Once Upon a Castle
by Kamille Longstreetin 🎭️ Culture
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Once Upon a Castle
About the Substack
An American in the French countryside, restoring a centuries-old château and writing the real story, from renovation decisions to culture shock, with a little magic at the edges.
Free Subscription Benefits
- Occasional public posts
Paid Subcription Benefits
- Castle Diaries: The full renovation journal - what we decided, what it cost, what went wrong, and what we'd do differently. Written as it happens, room by room.
- Life in France Unfiltered: The deeper essays. The parts I don't publish for everyone - more personal, more honest, the version where I don't edit out the difficult parts.
- The real numbers: Cost ranges, timelines, sourcing notes, and the practical details that never make it into the free posts.
Paid Subscription Plans
- $10 a month
- $80 a year
About Kamille Longstreet
Kamille writes from the French countryside, where her family is restoring a centuries-old château one room at a time. Expect old-house lore, the renovation diary (minus the gloss), and a small thread of folktale magic.
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