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?Tumblr (3.0; @brocantehome)http://brocantehome.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f547ef01cfdaffa8e67ca5dfea2b7da4/tumblr_mojbdbzLFe1qzwe3so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>Superstitious Me</big></p><blockquote><p>I do not think of myself as a superstitious person. Apart from a deep belief in the power of any…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://www.brocantehome.net/superstitious-me/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://brocantehome.tumblr.com/post/53188480161http://brocantehome.tumblr.com/post/53188480161Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:17:35 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/0c47c5cd56acc70b3734468c3f91cac6/tumblr_modumbOoeq1qzwe3so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>Win a Copy of Vintage Craft!</big></p><blockquote><p><strong>In celebration of my attending a very silly Barn Dance this weekend (complete with cowboy hat and…</strong></p></blockquote><p><a href="http://www.brocantehome.net/win-a-copy-of-vintage-craft/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://brocantehome.tumblr.com/post/52942474190http://brocantehome.tumblr.com/post/52942474190Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:27:46 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/22f97766164d3c8bbd9f7eae9ee43a14/tumblr_modnhvE4OI1qzwe3so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>On Brocante today… Bettina’s First Real Dinner</p><p><a href="http://www.brocantehome.net/bettinas-first-real-dinner/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://brocantehome.tumblr.com/post/52937640373http://brocantehome.tumblr.com/post/52937640373Fri, 14 Jun 2013 05:53:55 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/99a7d66810aa4cbb28b2894e798165c8/tumblr_mobyzhTjFk1qzwe3so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>The Boutique Blog</big></p><blockquote><p>With just twelve days to go before <a href="http://brocante-home.myshopify.com/products/blogging-the-brocante-way" target="_blank"><strong>Blogging the Brocante Way</strong> </a>is unleashed upon the blog loving…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://www.brocantehome.net/the-boutique-blog/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://brocantehome.tumblr.com/post/52862907256http://brocantehome.tumblr.com/post/52862907256Thu, 13 Jun 2013 08:06:52 -0400The other day I was buzzing around the kitchen putting lunch together when snippets of a video...http://brocantehome.tumblr.com/post/52858657136http://brocantehome.tumblr.com/post/52858657136Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:49:43 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e580371d81f6377c4c5761d0f0bbe1cd/tumblr_moabonYuKO1qzwe3so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>Fits and Starts</big></p><blockquote><p>I don’t know about you, but my ability to do, and enthusiasm for housework, ebbs and flows almost…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://www.brocantehome.net/fits-and-starts/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://brocantehome.tumblr.com/post/52791076248http://brocantehome.tumblr.com/post/52791076248Wed, 12 Jun 2013 10:45:58 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f5daed583b1d950ad6f2c1eb04f7d8d0/tumblr_mo6z4c7Ut21qzwe3so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>A Sunny Vintage Weekend</big></p><blockquote><p>I used to be a Winter person. I used to laugh at my Mum longing for sunny days and try to convince…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://www.brocantehome.net/a-sunny-vintage-weekend/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://brocantehome.tumblr.com/post/52645440132http://brocantehome.tumblr.com/post/52645440132Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:21:46 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ba2ee24ffb61a8ee545ee803a76f8f6e/tumblr_mo6r88QwCe1qzwe3so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>The Family Portrait Ritual</big></p><blockquote><p><strong>**Housekeeping Superstars Post**</strong></p> <p>Once upon a time family portraits were a rare and exquisite thing,…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://www.brocantehome.net/the-family-portrait-ritual/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://brocantehome.tumblr.com/post/52634270034http://brocantehome.tumblr.com/post/52634270034Mon, 10 Jun 2013 12:31:20 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a24d8b3c15fdb4cc51f88bdfc7e9452b/tumblr_mo6af7714Q1qzwe3so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>Sleep Cycle</big></p><blockquote><p>Sleep used to be a delicious given in my life. I would lie down and five minutes later I would be…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://www.brocantehome.net/sleep-cycle/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://brocantehome.tumblr.com/post/52618541377http://brocantehome.tumblr.com/post/52618541377Mon, 10 Jun 2013 06:28:18 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/2fe59c9b404b8d0553aad792cfec4915/tumblr_mo1ds7TQ4e1qzwe3so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>Meet Bettina and Bob!</big></p><blockquote><p><strong><em>Bettina and Bob are a rather charming vintage couple navigating their way through new married life…</em></strong></p></blockquote><p><a href="http://www.brocantehome.net/meet-bettina-and-bob/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://brocantehome.tumblr.com/post/52395832706http://brocantehome.tumblr.com/post/52395832706Fri, 07 Jun 2013 14:52:54 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ffc003adce0ee68c7ee09898096e2728/tumblr_mo0up6Wjqg1qzwe3so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>Blogging the Brocante Way</big></p><blockquote><p>Here we are at last! Another scrumptious download that because of circumstances has been in the…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://www.brocantehome.net/blogging-the-brocante-way/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://brocantehome.tumblr.com/post/52374227704http://brocantehome.tumblr.com/post/52374227704Fri, 07 Jun 2013 08:00:41 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b35a979c7e481e6406eeea3029acbe41/tumblr_mnz9ygSLpF1qzwe3so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>The Storm Before the Calm</big></p><blockquote><p>In matters of human nature it is a truth universally acknowledged that things will always get worse…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://www.brocantehome.net/the-storm-before-the-calm/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://brocantehome.tumblr.com/post/52304255232http://brocantehome.tumblr.com/post/52304255232Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:35:03 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d80463a9d6304d78313d60ac9e3a1665/tumblr_mnt8dq2iCr1qzwe3so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>About the Pep-Talks!</big></p><blockquote><p>Yet another little bit of Brocante Housekeeping Sweethearts: do bear with me won’t you – normal…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://www.brocantehome.net/about-the-pep-talks/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://brocantehome.tumblr.com/post/52046158184http://brocantehome.tumblr.com/post/52046158184Mon, 03 Jun 2013 05:15:25 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8bc23f5be98ba1a11a9c5a8be93d71a0/tumblr_mnt4vdChiV1qzwe3so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>Ready to Rumble Housekeepers??</big></p><blockquote><p>Ok me Darlings, today is the day!</p> <p>Later this afternoon, the first of your<a href="http://brocante-home.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/trash-it-or-treasure-it-1" target="_blank"><strong>twenty-six Trash It or…</strong></a></p></blockquote><p><a href="http://www.brocantehome.net/ready-to-rumble-housekeepers/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://brocantehome.tumblr.com/post/52043884604http://brocantehome.tumblr.com/post/52043884604Mon, 03 Jun 2013 03:59:36 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/fb9d25b35ffbae90362feb8e03dbd81f/tumblr_mnpyym4XgB1qzwe3so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>Housekeepers Diary</big></p><blockquote><p>Sun makes a person feels human. It makes housekeeping and sheer,<em> just-because</em>happiness feel…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://www.brocantehome.net/housekeepers-diary-6/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://brocantehome.tumblr.com/post/51885045826http://brocantehome.tumblr.com/post/51885045826Sat, 01 Jun 2013 10:59:09 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c0dd56ee851be69352519764ff0786ec/tumblr_mnlss20UIB1qzwe3so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>The First Quiet of the Morning</big></p><blockquote><p>“Don’t spend it on the stack of mail, the phone call,<br/> the mounting inventory of groceries. Resist<br/>th…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://www.brocantehome.net/the-first-quiet-of-the-morning/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://brocantehome.tumblr.com/post/51712627579http://brocantehome.tumblr.com/post/51712627579Thu, 30 May 2013 04:55:13 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/adf8a78b98fdcecdc2c4c2796c9e4a59/tumblr_mnj8h9c7tg1qzwe3so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>Past Midnight</big></p><blockquote><p>It is late and I am sitting here with my laptop on my knee and a cup of chamomile at my side. After…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://www.brocantehome.net/past-midnight/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://brocantehome.tumblr.com/post/51597585221http://brocantehome.tumblr.com/post/51597585221Tue, 28 May 2013 19:41:32 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b3c0d09d7ba7086c62591d3f512a3335/tumblr_mnilzrbqMQ1qzwe3so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>Muse Eight</big></p><blockquote><p>Hola Sweeties: though I can scarcely believe I am about to type the next sentence as it has been…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://www.brocantehome.net/muse-eight/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://brocantehome.tumblr.com/post/51563839140http://brocantehome.tumblr.com/post/51563839140Tue, 28 May 2013 11:35:51 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/687b0329908688d371e8db609e319331/tumblr_mni62dAMIZ1qzwe3so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>Housewife Superstar</big></p><blockquote><p>In a lovely case of serendipity, I stumbled across <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Housewife-Superstar-Nonagenarian-Domestic-ebook/dp/B009LRWJSO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1369731809&sr=8-1&keywords=housewife+superstar" target="_blank"><strong>Danielle Wood’s biography of Tasmanian Domestic…</strong></a></p></blockquote><p><a href="http://www.brocantehome.net/housewife-superstar/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://brocantehome.tumblr.com/post/51549648349http://brocantehome.tumblr.com/post/51549648349Tue, 28 May 2013 05:51:48 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8204dc58befce29b130e4544d5b8872f/tumblr_mncpstT6bN1qzwe3so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>Trash It or Treasure It the Email Program!</big></p><blockquote><p>Back in the day when I first let BrocanteHome tumble out of my imagination and on to a screen near…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://www.brocantehome.net/trash-it-or-treasure-it-the-email-program/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://brocantehome.tumblr.com/post/51294513028http://brocantehome.tumblr.com/post/51294513028Sat, 25 May 2013 07:12:28 -0400