As you know, my dream is to buy and renovate a French chateau someday. Galerie Flore owner Flore de Brantes inherited her chateau from her father but that doesn’t mean there isn’t work to be done. As she tells Architectural Digest in their October 2016 issue, “With a château, there is always a project.” She and her husband Count Amaury de La Moussaye and their family have done a great job renovating while keeping it looking about the same as it has for generations. I’m jealous.

To read more, check out the article on Architectural Digest.