10. ANTIQUE ITALIAN DRESSER. A ‘restored furniture’-piece rather than a ‘recycled furniture’ -project. Let’s call it a contemporary painting makeover of an ‘antique’ from Venice, Italy. It’s excellently done! The original coloring is in tints of beige, brown and gold leaf. I like the blue and gray, but it is a very gutsy act to [...]
Recycled furniture is here to stay, as the trend to personalize and restyle old dressers is ballooning. Trendy retailers such as Anthropologie and furniture designers, such Tejo Remy & Rene Veenhuizen, kicked the trend off. It seems like all of us are now inspired to take the art of home reinventing into a hobby darkroom [...]
Last week, we stopped by this fun and funky antique store in Trastevere, a favorite downtown area in Rome. This antique shop is a rare breed. It reminds of American lifestyle fashion furniture stores which also sell (vintage) Oriental furniture. Such shop is a rare find in Rome. What makes this shop more special is [...]
Crochet Lamps Easy DIY project… One-of-a-Kind Artist Chandelier made from wire, features and found elements (click on the images to see close-ups) Challenging DIY project Antique Chandeliers Too late to make yourself… Antique is antique. Vintage Lamp with wrinkled fabric lampshade A flee-market-find. Great idea. Easy lampshade to make. All these, [...]
Pin It A picture tells a thousand words, so without any further ado then, let me show off some of the glorious antique pieces I found in some of Paris’s best art and antique shops. French Antiques
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