My Favorite Gift…

Courtesy of Decor8, comes the news that BluePrint, the thirty something magazine from Martha Stewart is finally on the horizon… With the first issue due out in May,  an initial statement from Lauren Stanich, president of publishing for Martha Stewart Omnimedia described the magazine thus.. "The research we conducted showed a large demographic of younger…

Purely for the sake of research you understand, I have today tried a really rather divine mulled cider crockpot recipe and if it does nothing else it has filled the house (and the street outside the house!) with the scent of Christmas, which would be just perfect for a cosy Christmas Eve soiree after midnight…

“I houseclean my books every Spring and throw out those I’m never going to read again like I throw out clothes I’m never going to wear again. It shocks everybody. My friends are peculiar about books. They read all the bestsellers, they get through them as fast as possible, I think they skip a lot….

..And not a child in the house was washed. Mostly because the only child I’ve got has with his usual impeccable timing decided that this was just a downright lovely week to stay at home with a silly temperature and get under Mummy’s feet while she did her up-most to put on the pantomime that…

Welcome my sweets, to a brand new, fortnightly feature here on Brocante: a scrumptious digest of all those books recently uploaded to Gutenberg that you and I might just end up treasuring forever. I have been thinking about this for a while, but  a new thread on the forum this morning has catapulted me into…

Introducing my absolute, favorite thing ever, ever, ever: a spotty, dotty dog perched on top of an ever so useful stapler. Bought for me by she of good taste, Helen, and now taking pride of place on my desk. I love it so much, I could lick it. Though Anthropologie, London please note, I once…