Autumn - BritPie

A cottage sitting room set for a Sunday afternoon: a blue knitted blanket over a cream armchair, a tray of scones with jam and cream beside a blue floral teapot, and a half-finished jigsaw sp

Autumn

Sunday Afternoon, Properly Done

There is a point on a Sunday, about half past two, when the house sits back. Four hours with nothing in them: the British Sunday afternoon, done properly.

A wooden garden chair with patterned scatter cushions and a grey-green blanket, a woven trug of apples beside it, and a lit tin bonfire on a table nearby, in golden autumn light.

Autumn

The Autumn Garden, Sat In

All summer the garden issues instructions. Then, somewhere around now, they stop. The best season is the one you sit in.

A pair of black Muck Boot Chore wellington boots on a brick step by a cottage back door, with a dog lead hanging on a hook, fallen leaves and soft autumn light.

Autumn

A Love Letter to the Muck Boot Chore

There is a boot by the back door that has never once been put away. A love letter to the Muck Boot Chore.

A green Penguin paperback, a Jane Austen bookmark, a polka dot mug of tea, Walker's shortbread and a red checked wool throw on a wooden table by a window, with autumn leaves and a candle.

Autumn

The Rain Reader's Kit

For the next wet Saturday: everything you need to disappear into a book, and full permission to do nothing about it.

Autumn

5 Cosy Things Every British Autumn Asks For

There's a moment, usually in early October, when the house quietly changes sides. Five proper, stay-forever things from British makers for exactly that moment.

Autumn

The First Proper Cold Morning

The heating isn't on yet, the kitchen floor has turned against you, and the whole household is pretending to be fine. Six things for surviving the first proper cold morning in style.