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French Flea Market
Finds
How To Decorate With French Antiques
By Corey Amaro
Lace storage sack for silver. I never liked felt, plus I had drawers stuffed
with lace something had to be done. So I made small sacks in which to keep my
silver. This small piece of fabric, cut-out lace, used to be a pillowcase. I cut
off the torn part, and with the small good piece, I made a sack for my cheese
knives. I added a ribbon through the cut-outs to lace it up.
Vintage bottles. Take an old bottle, find a card or stamps, or lace and dress
it up. You can tie crystals or buttons or seashells to its neck, or glue
decorative items on the cork top. These liquor bottles have vintage ribbons,
floral glass objects found off a chandelier and fabric flowers.
Packaging. My cousin often says, "Packaging is everything!" I put my laundry
soap in an antique tin box, my housecleaning products in an old basket, and my
shampoo I add to pretty bottles like this one and set it up by the tub. If you
have bottles or containers that you like, USE them; packaging is everything. And
re-creating your packaging is even better.
Sea salt in sea shells. First,
I must say I collect seashells. My daughter's prenom (first name) is, "Chelsea."
My father-in-law, a man of very few words, let alone English ones, said to me at
her birth: "Chelsea is, seashell, backwards, non?"
Do you, too, collect
seashells? Why not let them carry sea salt to your table?
Often, I see these holders at the brocante (flea market). They hold bottles
for olive oil, vinegar, salt, mustard...a salad dressing kit, you might say.
Some are fine, some are country style, and most are missing pieces, so nobody
looks at them. This one was beautiful and empty. Seeing the voids in the
circular places gave me an idea of what I could do with it. A chic candle
holder.
Corey Amaro is an American living in the south of
France. Her blog (Tongue in Cheek, Living in France & French Antiques, The
way I see it) can be read at http://willows95988.typepad.com/. Her email address
is coreyamaro@aol.com
(Photos, courtesy Corey Amaro.)
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Lace storage sack for silver.
Vintage bottles.
Packaging.
Sea salt in sea shells.
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