Renos & Renovations at Bric-à-Brac. Thats correct, we’re revamping. So despite our adherence to wabi-sabi design elements, it’s all been on the plans for almost a year, and by next week we’ll have it completed in the first bedroom. First up: our bathrooms, with black and white wall tiles, stucco, electrics and plumbing. We’ve added new brass taps […]
On a recent run back to Sydney, I visited my friend Sibella Court especially to buy these stunning soap dishes. Bric-à-Brac could not resist having these hanging in our hotel’s Cambodian bathrooms. This monger soap dish was specially commissioned using enamelled cast iron for enhanced durability and weight. It is the perfect addition to our period bathrooms and wabi-sabi decor […]
This time last year, we received our 40-ft high top container of our life from Australia. Overnight, in the rain, it was unloaded from the container into separate truck loads to enter the Battambang city centre, then unloaded into what is now our Boutique shop. The room was filled from wall-to-wall, floor-to-ceiling. It was my […]
Our bedroom now has blue stucco walls, on this day our first year anniversary that we arrived in Battambang to live. Its always the way, your own room is always the last remaining room to do. We still have the office to finish, but I love what I have done in our bedroom. This was the first time I […]
B&B or BorBor (congee) or Battambang BB. Or Bed & breakfast. Love the alliteration… Khmer for B is pronounced Bohr. Bric-a-Brac Bead and Breakfast Battambang Big is Beautiful All of this is represented in our logo. B&B. Or Bohr and Bohr. B+B Today I trundled off on my bike to get some buisness cards. USB […]
Welcome to Indochine, our third guest room here at Bric-à-Brac Battambang. It was a snap decision: “Let’s make a third guest room by dividing our huge office in half. There is already is a bathroom constructed to the room , so let’s get the masonry guys in to make the dividing wall,” Robert said. The […]
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