Château Days: Friends, Local Foods, and a Day of Art | Manor & Maker

Welcome to life at Château de Saint-Germain-des-Prés, our home in the Dordogne, where this week the château filled with old friends, good food, and a day of making art. We spent the first few days wandering our local town, tasting the food of the Périgord, and doing the kind of unhurried shopping that turns an afternoon into a memory. There's nothing quite like sharing the place you love with people who already feel like home. Then more friends arrived, and the tables filled with works in progress, hands busy, conversation easy. It was exactly the sort of day this place was built for. If you're new here, we're Sara and Stephen, Canadians in a French château in rural France and building creative retreats from the ground up. We share a new slice of that life every week, from markets and meals to art, restoration, and the friends who pass through. Subscribe and come along. Vivienne's channel:    / @chateaulove   château life, château living, life in France, living in France, expat life France, Dordogne, Périgord, French countryside, local markets France, French food, table d'hotes, creative retreat, art retreat, making art, art workshop, friends visiting, slow living, French village life, château vlog, Manor and Maker, French market haul, cottagecore, countryside living, art community Manor & Maker theme music by Jamie Christopherson and Jeff MacDonald for Louder Productions. Want to join in? www.manorandmaker.com Get free stuff and discounts on Patreon   / manorandmaker   Follow us on Instagram @manorandmaker Welcome to Château de Saint-Germain-des-Prés, our 500-year-old home in Southwest France's Dordogne region. We're Sara & Stephen, creative retreat hosts building a life where creativity shows up in everything we do. He's an artist, and we both believe everyone is more creative than they think. What We Share: This is our take on château life: hosting art retreats and creative workshops, watching transformations unfold, learning restoration and interior design as we make spaces beautiful for our guests, embracing slow living in rural France, and discovering that creativity isn't about being an artist. It's about finding joy in how you approach everything. You'll See: Behind the scenes of our retreat experiences, the real work of creating magical moments, our learning curve with this 500-year-old building, authentic French culture as we live it, and what happens when people discover their own creativity in Southwest France. Whether you're curious about château life, drawn to creative exploration, dreaming of France, or just love watching people build something meaningful, welcome to our community. The perfect pairing of creative journeys and bespoke château experiences.