Category: Brocante
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Pages From a 1940s Sketchbook
At the brocante, one of my very favorite things to find is an old sketchbook. They aren’t easy to come by, and often they carry a rather ambitious price tag. Still, I can’t help myself — I find them delightful.…
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If I’m afraid of dogs, why am I attracted to postcards with dogs on them?
The child with her arms spread out who looks terrified – yeah that would be me. And for good measure a photo of a stray cat on a chair…
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Want to Experience France with Us?
France has a way of inviting us into moments—antique wandering, doors opened to private homes, long meals, easy laughter, friendships that form without trying. That’s what these la Vie weeks are about. Collecting things, though more so collecting moments of delightful inspiration.…
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The Armoire and the Dishes
Yesterday, I was talking about the caregiving of objects passed down through time. The next day, while vacuuming, my backside brushed against the armoire that holds our dishes. I heard a small rattle, nothing that seemed serious. I walked into…
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All These Old Things
How often have we have heard, if only these objects could talk. I wonder who owned them. I wonder what their story is. All these old things that I have collected, one by one throughout the years, are older than me—much…
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The Room Awaits
There is a room that waits. A simple chair rests in the corner, a larger chair near the center. A table holds a bouquet. The door is closed, and light gathers across the walls, tracing distant horizons in the paintings.…