Beautiful finds / 23.06.2023

Before I knew my British husband, I didn’t really know the UK. Yes, of course I had visited London a few times, just for business and holiday weekends. My husband is born and raised in Kent. He comes from a town about 45 minutes by train to London. During our first two years together I have spent a lot of time in the UK and I really had a chance to get to know the way of life there much better. First of all, the supermarkets. Anything you can...

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Beautiful finds / 21.05.2023

Spring time is for many people also a time of cleaning their house, throw unnecessary items, and even doing some redecorating. In this time of the year each village in our area will organise a 'vide grenier', this means literally 'clean out your attic'.  Going to vide greniers is one of my favorite activities. I sometimes go at five o'clock in the morning like some 'professional' treasure hunters do.  I walked down to the village centre and I could not believe my eyes. The streets where so filled with...

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Beautiful finds / 12.03.2023

When we started to think about the layout of our new kitchen we knew for sure we wanted a light and open space this time. I especially wanted open shelving and enough free wall space to be able to display my collection of mirrors and paintings. A space where I could easily change the décor depending on the season. Our kitchen is on the ground level of our house and our living room is on the first level. Both levels face our garden, whereas the other floors with...

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