Step into a softer season of stories, rituals, recipes and everyday luxuries.
The newest stories, recipes and seasonal discoveries that have recently found their place inside Essy's Essentials.
PlanningNew
How Bas and I plan the whole leave year before we think about individual trips: anchors first, the 2027 bank holidays second, and a Spontaneity Reserve of days we deliberately leave unbooked.
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The New Home Edit
The atmosphere of our home was not created by one dramatic purchase. It came from a series of small decisions that stopped the finished rooms from feeling like a collection of defaults.
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The Working Life EditNew
A thoughtful way to prepare for your review, take ownership of your development and ask for the support that will help you grow.
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A fictional English village of rain-bright stone, warm bread, quiet rituals and the pleasure of staying in.
Enter AutumnWelcome
Essy's Essentials is a cosy editorial world for seasonal living at home. I'm Esther, and here you'll find stories, simple recipes, thoughtful rituals and everyday luxuries to help you savour each season - beautifully, and at your own pace.
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Thank you for being here, and for letting me be a small part of your everyday. Every story, recipe and ritual on this site starts the same way - at my own table, tried and lived-in before it is ever shared.
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Not a shop, not a roundup - just a few Polaroids of whatever’s actually on the nightstand, in the fridge or in rotation right now.
CURRENTLY WEARING
Santal Austral
Matiere Premiere
The one I keep reaching for lately - quiet, warm and very much the kind of perfume you notice later.
6 October 2026
CURRENTLY LOVING
Glow-in-the-Dark Ghost Glass
Anthropologie
Tortoiseshell glass by day, two small ghosts that glow once the lights go out. Peak October.
6 October 2026
CURRENTLY EATING
Rocky Road Bites
Hands Off
Veggilaine’s Rocky Road Bites, gifted by Hands Off - crunchy, sea-salty and the clear winner of my chocolate tasting this week.
29 September 2026
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One rain-softened view, a little room for your own words and a reason to send something that did not begin as a notification.
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A small reading companion for wet afternoons, difficult first chapters and books that deserve more than a star rating.
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We organise the boring bits so there’s more room for the beautiful ones.
A beautiful season is not only made of recipes, books, candles and places to visit. It is also shaped by the quiet systems behind it: the plans you make, the money you set aside, the lists that bring calm and the tools that create more room for what matters. Not despite the croissants, candles and Cortelume - because of them. Discover seasonal savings, Sunday Life Admin, AI prompts and practical tools for a more thoughtfully organised life.
Sunday Life Admin
A quiet weekly ritual for bringing the coming week gently back into focus.
SaveSeasonal Savings
Thoughtful tools for making room for travels, experiences and beautiful things worth waiting for.
SimplifyThe September Anti-Reset
What if September doesn’t need a new you? A calmer case for organising less, not more.
UnderstandThe Money Edit
A calmer way to understand your money - saving, spending and investing, gently explained.
Seasonal editorial concepts, original photography and thoughtful brand stories.
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