I’m sure you will all have heard that all non-essential retail shops are now closed until early December, we are desperately sad not to be welcoming you into our shops, especially now we have filled them all with Christmas goodies. We cannot wait until we are back open in full force - we have had an amazing summer and hope this will continue when we are allowed to open once again.

Whilst another lockdown is not what we wanted after loving seeing so many lovely customers in the past few months since we opened, we are determined to use this time to the max. Although we are unable to open our shops due to government rules, the shops will be raring to go and better than ever for when we do get to reopen.

We are taking the time now to do all of the mundane decorating, it gets left when we are busy in the shop, but will help things look even more sparkly and fabulous when it is all done. As well as the painting in the above photo, you can also see one of the tops being photographed (photobombed by Kieron) to go onto the website. This lockdown is a real opportunity for us to add as much as we can do to our online shop for you to browse through at home.

Above is a selection of some of the bits we have added in the last couple of days: Indulgent reed diffusers, soft and snuggly Jumpers and Tops, as well as the fabulous range of fun Jellycat toys.

Our next plan is to get lots more bits added to the website, then we will put our thinking caps on so you don’t have to. Each week we will provide you with some lists of our top 10 gift ideas for those tricky to buy for people, in preparation for Christmas.

Once again thank you all for sticking with us, we hope we will be able to help take some of the pressure off your Christmas shopping situations, and if there is anything we can do to help please do contact us. We are available for zoom virtual shopping experiences, click and collect as well as deliveries via our website.

Brocante making the most of lockdown