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Wise people often advise us to put our dreams into action. It’s a nice thought, and possible, if, say, your dream is to buy a new blender. But how practical is it when our dreams involve enormous mansions in foreign<\/a> countries?<\/p>\n Sometimes it just takes a little imagination, gumption, cooperation<\/a>, and a dash of magic, which is exactly what just over 300 women happened to have when they pooled together to buy<\/a> Ch\u00e2teau de B\u00e9duer and later, L’Abbaye-Ch\u00e2teau in the French countryside. They dreamt big and turned a little “what if” into an incredible reality.<\/p>\n It all began when Leah Lykins, her mother Philippa Girling, and Girling’s friend Lynda Coleman stumbled upon a French property<\/a> online. What if, somehow, they could fix it up? The three began turning the wheels to make it happen. In a piece<\/a> for Marie Claire<\/em>, writer Kathryn Madden shares, “Their vision was to create a place where women and people who identify as women could just be.”<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\nHow three women started it all<\/h2>\n