LE PETIT CABINET DE CURIOSITES

library chair

the tricky chair is a library chair

Jen and susanna are right

 

as I love to say " tournicotti -tournicotta " ( wandering up and down)

 

the tricky chair turns into a step ladder

tricky chair

here another find from yesterday

I love this tricky chair !

Does anyone know what is it for ?

Or what it is going to turn into

antiques hunting

This morning was a wonderful day

I went " chiner" and I found beautiful pieces

 

a fabulous lectern , an american antiques dealer who was there when I buy it , asked me if it was a birds cage , what do you think ?

I love this hermes / adnet style armchair ! It reminds me OUt of Africa !

I may keep it for me

 

part of a gilded XIX th century mirror

I also bought some religious little things , you will love ( check out tomorrow )

and some pieces I've already sold as  an entire gilded victorian salon with 4 armchairs , 2 chairs and a sofa with a wonderful strawberry colored silk , and also an original Louis XVI little drawers ( sauteuse) ; unfortunatly , I don't have any "souvenirs" of these pieces I loved ....

Check out tomorrow , more pieces to come ( a special chair ....)

IT WAS A WONDERFUL " ANTIQUES" DAY

 

 

 

summer decoration in my kitchen

As asked by Marita , here is my typical provencal kitchen , and everything is to sell except my "saucisson"

 Typical provencal ceramics called tians and french "torchons" ( napkins)

collection of pitchers

yellow vintage ceramics from Aubagne , the city where I live and I have my antiques shop

a corner of my kitchen , this fish looks so funny and check the details , have you seen it ?

the same terracotta pot and flowers !

my favorite bouquet on my table : my persil bouquet , don't you like it?

little birds cage with patina and my basilic

garden chairs

my flowers chandelier

aprons

and the only thing I don't sell : my " saucisson" , I know , may be some of you are going to say : Dissssgusting !! Well , I'm sorry I'm french, so even in decoration shop , we have food

 

details of my summer decoration

 here are few pics of my summer decoration in my show room

let's start by my favorite room

the" purple old fashioned bedroom"

it is the only one where I haven't changed the curtains, I love them too much

 

a corner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The bed , almost the same

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a corner of the desk

 

 

 

 

 

use your old grandmother's hatpin to hang your little miniatures

 

 

 

 

 

old games boxes

my jolie jardinière from the vide greniers

 

Promise ,Marita, my next post is about my kitchen.

MY NEW TEDDY WAITING FOR ME

 

 

 

my finds of the week end : vide greniers en Provence

It has been few days since I'm moving the furniture and I'm setting up my new summer decoration.
Indeed , I change all the decoration ( curtains , colors , chandeliers ...) every season.

This week end I went " chiner" (antiques hunting) to find some new pieces for my "new show room"

I found an old box for bottles , it is written "Marseille ...." I love it,

just the perfect thing for my kitchen , and above I have already had some old wine bottles

Then a victorian flower pot made with wickerwork and trunks ?

It is so cute, sorry for the picture

and a XVIII th century fan with patina ....

Here are few pics of details of my new decoration , but I will share more during the week

By the way, even if I love them , everything is to sell ...

HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEK END

 

"Fermons la fenêtre et laissons les volets clos
A quoi bon se lever
Ce matin n'ouvrons pas les rideaux
Et restons couchés bien enlacés" les volets clos by Nicoletta

 

a setting I made with XIX th century  persiennes and bench in les poteries Ravel .

You can not see the bench but it is a wonderful piece ( a new find )!

I love the color

SEE YOU NEXT WEEK

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 ....

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

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

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