find the perfect location and property from where they will be able to offer a change of pace, and the space to create.
www.colinusher.com
www.juliadouglas.co.uk
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A wee word from Celie Byrne, Painter
Celie Byrne is a Scottish artist, who has been selected for this year's Royal Scottish Academy Open Exhibition and is also a member of the Society of Scottish Artists. Here she gives her impression of what Studio Faire will be. Celie Byrne, in deepest, darkest Fife....
All systems IndieGoGo
We have now launched our crowdfunding campaign at IndieGoGo. Click here to join us on our journey We moved here in early April 2016. This was the first step on our journey to set up Studio Faire. Three months in and we've just launched our campaign to raise the...
An Ideal Premises For The Business?
We have found another amazing place… could this be Studio Faire? This property is in a pretty decent sized town with supermarkets, restaurants, bars, fabulous Boulangerie and a weekly market, so artists can be completely independent and soak up the local atmosphere,...
Settling in & setting up nicely
We've now lived here in France for 6 weeks or so. We've loved every minute of it. From discovering the sights and sounds of Nérac and its bustling Saturday market, stumbling across La Romieu, the stunning commune literally 10 mins down the road in Gers to browsing...
Getting to France
The pack-up and journey Bit of a gap since our last blog, we have good reason though. On Friday 8th April, we picked up the rental van from Europcar and began the massive pack. Our great pals, Claire & Dave arrived with their 2 lovely daughters, Molly Mae &...
Countdown to Moving Day
We are on a major countdown now, with only 5 sleeps until we move to France! Nights are getting a bit restless and dogs are getting anxious by all of the upheaval in the house, but an excited glint can be found in our eyes as we prepare to go on this adventure to...
