A French Connection

French-born Emily was introduced to her family’s tradition of combing small village brocantes and larger flea markets at a young age, she says. An experience that has clearly been put to good use: her north-west London home, which she shares with her husband, Nicolas and their two sons, is filled with characterful flea-market finds.

‘My mother taught me well,’ she says, ‘and I still love the feeling of arriving at