French & Vintage

Here’s the down bit: my laptop went into melt-down on this trip, crashing at every opportunity. Some days I couldn’t log-on, and after...

Peterborough Antiques Fair is not one of the biggest Fairs, but it is one of our favourites. I do almost all my buying at the outdoor...

Here’s the Mission: Travel around England and France, buying 1000 nice antique and vintage things in 21 days. Find them first. Find them...

Guess where we are? Sawasdee kha! Greetings from Bangkok! Because, yes, we’re on a buying trip. An emergency buying trip. When I’ve told...

Before I start, it might seem incongruous, but there is a reason for featuring these pretty fairy images throughout the Newsletter. Read...

Guess what happened this week? No, go on – guess. I’ll wait. Still waiting ….. Oh alright, this is what happened this week: my Media...

I know I said in my last Newsletter that I fancy living in France for a while. And, bien sur, I still fancy that. But today we basked in...

Do you know, apart from the fact that I don’t speak French (other than at pre-toddler level), apart from the fact I always put on a tonne...

We’re actually in France at the seaside at the moment, which is terrific. But in the tradition of reality overtaking my ability to write...

And why wouldn't I? Here we are in England, where the sun has been shining, the temperature balmy and the shopping pretty fabulous. I've...

A short sojourn in Bangkok was just the ticket for getting over Jetlag Stage 1. We made full use of the hotel upgrading us to a suite to...

Where does the time go? And don’t tell me that time flies when you’re getting old, because I’ll have you know I'm officially aging...

Things are going swimmingly in the pop-up shop. I've included some random shots here to show you a tiny bit of what we're offering. But...

Waiting, waiting, waiting. Yes, disaster has occurred and the ship containing our new stock was delayed by a week. I know, it’s a very...

You know we're really back in Australia. You know we've opened a pop-up shop in Eumundi and now we're eagerly awaiting the delivery of...

You know for the purpose of these Newsletters we’re still in the Middle East. But in real life we’re back in Australia and we have news....

I’m back home in Australia now. Events during the last week of our trip well and truly overtook my ability to write about them, so I’m...

At this time of year, the hot, dry plains surrounding Tel Aviv are drab shades of brown, sand and white limestone, punctuated with dusty...

We approached the Newark International Antiques Fair with a relaxed attitude. Don’t worry, I said to Doug. I won’t be spending much here....

Doug told me I couldn’t buy tables in Paris. But he didn’t say anything about stools! And in my defence, they’re small, metal,...