Fracas Noir – Susanne Waldau – te Brake ~ for better or worse

Everyone have dreams and my dream is living on the country side, not too far from Paris in a chateau. Yes you heard it right. Not a farm or country house but a chateau. Luckily there are chateaus for sale, that are not too expensive, but in need of a lot of renovation so there [...]

I long for a new renovation project. A grand old house with all the periodic features waiting to be restored to its former glory. It’s an expensive hobby and not one I can afford to exercise on a regular basis. But every so often a new opportunity arises and I hope such will come very [...]

Perfect Saturday…Sleep in, late lunch, a bit of shopping (check out the vintage snake skin bag!), afternoon siesta, lounging on the couch, and soon bedtime… Sx

I anticipated the week was going to kill me off…well almost. I’m beyond exhausted, and instead of letting my words flow, I will have to let the pictures tell their story… Victoria got a chaise lounge for her room as an early birthday present.Chaise lounge is from IKEA My colleagues came with a fab present [...]

It’s so tranquil it’s almost erie. Reinout is still asleep, the room covered in a soft white light dulled by the roll curtains. I can hear his quiet breathing next to me, mixed with the creaking sounds of our French doors and the faint noise of an airplane engine miles away. So soft, so peaceful [...]

I woke up this morning way to early. It should be considered a carnal sin for the postman to ring on the door before 9. Just as we decided to continue our beauty sleep the second parcel delivery was at the door. Cute! The whole house was awake and in particular one very annoyed husband. [...]

There is no such feeling as when you have worked like a dog and you can finally enjoy the fruits of your labour. I’ve been cleaning since early this morning and at 10 pm I dotted the i’s and crossed the t’s. Fortunately I had Caroline to help me  and she did a marvellous job. [...]