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Rustic Wonderful

Oh how I adore rustic, vintage everything… enjoy and have a fabulous day! vintage sewing tools   via:digitaltmuseum     via:fableandflame     Spectacles. C. 1810 The wearing of spectacles became more commonplace in the course of the eighteenth century. Greater numbers were learning to read and Londoners had access to cheap printed material, such […]

English Country Charm

    Charming English Country Bedroom Ideas         If you’ve often dreamed of getting in touch with your inner Jane Austen, here are some ideas to make your dream of having a bedroom like those in English country houses a reality.     Hang curtains on the windows with floral or toile patterns. […]

RUSTIC, SHABBY CHARM

“A book is a wonderful present.  Though it may grow worn, it will never grow old.”      ― Jane Yolen, Girl in a Cage David C. Hamilton Trouvais Dancer with a Fan, 1880, Edgar Degas Medium: pastel Provence, France Photography: Ann Street Studio NYC Trouvais Trouvais Roses, 1890, Abbott Handerson Thayer Château de Gudanes   […]

Rustic, Vintage, Country Charm

Just sharing today some charming, rustic, vintage delights, enjoy and have a wonderful day. Bryan Ferry’s London home trouvais.com French Letters-1669 to 1729 fleaingfrance.com Kate Hill‘s 18th century Gascony farm house Gascony, France Photography: Ann Street Studio, NYC * “A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to people to whom […]

Not Too Shabby

Oh how I love that Shabby Chic – Rustic style… enjoy today’s inspiration. via: zsazsabellagio French 18th century embroidered silk fragment trouvais via:goodnight-o via: zsazsabellagio via: zsazsabellagio via: zsazsabellagio Love letters….by Wien de Graaf Elena Dawson via:menzilyolu via: zsazsabellagio via: zsazsabellagio via: zsazsabellagio Poppies (1891) by Henri Fantin-Latour (French, 1836–1904). Oil on canvas. Art Gallery of South Australia xgGREZ9II6e47g at Google […]

Shabby Please

Just love rustic, vintage shabby home and decor. Some beautiful inspiration today, enjoy. via:vintageshabbypink Château de Gudanes:  The 18th-century Neoclassical Château in the Southwest of France   Photography: Ann Street Studio, NYC via:zsazsabellagio Château de Gudanes:  The 18th-century Neoclassical Château in the Southwest of France   Photography: Ann Street Studio, NYC   “Forrage” pop-up exhibition @ Josephine […]

Rustic, Vintage, Shabby Charm

“My house is very traditional.  And I love ‘shabby chic.’  It’s a very homey-cosy vibe.  We spend a lot of time in the kitchen, actually; maybe my kids will be doing their homework or that kind of thing when they get home from school.  I love my kitchen.”   – Britney Spears     le […]

Dior, Pure Glamour

Beautiful, classic elegance: simply one hundred percent vintage glamour from Christian Dior. A structured strapless Dior gown from 1952. Celestial blue taffeta gala dress from the 1953 “Vivante” Dior line, worn by Elizabeth Firestone. Yves Saint Laurent for Christian Dior dress from Spring/Summer 1958.   John Galliano for Christian Dior embroidered mohair bouclette coat from […]