Tag: French brocante
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Objects That Speak to Us
Often the objects we hold on to are not have the most monetary value instead they hold memory for us they are meaningful to our story; they are the things that speak to us: A tee shirt from my father.…
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Creating a Modern Look with Antiques
Since childhood I have loved old things, the first antique I ever bought I was 12, I used my babysitting money to buy a mirror and a brown jar. My taste hasn't change. While creating our newest home in…
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Any Day at the French Brocante
Last weekend when I was in Paris I begged Sacha to come with me to the brocante and take photos of me doing my thing. He obliged. One of my conditions was that I did not want to know…
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Brocante Bugs Discoveries in the Cornfields
Photos and text by Corey Amaro How to fill a van with one million grains of corn little brocante things. Easy! Wake up before the rooster crows. Run around like a chicken with her head cut off, crow every time…
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Brocante Bugs, Boogers and other Germs of the Trade
Photos and text by Corey Amaro Putting up little-worn bits of brocante on my site today. Went around the house gathering things to sell, and at the same time added things in the empty spots that I want to keep.…
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Brocanting in France
Photos by Merisi, text by Corey Amaro. Merisi wanted to document me at the brocante. I was gamed, as long as she followed two rules: Only photograph my good side, which meant the back of my head, and didn't catch…