Chester NJ Retailer of furniture, home accessories, interior design – Maison Berger and Paint Couture!™
I found a beautiful vintage dressing table…
it turned up a little early but i just had to have it for Little Paris!
It’s such a pretty creamy yellow…with gold trim. And the mirror is amazing!
Of course we displayed out favorite perfumes from Shelley Kyle on it.
It’s going to be gorgeous in our Paris Boudoir…which i just primed yesterday.
I plan on finishing up the general painting early next week.
Old shutters and doors look fabulous to me…whether you just lean them somewhere or nail them to the wall – like i did in my bedroom! (I’m all for easy installation). These are just “leanin” in the shop right now!
They are such a great color…very shabby chic and rustic (actually the more beat up they are the better i like them) These could work in a formal setting too. Just love their ambience and style.
These would be swell in the Paris Boudoir or the Paris Apartment in our new “Little Paris”….but sigh…we wont be open til September…and they are here now.
Yesterday we brought some beautiful mirrors onto the shop floor (I should say lugged as they were very heavy…the detail is amazing though! Always worth the trouble!
Here it is in the shop – leaning at 60″ high it reflects everything around it!
Ok i know this one seems small after all those big ones but it really is a beauty too.
I cant wait to put this one in the Paris Boudoir on the little skirted Dressing table.
We didnt get this one but i included it cause its a favorite and it will probably be here again soon!
Mirrors truly make a room more beautiful and we love making a design statement with them.
…the right one is amazing in a room – the crowning glory!
One of my favorite chandeliers…the Mayfair…when we have it in the shop we hang it low for impact. So pretty. The perfect balance of iron and crystal.
Beautiful chairs are a weakness of mine….along with about ten thousand other things. This hancock & moore chair makes me want to curl up with my cup of tea and snuggle with that soft throw.
Ok its true that almost every day i have a new favorite color….but right now i am totally in love with Adagio – here’s a brownstone just completed using this beautiful & soothing color and I cant get it out of my mind!
Adagio was perfect – kind of a bluish/gray smokey color! I am going to use it in the new paris boudoir along with harbor haze, pink lace and paper white. Definitely getting the itch to start painting. And, of course there will be lots of 14K gold and warm silver.
The little hancock & moore slipper chair in the foreground is amazing. They came up with this process of metallizing leather and then lazer cutting it. It you run your finger over the leather it shimmers!
Off to continue the planning process!
Every design project starts with some kind of a floorplan. It’s like GPS – a guide to your final destination. I find drawing floorplans and elevations to be a relaxing and rewarding pastime and always enjoy the beginning of each new project.
You can draw your own with a few simple tools…a good tape measure (so you can measure your room and draw to scale), a couple of soft-leaded pencils, an eraser and some quarter inch block paper (each block equals 1 foot). Voila! You are ready to have some fun.
Yesterday I spent the afternoon drawing floorplans for the new shop. The one below is a combination floor/elevation plan. Convenient for seeing everything all in one place…sort of informal but succinct and to scale with a laundry list of items needed to complete the project.
If you like to paint its fun to paint these in the colors you will be using. Off to work now! The sun is out so it will be a busy day! Have fun.
Boiseries make my heart beat…I love looking at beautiful rooms with boiserie panels and intricate appliques and moldings.
These doors are amazing!
I can see that my cabinet maker is going to be busy making me some moldings for our Paris Boudoir….he does beautiful work – you can check it out by clicking the Facebook link on the sidebar. The album has about 30 pictures of work we’ve done. And soon it will contain pictures of the work he is doing for the Paris Boudoir!
Meanwhile more amazing fabrics showed up today in the mail….here’s my faves.
this last fabric is a sheer and is going to make some amazing shades!
Have a great evening!
I found so many beautiful fabrics for the Paris Boudoir that it is overwhelming. I decided that money was no object and so selected every fabric that made my heart beat! Most are silks…and the trims are just amazing.
I find that photographing fabrics never does them justice….but i tried…some of these fabrics will comprise the bedding, draperies, swags, skirts and pillows. Here’s some trims laid out on my antique danish oak desk. Some of these beauties will make it into the final mix!
Each day is one closer to the grand opening!
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