09 Saturday Apr 2011
Posted in Flea Market Style
Tags
Architectural salvage, Flea Market, Flea Market Style, French Antiques, French curiosities, Garden, Rough Luxe
So much to see at this year’s Atelier de Campagne sale…
here’s a first close up glimpse…
from the myriad grays of time-worn metals and stone
and woody neutrals to fun brights….
a wide swath of the European flea markets fresh off the boat…
More info at Atelier de Campagne website here
or blog here…sale continues tomorrow!
03 Sunday Apr 2011
Posted in Antiques, Flea Market Style
From Belgian and French Antiques post here
This is the view from nearly the start of the line as we
waited for last year’s Atelier de Campagne container sale.
More photos at Bright Notes from the Antiques Sale here
To see what my sister did with one of her finds see Bedhead here
A few photos I didn’t post last year…
Spring blossoms were everywhere…
I would say Johan and Trinidad specialize in French and Belgian
garden antiques, though they have plenty of chandeliers and
trumeau mirrors, industrial finds, shutters and vintage furniture.
If you are curious about Johan and Trinidad …
Their bio can be found here
A corner of their conservatory room…
Hold tags are handed out as you wait in line
and quickly appear on favorite items…
He (or she) who hesitates is lost…
All above are my photos from last year’s sale. Many items
coming in for this sale and current inventory can be found here
More info about Atelier at Flea Markets in Alameda and Long Beach
as well as a great photo of a container being unloaded here
They’ll be at Remnant of the Past in Nipomo on April 30th.
Loved Trinidad’s latest post on Aging with Grace and Beauty here
The next container is due in August for those that want
to rent a beach house nearby and make the trek! Now wouldn’t
that be fun!
Back to the garden…hope you’ve all had a
wonderful weekend!
02 Saturday Apr 2011
Posted in Flea Market Style
It’s that time of year again…
The Atelier de Campagne’s European antiques container
is due to arrive in time for next weekend’s sale…
My photos from last April’s sale…
Check out some of the items coming in for next week’s sale here
Their excellent blog is here…
Loved Trinidad’s latest post on Le Style Industriel…
Johan is probably back on California soil as we speak
after spending months collecting wonderful treasure
throughout France, Belgium, London…
Driving directions to Corralitos, Ca are on
their blog…the drive through Spring apple orchards
on the way is delightful…
Atelier de Campagne website is here
Back to working in the garden…
More later…
04 Friday Mar 2011
Posted in Flea Market Style
I always enjoy checking in on Lori at Automatism here…
possibly because she was one of the first to comment on my blog
almost two years ago…but mostly because, as a Canadian collage
illustrator (her work here)…she always has a keen eye for beautiful…
She recently recommended the Etsy shop Odd & Old here
and I feel in love with the rough blue and gold patina of this
vintage statue….which after several weeks finally made
its way here from Lillie, France. 
Odd & Old’s shop keeper Linda Dacey trained as a graphic designer
and worked as a commercial illustrator and exhibited in London
galleries throughout the 1990′s before relocating to France in 2001.
Linda’s Etsy Odd & Old shop has pages of finds from the
brocantes around Lillie, France where she lives…
Odd & Old’s fabulous finds here
You can also get to know Linda at her blog here
Her artist site here has several wonderful mixed media art pieces…
As with most finds…often it’s the person
behind the item that is the most wonderful find…
So glad to meet you, Linda…
Cheerio…
08 Friday Oct 2010
Posted in Flea Market Style
Knee deep in cleaning out the clutter…
Organizing projects…
Accumulating tiles and plumbing fixtures…
And stumbling across a few good finds…
which of course lead to more projects…
Loving seams and rivets…
Have a wonderful weekend…
Hope you are all happily busy!
