Interiors
Vintage map pockets.
Autumn is with us and Winter not far away, so I thought why not make use of the longer evenings/nights and be creative. I have a box full of supplies and a list of things that I would like to make, but never seem to get the time. So a few cold days and a [...]
Developing a Vintage colour palette.
A colour palette is useful for a number of projects from interior design to deciding what accessories go with your favourite outfit. There are rules that govern what colours go with each other – everybody is familiar with the colour wheel and how to use it - if not check out these pages for a quick [...]
French Decorative Styles – I
The earliest French vintage styles. A quick and dirty look at the earliest French Decorative Styles. Speed through 1100 years of Art, History and hard work without even getting out of breath. If only History lessons at school had been this quick and pain-free. Romanesque. 476-1150 – “It’s Roman Jim but not as [...]
Fine French Linens – A Love story.
It is always nice to come across someone that shares your passions. I would like to introduce Jo Farmer an Interior Designer who shares my passion for the beauty, quality and durability of French Linen. I have always loved the casual and time worn elegance of the French. Their homes lend an air [...]
Birdcage Lanterns
I have seen the birdcage chandeliers in Restoration Hardware and I really like the idea and then I came across this one. The Restoration Hardware variety have an actual light fitting in them and they hang from what looks like braided curtain tiebacks. The one below is a birdcage painted white and filled with fairy [...]
Laying out a vintage picture wall
If you’ve been following along with the previous posts and here, about creating a vintage picture wall, then you will know that we have seen some really lovely examples of picture walls (for some inspiration), and seen they can be narrowed into two types “formal” and “informal”. From the comments, most of us prefer the ’formal’. In this post I take the [...]
More on Creating a Vintage Picture wall
Since my last post on creating a picture wall with vintage prints, I stumbled upon these examples over at decorati they really do show the options available and neatly show what I was trying to say about what I called the formal way and the informal way of achieving a picture wall. No one [...]
A Vintage Picture Wall for the Billiard Room
For those of you that have been following our renovation of an old school in a French village on facebook, you will know that the Billiard table area was finished enough to receive the Billiard table, now I am thinking about the decoration and how best to make use of the large wall spaces around [...]
Which would you save?
I just love living in France!! I had a wonderful day out yesterday at a giant flea market (brocante) an hour away from my home. Strolling around with a friend and admiring the luscious items on display. Little did I know, last weekend they had had their annual furniture sale – 50% off everything. Any [...]
Decorating with pretty things inspired by French Vintage
We’re always on the lookout for stylish decorating items to make our holiday vacation comfortable and pretty. Even though it won’t be available to rent out until next year (hopefully the major renovations are almost finished, so the enjoyable ‘work’ of decorating and furnishing is almost upon us) we are wasting no time in looking [...]
