A look into the life of a brocanteur...

  • Busy

    by Cobie van Helden
    Because it is very busy with orders, I have to make a lot of packages, I am busy with the preparations and little Tove came to stay at the weekend ...

  • A real Limburger

    by Cobie van Helden
    While a large number of Limburgers celebrate Carnival, I just sit at my workplace, take photos, edit them and place them with the texts of the new ...

  • From the old box

    by Cobie van Helden
    When I see the antique herbarium, my heart skips a beat. How I love this and I've never seen it before. I love the atmosphere, the smell and eve...

  • That one person

    by Cobie van Helden
    It's not that I found life 'before' better or nicer. The 'now' certainly has many advantages and a lot of beautiful things to offer. But Valentine'...

  • (Un)truth

    by Cobie van Helden
    It's been a while since I bought the beautiful bowl, but now that I was taking pictures for my website, I suddenly thought of her again. She is sta...

  • Actually

    by Cobie van Helden
    'Actually is not a real word' he said, 'it adds nothing, it has no meaning' It's been several years since he said it and every time I use the word ...

  • The day after Blue Monday

    by Cobie van Helden
    She asks me if I also have a promotion with Blue Monday. No, I do not have that. I don't really like these kinds of commercial actions, but that's ...

  • Waiting for spring

    by Cobie van Helden
    Every year when the holidays are over, I've cleaned everything up and it's mid-January, it starts to bubble inside me. Then I really long for sprin...

  • Essence

    by Cobie van Helden
    After a long, wonderful Christmas period, all the Christmas things have been put away and we have started a new year. Sometime in early October the...

  • Pink glasses

    by Cobie van Helden
    I can't ignore it any longer. I didn't want it, I wouldn't give in to it. I fought it and I kept at it. It kept getting worse no matter how much I ...