An independent journal from the Cotswolds
Old houses • Handmade things • Everyday rituals
The moon and stars on the attic wallHouse · Field note 02
Turning a forgotten attic into the most personal room in the house.
From magnolia walls to midnight blue, dark beams and hand-painted stars: the room finally feels like the place where I work, sew, collect and daydream.
Read the field note →“Making a home properly,
rather than perfectly.”
Little Magics · Love & divination
On Midsummer Eve, a young woman living near the Rollright Stones once had a rather more dramatic option than simply wondering who she might marry.
A story of ancient stones, future husbands and the small rituals that offered women a glimpse of influence over an uncertain future.
Read the story →Vol. I · Autumn 2026
House · Made · Found · Lore
Made · Field note 07
An old straw doll, a Welsh harvest tradition, and a small act of mending that connects three generations of women.
Read note →House · Field note 02
Turning a forgotten attic into the most personal room in the house.
Read note →Made · Field note 03
A beginner’s attempt to turn one paper pattern into something altogether different.
Coming soon
Found · Field note 04
Fortune-telling cups, domestic ritual and the peculiar things that survive.
Read note →Lore · Field note 05
A brief history of bringing the night sky indoors.
Coming soon
Kitchen · Field note 06
A chocolate craving, two overripe bananas and a particularly enthusiastic flock of hens.
Read note →About the journal
Domestic Folklore is an independent journal about old houses, handmade things and the stories we attach to them.
I’m Lucy, a digital professional living in an old house in the Cotswolds. Away from a screen I’m usually attempting to make something—sewing, decorating, gardening, collecting old objects or disappearing down a research rabbit hole about some peculiar local tradition.
This is somewhere to document that process: learning to make things properly, rather than perfectly.