A Scottish couple’s journey to set up a creative retreat in South West France from scratch.
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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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Oh no… we’ve fallen in love with a property!
Having narrowed down the perfect location for Studio Faire to the South West of France, an easy one and a half hour drive from airports in Bordeaux, Bergerac or Toulouse, we have since been on a mission to find that elusive property which will offer the perfect pace...
Shall We Play it Safe and Move to Condom?
Image: Nérac not Condom! Last month we jumped on a plane from Edinburgh to Bordeaux to go on a mission to hone in on the areas we have been looking at online for the creative retreat. Everything looks amazing from Scotland, but we don't want to risk choosing an area...
Location, location, location
In a couple of weeks Colin and I will be taking a trip across the Channel to visit some of the locations we have in mind for Studio Faire. What are the key crucial factors for location? Well, apart from lush green countryside, bright warm sunshine the majority of the...
Musique to house hunt to
Listening to Radio 6 a few months back I was given the aural pleasure of discovering Feloche, the French mandolin toting cajun lad from the island La Gomera in the Canaries. His album Silbo, is never far from the top of my Spotify play list and is a familiar friend on...
Parlez-vous français?
A common (and not unpredictable) question asked by almost everyone when they hear of our mission to set up a creative retreat in South West France is ‘Do you speak French?’ It’s asked with a nod of the head at the end and a presumption of an answer in the affirmative…...
The France Show 2015
Saturday 24th Jan saw us visit The Olympia in London and the The France Show 2015. A bit of research, networking, tasting, listening and much learning ensued. We met banks, we talked to estate agents (immobilier), we watched an auction and we enjoyed the general...
