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My name is Alison May and all that stops my heart is what you will find here. I like tea-cups and high heel shoes, Russell Brand, vintage postcards, old lace, polka dots and violet cremes. I blog at Brocantehome.Net, where I am housekeeper in residence, waxing lyrical about life, love and vintage housekeeping... Have a lovely day won't you?

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Superstitious Me

I do not think of myself as a superstitious person. Apart from a deep belief in the power of any…

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Win a Copy of Vintage Craft!

In celebration of my attending a very silly Barn Dance this weekend (complete with cowboy hat and…

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On Brocante today... Bettina's First Real Dinner

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The Boutique Blog

With just twelve days to go before Blogging the Brocante Way is unleashed upon the blog loving…

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Patrick Stewart

The other day I was buzzing around the kitchen putting lunch together when snippets of a video Richard was watching in the living room kept finding their way into my rather deaf ears. Though the voice was familiar I could not put a name to it, but when I…

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Fits and Starts

I don’t know about you, but my ability to do, and enthusiasm for housework, ebbs and flows almost…

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A Sunny Vintage Weekend

I used to be a Winter person. I used to laugh at my Mum longing for sunny days and try to convince…

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The Family Portrait Ritual

**Housekeeping Superstars Post**

Once upon a time family portraits were a rare and exquisite thing,…

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Sleep Cycle

Sleep used to be a delicious given in my life. I would lie down and five minutes later I would be…

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Meet Bettina and Bob!

Bettina and Bob are a rather charming vintage couple navigating their way through new married life…

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Blogging the Brocante Way

Here we are at last! Another scrumptious download that because of circumstances has been in the…

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The Storm Before the Calm

In matters of human nature it is a truth universally acknowledged that things will always get worse…

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About the Pep-Talks!

Yet another little bit of Brocante Housekeeping Sweethearts: do bear with me won’t you – normal…

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Ready to Rumble Housekeepers??

Ok me Darlings, today is the day!

Later this afternoon, the first of yourtwenty-six Trash It or…

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Housekeepers Diary

Sun makes a person feels human. It makes housekeeping and sheer, just-becausehappiness feel…

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The First Quiet of the Morning

“Don’t spend it on the stack of mail, the phone call, the mounting inventory of groceries. Resist th…

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Past Midnight

It is late and I am sitting here with my laptop on my knee and a cup of chamomile at my side. After…

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