Friday, October 25, 2013

Haylie Duff Book Signing 10/26

Real Girl's Kitchen SIGNED copies now available at www.vintageweave.com

Haylie Duff has a fabulous cookbook out and Vintageweave is honored to have played a role with supplying all the props seen in this delectable book filled with all sorts of healthy recipes! My girl, Haylie, has knocked it out of the park with completely accessible recipes derived from those gathered  from her grandmother and mother...and then added her modern twist.

Also be sure to see Vintageweave's styling on her soon-to-launch cooking show! Details soon.  I am both prop producer and eater on a few episodes, the latter at which I excel. This series has been an absolute BLAST to film with the highly-skilled, Emmy-winning team at Citizen Pictures!

BOOK SIGNING!

REAL GIRL'S KITCHEN
                    by Haylie Duff
Saturday, October 26, 2013
2pm

Meet Haylie and her sister, Hilary, as we launch her book!  Eat a cupcake and enjoy lemonade, champagne or our signature cocktail for the day: Haylie's Comet.  We begin sipping and signing at 2pm until approx 4pm PST or until books run out!

Vintageweave Interiors
7928 West 3rd Street
Los Angeles, CA 90048
(5 business west of Fairfax; kiddy corner from CBS Studios and The Grove)
323.932.0451


My pal, Haylie, and me outside of Vintageweave gathering fun treasures for the cookbook

Can't make it to the signing?  Not to fret: Vintageweave has SIGNED copies for sale and WE SHIP WORLDWIDE!!!!
$25

Friday, June 21, 2013

French Beds J'adore!

A bed without a proper framing is a naked one indeed.

While our inventory of antique and vintage French beds changes rapidly, we look to our friends at Eloquence to help us with the beauty and craftsmanship of yesteryear but in a wider choice of style and size. Several at the boutique and much more in the warehouse.

We're pleased to give a sampling of the current collection:


Arabelle Bed
Queen Measures 59H x 66W x 88"D
Color: creamy stained
Call for Pricing 323.932.0451 or vintageweave@aol.com
Available in King or Queen
8-12 wks




Dauphine
Queen Measures 56H x 64 W x 86D
Color: Creamy White
Call for Pricing 323.932.0451 or vintageweave@aol.com
Available in King or Queen
Typically 1-3 wks





Sophia Two Tone Silver

Queen Measures 60H x 64 W x 90"D
King Measures 64H x 81 x 92"D
Color: Two tone silver
Call for Pricing 323.932.0451 or vintageweave@aol.com
Available in King or Queen
Typically 1-3 wks






Sophia Cream Tufted Gold
Queen Measures 60H x 64W x 90D

Color: Two tone gold
Call for Pricing 323.932.0451 or vintageweave@aol.com
Available in King or Queen
Typically 1-3 wks







Sophia Cream Tufted Cream
Queen Measures 60H x 64W x 90D

Color: linen on cream
Call for Pricing 323.932.0451 or vintageweave@aol.com
Available in King or Queen
Typically 1-3 wks







Sophia Linen Antique Cream
Queen Measures 60H x 64W x 90"D
King Measures 64H x 81W x 92"D

Color: linen on cream
Call for Pricing 323.932.0451 or vintageweave@aol.com
Available in King or Queen
Typically 1-2 wks







Blanka Cane Headboard Only
Queen Measures 55H x 64W x 4"D
Queen Priced: $1550
King Measures 64H x 81W x 92"D
Kind Priced: $1650
Also available in TWIN

Color: linen on cream
Call for Pricing 323.932.0451 or vintageweave@aol.com
Available in King or Queen
Typically 1-2 wks





More coming soon!
Call 323-932-0451 or email vintageweave@aol.com with pricing or questions. Soon all will be on the website for ease in ordering. WE SHIP WORLDWIDE!

Vintageweave Interiors
*French Farmhouse Lifestyle Boutique*
7928 West 3rd Street
Los Angeles, CA 90048
323-932-0451

Monday, April 8, 2013

National Cherish An Antique Day 2013

Kathy Delgado shopping the marche aux puces in the South of France



APRIL 9 is CHERISH AN ANTIQUE DAY, an actual holiday created by Vintageweave Interiors' founder, Kathy Delgado.   

In honor of this holiday, take 

15% off any vintage or antique accessory!

10% off any furniture piece


The only requirement is it must be old (not a reproduction)

That's 10-15% off!** 

** Orders over $25 before taxes/shipping)

ONLY  now through 4/9/13 midnight PST. 


  • Stop in the boutique: public hours 4/9 noon-4pm

  • Order online at vintageweave.com and all you need to is mention "CHERISH AN ANTIQUE" in comments section when ordering online. Your discount will be manually applied within 24 hours. Confirmation also within 24 hours.



Vintageweave Interiors
7928 West 3rd Street  
(5 businesses west of Fairfax near The Grove and CBS Studios)
Los Angeles, CA 90048
323.932.0451
e: vintageweave@aol.com


Thursday, March 28, 2013

Fur Baby Testimonials

Biscuit and Coco sitting upon vintage French Mattress Ticking Doggie Bed; custom sizes available




Game on! 

EARN GIFT CERTIFICATES!!


Our best testimonials come from the four-legged family members. Send us your favorite shot of yours (or your neighbors!) loving on any Vintageweave treasure (sitting upon, next to, hiding behind, etc). It can be a recent purchase or one made 6 years ago.* If chosen, it will go on our website under our new page TESTIMONIALS (launching soon) and you will receive a gift certificate for $5 per shot. You may send up to four shots! 

Quick Details:


  • Send: your name, your pet's name(s), and the breed.

  • Submit here on this blog, FACEBOOK , TWITTER or e: vintageweave@aol.com

  • Cell phone or professional photography shots all accepted. 

  • No watermarks or company logos accepted.

* Lastly, we do have fact checkers. We will check invoice archives so be sure it is an item you actually purchased from us to be considered. If chosen, you will be asked to sign a release for the photo. By submitting you guarantee you have permission to use the photo and grant us permission to do the same. We reserve the right to edit/crop any photo(s) you submit.
Sidney on her antique French circa 1920 pillow

PD Pastis (aka Body by Taco) sitting upon antique French grain bag ottoman 

C'mon and help us build our new website page, TESTIMONIALS!  Because the best thumbs up from shopping with us come from the paws!

xoxo
Kathy


Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Annual French Fabrics Pillow Sale!




ANNUAL PILLOW SALE

HAPPENS ONLY ONCE A YEAR AND FOR ONLY TWO WEEKS!

RARE FRENCH, ENGLISH AND BELGIUM FABRICS FASHIONED INTO ONE-OF-A-KIND PILLOWS!

GET IN WHILE THE GOING IS GOOD.....

GOING ON NOW through January 30, 2013









VINTAGEWEAVE INTERIORS
7928 WEST 3RD STREET
LOS ANGELES, CA 90084
323.932.0451

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

French Kitchen styled for California living

Right off the kitchen area: A sign from a shop in Provence. Photo:Suzanne Sylvester


A girl had a dream: To save her pennies to buy a home and make it her own.

There was no help from current husband, ex-husband, lottery, bank robbery* or family money to lean upon. The dream would have to take root in hard work and perseverance.  (*plausible if Jason Statham was my sidekick.)


My 16 years in commercial real estate afforded this dream to come to fruition. Found a perfectly-suited beach bungalow within walking distance to the ocean. It was perfectly suited as it had no existing updated design so it could be made completely my own. A complete tear down on the interior without having to pay for someone else's style and taste. (Thanks to friends Natalie Hughes and John Hunter for helping me see this vision come to light with their architectural drawing prowess!) Built in 1920, I'm only the second owner.

Complete interior tear down indeed. Given my passion for cooking, I went to work on saving to rip out the galley of a kitchen and build from the ground up. A moment to find the best possible materials and wait until I could afford the rest. The latter, as it turns out, is not so much as a financial roadblock as it is a design one. What to choose, what to choose.....someday I'll pick the backsplash tile which speaks to me....

Soon enough the rest of the elements will come. For now I savor the fact that the kitchen was built 100% by steadfast determination, a Midwest work ethic which serves me well to this day.

THE BEFORE:

Oooof! We were worried we'd find Jimmy Hoffa. 

Saved the plumbing for a bar area right off the kitchen. Yeah, um, did not save the wallpaper.

The existing pantry was barely large enough to hold the dog treats, let alone my tea and champagne!


The elements:

While searching for materials, I knew I wanted to break some rules.  I am in love with white kitchens, but wanted more warmth and something more in line with the French farmhouses I vacationed in throughout the villages of France.

Photo: Marcia Prentice
Flooring: I stayed in a home in St Tropez with some friends that had the most gorgeous amber-colored hardwood flooring. I knew I wanted to bring back the feel but loved the wide planks of American country homes. The variation of knots and depth was spotted in a rarer wood, Australian Cypress. I immediately knew I would be married to that wood come hell or high water.  Since I had removed all the walls to the various small rooms of living, dining and kitchen, I installed the wide-planked Australian Cypress the full length of the home to give the beach bungalow a sense of greater flow.  Due to strict California environmental laws, I was limited to the glossy feel I was after. So I mixed my own. Then added three coats to create a heavenly sheen.  (To this day we can slide in our socks during dinner party dancing!)


THE AFTER: 

Photo:Suzanne Sylvester; Styled: Kathy Delgado

Millwork:  Off-the-rack cabinets didn't tug at my heart or my eye so I opted to work longer hours and save even more pennies. Custom cabinetry was created with the help of my new friends at Naples Kitchen Studio. A warm honey color and custom trim brought in the elements of a friend's home in Normandy, France where I had spent a summer week.  Not a big fan of oak, so I found love with maple. The standard wood knobs were given to a friend and I went on the hunt for something more appealing...

Hardware:  While in Paris, I stumbled upon a flooring shop the size of a standard walk-in closet. Glorious hardware was sitting off to the side in a box but the price was far more than I had budgeted   so I thanked monsieur and left. I did not stop thinking about that hardware the entire 13 hr trip home to California!  They soon landed via parcel post with the present of a French cookbook, by dear sweet monsieur!  I did "beat" them up a bit with a hammer (quelle horreur) much to my millwork architect's wide eyes and mumblings under his breath of "crazy bitch".
Photo: Suzanne Sylvester

Counters:  Sandstone and concrete  were materials I had toyed and played with samples for days on end. One day I saw a piece of broken granite at a contractor's office. I was amazed at how the light hit the variations of the exposed stone.  I immediately knew that I would chip away the perfectly rounded bullnose edge everyone seems to love so. The sleek black granite was far too formal for my taste so I requested it honed.  The subcontractor showed up with three large slabs of granite and when I refused it pointing to my sketch of how I wanted the edges, they left the granite in the backyard and walked out mystified. "We'll have to call the boss."  Eventually "the boss" showed up explaining to the "lady" that she was out of her mind and didn't understand "these things" and how granite is to be installed and used and designed and blah, blah, blah.   As I hadn't yet moved into the house there wasn't a stitch of paper around. I walked to my car, grabbed a yellow paper pad, pulled from my knowledge of legal contracts in the commerical real estate world, drafted a 3 paragraph waiver, signed, dated and shoved it in front of him.
"Sign this. You are legally and financially released from all obligations regarding this granite and you're now paid in full. Now break my counter!"  The result was so well loved by the subcontractor that he asked permission to use it as the cover for one of his brochures. That was 10+ years ago and I'm still so very much in love with the look.

Island: After toying with a kitchen table, I preferred a working service at the proper height for rolling out dough and so forth. A permanent island seemed so predictable and in every house you see. That just wasn't for me. I searched through shelter magazines and found one in Maison Coer that had the most amazing drawers! I sketched one out and sent both picture torn out of the magazine and sketch to a millwork contractor in Canada whose work I had seen. At the time it was far more economical to have it done in Canada and the contractor was a proven source. The hardware pulls were found at a local hardware store but only came in a super shiny nickel. So I soaked them for 2 weeks in a vinegar mixture set in the sun. Fabulous results for me!  I opted for a butcher block instead of marble as I wanted the island on hidden casters and since it would sit on wood, a softer material than tile or stone, my fear is it would have left indentations. The casters allow me to roll it off to the side for large dinner parties.
Photo: Marcia Prentice

Curtains: I love as much California sun to come through so I prefer little to no window treatments. However, being mad for textiles I did find a solution to marry both wants. Standard curtains, blinds or anything of the sort is far too expected so I discovered linen runners I fell in love with in the South of France (which I now carry). Installed two decorative NAILS (yes, Nails) at a local speciality hardware store that specializes in crafstman style (soooo inexpensive) and simple curtain rings from Target in burnished gold. The runners are from Vintageweave Interiors with no sewing involved in case I want to turn them back into runners at some point; I merely  folded them over to create a unique valance of sorts. Love the simplicity!  {Runner available in blue/black, red, or white stripes. More photos in the blog post below or to purchase: TEXTILES AT VINTAGEWEAVE INTERIORS}


Pizza Oven:  There was one designed, purchased and on its way from the East Coast.  Contractor forgot to add in the plumbing and reinforced flooring and now there isn't one.  As you can see I've forgotten about it and am no longer holding a grudge. (!!!)

Xavier Pouchard stools. Photo: Suzanne Sylvester
Thank you taking a peek. We all have different design aesthetics but I always think it's interesting to see how people--real, everyday people--live in their kitchens. I use my kitchen daily, it's not just in the house for show.  Carving out a bit of what inspires you in your own home is what it's all about. Odd, I know, but every time I place my silverware in the drawer I feel a sense of pride that this is the home I  own. It's my little American beach bungalow dream. All lil' itty bitty square footage of it!
Photo: Suzanne Sylvester

All  accessories shown: Vintageweave Interiors
Photo: Marcia Prentice


Marcia Prentice, one of my most favorite photogs,  took some AMAZING shots for Apartment Therapy, one of my most favorite home decor sites!  All the goodies can be seen and read about here, with everything from sources to a fun Q&A about the process:
Apartment Therapy Kathy Delgado/Vintageweave Kitchen Tour

Marcia came for lunch and we laughed and chatted and laughed and laughed some more. We took some photos, too. Enjoy! Voulez-vous manger?
Photo: Marcia Prentice


Vintageweave Interiors
*French Farmhouse Lifestyle & Antique Boutique*

7928 West 3rd Street (5 businesses west of Fairfax)

Los Angeles, CA 90048

323.932.0451