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the damp loot shoot





It is hard to convey just how damp it is in Normandy right now!  We seem to have had incessant rain for days or even weeks,  ....  I wanted to take some pictures of the pretty creeper covering so many houses in the valley at the moment, but conditions are not ideal so that will come later in the week




Anyway back to the loot.  Needless to say the fairs are tricky in this weather, and once I get home and dry myself off, I don't feel wildly enthusiastic about setting up a loot shoot somewhere in the garden, so today I shall simply show you shots of stuff I found today, and during the week on a foray into deepest normandy. 

.... I found a few more monogrammed teacloths, ....yeah I know ....
 I have loads already but these are quite lovely, with their red AS




 the sweetest glove box, lined in and out in a pretty 19th century cotton



a really charming and feminine chandelier, and these excellent tin plaques with MA written on

























 and the most wonderful hat box, from Paris, but a store speciallising in hats for American and English clients - !!






some lovely tiny Sarreguemines coffee cups and a few more bits ....

I'm hoping to update my store very very soon, so all of this stuff will be available for sale

thank you for your patience :)







 and finally, Quick is out regularly despite the rain and is strengthening that leg, 
thank you for the emails asking after his convalescence.









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an autumn loot shoot



There is a sense of urgency in the air as we head towards the end of the brocante fair season.  Fairs start earlier in the morning, even if it is dark and cold, and we all know that we soon won't be seeing the same familiar faces on Sunday mornings, scattered over the village squares, and country lanes of Normandy.



























So this morning I headed off early with two friends and the morning saw us buying at two different fairs.

Here is some of what I brought back: my personal favourites are the silver plate egg cup set, (which I think would look lovely with roses as a table centre, but then you know me, I'll put flowers into anything)  ...


















 Some wonderful old ribbon reels in gorgeous complimentary colours.   Some grosgrain, some plain ...





 a handful of excellent dinner knives to be restored, and a stunning handmade copper saucepan ....





Two very sweet 'vide-poches', pocket emptyers, made of fine china with a latticework edging .........











and a rather splendid mannequin, that was happy to line up beside another that I found during the week; (just looking at that waistline makes me feel faint!)  ...........




and some beautiful lids to tureens.  I'll be offering these for sale as a set, they would look charming hung on a wall in the same way that plates can be hung.  The bonus to hanging lids is the extra detail in the handles!




Thank you to everyone who has emailed me for information about coming here to buy brocante next year, you will be receiving replies tomorrow - promise!

Also thank you to the kind readers who have asked about the on-line store.  The summer months simply haven't been the best time to list, and sell and pack and post.   But now that things are quietening down  here,  I'll be listing a load of goodies for you to pick from.

In the meantime yo are very welcome to email me directly, if you wish to enquire about purchasing anything you have seen.

Thank you for reading me, you really are the best bunch of bloggers!





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the giverny loot shoot





 Yup, Giverny is where I went to shop today, the fair started in the streets before dawn and I was there, flash light in hand, looking for goodies. and when the sun came up and I needed a pause from brocante I slipped into the gardens of the impressionist museum and immersed myself into my favourite 'white garden'.



Here are a few things I saw at the fair but didn't buy, that includes the little pup above, he was so cute, tied up to a vendors chair, but really really wanting to trot down the street after us!

















 










 And here is what I did bring home, pharmacy bottles, unused old linen; a cool leather postman's satchel;  a silver plate water pitcher;.............






 a length of unused dishcloth fabric, dated and perfect for a table runner;






this perfect sized bottle dryer, that I actually found for a friend visiting from Australia;  
and behind it the most amazing roll of 19th century wall paper.... 




this wallpaper is rather wonderful - scratching my tiny brain for ways to use  - what would you do with it?




more white flowers when the going got tough!






 the sweetest egg carrier;





 a pile of old school books and notes from biology lessons, dated 1903!









I have my favourite out of this lot, but tell me please, which is yours?!


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blue shutter loot shoot






Friends here for dinner last night, same again this evening.  Up early for fairs, children left right and centre.  Happy dogs.  A happy weekend.  Not much text, but I hope you like the pictures.

This week, Thursday actually, sees the start of my Fall Brocante Tour, when I'm looking forward to welcoming a group of guests  coming specially to find their own loot!    It will be an action packed four days, and I'll be sure to show you what we get up to!

Maybe we'll find some stuff like ....




old enamel street signs ...


calendars, silver trays and buttons ....



silver egg cups that wonder about being mini flower vases....














wonderful old wicker cutlery trays .... with the cutlery ...


old pins or skittles, bleu blanc rouge!



egg basket, blue shutter and vintage olive oil cans  ..  so chic!




tureen and old wooden spoons ...  and much much more!





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