The previous owners seemed to have planned to put in a swimming pool.” The paving stones were stacked in “a heaping mound of sand, plastic, and dead snails. The barn’s back garden, shown here, was “a pit of sand, plastic, and nettles” when Heather started working on it. Above: Located in the hamlet of La Tour-Blanche-Cercles in Nouvelle Aquitaine in southwestern France, Heather’s stone house (visible at left) is linked but not connected to the barn, which was built a century earlier. Photography by Heather Chontos ( unless noted. Heather and the younger of her two daughters, meanwhile, are in residence a bit longer-real estate deals in France require months of paperwork-and they welcomed us back. She fielded 150 responses and the place ended up going to a friend, a fellow artist Heather “met on a barstool in Brooklyn 20 years ago,” who will share it with his father. It’s as simple as that.” Last March, Heather announced on Instagram ( that she was ready to sell her compound directly to someone who will love it as is, serious queries only. After nonstop work perfecting the property-the first she’s ever owned-Heather says she’s ready for her next big project: “I feel like I finished my story here and I need to create a new story. We had to act fast: Heather isn’t someone who stays put. We recently featured Heather’s living quarters we’re returning now to tour her enormous creative space. During a year of lockdown, using found and vintage materials, Heather entirely refashioned the place as her own, transforming it Bloomsbury style into an extension of her art.įor Heather, who grew up in Upstate NY, the biggest appeal of the property was the fact that it came with a 17th-century stone barn twice as big as the house: a dream studio. Icon - Check Mark A check mark for checkbox buttons.Ī mere three-and-a-half years ago, artist Heather Chontos purchased-sight unseen-a run-down 18th-century farmhouse in Southwest France. Icon - Twitter Twitters brand mark for use in social sharing icons. Icon - Pinterest Pinterests brand mark for use in social sharing icons. flipboard Icon - Instagram Instagrams brand mark for use in social sharing icons. Icon - Facebook Facebooks brand mark for use in social sharing icons. Icon - Email Used to indicate an emai action. Icon - Search Used to indicate a search action. Icon - Zoom In Used to indicate a zoom in action on a map. Icon - Zoom Out Used to indicate a zoom out action on a map. Icon - Location Pin Used to showcase a location on a map. Icon - Dropdown Arrow Used to indicate a dropdown. Icon - Close Used to indicate a close action. Icon - Down Chevron Used to indicate a dropdown. Icon - Message The icon we use to represent an email action.
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