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30 avril 2011

First roses

First roses
Today they showed their bright colours. In a few days the garden will be covered with these sobeloved flowers... Here are the First ladies, English roses s'il vous plaît ! Chocolate is not far...
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27 avril 2011

Loving books

Loving books
Some read them, others cut or sculpt , and wht not paint them... Books as tracks of life, where thoughts, history and memory are mixed… We like their covers andtheir imperfections make them more alive. See herethe works of Jacqueline Rush Lee Or Cara...
24 avril 2011

Do you want a café ?

Do you want a café ?
With chocolate of course ! I use for the first time a set of coloured cups I collected during a few years...
23 avril 2011

Marvellous French glass globes

Marvellous French glass globes
Offered for the weeding, they were protecting all the souvenirs and treasures of the newly marriedwoman : her wedding crown and later all little things, heritage of her parents or gift, she would add along her life. All the story here.You can recognize...
20 avril 2011

Blue storm

Blue storm
I was searching for a French antique glass globe - yes I lose hope not to find one - ... I consolated myself with a lot of 10 plates with a blue border and 10 green glasses. Here is a foretaste of what my table would be like, with a little improvised...
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17 avril 2011

Two-tone antique porcelain

Two-tone antique porcelain
Flea markets are full of these little plates, soup tureens or hors d'oeuvre dishes which have sodelicate colors. I am particularly fond of two-tone patterns. I hunted for these ones yesterday, and by chance theyare very well preserved. They have evocative...
13 avril 2011

Just dare

Just dare
We all know (and respect) Designers Guild, their fabulous fabrics and wallpapers. A plentiful worldof colors and materials. It is for me the personified audacity. I have selected some pictures fromtheir web site here. For a Grand Siècle atmosphere should...
12 avril 2011

The double life of things

The double life of things
I discovered this old box with its false bottom and mysterious initials B.T., containing old bobbins.An occasion to dream of its previous life... As Miss Marple would do, let's imagine Mrs Betty Tenderton, old English dressmaker drinking a cupof tea in...
11 avril 2011

Lily of the Valley does not wait

Lily of the Valley does not wait
Three drops of rain, some heat, and hop ! Three weeks before May 1st Lily of the Valley is spreading out nicely between irises, roses and muscaris… that's South of France ! On May 1, 1561, King Charles IX of France received a lily of the valley as a lucky...
10 avril 2011

Green or blue ?

Green or blue ?
In the 2011 collection of the great Farrow & Ball, associations of unexpected colors come to hustle our habits. We knew the Gray - the different ones - and all the dull tones, the pallet of blue, from turquoise to blue storm... In the photo below, a touch...
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