Nice People Paint
This was how the back wall at the new shop in Mont Dol, France looked before Viki from Puce and Co hopped into help me out last week.Not only did Annie Sloan create the best paint in the world with...
View ArticleChateaux and Chattels
Have spent the day like Top Cat going round corners because my hoop is cocked. It’s September and it’s auction time! And I flipping love auctions. I especially love them when they are held outside...
View ArticleWatching Paint Dry
The floor in the shop is cement. It is grey and rather dull. The thing about Chalk Paint™ decorative paint by Annie Sloan is it is not just for furniture. You can use it on floors. It is so easy. A...
View ArticleToday
I miss my shop in Plélan-le-Petit. Everywhere I went today there seemed to be florists whose shopfronts are heaving with colour and chrysanthemums ready for Toussaint on 1 November. And it was like...
View ArticleC’est clair et net
Now that I have electricity, things have become a lot clearer… …on all levels. The previously grotty cement floor is now finished in Graphite and Original Chalk Paint™ … …and with the walls and floors...
View ArticleTransform Wardrobes with the magic of Chalk Paint™
This week the weather is putting the *Brrr* into Brittany. And the prospect of living in Narnia is looming. Early in the week, the jasmine was wrapped in its winter coat that climbs up the wall of...
View ArticleA short message from the boss
Yesterday, here at les Couronnes Sauvages, we had our AGM to plan what excitement we would be pulling from our sleeves in 2014. After I ran through a couple of ideas Derek took to the floor. Obviously...
View ArticleKitchens made easy with Annie Sloan
Relooking a kitchen is easy with Chalk Paint™ decorative paint by Annie Sloan. Even when it starts of looking like this… Original French style kitchen When my dog called Derek wasn’t looking, I...
View ArticleLearning curve
Psst. Want to learn something new? I made a mistake. Because only when I moved did I learn that what I loved a whole damn lot and really mattered to me didn’t move with me. Like people and things...
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