Beautiful Antique and Vintage French Mirrors

Following on from yesterday's post I'm so excited start off with these 3 beautiful frames each of them have been mirrored with a bevelled edge.  All are original wooden frames, none are reproductions! 

The first two were sourced directly from France and the third from a flea market here in the UK.

This exquisite decorative antique wooden frame from France, has to be my favourite with its lavish design, scrolling floral and shell emblem at the top and middle in decedent shades of bronzes and golds.

£150.00

The second is a very large and exuberant antique wooden frame again from France, would really add that something special to any room. The decorative features on this frame is simply stunning in shades of dove grey and flecks of bronze.

 

~SOLD~

£200.00

Lastly, a lovely little Vintage wooden frame which has been distressed by yours truly in Annie Sloane paint and gone over with x2 coats of wax to seal and protect the wood.

£90.00

 

All will be available very soon on my ebay store - click on the link below which will take you directly to my BV shop.

Brocante-Vintage

However, you can buy directly from here if you wish.

Back soon with more scrumptious finds!

Au revior x

Let me introduce my beautiful baby girl - Ayla Isaia...

On a cold January morning (15th @ 2.35am) my beautiful baby girl Ayla Isaia entered our world.  She made it bright and sunny and I have had the most amazing experiences thus far.  Of course its not all been plain sailing but you soon forget all the challenges so easily when you see your beautiful daughter staring back at you with those big sea blue eyes!

~ A y l a ~

So now my beautiful girl is approaching 7 months, (can't believe she's already 7 months!) its time to start selling more beautiful French items...I will of course be starting on a much smaller scale until the time is right to continue with my larger furniture pieces, but for now I'm enjoying truffling at the brocantes in France and Flea Markets here in the UK, just on a smaller scale.

I hope you enjoy what is to come...

Vanessa & Ayla x

Vinatge French Steamer Trunk goes on a journey...

 

My beautiful Vintage French Steamer truck was sold two days ago via my ebay store...naturally, I always like to find out where my items end up and this time I was plesantly surprised to see it will be going to The Stables in Camden, North London. 

Owner, Christina has kindly organised a courier to collect the trunk and it will soon be on its merry way to the shop...I must say the store certainly looks impressive as they seem to have every single item of vintage luggage imaginable...

THE STABLES CAMDEN

 

Original Vintage Luggage

UNIT D37 - CAMDEN STABLES MARKET - LONDON

Have a lovely weekend!
Vanessa x

My Lovely Customers...

When you sell an item, it’s all very exciting – receiving that email or call from your customer stating that they are interested in your item.  As I do not have a shop at present and am 32 weeks pregnant this is not the right time to start to set up shop (which I would dearly love), so with most of my items they are sold through eBay or Gumtree.  Even though this is a wonderful way to sell my items, my customers totally rely on my photographs (which are taken in the best possible light) I always think about how my customers will react to actually seeing the items in the flesh.

Recently, I had two deliveries to make over in North London, one was in Hertfordshire the other in the gorgeous little quant town of St. Albans.  Item one was the beautiful Original French Armoire which was sourced from Normandy and was made as one piece, the only part that comes off is the actual crest at the very top, the rest is as one solid piece so you can imagine the weight of this item.  Thankfully I have a very strong husband on hand to help me with the moving part. Sad to see her go, she was wrapped in layers of bubble wrap and placed carefully in the van.

Then our second item to be shipped off was a delightful pine farmhouse table with white washed wicker chairs and matching seat covers.  So with the van packed Thursday night, we set off early Friday morning from Bournemouth to London...Once we arrived at our first destination we were greeted by a lovely couple Antonella and her husband who was thankfully able to help get the Armoire off the van and safely into their beautiful home.  I must say that once it was stood up it looked very much at home.

Pictures to come soon...

Back on the road once again early Saturday we made our way to St. Albans where we meet the lovely Katie who loved the table and chairs and has kindly sent us pictures of the table and chairs in her new country kitchen...I think it suits your kitchen Katie!!

As I mentioned, I’m 32 weeks pregnant so unfortunately I now have had to take a break from furniture restoration, so it was nice to end with such lovely customers...I will continue after a few months but for now I will continue to source French items on a much smaller scale and deal with my Vintage linens and small interior items...

Thanks for reading my blog and enjoy your weekend!

Au revoir et avoir un beau week-end – Vanessa x

Thanks to Jeffinie at La Belle Maision

I would like to thank Jeffinie from the fabulous La Belle Maison who has kindly taken some of my furniture to sell.  Jeffinie and her husband John run this delightful shop in Stirminster Newton...Check out her blog below...

 

jeffinie-labellemaison.blogspot.com

Salut à bientôt x

My French Shutters are now in the window of Thomas & Lucia...

Yesterday, husband and I delivered our beautiful French Shutters to a delightful shop called THOMAS & LUCIA based in Christchurch.  They provide an eclectic mix of contemporary English country and French style furniture, accessories and gifts.

http://www.thomasandlucia.com/

Sue, the owner used the shutters as props to make a wonderful window display!

Au revoir x

Beautiful Original Armoire Dispaly Wardrobe

This has been my favourite resoration project to date...when we found this poor Armoire it was in a sorry old state - after some time spent on her she is now fully restored, I just need to find her a loving home now...


~ Original Antique French Armoire Wardrobe 1890.C ~

£950.00  SOLD

Local pick-up or we can arrange delivery within a 10 mile radius of the Blandford area in Dorset FREE of charge.

This is a prime example of an (original) French Armoire wardrobe dating from the 1890’s which was left standing in an old chateau in Normandy. It has been lovingly restored and painted in Fired Earth eggshell – Chalk White no.61.


This Armoire has so many stunning design features... with all Armoire’s the top is always the most impressive with its arched facet and classic emblem. This part can be lifted off and placed back into the wooden dowels.


It has the most divine detailing to the woodwork and has two columns leading to a beautiful leaf scroll design.


The lock on the door was removed; however we have sourced a delightful original Armoire bronze pull handle. This drop pull handle is ornately cast and contains a miniature picture of three ladies, possibly oil on ceramic.


It has four shelves and comes with a lovely bottom drawer along with a beautiful glass handle.


The glass to the front is bevelled – sources tell me this is worth more than the Armoire itself. It is a beautifully cut piece of glass which will show off your vintage eiderdowns or anything that is precious.


This is an antique item so please bare this in mind. It is a very heavy solid item and very tall so please check your room height as well.


Measurements: Width 42” - Depth 20” – Height 93 ½ ”


Well, i'm all blogged out for now...Merci for visiting the BV blog - have a lovely evening!
Vanessa x