Well, my friends, as you know I
am leaving Paris. I am leaving happily but I will never forget everything that
I have seen, learned, explored and experienced… and I will bring all of this
back with me and it will remain with me throughout my life. Grace has one more
year left at college in Paris… don’t worry, the little brat/angel will be fine
without me until she graduates in May.
Over the next few weeks we will
discuss more about why I want to go home…no big deal but I think it will be
interesting to share with you as I am sure a lot of you have the same
sentiments. However, today I am still in Paris and we have some very exciting
news to discuss!
This will be my last Have Some
Decorum Home Shop sale from Paris and boy, is it going to be exciting. It all involves
a charming back story…
Let me start by saying that not
everything can be an antique, ya know! The French know this best… It is all
about an eclectic sensibility… combining the “vrai with the faux.” That is to
say, true design is incorporating the real with the reproduction and there is
no shame in that! A whole house of antiques is called a museum…not a home.
In Paris, there is a shop
dedicated to this design philosophy. The clever owner is dedicated beyond
belief to the craft of offering true French designs based on originals. Scouring
the country of France, the owner purchases all of the originals and takes them
back to his atelier, works with his craftsmen to replicate down to the exact
detail a new life for the pieces…and offers them to you.
The success of my shop, Circa, in
Santa Barbara was based on the same philosophy…to combine the old with the new.
And today, by the grace of God, I have been selected/vetted to offer the line
to you. Trust me, this was no easy feat and I have been working on it for
almost a year. None of these pieces that will be sold on the Have Some Decorum
Home Shop, Friday July 8, are available in the US. This is purely “a French
thing.”
All of the designs are based on
originals…at a fraction of the price…but have the same joie de vivre of the
French style.
I have selected 8 styles to start
with and we will grow from there…let’s take a look…
There is nothing more French than
a French barometer! Every detail is perfect down to the patina to the French
script. Purely decorative, this barometer would be perfect in any room of your
house.
You know how I love my French
herbiers and these do not disappoint! Sold as a set of 4, they are to die for.
My heart always lies with
chinoiserie but it is getting harder and harder to find the originals these
days so we are fortunate that I will have 2 different styles that will always
be available. A set of huge tea boxes that are so perfectly French chinoiserie,
you will never know that these are reproductions and who cares if they are…they
are fabulous. Secondly, we can never have enough chinoiserie boxes and now we
will never run out!
A set of brass snails! My
favorites! A perfect charming French decorative item that brings a sense of
French whimsy to any décor… In a bookshelf, on a coffee table, on a stack of
books, on the dining room table setting…anywhere!
You know all of those beautiful
blue and white chinoiserie vases? Well, now we have a place to put them…on
these perfection of perfection French gilt wall brackets! I have 2 sizes available.
Now, nothing says “French” like
lighting. The French have perfected the art of lighting. The first day that
this shipment of lamps arrived to our shop from France to Santa Barbara we sold
out of them in 15 minutes. You just can’t get this kind of French classicism in
regular ole America. I will have 2 styles available on the shop Friday. The
first is a charming electrified lantern that would be perfect on your desk,
your bedside table, even outdoors! The second style is the lamp that everyone
wants when they come to my apartment. A brass and glass lamp with an oval gold
shade. It is marvelous!
This is a very exciting sale and
everything will be shipped to you before I leave for America. After this sale,
our beloved little Gracie will take over the handling of these “French Style
Reproduction.” I will select the merchandise and Gracie will make sure it gets
to you within a weeks’ time. This month we have 8 styles but there will be so
many more added in the future…candelabras, mirrors, lamps and more decorative
items… We will never go without!
The sale starts Friday July 8,
2016 at exactly 10am Pacific Standard Time. I have just started with limited
quantities but if something is sold out that you had your heart set on, just
email me and I will order more for you.
This is super exciting because
all of the pieces are only available in France and on the Have Some Decorum
Home Shop!
Happy shopping!
