A French home in France and a French Vintage Store to turn your home into a 'Chateaux' too
L’Apartment
~ L’Escapadou ~ L'Echoppe
An Australian journey into France
www.lapartment.com.au
Australian/French couple Claire and Thibaud journey to France, buy a home, re-invent, renovate and relocate.
INTRODUCING their 13th
Century Medieval ‘Residence L’Escapadou’ to Australian travellers, located in Cordes-Sur-Ciel, winner of
France’s most beautiful village 2014 (France
Tourism Bureau) &
their French Vintage Online store, for those who wish
to turn their home into a rustic French ‘chateaux’ of their own: www.lechoppe.com.au
L'Escapadou is our NEW home in France as featured on our French website HERE
Here is a little bit about our home owners...
We purchased our house
in 2007, having only seen it online. We asked a friend to look at it for us and
not long after the house was ours. We knew the village, as Thibaud is from the
town Albi, 25km away so choosing this area gave us a home away from home, close
to friends and family.
There are many beautiful
villages in the Tar region, but Cordes sur ciel, voted Frances most preferred
village in 2014, is particularly beautiful, as well as being a very practical
village, with supermarkets, butchers, banks and the all-important Saturday
market.
We spent our first
extended holiday in the home in 2008, with 2 small children in toe, and began making
plans to restore the original building and to extend. The process took 2 years,
with our holidays becoming more like episodes of grand designs, but it was
great to see the house restored and extended to allow us to invite family and
friends from Australia to share our experiences.
We share a passion for
hunting flea markets for vintage finds, so the home is filled with authentic
pieces. Many holiday rentals lack personality and charm. Our house is unique
and feedback is always positive with an emphasis on the beauty of the house
matched with its practicality. The renovated area includes an open kitchen and
living area so preparing meals as a group is enjoyed and the views are
breathtaking and always difficult to leave behind. But we cannot live in France
full time, we love to share our home with like-minded people who appreciate
something just that bit more personable than your average holiday rental. 
As Interior stylists we bring
back pieces from the Tarn region and have created a business in Melbourne showing/selling
our vintage finds that are also sold online here:
ABOUT LeChoppe Vintage Shop:
Lechoppe is a small pop
up shop and showroom, a treasure trove of items hand picked from flea markets
in France and available for a fleeting moment in the St Kilda East space. The
collection ranges from small items to furniture selected for their character
and charm.
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