The glazed clay mini-bowls my mother gave me earlier in the year [bottom of that post] didn’t last very long – perils of a very hot kitchen tap plus a…
Latest additions to the ever-growing soft furnishing collection: the maroon velvet cushions and a lovely bright electric blue one, again made by my mother from oddments of velvet found in…
Speaking of candles, I’ve gained a set of three stainless steel candlesticks (also from my mother’s clearing-out efforts). Oh, and another of these green glass Danish tea light holders to…
Yes, more candles, as my mother continue to empty various cupboards, sideboards and long-ignored drawers. This is, apparently, the Green Collection, supplementing this lot and bags of blue-ish and peachy-orange…
I’m going to have to own up to not one, but two new black skirts: justification being that they’re different shapes to others than I already own. Thick cotton Nicole…
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…
