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18th century lifestyle, Antique script, Antiques, Architectural salvage, Belgian design, Ebay Finds, Flea Market, Flea Market Style, France, French curiosities, French design, Rough Luxe
“Set before a stunning piece of plaster molding-
originally from paneling in a chateau-is the grace
of a dove, the transparency of crystal carafes,
and the sheen of silver bells …”
In her farmhouse home in the Brie region of France,
Cleo Bertin emphasizes a ” gentle range of whites and
excluding colors, she teases out the essence of objects,
their esprit and resonance, and sets them center stage…”
The New Eighteenth Century Style
The patina of old paint, a gilded and chipped floral swag…
“The living room…the place you define your values,
your history, and your tastes…”
French Home
Josephine Ryan
Palace of Westminister ceiling medallion fragment…
c. 1820 England
Framing a piece of history…
” So as not to forget her much-loved earlier life in a large
family house, Nicole Polonovski has brought to this more modest
dwelling some of her furniture and all of its memories…”
The New Eighteenth Century Style
Michele Lalande
“Old and new parts”
Antique plaster floral and ribbon cascade…
attached to bead trimmed, silver sage painted wood panel
with double tier candelabra…
Pair set on either side of French doors in my dining room…
One of a pair of antique French chairs…
Originally gilded and garishly brocaded…
I stripped and painted them in sages and creams
and they sit prettily abreast my mother’s mirrored armoire,
content in a lady’s dressing room to be “deshabille” for the moment
Antique 18th century Venetian lantern on jute cushioned settee…
The New French Decor
Michele Lalande
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The perfection of imperfection…
of found objects…
of personal treasures…
Ahhhhhh…the soothing calm of such perfect imperfection. You did it again, Trish. You swept me away. And do I ever love the chair ~ stripped of it “garish” brocade and sitting with just its simple jute underlay ~ so perfectly imperfect.
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