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My friends and I immediately fell in love with this orange Swedish Grace period Greek key and gilt bed in the H.M. Luther booth at The International Fine Art and Antique Dealers Show last Friday. If we could have afforded it, I'm sure we would have all fought over it. It's perfection. It was made around 1929 by Axel Einar Hjorth for Nordiska Kompanient. Apparently Axel was a leading Swedish designer in the first half of the 20th-century. The H.M. Luther website states that "his pieces of furniture for the Nordiska Kompanient were characterized by craftsmanship of high quality and advanced combinations of material. The furniture was manufactured for a financially strong clientele with modern demands." I'd mix it in a room with abstract art, 18th-century French chairs, and 1970's bedside tables. What would you do with it?

There are so many wonderful design related events this fall that my calendar is full. A great place to learn about antiques, art and jewelry is Antiques and Art at the Armory. The show opens today and they are offering my blog readers a 50% discount on tickets. The tickets are regularly $25. Please mention discount code DBLOG when ordering tickets online. I'll see you there!

Antiques and Art at the Armory

643 Park Avenue

between 66th and 67th Streets

www.armoryshows.com

Thursday, September 30 11:00 am-7:30 pm
Friday, October 1 11:00 am-7:30 pm

Saturday, October 2 11:00 am-7:30 pm

Sunday, October 3 11:00 am-5:30 pm

Photo from 2009 Antiques and Art at the Armory show

Watercolors, interiors and antiques

First of all, I want to thank all my readers for the nice comments on my post about the changes at my sister’s orangerie! My sister and me enjoyed reading all these lovely comments!!!! Thank you so much! It means a lot to me.

Today I want you to meet one of my favorite blogs, one of my favorite interior designers and one of my favorite antiques dealers.

CELINE CHOLLET AQUARELLES BLOG

Click on logo to vist the blog of Céline.

When I discovered the blog of Céline, I couldn’t believe my eyes! I was perplexed by all these gorgeous aquarelles.

Céline lives in Auxerre in France. She grew up in a family of artists, illustrators and graphic designers.

She became an illustrator of children’s books for 15 years.

In 2005 Céline returned to her passion of youth sketches and watercolors. She is specialized in architectural design and interiors.

She also became the illustrator of the collection “Carrés de France”, the books of Editions Equinoxe.

Visiting her blog, you will discover watercolors of the most wonderful places in France.

Céline made some beautiful watercolors of Auxerre, the place were she lives.

If you would love to have a watercolour of your house or favorite place, Céline can do that for you. The rates you will discover on her blog.

Céline Chollet 1

image : blog Céline

Editions Equinoxe book “Carrés de France”

image : blog Céline

Video of Céline May 2008 TF1

Click on picture to see the video! You will love it!

Visit Céline here : CELINE CHOLLET AQUARELLES.

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ALEXANDRA SIEBELINK INTERIORS

Some of you will remember my earlier post about 2 charming houses, a house in Belgium and a house in Holland.

The house in Holland was of the interior designer Alexandra Siebelink. Alexandra is one of my favorite designers!

I love the way she decorates and I love the materials and colors Alexandra works with.

Alexandra always proposes beautiful antiques and art objects to fit the design of her interiors.

Visit her website here : Alexandra Siebelink. You will love it!

Alexandra recently started a blog HERE.

image : Alexandra’s website

image: scanned from the magazine MTC, 1-2010.

Click on the image above to read my blogpost about the 2 charming houses where you will see more images of Alexandra’s home.

ALEXANDRA SIEBELINK

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And finally I want you to discover the beautiful Antiques Gallery of Heather and Bobby Lee from California : TROVE GALLERY.

I discovered this gallery by the blog TROUVAIS of my friend Trish. Ever since I love to visit Heather and Bobby Lee to discover their new arrivals!

I feel so sorry to live so far from Heather and Bobby Lee! Otherwise I would visit this gallery every week I might think!

Visit the Trove Gallery website and you will find the most beautiful, exquisite antiques !

Trove Gallery 1

As this primitive trestle table from France, c.1775. (image website Trove Gallery)

Or this French 19th century garden bench. (image website Trove Gallery)

Or this gorgeous Swedish plant stand, c 1910. (image website Trove Gallery)

TROVE GALLERY

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I hope you all enjoyed this Sunday post!

Natalie Haegeman, a decorator from Antwerp

Today I want you to meet a Belgian decorator who lives and works in Antwerp. Natalie Haegeman creates very charming interiors. She loves to decorate with antique objects, because they have a soul. Creativity and authenticity belong together, Natalie explains on her website.

And yes that is what you notice looking at the images on her website.

Natalie has a perfect eye to combine old and new objects and furniture. And she knows how to choose the perfect fabrics for upholstery and curtains.

Let's take a look.

Notice the color of the pottery on the table and the matching fabric Natalie chose for the blinds.

Orange upholstered armchair. I love it! This shade of orange looks wonderful with the surrounded objects and furniture.

A shade of purple. Why not?

Natalie loves to work with beautiful lampshades and isn’t afraid to use some more vivid colors for those.

Perfect combination of the carpet and that coffee table, don’t you think?

Awesome, the entry hall of her home, isn’t it?

Serene chosen colors for this bedroom.

Natalie surrounded by fabrics and lampshades.

Kelims on a stool.

Gorgeous wall light.

A beautiful still.

So next time you visit Antwerp, don’t forget to stop by at Natalie Haegeman (on appointment I guess!).

NATALIE HAEGEMAN INTERIORS

Leopoldslei 75

2930 Brasschaat

www.nataliehaegeman-interiors.be

all images : www.nataliehaegeman-interiors.be, except image 1 scanned from Magazine MTC,2005-4

Photography : Sven Everaert ; Bieke Claessens

I remember seeing some vintage tortoise shells in House & Garden magazine many years ago that were credited to a place called JF Chen. It always stayed with me and I thought that I must visit this place someday. On my recent trip to LA, I finally got the chance. I'm not even sure how to describe JF Chen. I don't think warehouse or even store do it justice. It's really a giant jewel box. It's so expansive that I joked that I thought I should leave a trail of breadcrumbs so I could find my way out again. I read that it's treasures go all the way back to the 12th-century and up to the 1970's. The best part is that they are all displayed together in various vignettes. Since I love mixing periods and styles, I was in heaven! Christian of Maison21 and I introduced ourselves to the proprietor, Joel Chen, below, and he took time to walk through the vast space with us and to the gallery space he has opened on the lower level. More on that later. Joel has been collecting for more than thirty years and instead of traveling the world in search of the best furniture and accessories, they now come to him in the form of emails from people looking to sell. I asked him if he knew every designer and style now and he actually replied that he does not. For such a small country, Denmark had a surprising number of furniture designers and he still finds pieces who provenance is unknown. I think it is this curiosity to learn something new that keeps many of us going in the design world.

He also likes to point out the different designers who buy from him. Where else could Kelly Wearstler and Michael Smith both find furniture for their clients? Ralph Lauren also buys many of their props for photo shoots from JF Chen and I bet Mr. Lauren himself does too. Christian thought it would be fun if we both posted our favorite finds from JF Chen to see what different items we were drawn to in the showroom. It was a bit overwhelming and also hard to take photos since you didn't have much room to back up but I managed to shoot quite a lot that caught my eye. My favorites were anything Asian, especially the screens, and of course the artwork. At the end, you'll see that even the entry staircase isn't immune from decoration. After remembering the name JF Chen for years, I'm so glad that my visit was definitely worth the wait!