How did that song go in  "The Sound of Music" ? ...."brown paper packages tied up with string...... Well..........th...

Congratulations to both Leslie Goodell and Rhonda for guessing exactly that the chairs were 200 euros for the pair. ( yes...I do regret ...

Just a petite competiton mes belles!!! I turned down this wonderful pair of toile covered chairs at the brocante this morning because ...

This hand painted signed frame is so beautiful. I found it early morning with a torch and even in the darkness I knew it was wonderful a...

I nipped off to Coutances for a little retail therapy collecting Frou Frou on the way and we got there at 12.30 forgetting after all ...

At the chateau sale at the weekend I took a chance on a box of the dirtiest curtains and tie backs you have ever seen. Dating from the...

Yesterday morning at 6.30am in a howling gale and lashing rain I had the option of travelling locally to a Couturiers Puce flea market ...

I have had this old wallpaper sample book in my own archives for many years. It gives no indication of any factory or maker and simply r...

The first English couple we met when we first moved to Normandy nearly 10 years ago were Jill and Tony Collins.  I had been standing i...

Last Summer early at a brocante my torch caught a glimpse of a tiny morceau of toile peeping out from an old suitcase on the ground. ...