Dear Friends, join us for a cozy tea time in the cottage chatting about our cover story with Marjorie Magazine about “The Way Charming Should Be” and ways you can live a charming life too! It’s such an honor to grace the pages of this beautiful autumn/winter publication that celebrates the best of vintage lifestyles …
It's A Charming Life
"It's a Charming Life." celebrates a mindful lifestyle that we hope inspires others through vintage fashion, charming travels, and enchanting storytelling. We are a California girl (Lindsay) & a Swedish gent (Jonas). We are making our dreams come true in the Sleepy Hollow country!
“Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.” –William Penn Dear friends, As the end of the year approaches do you also feels like the weeks go racing by as you reflect on what you’ve done during the year? Time is a funny thing, it’s a precious currency that when spent you …
It is the last weekend of a New England October. The low sunbeams are going through a filter that can not be recreated in any digital way. It is a filter of chlorophyll and colors that the New England trees always are generous to share with its travelers, reaching for new adventures. Our destination is …
EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT! Our cover story is now available with Marjorie Magazine, the modern mag for vintage lovers!!! Dearies, will you be ordering or hope to!? It’s only $15 + shipping depending where you live! It would mean so much to know our kindred spirits are reading this lovely autumn/winter issue. GET YOUR …
Come inside our cozy cottage for a vintage autumn tour. Let us show you our fall decorations that inspire a vintage cottagecore life. We love when things have a story to tell, and our fall decorations do since they are mostly thrifted or antique. It is inspiring to see the marks of time in a …
Once upon a time in Sweden… Ah, harvest time, upon the autumn equinox, when the day and night are equal, it feels like you can take a deep sigh after a busy season in the sunshine. The days may start growing darker soon but for now, we celebrate the fruits of our labors. We aren’t …
Dear Friends I just want to take the opportunity to write a couple of lines, telling you about our summer visit to Sweden. This time it will come out as a postcard to you since postcards are something both me and Lindsay enjoy, and if you belong to the group who not usually get a …
Dear friends, We all know that the summertime is the best time for flea markets and scoring those deals, but have you ever considered looking for treasures on a vacation? Do you love to go antiquing on your travels? Do you love finding your not so typical (often overpriced) souvenirs? We hope you nodded “YES” …
Dear friends, what makes you in the summer mood? Road trips, seaside vacations, pie contests, and the countryside are what we crave in both film and real life! These summer flicks are *mostly* family friendly with a few romantic comedies thrown in for good measure all located in charming places! We may not have children …
Greetings From Sweden! Dear charming friends, we invite you to join us for a picnic on an island in Sweden. If you can’t make it to the beach right now, than take 20 minutes for yourself to relax and drift away with the sound of the waves lapping up onto the archipelago. Watch the midnight …
Greetings from New York City 1922! Time travel to the roaring 20’s is indeed more possible than you know! 2 magical summer weekends a year you can step back in time into the bygone era of the Great Gatsby. In fact, The Wall Street Journal says it’s, “the biggest (not to mention the cleanest and …
Once upon a summer solstice in Sweden… It is not a myth that the charming sun is in love with the most handsome guy on the sky, the moon! It is all a true story who involves not only happiness but also a real dose of sadness. If you ever noticed that some raindrops feel …