Once Upon a Castle
by Kamille Longstreetin 🎭️ Culture
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Once Upon a Castle
About the Substack
The story of an American family restoring a centuries-old château in rural France and the life they’re building inside it, with a little magic at the edges.
Free Subscription Benefits
- Receive our weekly newsletter with stories, photographs, and moments from life in France and our château restoration.
Paid Subcription Benefits
- Step inside the story with Castle Diaries, deeper life in France essays, behind-the-scenes moments, and the chapters we don’t share publicly.
- Spend an evening with us each month through Live from the Château: conversations, Q&A, music, cooking, seasonal traditions, and life as it unfolds.
- Enjoy members-only recipes, practical how-tos, curated music playlists, occasional surprises, and complete access to our growing paid archive.
Paid Subscription Plans
- $10 a month
- $96 a year
About Kamille Longstreet
Kamille writes from rural France, where her family is restoring a centuries-old château one room, and one chapter, at a time. Expect life in France, old-house lore, the renovation diary (minus the gloss), and the stories between the big moments.
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