We’re SO PROUD to announce that, as of today, our studio is 100% solar powered! That includes the laser cutter, the label printer, the laptop, you name it!
This has been another one of our long-term goals, and we’re so happy to be able to share the news with you all - from a computer we charged with the solar panel in this photo. SO META!
As you may have already seen on my social media channels, my beautiful spouse and I are taking a huge leap and moving full-time to our house renovation in the West of France! It’ll be a while until I can unpack my studio and stock in a nice clean environment so I’m putting a pause on shipping for at least all of this month (May 2021) and possibly a little longer, depending on how quickly we progress with the first parts of the renovation. You can still place orders, but please be aware that I won’t be shipping anything until at least June. There are some exceptions, though…
Read MoreMy last shipping date before the break will be Friday 31st July 2020, so make sure to get your orders in before then if you need something in a hurry!
While I’m away you’ll still be able to place orders in my shop, and my next shipping date will be Wednesday 2nd September 2020.
Read MoreSince moving to Paris I’ve admired the tradition of taking a proper break each summer, so this year I’ll be joining in and heading off to our country house* for some much-needed rest and relaxation**. You can follow along with our adventures over on the Atelier Charneddy Instagram account!
Read MoreIf you’ve missed the big news….my husband/teammate/bedfellow/legend and I bought a run down house in the French countryside! You can read the introductory post here, and learn about the paperwork and logistics (fun!) here.
In this instalment is what the very first day of home ownership looked like, yippee!
Read MoreGoing from finding your dream house to actually buying it and getting the keys can be a long journey, but in our experience it was way smoother to buy a house in France vs. in the UK. The main reason for this seems to be that rather than the buyer having their solicitor, and the seller having a different solicitor, in France it’s the norm to have one ‘notaire’ who deals with the whole transaction. This makes SO much sense!
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