Wandering around a brocante/flea market on a cold January morning is like viewing a social history of people’s lives. It is also a chance to wonder, who decided to design or make that in the first place and then, who actually bought it! The old saying of one person’s rubbish is another person’s treasure is true. It led to thinking about how our ‘stuff’ is our history and so important. Having moved several countries and cities, we have what we call our ‘travelling furniture’. Remnants of different places and cultures we have lived in and experienced, wrapped up in an emotional need to hold on to something that has meaning and foundation. A coffee table and lamp from New York, an Asian sideboard, French chairs and so many items are our history of the last twenty years. As Marie Kondo says, “The question of what you want to own is actually the question of how you want to live your life.”
