This post follows on from my one of yesterday advocating thrift in Xmas present spending. If you don’t have time to rummage around flea markets in the next 9 days, or find that ideal retro bargain on eBay for under £10 (also euro 10 these days too), you are going to have to go for [...]
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Blankets of warmth not snow for Xmas
Posted in Design, Living Home, tagged Add new tag, designer blankets, heirlooms, hip hotels, lambswool, Malta, Malta electricity bills, Melin Tregwynt, Wales, Welsh blankets on 16 December 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The £10 Xmas present and the heirloom
Posted in Design, Musings, tagged Add new tag, antiques, brocante, Christmas presents, DINKYs, flea markets, heirloom on 15 December 2008 | 1 Comment »
A few years back, I had some Australian friends living in London who were a DINKY (double income, no kids) couple. The wife worked for a merchant bank; the husband was riding the dotcom boom in some new media agency. They had plenty of disposable income to splash out with. But, and here’s the rub [...]
