LE PETIT CABINET DE CURIOSITES

Is life a game ?

 

 

beginning and end

winners and loosers

luck and bad luck

Is life a game ?

Is love a game ?

 

NO matter what , it is worth to play , isn't it?

 

photo : chessmen found in the last post's real estate

 

 

 

 

New " trouvailles " ( finds)

I want to share my new finds ...trouvailles

they come from a special real estate , a very old lady who was an actress and became the mistress of a rich man ...a kind of ordinary story but with special antiques...

here are just few samples to made " l'eau à la bouche " ( your mouth water )

 

silver box with Bacchus and some little jewells

 

Art deco galuchat box , may be from Dupre Lafon

 

terracotta curiositie , I still don't really know what it is , even if I have an idea

and some others piece , I will show you later ....

Roses , lilas , and peonies for a mother

On sunday , it was mother's day , here in France .
So funny to see that all around the world mother's day is celebrated on different day !

It should be an internation day !

So to celebrate my wonderful mother we bought some wonderful flowers  and others things also like

gifts

I love this color of roses

lilas from the garden

 

FEW PICS FROM MY SHOW ROOM....

I' ve just discovered slide.com so I want to share some pictures with you of what I'm surrounded in my show room ..It is just faw pictures ! I may add some more soon

Award , gift , blogging friends ...

On May 19th, I was very honoured to receive an award From Nihal who lives in Istanbul .

She gave me the The Arte y Pico Award

I was honoured , happy , excited for several reason :

first because it was an award ( it seems like I'm kind of "star" )

Then because it comes specially from her and I love her blog

Then because it comes from Turkey and above all Istanbul 

And last because I receive it like a gift

So now I will pick one blog that deserves this award , my choice is very hard as I would like to choose hundreds and even thousands of blogs

this award is given to blogs ''which nourish an enrich my spirit and creativity. In these blogs I see dedication, creativity, care, companionship, joyfulness, and overall, ART, so much art. With this award, I want to give attention to those bloggers who day after share thisspace, the blogosphere, and enrich every day a little bit more.''

The Arte y Pico Award comes with these rules:

1- Pick 5-blogs that you consider deserving of this award on the basis of creativity, design, interesting material, and contributions to the blogger community, regardless of language.

2- Post the names of the authors and links to their blogs so that everyone can visit.

3- Display the award on your blog and include the name and link of the blog that gave it to you.

4- Link to this post at the Arte y Pico Blog, so everyone will know the origin of the award.

5- Display these rules.

My first award go to Lala Ema from Granada in Andalucia for her blog Castle in Spain , she is french , with roots in Madagascar and she lives in spain . She is a designer , she creates cards and bags.

My 2nd go to Constance , from Eatontown , USA for her blog Chateau Rochambeau. She creates beautiful bags

My 3rd goes to Susanna , From New Jersey , for her blog susanna's sketchbook . She takes beautiful photos and has some beautiful projects

4th award goes to cherry coloured blog , Great inspiration

5th award goes to , last but not least , goes to Print woment blog , another french  antique dealer whose blog is about femme , femme ...( woman , woman ..)

Hope you will like my choices ...

 

 

 

new work from our workshop

As Corey says Typepad broke our routine

so I'm going to write a short post , to get use to these news

I want to share with you a new upholstered pair of armchairs

Before

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kenzo fabric

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another pied à terre

Guess where is the other pied à terre I love ?

Here

In CASSIS

One of my friend owns and rents this wonderful pied à terre

A part of the living room , I like this peaceful ambiance with a touche of color

 

the bedroom is upstairs

quiet bedroom

look at this cute pink terrace , and I love the details , there is even a pink soda in the glass

If you want to spend a sunny time in our provence and in a little " cote d'azur" harbour ! This is your place

I know some weeks are still available , if you want to know more about prices or any information , contact the owner at : [email protected]

Cecile ...

My best friend Cecile just opens a e-business ...

What I love is the graphism of her site , it looks so fem even if it talks about contracts , laws ...

So check it ...even if you don't understand a word , you will love it , I'm sure

Visite in a provencal pied à terre

I love to read the different post of Kren from Alkemie about pied à terre

so I wanted to share this cute little provencal pied à terre with you

here is what you see and what you enjoy , outside

a cup of coffee

some pink flowers

bedsheets at the window

Then you open "the porte de l'amour" ( door of Love)

You discover a cute little kitchen

other side

and after making coffee and cooking , you can have a nice diner under a lovely canopy ...

In provence, you can even have a piano and some louis XV style chairs outside ! what a chic outdoor

For those who don't work , have a wonderful sunny week end !

kenzo , Missoni ...chez Roche Bobois and chez moi

Roche bobois know how to use the best fabrics on the new collections , they often use fabrics from Kenzo , Missoni and they make fabulous sofas

By chance , I sell kenzo and missoni fabrics so I / you can make your own roche bobois style sofas

in this picture they use  2 kenzo fabrics Kenzo :
riva rose ( stripes )
eden chocolat (flowers)

 

another kenzo ambiance , ask me for fabrics

khanami sofas

on the front , kenzo teapot and cup , available in my show room

For more information or to order it contact me , don't forget that for any order of fabrics you get 10% off

photos from roche bobois adverts and roche bobois website