{"product_id":"the-september-domestic-almanac","title":"The September Domestic Almanac","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe September Domestic Almanac Is Here…\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe second of my monthly Domestic Almanacs has arrived, carrying a floral housecoat over one arm and several increasingly elaborate paper projects under the other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery month I’ll be making a playbook for this lovely ordinary life of ours. There’ll be pages to write on and pages to cut out. Seasonal observations, reading recommendations, tiny rituals, artists to discover, things to notice, ideas to borrow, little projects to enjoy on rainy afternoons, recipes, and the occasional rabbit hole because I simply don’t trust anyone who never disappears down one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou’ll be able to print it, scribble on it, stick bits of it into your journal, fold the corners over, spill something on it, tuck pieces into your commonplace book and, I hope, return to it long after the month itself has disappeared.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerhaps that’s all I’ve ever wanted BrocanteHome to be?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA place that quietly accumulates delight…\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSo in September’s Edition?\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe September Domestic Almanac is a richly illustrated A4 collection of seasonal reading, domestic experiments, literary pleasures and glorious old-fashioned paper play. It’s designed to be printed, written upon, cut up, coloured in, altered, pinned to the wall and slowly inhabited as summer gives way to autumn.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeptember’s particular obsession is \u003cstrong\u003ethe housecoat\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI’ve wandered through its history, considered what it means to dress for the private self, and reinvented it for those of us whose domestic uniform is less quilted nylon and more black vest, yoga trousers and a magnificent floral kimono.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are tiny experiments involving housecoats, lamplight and proper letters. 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