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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…

Car boot sale season is upon us. Now I don’t know whether it’s the same where you live, but round here car boot sales are either heaven or hell. For the most part they are hell. Today we went to a scrumptious little one: a car boot sale in the truest sense of the word,…

And mine needs a new moat. Home is the place we retreat to. Walls are lined with love ready to cocoon us and always there is a door to close on the ugliness of the world outside.  It is a place where we  are safe, loved and protected by the very act of creating a…

If you have ever wonderered why tomorrow means three days later to me, it is because I am not normal. Most people agree, so don’t feel bad if it strikes you that occasionally I am a little doo-lally. While other women manage minor household crises with aplomb, the truth is that for the most part,…

I have finally got around to posting a few more pictures of the house. Please excuse my rubbish ph0tography. I never said I was David Bailey. Root around my life here. 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…