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Guests here often ask to see my linens, or books or china that is available in the store. And up to now I have had to rush around the house, retrieving stuff from various hiding places, but this year, with so many guests expected, I decided to centralise everything and create a space where I could show my brocante pieces more easily.
Up to last week, this room was a very useful storeroom, so I maintained a wall of shallow shelving for things I really needed to keep to hand. To disguise the shelves I hung linen curtains from the ceiling and stood an old armoire in front. That way I have easy access, but there is no distraction in the room.
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It’s a good exercise to sort and reposition, there are often nice suprises. Like having to find a way to carry these little terrines; it wasn’t until I lined them in the shallow wooden box that I realised how good they looked together.
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Everything is so pretty! I wish I could come visit in person. Those linens are gorgeous!
leslie
I love the way you have grouped everything–it's beautiful and artful. I too wish I could come and visit in person. Good for you!
Lise-Lotte
It looks absolutely gorgeous……take care.x
Love how you have showed your things.I have so many similar to yours around my home. It has made me want to re-arrange mine to show them off.
Thanks. barbara Lilian
This would be so lovely to browse – it looks great.
what a lovely little show room!
wish I could shop there. (sigh~)
Have a great weekend!
Julie x
The your collection of linens, and the showroom is just so sweet.
Tina..
wauw!
It's wonderful ! I want to visit it today 🙂
XO
Anci
What a fantastic way to showcase your finds, it is beautiful and gives a real sense of french vintage style.
So exciting Sharon, I love it! What a great idea, I think I feel another page coming on for you…. 🙂
Best wishes for a wonderful weekend…
Jeanne xx
What a clever idea and it's a very lovely little room! I especially like the bunting from the old manuscript. It is sad when we cannot maintain items as they were intended, but often giving them a new purpose saves them from being totally discarded.
How great- looks like you created a showroom display area that is both pretty and practical.
Hooray and congratulations! This is a wonderful concrete step moving forward in all that you do! Everything does indeed look great. And I love the use of the curtains–we did something similar when we developing our gallery on the ground floor of our old house and it worked really well, the texture added quite a bit.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Oh Sharon it looks fabulous! So beautifully put together and enticing – you must be so proud to see it all laid out together. With each new post you are bringing me closer and closer to booking a visit!
Paula x
What a beautiful showroom with lot of beautiful old things. Good luck with it.
Kind regards,
Xandra
An enticing showroom. Another example of your great eye for design and style I started to think about what I would like from your collection………..the whole lot would "suit me fine."
Bonne weekend.
love every corner! wish I could be one of your guest!
What a beautiful space. It's the type of room I'd love to get lost in.
I love your little showroom, Sharon!! I can't wait until I'm a guest in your cottage!
Oh Sharon!! I LOVE everything in your new shop! I would spend A LOT of money here. Gorgeous!
Everything looks wonderful grouped together Sharon, congratulations on your new showroom.
XX
Debra~
It all looks fabulous. I wish I could pop in right now. All best, Phyllis
I love your blog and have been dreaming of making a trip to France to stay in your guest cottage since I first found you on line. I truly believe that there are more hours in the day in France – you are amazing! Husband, kids, horses, dogs, friends, blogging, pinning, entertaining, shopping, brocante hunting, shop owner – and the list goes on! Congrats on your new showroom!
Incredible and very artistic! I love each photo!
Lovely showroom!
We love your blog, have a nice day !!! A french family from France
is'it Eaven, it's true!?
Have a lovely day!
Stefy
looks fantastic Sharon! Perfect way to showcase your inventory and I can't wait to see it all.
I love the way that you have arranged everything. I'd LOVE to shop in person!
It looks fantastic Sharon! I love the way you have arranged everything. It looks like people will be able to browse easily and find items they might want. I see some gorgeous linens that I would be hard pressed not to buy! LOL
Beautiful! I am inspired to clean out my sewing/junk/whatever room! Of course I won't have all those wonderful baskets/linens/terrines!
great pictures, as always!
Congratulations-everything looks divine. A showroom is a blessing! xxpeggybraswelldesign.com
Beautiful!!!
What a clever and lovely space! I love seeing your treasures all styled together – and how nice that an organizing project turned out to be fun.
Have a wonderful weekend! XO
Wat een sfeervolle plaatjes.
Geweldig.
Groet,
Marieke.
Those terrines look great, I want, I want!
Sharon that is gorgeous! Your blog rocks!
It looks absolutely smashing, congratulations and I wish you all the best. I wish I could come and rummaged around!
Sharon…. This showroom is so gorgeous… it will be empty before you know it! xv
Amazing place,
have a nice weekend
f a b u l o u s!!!!!!!!!!!!! wish i were there to see it all in person…. so pretty. xx
Great visual merchandising! N.xo
Lots of hard work but really fun to do, I'm thinking! It looks wonderful!
Oh Sharon….It turned out fabulous as anything you do always does.
Jo
Very nice, Sharon!
I expect it's a bit of a relief. Honestly, it is just as well to keep it small and close- bigger is not always better. It's cozy…
Could I move in there…..?? Just wondering.
lolol!
Beautiful, Sharon!!! Love the idea!
xoxo laurie
Just beautiful! Thank you for all the eye candy!!! I'm now following you!
They say 'all good things come in small packages"-in your case small spaces!
There are so many objet in your showroom that I would love.
Hope you have a lovely weekend.
Lizx
Absolutely charming. You are brilliant, but I've known that for a very long time.
xoxo,
Tish
Well done on achieving another 'tick' on your TO DO list.
Your visitors will love it as it looks charming.
Strangely, I'm about to do the same in my house. Great minds think alike,they say.
Will post photos in my blog.
Enjoy the weekend
Joasia x
Really lovely idea and you certainly know how to present things to the "beauty expecting eye". ciao and have fun with all your visitors, Z
The best Brocante pieces show well in your country French home 🙂
The French say it oh so well (Brocante) Not quite valuable yet not quite worthless.
I would love to be a visitor in your country home, then having the pleasure of enjoying all things French.
Thank you for sharing your beauty…
Gardez inspirer soulfully avec toutes les choses française brocante.
xx
Doré
What an absolute dream!! How I wish I lived closer…would be right over! Such gorgeous eye candy, love love love it all!
Your showroom looks so authentic and true to your own interests and style. Love it!
Designated space…oh how wonderful and it looks great too!
Just another gem you just happen to put together!!!!
Such lovely things please don't do TOO much with the showroom I would hate to lose contact with you on this forum. As mentioned before you are my saviour!! Are you tempted to take things into your mainhouse? I admire your strength to buy things you obviously love and then sell it off.
Love your linens and the mannequins especially Look out travel agent I 'm getting itchy feet here!!
This year we had planed to come to France, but due to some changes we'll end up in Scandinavia instead. I wish we could have come to visit. Oh, maybe next year. I enjoy very much reading your blog. it brings me a feeling of peace.
Che meraviglia….mi sono incantata a vedere queste immagini!
baci Sara