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Oh boy. It’s enough to sway my ongoing dilemma about whether Chez Brocante needs a resident puppy. Look at that little cutie! Look at those lovely puppy cushions! Go pamper your pooch at The Vintage Dog. But please, please, please avoid dressing him up. Dogs can’t say no to that snazzy bandana or hideous dog…

While as far as I know, she isn’t one of my long lost relations, Becky May has got a cute collection of “Pretty Not Plastic” shoppers hasn’t she? Though it seems to me that our media driven nation has been all too quick to harness the green mafia in the light of our current obsession…

Life is ludicrously noisy. If it isn’t the television blurring, it is the kids nattering, the phone ringing or the neighbours lawnmower chugging. We are surrounded by noise. Non-stop relentless clatter infiltrating our minds and leaving us without a peaceful place to retreat to. Is it any wonder we all feel a little bonkers from…

Because The Frakes Family Christmas is all our Christmases. Then, now and hopefully tomorrow… Other Things To Do At BrocanteHome Join the BrocanteHome Community Discover my daily domestic to-do lists, join the conversation, read-along with the BrocanteHome bookclub and find exclusive Community only benefits inside. Join Today (It's FREE!) Life Love & Vintage Housekeeping the…

Pegs don’t usually float my book-shaped boat. Especially the nasty plastic kind you find in the supermarket which seem to go rusty in a domestic heartbeat. While I have got a soft-spot for the traditional dolly peg, I am pretty sure I have never met one that made me smile. At least not in the…

The most deliciously fast way to fragrance your bathroom? Put a flannel over the plughole of your shower, and then sprinkle 20 drops of your favorite aromatherapy oil on the base of your shower/bath. Now run the shower on it’s hottest temperature… Before you know it the bathroom will be flooded with warm scent and…