Umbra, a Canadian brand at Simons Maison Add a trendy touch to your decor and organize your jewellery and small accessories with this modern, innovative organizer featuring beautiful wood accents 3 large drawers that rotate 360 degrees Perfect surface to hold your everyday essentials 7" x 10.75" x 6" po (18 x 27.5 x 15 cm)
Sculptural storage furniture and decor accessories, designed by British artist and craftsman Peter Rolf looks provocative, extravagant and intriguing
This huge guide has 243 different deck railing ideas and designs to use for your porch, deck or patio. Wood, metal, stone, glass, cable railing and more!
18 cm grosse Schmuckschachtel, 18 cm gross, garniert mit unechten Kirschen. Erfahre mehr über diesen Artikel
In Toronto-based artist Talwst's dioramas, antique ring boxes become tiny theaters where spectacularly detailed scenes unfold on a miniature scale. The
Beautiful wooden jewellery music box, rotating ring ecc. holder, inside in pink velvet, decorations on the glass in relief, in perfect working order, hand-made, perfect condition. Origin: Japan (1970s). Dimensions: 21cm width x 22cm height x 12,5cm depth (8,26 x 8,66 x 4,92 inches). Express Shipping.
Ornate jewelry boxes set the stage for tiny painted scenes filled with nearly-microscopic human figurines. The boxes are meticulously crafted by Canadian-Trinidadian artist Talwst, who uses mixed media to explore the narrative of art history in combination with elements of contrasting cultures. Although his vintage boxes may cast an ancient light on the scene, the boxes encapsulate a present day cultural commentary through their arrangements. Talwst works out of his studio in Toronto, Ontario and has a solo exhibition at the Art Gallery of Mississauga through April 12th. More
Do you have items lying around your house or stuffed into drawers that you can’t do much with but that you don’t want to throw out? Do you like saving money while reducing wastefulness at the same time? Finding creative ways to use junk items in your home is a great way to satisfy those needs! Your junk drawers, recycling bins, and even the spare change beneath your couch cushions have the potential to become beautiful DIY projects. Check out the ideas below for some projects to try. After all, one man’s trash is another man’s treasure! Make ornaments with CDs you no longer use Make a moodlight lamp from rolled magazine pages Create a beautiful vase with your extra pennies Create paper baskets for baked goods with extra paper plates Turn spare shoelaces into woven bracelets Use photo negatives to make a memory-filled lamp shade Turn an old tennis ball into an adorable holder Make a clever spare key hiding spot with a leftover medicine bottle Create a bracelet out of soda can tabs Use junk mail to make fun paper garlands Make a candle inside an empty Altoids tin (instructions here) Line drawers with unwanted or used gift wrap Create keychains with wine corks Glue old cassette tapes together to make a pencil holder Find creative ways to use old toys as bookends Cut holes in a show boxes to hide and organize cords! Saurce
Picture the scene - Five years ago, one Solange Beaugiron, a 91-year-old French lady, passed away in the south of France, leaving in her estate a mysterious Paris apartment located in the 9th arrondissement, less than a mile away from Opéra Garnier. The apartment belonged to her grandmother, a one-time actress and high-class courtesan known as Marthe de Florian (1864-1939). Marthe died in the apartment that she shared with her only son, Henri (1884-1966). In 1942, under the German occupation of Paris, Henri's daughter, Solange, relocated down south. Meanwhile Henri carried on leaving at the apartment until his death. Solange never returned to clear the property, instead limiting her involvement to paying the obligatory taxes and expenses. Miraculously for all of those years that the Paris apartment had been put to a forced and restful slumber like Sleeping Beauty incarnate, it remained untouched. A thin veil of dust enshrined its contents, as if to preserve them from the harshness of the passing of time. When the De Florian estate officials carefully pushed open that front door, they were faced with the stuff of fairy tales that transcends any secret expectation: a treasure trove of time-defiant relics and antiques-worthy artefacts (the monumental vanity table to begin with!), not to mention piles of love letters, and a portrait of Marthe by Italian painter and personal admirer of hers, Giovanni Boldini (1842-1931) that would go on to fetch a record €2.1 million at auction! The apartment got Mirabelle's mind into overdrive. I imagine that some of the artefacts I have included below might well have found themselves at home in such a place! Just think of those little classy - short of rococo - vintage pieces that Madame de Florian would have fancied surrounding herself with: - Are there any artefacts which you would like me to add to Madame de Florian's apartment? Let's have a little fun and email me the links to [email protected] and I shall upload the pictures to this very article. Sources: (1-3) Madame de Florian's apartment, via Démotivateur. (3) Portrait of Madame de Florian by Giovanni Boldini. The painting was found in the apartment. (4) Antique French Pink-Lined Trinket Box (jewellery case) and (5) Victorian 14K Gold Amethyst and Seed Pearl Ring, both via Paris Hotel Boutique. (6) Pellucid Earrings by Sorrelli, and (7) Pont d'Arcades Clutch by Santi, both via BHLDN. (8) Signed Art Nouveau 14K Gold Enameled Pansy Flower Pin Pendant and Watch Holder, via Ebay. @parishotel You are very welcome! Your boutique items are all so lovely indeed! — Mirabelle ♥ (@MirabelleDesign) June 23, 2015
Make some crochet cozies for your jars!They will do great as your crocheting tools holders, or will perfectly store your cookies for holidays
Табакерки из Эрмитажа. Часть 2. В XVIII в. в России распространилась мода на табакерки для нюхательного табака. Императрица Екатерина II с увлечением их собирала. Многие из них были украшены прекрасными камеями или росписями, сама императрица называла свою страсть к камеям "камейною болезнею".…
I figured since I teased you all with the ad for one of the estate sales that I went to this weekend, that I had better take pictures of what I bought there! I actually went to 4 estate sales this weekend - I filled up my car twice - that's back seat *and* trunk! I was feeling the pressure to shop shop shop, since for 2 of the estate sale companies, it was their last sale of the season - no more til spring! And of course garage sales are pretty much over now as well, so the next few months will be hard going as far as finding inventory is concerned... I acted accordingly, like a squirrel storing nuts for the winter! ;) Anyway, of course the stuff in the photos for the ad was all long gone when I got there, but I did still find some goods: A couple of weeks ago I found and sold two Syroco Wood lots - a pair of fruit wall hangings and a pair of horse bookends. I hadn't found or sold Syroco before, and I was pleasantly surprised to find that it is pretty collectible. Well, of course, this weekend I found a bunch of it, at this sale and another one - isn't it funny how that works? I don't know if it is just because now it is "on my radar" or what, but it does seem to happen like that pretty often... The mirror and the two framed floral prints are both Syroco: And I also got a set of 4 diamond shaped floral wall hangings: I think I will do a Featured Collectible post about Syroco when I get these and the other pieces I bought this weekend listed, so stay tuned! Ok, let's look at what else I got: A set of milk glass hobnail candle holders, and a pair of Kissing Angel figurines from Japan. A made in Japan angel figurine, and a green pottery vase that I think is Haeger, but the stamp on the bottom is impossible to make out. :( A set of 4 white plastic snack trays with cool black coasters that are built right in! A pair of ceramic Japan busts - a boy and a girl, a little Japan bird figurine, and I think my favorite find of the weekend: A Japan musical jewelry box - you open the lid, the music starts and the little ballerina spins! Too adorable. I also bought three sets of dishes - Studio Nova, Tulip Blue - Towne House, Regency - and Syracuse Old Ivory, Arcadia. Yes, my back hurt when I got home!
