BIG NEWS!

We have been busy bees at Vintageweave Interiors!

Our BIG NEWS is that we are EXPANDING....and thus relocating to bigger digs!  This could not be possible without YOU, our loyal customers and clients, many of whom we've been so fortunate to call friends.....

As many who have visited the boutique know, we're set up like a French Flea Market. And since we sell to a lot of set designers, we are always stocked up!

WE DON'T WANT TO PACK IT ALL!

Our Good Fortune is YOUR Good Fortune!

SALE! SOLDES! SALE! SOLDES! SALE! SOLDES!

NOW thru August 15

In the boutique only, pop in for once-in-a-lifetime deals!

Many items 10% off, selected items 15-40% off*

(*Excludes Cote Bastide, Blanc D'voire, textiles and cake plates.)

We're relocating just around the corner onto West Third, the hubbub of retail therapy!

More announcements on EXACT location soon....

Here's a sneak peak:

 It needs a tad bit of work...for one, this wallpaper is screaming at me to make it GO AWAY!

Current:

Vintageweave Interiors

169 South Fairfax Avenue (at 3rd)

Los Angeles, CA 90036

www.vintageweave.com

323.932.0451

Future:

Vintageweave Interiors

3rd and Fairfax 

Los Angeles, CA 90036

Why God Invented the French Press

It's been a weary several weeks....far too much to do and far too little time in which to do it to perfection.

I'm guilty. Stress to get it right is self imposed...will stay up until the wee hours for days on end to get it all done JUST SO.

Where to begin? The month has been TREMENDOUS and I'm feeling exceptionally blessed.

Product for showroom displays to Ralph Lauren - Beverly Hills, Ralph Lauren-Greenwich, Joie NYC and Joie Paris, Anthropologie, furniture + accessories for a private Hollywood supper club, and many other retail windows and showroom displays. WHAT FUN!

Mini website redo, plan next buying trip to Paris, work on client's kitchen and study....weeeeeee goes the merry-go-round! {I LOVE IT}  Corporate orders have been on the rise and 170 of these beauties were recently sourced and shipped in record time to meet a most important deadline...

The latest excitement is a top celebrity designer has named VINTAGEWEAVE INTERIORS as a favorite source so HGTV is filming a teensy weeny segment with us...

DUST! CLEAN! VACUUM! FUSS! FUSS! ARRANGE! EDIT! NEW INVENTORY DISPLAY!  You name it, we did it...til the wee, wee hours of the morn.

(Both manicure and pedicure are, um, OFFICIALLY DESTROYED!)  Toes in the Pacific Ocean with my Man will be on the agenda next  (as soon as we get all these orders out and the container unloaded and the Cote Bastide replenished!)

Did I mention lately how UTTERLY FAB and AMAZING my team of helpers are in every inch of their fabulous souls???  I am planning a special thank you picnic just for the lot of them...Something French. Something Bubbly. Something with baguettes, foie gras and vintage red linens.

I once overheard on the Tube in London: "Sleep is for the bored." So it's official. I'M NOT BORED!  Besides...isn't that why God invented the FRENCH PRESS????  Supersize mine, gentle giant.
Bonne Nuit
xoxo 

La Quille

It's a beauty! While this is a fairly rare French Military memorabilia item, truth be told we merely fell in love with it for the colors and French writing!  It lived for quite some time in our guest room until an eventual 're do' created a need to find it a new home. {Surely no one is surprised I constantly redecorate and move things in/out of my house as most change shoes??}

Celebrate LA QUILLE!

La Quille (or literally The Pin) was created and gifted to signify one's 1 year of mandatory service in the French military. Back in the day, once a male reached 18 years of age, there was a required one year of service in  La Militaria.  At the end of the year, members of the unit would celebrate the mandatory completion (er, many were NOT happy to serve) by each signing La Quille and a memorial of the time spent was henceforth everlasting! HOW COOL IS THAT?

This one is pretty special as it's from 1961, right after Algeria broke from France during the infamous Algerian War.  The commander of the unit did all the writing of the names in this instance, as was often the case...."when the bell rung stating school was out--nary a soul could be found!"

The Algerian War, or Guerre d'Algérie, was a conflict between France and Algeria over movements towards independence from 1954 to 1962, when Algeria eventually gained its independence from France.

 This wooden pillar sits 24" H x 5" Diameter. All original paint and markings, with wood cracks indicative of age. $395; France, circa 1961.



A gorgeous home decor item...and even more special if you're a fan of military memorabilia!  Find this wood beauty,  La Quille, online now or by emailing us.

UPDATE: we had SO MUCH FUN with the contest on guessing this item with our FACEBOOK friends...literally up most of the evening laughing with tears! Thanks to all of them who played and congrats to winner, Andrea Guiterrez -formerly of Geneva, now of Los Angeles, who won the pair of vintage French tea towels!  This one was a tough MYSTERY ITEM, but more to come in weeks ahead! MYSTERY ITEM GAME FOUND ONLY ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE!

Creating something of Beauty

Over 300 grain bags have been checked and sized....

It's always fun for us at Vintageweave when new arrivals fill up the shop and warehouse and laundry room and workroom, and, and, and....fortunately we have good help as you can see...



 {Biscuit assessing the inventory}









Some have created clothespin bags and small apple sacks...what will you create?  We'd love to share what you dream up...drop us an email!

Authentic European Grain Bags in stock now (more added to the site soon!)--call us if you don't see what you need  ON OUR WEBSITE as we've yet to add them all!  323.932. 0451 or vintageweweave@aol.com

Cravings in Los Angeles

Coined as a book on "the most creative, interesting and gutsy female proprietors throughout the greater Los Angeles area"....

....we are honored to be included!

Books are now available at Vintageweave! Bonus: many discount codes for most of the businesses featured ranging from fashion, home furnishings, restaurants (cupcakes!) and service providers; all owned by fabulous, sassy women! A FABULOUS resource for just simply the best of the best that the City has to offer....



Stop in the boutique to purchase CRAVE Los Angeles for $20, or shop "ONLINE"

Boating essentials

I'm not big on plastic, as I prefer to celebrate life using the best china and glassware every day...this is incorporated in my daily life routines, too. But every now and then the more appropriate choice is plastic....

Enter heavenly French Liquid Soap in a plastic bottle. I sourced these when a client needed a slew of them for her client's yacht she was decorating (think of a really hot looking pirate!). Plastic pumps are simply more practical for kids' bathrooms, laundry rooms or any place broken glass would pose a sincerely horrible situation!

Available in Lavande des Collines or Persil Menthe; $18 for 50ml plastic bottle. Available now under What's New or Apothecary: "Vintageweave" .


Father's Day is approaching and this will be the first dad's day my father will be in Heaven. We're going to celebrate all the things he loved: cupcakes, carne asada tacos, fine cabernet, and an easy stroll on a boat listening to jazz & blues! ...oh and of course laughing--my dad LOVED TO LAUGH! Happy Papa's Day to all the Fathers out there!

Côté Bastide Special Orders

{Orange Scented Linen Water; Eau de linge. $70 for 24oz glass bottle}

You already know we stock a warehouse full of our favorite finds from our favorite atelier...

But did you know you may ALWAYS place a special order? Shipments arrive from Provence monthly, and since we sell to many designers and event planners, (ahem, or fellow shopaholics.....) we often get last-minute large orders that wipe out our available inventory. Or perhaps you're in search of a favorite scent or must-have Côté Bastide tableware? SOLUTION: special order requests to the rescue!

{Côté Bastide Mixing Bowl-Set of 5}

Recent special orders:

*One client loves to fill a large apothecary jar with orange blossom and Lin soaps...did we mention the apothecary jar is 4 feet tall??
That's alotta' soaps we ship!

*Another client's standard 'thank you' gift for her bevy of friends, clients and charity patrons is Amber bubble bath; she continually purchases and stocks a couple dozen bottles at a time.

*And yet another client can't get enough of the heavenly Côté Bastide linen tea towels. So when she got married last year, she wanted one type at each place setting and another trio wrapped to give to each guest. Her special order came in no less than five boxes off that boat from France!

Any scent, any flavor, any size.

You ask. We get (or at least really, really try to).

The latest favorite arrival: Côté Bastide Eau de Linge in heavenly scented Orange Floral. Linen water for ironing and steaming your best linens and cottons. Our antique shams stay dressed in nothing less.

Sigh....as if the scent wasn't amazing enough, can you even stand the bottle?? TO-DIE-FOR FABULOUS!

Now at "Vintageweave Interiors"
Vintageweave Interiors
Los Angeles
vintageweave@aol.com
323.932.0451