Yes, I know I bought another handbag recently, but this one is considerably smaller, and therefore fulfils a different purpose. I’m liking its minimal, unadorned feel and soft suede interior. I hadn’t…
Two top finds at this year’s Tufnell Park Yard Sale (quite possibly the poshest of its genre I’ve yet been to, and one where I have to restrain myself…
Excuse the electrical cables and generally un-styled nature of this photo (what d’ya think this is, Instagram?). Quick post to show a small sheepskin rug found by my mother (source…
I’m a bit behind with this one, but I did some Usual Shopping by proxy for D at the reliably-rewarding annual Brunswick Square Festival in Hove last month. The stalls…
So goes the ritual: take [large] bagful of books to charity shop, return with [not quite so big] selection of new names…
Hadn’t been to Balham in many years – over a decade, I believe – and my, it’s changed a bit. Some damn fine charity shops there now, too. Wandered through…
Am slightly wondering why, exactly, I might need some smart (or smart-ish, at least) clothes at the moment, given that working from home barely demands getting dressed at all, but…
Yes, I know, it’s a horrid cliche: Londoners go to Margate for the day, go to vintage shop, etc, etc. Still, this little black-legged mid-century coffee table (actual age &…
A general process of attrition and opening-up of hanging space allowed a weakening of charity-shopping restraints: two blouses in one hit, a raid on the Oxfam Traid in Camden. …
My mother (yes, her again) has been turning out the contents of various fully-stuffed cupboards and cabinets, and I happened to mention using tea-lights on my balcony. Cue one bag…
