antiques

Oooh La La Home and Decor

A little of that “OOOH LA LA” French inspired interior and decor to share today- Magnifique! Trois Petites Filles The Ritz Carlton, Vendôme Suite.  Paris, France Charming Settee via:troispetitesfilles Beaded Chandeliers Posh Pooch Pink Pet Bed frenchbedroomcompany.co French Settee via:la-la-la-bonne-vie Veranda Magazine French Antique Empire-Style Settee/Sofa chairish.com via:lecarredebuis via:la-la-la-bonne-vie Grace and Blake White Feather Lamp Vintage Shoe […]

House Beautiful: Elegant Art and Interiors

“The only thing that makes sense is if the universe is beautiful and simple and elegant. “   – Antony Garrett Lisi     Interior Designer: HOWARD SLATKIN Antique Silk-Upholstered SetteeFavorite Vermilion Designs Exquisite Linens Jane Scott Hodges New Orleans home “The lady in the yellow buskin” 1883 James Abbott McNeil Whistler (1834-1903)  Elaborate ceiling moldings, […]

Elegant Art and Interiors: Accent Red

via:lecarredebuis Inge Schiöler – Rowan-berries Sherrill Furniture.  Louis XV Delight via:jensaw via:decordesignreview Woman in the Street Pierre Bonnard – circa 1898 via:lecarredebuis Les Frères Allot from France. Regal Louis XV. via:decordesign via:decordesign Sensual Flower (1997) ph. Nobuyoshi Araki Toile OLLE OLSSON-HAGALUND, “DAM MED KATT” (LADY WITH CAT). Photo – AD Italia via:cyntemesy via:lecarredebuis Highland House Furniture Mrs. […]

An Interior Delight: London Style

Luxurious London Home Decor In the London apartment of the renowned decorator Alidad, there is not a square inch that hasn’t been carefully considered and lovingly embellished. Antique brass lantern, the neo-Gothic chair is English, and the carpet is Roger Oates, the striking red walls are lined with suede and braid work. Alidad, is known […]

House Beautiful: Filled with Beautiful Objects and Art

  The Twickenham home of Lady Wakefield  Home and Garden Magazine April 2016 “At the beginning of the eighteenth century, Twickenham provided London with much of its fruit and vegetables, which were grown in the farmland and orchards that bordered the river Thames. The aristocracy and court of George II regarded the area as a […]

An Elegant Paris Apartment

An American Couple’s Paris Home Celebrates French Style Employing crisp white moldings, glittering chandeliers, and a small museum’s worth of antique portraits, decorator Jean-Louis Deniot conjures an American couple’s Francophile fantasy on the Left Bank. Beneath two antique portraits in the living room stands a 1940s Carlhian armchair upholstered in linen by Romo. Deniot ennobled […]

French, Vintage, Shabby Charm: Accent Red

“Love is love is love is love is love is love is love is love and love cannot be killed or swept aside.” — Lin Manuel Miranda World of Interiors Vintage Ribbon Ed Rucha, Crackers. French 18th century embroidered silk fragment, Trouvais 18th century French fashion plate photo British Designer, Carolyn Quartermaine’s  Script Fabric French Bed […]

In the Blue Room

    “They’re crystal blue, a shade that shouldn’t exist on the human body, a shade I immediately crave, a shade that makes my heart beat a little bit faster–almost as if I recognize it. I want to steal it, paint it, throw it into every room I ever decorate. It’s the most perfect blue […]