the current vibe is to buy preloved, and re-use items wherever possible. Shopping in brocantes is the perfect way to embrace this spirit, and of course you are supporting a small business at the same time, which is very much appreciated. It's a great way to find that unusual and unique item for those hard to buy for people in your life.

My clients often ask me, where do you find all your stock?
Whilst I'm frequently to be found rootling around in a dusty attic. or poking into dark corners of a cobwebby barn, my main source of treasure is the vide grenier, literally translated as 'empty attic', a sort of yard sale or car boot sale on an epic scale

Sheryl decided to move to France after celebrating her 50th birthday in Normandy. “A friend lent us the use of his French holiday home. That first morning I opened the shutters and looked out on a bucolic scene, blossom-filled orchards with sheep and cows grazing beneath. The sudden realisation that I could be happy living in France enveloped me.