A Distracted Brocanteuse

I must confess that my mind has been a little diverted of late so unfortunately I have not been concentrating as much as I should on my brocante business.  The stock of my Etsy shop is at an all time low and I have various pieces of furniture and mirrors in my workshop waiting to be transformed.

The reason for this lack of progress is our imminent move to Cognac.  With a large renovation awaiting us next month we have been busy sourcing and pricing materials and getting some pretty scary quotes from various artisans.  As you will see from the following photos there are some hurdles to overcome.

The barn has slight roof issues!!!

The groovy orange kitchen is not to everyone's taste but is strangely
on trend and destined to become a utility room/animal feeding station

The new kitchen will hopefully blossom from this
unpromising workshop

and it's possible that the bathroom may need a little updating!

On the upside the house has a beautiful swirly staircase

and if it all gets too much we can always
raid the wine cellar

Putting my designs ideas for the house aside for a while I have promised myself to take a little time this weekend to concentrate on doing some shopping especially as stocking up for the Christmas holidays has begun to slowly creep to the forefront of my mind. There is a very reliable brocante in Cognac coming up so I have no excuse not to give it a visit although I can't promise that I won't take a few minutes out to have a sneaky peek at the outside of the house while I'm there!