LE PETIT CABINET DE CURIOSITES

a car for a princess

I love bling bling

an old car painted in gold !!! THIS IS A CAR FOR A PRINCESS

 

  a gold 2 chevaux ...

MAD TEA PARTY

MR GRUMPY AND I ARE LATE

BECAUSE OF HIM AND HIS BAD MOOD ( it is never my fault- .....)

We will be at the party at the romantic hour

romantic time

should I dress like that ?

or should I dress up with my suzani cloth and hat ??

dresses

and hat

I like this one ...OK

The only thing I'm sure about is the bag I'm wearing : I don't have picture but someone will recognize it , as she made it and she offered it to me

even my dog is coming with me and he wears an HAT !!!

a little bit of perfume

Oui , OUI , OUi I know I'm late

O.K I'm catching few things for the party for her wonderful and fanciful hostess VANESSA

chocolates

 

I can not bring flowers , the florist is already closed

 

I'm sorry I coudn't cook , today . I was working so ...

 

from accross the ocean I can see the party's going on

Mr GRUMPY is weating in the car and he is screaming

O.K MR G I'm commmmmmminggggg

I forgot , for the Carnivale and for celebrating Vanessa 201 th posts

I brought with me , in my little car :

this

 

PS : Have you seen my new banner made by Damouredo ....If you need a new banner , contact her ! I wanted to wait  until my birthday's blog on the 7th of July but I couldn't .I was so excited to share it with you

 

chagrin

new find : a XIX th century watercolor , titled" Chagrin" and signed

for price or information : contact me

what was in the cupboard ?

My client : are you nimble ?

Me : not too much

my client : I wanted you  to climb up the ladder , there are some stuff I stocked in my cupboard , I wanted to show you !

Me : I'm not very nimble but I SURELY can look at your "stuffs"

and here we go

 my client's stuffs ...now mine :

jewell box , religious frame with a special provencal nun's work called paperolles

a XVIII th century miniature and a metal box

you want to know what are in the boxes ??

detail :

in the metal box : buttons ..special ones with paisley pattern on them ...

detail :

inside the jewell box : just velvet ...nothing else . But I love this turquoise velvet

more pictures

everythin is available in my show room , for you that live far way from me , contact me  for information or price

neutral / natural decoration

After my daring armchairs , I wanted to share with you some neutral and natural armchairs

a pair of Louis XVI style coin du feu armchairs by my dad's atelier ( workshop)

what is in my panier ( bag) ?

After a sunny week end ,I went from flea market to flea market , my panier ( bag ) is full . I almost needed a big truck ( I'm kidding)

They are in my heart and already somewhere in my show room

They are looking for the right place to be until someone will take them home with them

 

a little cute victorian birdcage . it was there but it is already somewhere else with my other find a weird bird lamp

 

new decoration in my living room : esprit campagne

 

a promotional bucket : I love it . I love things with story to tell

 

I love also the inside , look at this wonderful color. I still don't know where I'm going to put it , it might be in the kitchen

the others pieces are being restaured so .....next time

don't forget everything is to sell , so for any information , contact me

 

 

Missoni on old armchairs

missoni sample ,I love this zebra style pattern from Missoni

What do you think I did wit it ?

here we go

I love the mix between this modern fabric and this original old pair of armchairs ( cabriolets )

 

Don't forget that all the fabrics are available in my show room , and you get 10% off of any order , contact me for any information

 

Ma chère provence

Miss Laurence is hosting  a visit of the world

Let's have a petite promenade ( walk) in my Provence

cap canaille , cassis, photo : frederique chastel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

flowers in the provencal rocks

woman wearing traditional provencal clothes for a typical provencal festival

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cassis' boats

provencal river

 

 

 

I love our provencal coloured facades and the light in the morning

 

View from the window of my living room in my show room

view of the garlaban , the mountain ( colline ) of Aubagne and above all our famous Marcel Pagnol . My shop is 400 meters far away from Marcel Pagnol 's museum and we decorated his museum that is actually the house where he was born

a sample of a man from Marseilles ! I'm kidding they are not all like him, some are more elegant and sophisticated , lucky us !!!!!

my favorite antiques

Antiques therapy started a game I wanted to play

Choose your favorite piece of antiques !

As Shawn from country french antiques wrote , it is almost impossible .
But well I tried to choose :

Now I am in a mood for religious things so ......

the winner is

Actually I've  choosen 2 of them , an ex voto heart from my collection , I sold some of these wonderful hearts but I decided to keep some and to make wishes and a wooden baby jesus from the late XVII th century I've just bought it and for me it is a gorgeous piece, it seems real , I love " his " face !

I collect this ex voto hearts , because I love the shape and the meanings of this thing ,it is related to wishes  and  FAITH

It was pretty hard to choose .

Baby Jesus ( even if I love it ) is already to sell in my show room

***************MERCI *********************************

Thank you for mentionning my blog

indeed , Jennifer Ramos  wrote a very lovely post about me

and sue from my antique furniture collection likes my post about the kitchen in my shop and also wrote a post

 

It is a curious feeling to see your antiques , your photos loved and " cherished" by others !

You see your pieces  every day, so after a certain time you don't really see it as beautiful and as rare as it is . But by seeing them on another blog , with the words of others they have a new meaning ...they look different !

( I hope I make myself clear about this feeling , it is hard to explain it in english , sorry for that )

 

ANYWAY I JUST WANT TO SAY

MERCI / THANK YOU

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