Ashley Tinker · Expat Living and Real Estate · Living in Provence Our Renovation in Provence: Chaux instead of Paint June 24, 2016We’ve recently painted our upstairs with chaux/lime wash. We wanted to apply a wall covering that respected the age of the building. It’s important that old walls breathe in order to reduce trapped moisture. We quite liked the texture of the traditional lime wash (peinture à la chaux). We knew the ingredients, but not the …Continue Reading
Expat Living and Real Estate · Julie Whitmarsh · Living in Provence Living in Provence Let the Home Renovation Begin October 1, 2018Contributor blog post by Vaucluse Dreamer: It’s well over 2 years now since we finally picked up the keys and opened the door to our little house in Provence after so many years of dreaming about it. We couldn’t afford a perfect house with elegant gardens and a pretty pool and always knew that our little …Continue Reading
Carolyne Kauser-Abbott Locat’Me is Taking the Hassle Out of Apartment Hunting in Provence March 23, 2017Launched in 2013, Locat’Me is a web-based apartment search service concept. The three founders’ vision was to solve a persistent rental market headache. The problem of landlords looking for good tenants and renters are seeking an accommodation that meets their needs and their budgets. This Internet platform matches a renters’ profile to the property offerings and requirements …Continue Reading
Books on Provence · Carolyne Kauser-Abbott · Inspire One Sip at a Time a Journey from Silicon Valley to St Remy de Provence March 15, 2017It took 20 visits to Provence before Keith Van Sickle and his wife decided to make the region their part-time home. A Northern California native, Van Sickle spent his early years on an island in the San Francisco Bay – Alameda, California. “It’s a sleepy town, an oasis of 1950’s America in the middle of …Continue Reading