What we collect, why we collect it, and the choices you have.
The Patina Nest is a small blog about cottagecore, vintage and shabby chic homes. You can read every page without creating an account or handing over anything about yourself. What we do learn comes mostly from your browser: which pages you open, roughly where you are, and what kind of device you are using.
Two details are worth knowing up front. The site carries advertising through Google AdSense, and ad partners may use cookies to show ads based on your visits here and on other websites. Some of our product links also lead to Etsy, Amazon and Chairish, and if you buy after clicking, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you.
Every section below can be read on its own, so use the contents list to jump to the part you need. If something is not clear, write to us and we will explain it in plain words.
Eleanor Hartley
Author and site owner
Last updated: 20 September 2026
The Patina Nest (thepatinanest.com) is a home décor blog about cottagecore, vintage wall décor, shabby chic, farmhouse style and vintage finds. It is written and run by Eleanor Hartley, who is responsible for the personal information described in this policy.
This policy covers thepatinanest.com. It does not cover the shops, marketplaces and other websites we link to; each of those has its own policy, and where we can, we point you to it below. To learn more about the site and who writes it, visit our About page.
For anything privacy-related, write to thepatinanest@gmail.com.
We collect information in three ways: what you send us, what your browser shares automatically when you visit, and what cookies and similar tools record. This is a blog, so there is nothing to buy on it and no account to create.
If you email or message us, we receive your email address, your name if it appears in your message, and whatever else you choose to tell us. We use it to reply, and we do not add you to a mailing list unless you ask to be on one.
If you leave a comment, WordPress stores your name, email address and the comment itself, along with your IP address and browser details to help filter spam. Your name and comment appear publicly; your email address does not. WordPress can also set a cookie so you do not have to retype your details next time, and you can decline it with the tick-box under the comment form.
If you subscribe, we collect your email address and store it with [email service name]. Every message includes an unsubscribe link.
Whenever you open a page, your browser sends our web host some technical details: your IP address, the page you asked for, the date and time, the page that referred you (for example a Pinterest pin or a Google search result), and your browser and device type. Hosting servers usually keep these details in logs so that problems and attacks can be traced. Our web host is Hostinger.
We do not ask for payment card numbers, government ID numbers, health information or anything else sensitive, and we would ask you not to send them to us by email. If you do, we will delete them.
Cookies are small text files that a website stores in your browser. Some make a site work, some remember a choice you made, and others measure visits or help show and measure advertising. Cookies on this site can come from three places:
We list the cookies we know about in our Cookie Policy.
Where the law requires consent, for example in the UK and the European Economic Area, we ask for your permission before setting cookies that are not strictly necessary, and you can change your mind afterwards. You can also block or delete cookies in your browser settings. Doing so may switch off some features, but articles and images will still load.
We use the information above only for practical reasons:
If UK or EU data protection law applies to you, we rely on legitimate interests (running and securing the site, understanding readership and answering messages), on your consent (cookies that are not strictly necessary, and personalised advertising), and on legal obligation where the law requires us to keep or share information.
The Patina Nest earns money by showing advertisements through Google AdSense, which helps cover the cost of running and writing the site. We label advertising areas “Advertisement” so they are easy to tell apart from articles.
Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on this site. Those cookies let Google and its partners show ads based on your visits here and on other websites, limit how often you see the same ad, and measure how ads perform. Google explains this on its page about how it uses information from sites that use its services (opens in a new tab).
Turning off personalised ads does not remove advertising altogether. You will still see ads, but they will be less closely matched to your interests.
Google requires websites that show AdSense ads in these regions to collect consent through a Google-certified consent management platform before personalised ads are served. If you decline, you may see non-personalised ads or fewer ads.
If you come across an ad that seems inappropriate or misleading, send us the page address and a short description, and we will review it.
We use Google Analytics, set up through Google’s Site Kit plugin, to see how readers use the site: which posts and pages are opened, which countries and device types visitors come from, and how they arrived, for example from Pinterest or Google Search. We read the combined reports to decide what to write next, what to update, and where pages load slowly. We do not use analytics to identify individual readers.
Google Analytics uses cookies, typically with names beginning “_ga”, to recognise a browser over time. Google processes the resulting data for us under its own terms. You can stop Google Analytics collecting data from your browser with Google’s Analytics opt-out add-on (opens in a new tab).
Affiliate disclosure
Some links on this site are affiliate links. If you click one and buy something, we may earn a commission. It never changes the price you pay. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
Affiliate links carry a tracking code so the retailer knows the visit began here. Clicking one usually places a cookie on your device, and the retailer or its affiliate network can record that you arrived from thepatinanest.com, which product you looked at and whether you bought it. We do not receive your name, payment details or account information from these companies, only summary reports of clicks and commissions.
Our Affiliate Disclosure explains how affiliate links work on the site.
Our articles point to shops, makers, museums, inspiration boards and other sites we think readers will find useful. Once you click, you are on someone else’s website, with its own cookies and rules, and this policy no longer applies.
That includes Pinterest. If you found us there, or you save one of our images to a board, Pinterest’s own policies govern that activity. We cannot control other sites, so it is worth reading the policy of any site that asks you for personal details.
We do not sell your name, email address or messages. We share information only in these situations:
The table below summarises the outside services involved.
| Service | What it does here | Read their policy |
|---|---|---|
| Google AdSense | Serves and measures advertising. May use cookies, device identifiers, your IP address and details of the pages you visit. | |
| Google Analytics (through Site Kit) | Produces combined visitor statistics. Uses cookie identifiers and records pages viewed, approximate location, and device and browser type. | |
| Amazon Associates | Credits us when a click leads to a purchase. May set cookies and record that you arrived from this site. | |
| Etsy | Credits us when a click leads to a purchase. May set cookies and record that you arrived from this site. | |
| Chairish | Credits us when a click leads to a purchase. May set cookies and record that you arrived from this site. | |
| Gmail (Google) | Holds the emails you send to thepatinanest@gmail.com. | |
| Web hosting | Stores the site and keeps server logs, including IP addresses and the pages requested. | Hostinger |
Google, Amazon, Etsy and Chairish operate internationally, so information may be processed in countries other than your own, including the United States. Our web host may store server data in another country as well. Where the law requires safeguards for international transfers, we rely on those that each provider describes in its own policy.
The site uses HTTPS, which encrypts the connection between your browser and our server, and we take reasonable steps to protect the site and the small amount of information we hold. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, so we cannot promise absolute protection.
Depending on where you live, you may have legal rights over your personal information. We will try to help anyone who asks, wherever you live.
Data protection law gives you the right to ask for a copy of the personal information we hold about you, to have mistakes corrected, to have information erased or restricted in certain circumstances, to object to some uses, to receive your information in a portable format where that applies, and to withdraw consent you have given us. You can also complain to your data protection authority. In the UK that is the Information Commissioner’s Office (opens in a new tab).
Residents of California and some other states may have the right to know what personal information a business collects, to ask for it to be deleted or corrected, and to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information for targeted advertising. We do not sell personal information for money. Because advertising cookies from Google may count as “sharing” or “targeted advertising” under some state laws, the opt-out options are set out in the advertising section above. We will not treat you differently for using these rights.
Under Canadian privacy law, including PIPEDA, you can ask to see the personal information we hold about you and to have it corrected if it is inaccurate. You can also raise a concern with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (opens in a new tab).
Under the Australian Privacy Principles you can ask to access and correct personal information we hold about you. If you are not satisfied with our response, you can complain to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (opens in a new tab).
Email thepatinanest@gmail.com with “Privacy request” in the subject line and tell us what you would like us to do. We may ask a question or two to make sure we are dealing with the right person, but we will only ask for what is needed to confirm that. We aim to reply within 24 hours.
Information held by Google, Amazon, Etsy or Chairish has to be requested from them directly, because we do not hold it. Their policies are linked above.
The Patina Nest is written for adults interested in home décor. It is not directed at children, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 13, or under the higher minimum age that applies where they live. If you believe a child has sent us personal information, email us and we will delete it.
We update this page when our practices change, for example if we add a new advertising network, a newsletter service or a different analytics tool. The “last updated” date near the top shows when the policy last changed. For significant changes, we will also add a notice to the site for a reasonable period.
Get in touch
If something on this page is unclear, or you would like to see, correct or delete information we hold about you, write to us. Email is best for privacy requests, and WhatsApp works for quick questions.
Email us
thepatinanest@gmail.comBest for privacy requests, so there is a written record.
+92 302 0470251 (opens WhatsApp in a new tab)Good for quick questions.
Call us
To ask us to see, correct or delete your information, or to stop using it for a particular purpose, email us and tell us:
We will confirm that we have received it, and we may ask a question to make sure we are speaking to the right person.