Château Momo
Château Momo
Old house,
New life.
One stone at a time.
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What a project! In 2024, I semi-spontaneously bought an rundown property in a medieval village in South-West France. It suffered deep damage from humidity, so almost everything needs to be done. Only the stone walls and the roof frame were still healthy. It is made up of a house, a large barn, a garden, and several demolished buildings. It has a long history and desperately needed someone to restore its former beauty.
Since then, we have been working on cleaning up and preparing the next stages. The construction will take many years, there will be many up and downs, but I can't wait to bring this vision into life!
The Gardens of Château Momo: Part 2 - Planting
The Gardens of Château Momo: Part 2 - Planting
We are making the transition from design to real life: we continue the Château Momo gardens project by planting fruit trees, berry shrubs, and fragrant climbing roses.
The Gardens of Château Momo: Part 1 - Inspiration & design
The Gardens of Château Momo: Part 1 - Inspiration & design
We are setting the stage for transforming a bare walled space into a multi-purpose garden.
The garden(s) will be organized around three themes: movement, nourishment, and feelings.
Transforming a collapsed shed into the Garden of Gains
Transforming a collapsed shed into the Garden of Gains
What was once a crumbling stone building (the remnants of a centuries-old animal shelter) is now taking shape as a new garden space.
After uncovering hidden stone floors beneath meters of rubble, we built a sturdy wooden structure that will support our climbing roses and the CALIRINGS.
With family, friends, and a lot of elbow grease, the Garden of Gains is coming alive…
Fresh Air: Peeling back layers of History to heal the house
Fresh Air: Peeling back layers of History to heal the house
This is a picture of me, getting ready to clean the house. It was dirty, dusty, and, even worse, full of mold from decades of humidity. The house truly needed urgent care: the walls, ceilings, and wood beams were all rotten. Everything needed to be taken out and the ventilation pathways reopened, in order to let the house heal.
We immediately opened up the centuries-old ventilation funnels, before tackling the dirty work.
Layer by layer, we removed the damaged parts to come back to a healthy structure.
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