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What Does Vintage Mean? How to Buy Real Vintage
One-of-a-kind vintage pieces for the home are fantastic for impressing guests and giving your environment an added layer that nobody else has. If you want to live like your home belongs on the cover of a magazine, vintage is the way to go.
Fried Chicken In The Garden!
One of the great things we’ve been enjoying about lockdown is the cooking! There’s been a lot of using up leftovers, experimenting with new ideas or ingredients and a fair amount of throwing a combination of any non-mouldy food items from the fridge into a saucepan in the hope that it transpires into a culinary masterpiece. Or something vaguely edible. The results have been a mixed bag to be fair. One meal that we particularly enjoyed was our fried chicken extravaganza! Now this wasn’t just any old fried chicken, and the evening didn’t quite pan out as planned. We started...
Embracing Learning In The Lockdown
We’ve really enjoyed talking to customers on Instagram, Facebook or email. Hearing about how they’re dealing with lockdown, what treats they’ve bought for themselves to cheer up their homes, what gifts they’ve bought for friends to cheer them up.
This Is My Happy Place
The lockdown is affecting us all differently, but we really hope you are finding moments of calm and enjoying being in your homes. It's really tough being apart from loved ones, and although FaceTime and Zoom are amazing and are keeping us connected, nothing substitutes the real chink of a glass as we offer a 'cheers', the experience of sharing a meal that someone has made especially for us or the feeling of security and comfort found in a welcome or goodbye hug. For us, we really miss the shop, as you will know from our regular comments if you...
Inspiration Across The Miles
A couple of winters ago I was visiting friends in Boston, USA and brought Myles this gift home.