Emmy's

Countdown to seeing if our clients win big. Hopefully that will translate into celebratory parties over the coming weeks with goodies filled from Vintageweave!

{This photo made me laugh. It was sent by a client in NYC and have no idea where he found it or if he took it. If it's yours, please claim it!}

Back to the finishing touches on a few gifts given to and from by those in the throws of the Emmy's hoopla! Fun! Fun!

Indian Summer Arrivals

While Southern California continues to enjoy gorgeous weather and it feels as if summer has only just begun, we've been getting so many requests from our East Coast clientele for Fall-like items. Hmmmm....

Vintage wicker wrapped jugs {$75-350}, French burlap runners {$300} and French Lace Vases {$26}filled with vibrantly deep colors set the tone nicely, oui?

And while we're on the subject of vases and flowers, The French Lace Vase continues to be ever-so popular with brides and event planners. Such elegant lines!  $26  online now

My most favorite find yet is the unbelievably fab shaped enamel pitcher. Reminiscent of faded antique French ticking, the blues are subtle and soft. I have yet to find the perfect flower to add to the simiplist beauty of it all!

Enjoy the last bit of August and we hope you'll have a chance to stop in the expanded boutique! We're baking cookies every Saturday just like the good Indian Summer nesters we strive to be!

Vintageweave Interiors

*A French Farmhouse Lifestyle Boutique*

7928 West 3rd Street

Los Angeles, CA 90048

323.932.0451

http://www.vintageweave.com/

French Champagne Buckets

We just recently brought back a slew of buckets found throughout the outskirts of Paris.....all vintage with original labels with wear in all the right places.

Ready to hold your favorite bottle, collection of wooden spoons in the kitchen, or in our favorite way shown above.   $135-$170 now at Vintageweave Interiors.

Cheers!

French Farmhouse Lifestyle Boutique now expanded

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It's official.  We're in our fabulous new space!

The move was EXHAUSTING but the amount accomplished since Friday's move has been fun and fruitful!  We can't wait to share it with all of you, whether you visit us in person or online!

New location exudes such positive energy and the neighbors are exceptionally warm...but best of all, the layout reminds me of a small farmhouse in  le plus beau village de France, such as 

Cordes-sur-Ciel or Toullouse. We are gaga in love with our new home!

WE STILL are without phone service since Thursday, thanks to our friends at AT&T (grrrrr), but fingers crossed they finally show up before Tuesday! If not it will only be cash and checks that day....!  You may reach us at vintageweave@aol.com in the interim.

MORE PHOTOS SOON-BUT HERE'S A SNEAK PEAK.

Vintageweave Interiors

A French Farmhouse Lifestyle Boutique

7928 West Third Street

Los Angeles, CA 90048

(323) 932  0451

Soft opening: Tuesday, August 10 at 11am -6pm

Champagne, coffee and cupcakes

Check out is a MESS but we're getting there!

Antique French dress forms are plentiful!

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!