maria grossman...

just love the way in which german stylist maria grossman gathers objects to create pictorial scenes... images which seem to both capture surreal little moments and live outside of time...

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harvesting autumn...

handmade pintuck dress : edithandbertha

dream tote : fieldguided

compostable vegetable support ties : daisychestnut

cushion in an antique french cloth with monogram : frenchmelody

vintage pendant light drum : klinker

peaceful breakfast : boywonder 

sophie's knit top skirt - bare trees and natural linen : bodhihandmade 

alpaca lavender pillow liner : edysmillsfinefibres 

heirloom carrot mix colorful organic seeds : cubits

pretty birdie's military jacket (hemp and organic cotton) : stephanieteaque 

gray and yellow ochre ogee on white linen lumbar pillow case : giardino

original gouache painting : maisonpaulette

circa 1885 antique tombstone mirror : goseek

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sneak peak...

a little peak at a few of the vintage lovelies that will be popping up in the shop this week...

we have several new handmade pieces as well, which we'll share later

a pretty german floral platter.  so lovely to set down a nice big vintage platter in the middle of your table, as the family gathers for the meal; sitting so prettily on display between meals...

three lovely hand painted royal york bread and butter plates... love to use these around the house as candle holders, or as under-plates for pitchers of flowers, or simply as sweet little catch-all plates on end tables (and, of course, mixed with other vintage dishes on the dinner table)...

the loveliest shade of blue.  a pretty divided dish, and matching sauce pitcher, in the taylor smith taylor boutonniere pattern...

just love pretty bowls of various size, stacked up on the kitchen shelf, and adding a little bit of special to the dinner table...

another sweet set, from the taylor smith taylor 'ever yours' line.  this time in the 'autumn harvest' pattern.  a pretty platter and bowl, ready for the changing season and cooling weather...

a wee little blue pottery bud vase. the simplicity and size of this one is just so wonderful...

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a creole manor...

loving the simplistic beauty of this creole manor 

here is a bit, from garden and gun magazine, about the home's current owner, southern designer and antiques dealer, patrick dunne (proprietor of lucullus, an antiques store, with locations in new orleans and  beaux bridge, louisiana):

The first change Patrick Dunne made to his Creole country house was to remove the dishwasher, a bold statement given how much the New Orleans epicure entertains. He grinds coffee by hand, and though his home has central air-conditioning, he prefers to throw open the sashes and fill the rooms with fresh air. He sleeps under a mosquito net, not for decoration but to keep the bat-sized bayou moths out of his bed. Antique roses, bearing names such as ‘Souvenir de la Malmaison’, ‘Rev d’Or’, and ‘Old Blush’, dominate his parterre garden, and spiky vetiver and citronella sprouting alongside his front gallery drive away mosquitoes the same way they might have done when the home was built two centuries ago.

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