Wouldn’t Life Be Lovelier
With Seasonal Routines, Rituals and Teeny, Daily Celebrations?
Puttery Treats For Cosier Mornings…
Brrrrrrr. At the risk of sounding like a broken record, my heating isn’t working!! It’s either on or its off and there is no in-between, so having it set to come on in the morning isn’t a possibility and keeping it on throughout the night might kill us all dead. These then are a collection…
Muse Re-Visited!
More than ten years ago now, I created by best-selling (EVER) course, MUSE, and it was a complete triumph of joy and inspiration that had those who took it truly willing to admit that perhaps they weren’t living as fully as they could be: that deep inside them there was another version of themselves tucked…
Housekeeper’s Diary
The oddest of nights. Ste so out of sorts, that only a trip to Marks and Spencer in search of their finest Macaroni Cheese and a chocolate pudding could cheer him up and Finley out for the evening, because he does that these days, he goes out for the evening, leaving me wondering if one…
The Brocante Round-Up!
In the whoosh of a string of lights, Christmas will be upon us (I do apologise: I’m not quite feeling ready yet either!) and here at BrocanteHome, I have been busy getting my elves in order, completing the Christmas Planner, organising something BRAND NEW for 2022, and making lots and lots (and lots!) of lists…
January Book Club Choices
Though we were but a few, last night’s Saving Missy book club chat was a joy, not least because it was a book we gave a resounding ten to, so lovely was the tale and the main character of this coming-of-old-age-book. If you haven’t read it, I rather insist you do because it is a…
Housekeeper’s Diary
The house is grumpy in the quiet hours of the morning. creaking and groaning in to life, and for a while apparently determined to make her reluctance to start the day known to those still sleeping. The gutter dripping outside the living room window, the boiler spluttering in the loft, the old boards of the…
On Winterising
(This is a vintage BrocanteHome post, refreshed and revived for seasonal inspiration). Now that the clocks have gone back I am ready to truly embrace the season ahead. To recognise that in just a few short weeks Winter will arrive and so I need to turn my head towards enjoying a few tranquil, purposeful days…
Borley Rectory
Though I’m pretty sure you don’t darken BrocanteHome’s door in search of horror film recommendations, today, in honour of Halloween, I am giving you just that, because though I am secretly something of a horror aficionado, it’s not often I happen across something that is both interesting, ethereal and oh so scrumptiously stylised it is…
Housekeeper’s Diary
The lane is shut while men in yellow jackets do things at the end of it. And oh what bliss it is to have it to ourselves without the thundering lorries or, as one neighbour described it, the “whump” of tractors going about their clattery business at five in the morning. And yet, because I…
Introducing My NEW Christmas Planner (AND MY ANNUAL HALF-TERM SALE)!
We go a bundle on Christmas here at BrocanteHome, and this year with a spanking new CHRISTMAS PLANNER now in my Etsy store, the timing has clashed magnificently well with the annual occurrence that is my gorgeous October Half-Term sale. Such serendipity and festive delights to boot! So shall I jump right in and share…
Ten Puttery To-Do’s For October Joy
First appearing in my 2019 Playbook, this little list of to-do’s is just right for adding a little joy to everything from candlelit breakfasts to leaf-hopping and stolen afternoons watching old movies… 1 Settle in for a cosy evening in watching The Ghost and Mrs. Muir on YouTube 2 Follow Vintage_Dahling on Instagram and fall…
The Brocante Round-Up!
It struck me today as I jiggled endless pots of tea for plumbers fixing leaks here, there and everywhere, and tried to bring a little order to the chaos reigning all around me, that while I’m awfully good at creating lovely little somethings I am also tragically terrible at telling you about them and so…
Numbing Out. Dumbing Down.
Recently, I keep finding myself walking the dreadfully unpredictable halls of Reddit in search of who knows what? Stimulation? Entertainment? Laughs? Horror? Disgust? Fright? Food for thought? Outrage? Heaven knows. I read conspiracy theories and horror stories. I gawp at the people of Walmart and laugh at the ludicrous antics of those who aren’t the…