I know I keep harping on about the fireplace in the renovation but I have been secretly worried it may be wrong for the room. It is all inst...

This weekend saw the amazing annual kite festival take place at Barneville plage. Always the most gorgeous array of kites take to the sky......

It may be sunny and gorgeous and the garden is very inviting....but....the renovation continues!! At last the fireplace we bought last year ...

Early this morning I was laying out a couple of 19th century tapestry panels to dry on the grass ( as you do on a Sunday morning!!) and I wa...

I love love love this!!!! I found it truffling at the huge brocante I mentioned in my last post. I think it is Belgian and the...

It`s 4am............. are you ready? No time for 'une cafe'; you`ll have to grab one when you get there. Out into the darkness, and...

There is a wonderful little stone hole in the side of the old barn that is rapidly becoming our new salon sitting room.........................

When Marie Antoinette travelled she always took along her necessaire de voyage....................... An amazing array of silverware, f...