Imagine, if you will, riding bikes through the French countryside.
After a while you begin to look over through the fields of fragrant lavender and start to notice the homes - the grand chateaus and maison after maison of pure French country elegance.
You pay attention to the architecture and it leaves such an impression on you, you bring it home.
And that's how this French chateau on Bear Neck Creek came to be, with a little help from the Internet and some great...
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