We have recently added a shop to our website. You will find a variety of items we have purchased on our travels ( antiques, accessories, wallpapers, fabrics, pillows, art, etc). New additions are added frequently so check back often. A few of the items are listed below:
Visit the store to shop: http://saragilbaneinteriors.bigcartel.com/
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I was flipping through Vogue and saw much to my delight that they wrote an article about Elizabeth Bauer and her fabulous store. A girl after my own heart, Elizabeth loves the vintage find, french artists, and color, color, color! I stop in her store regularly to find that last minute, “must-have” for my clients. I snapped a few photos of some of her more irresistible finds while shopping a few days ago.
A pair of night stands with interlocking brass rings
Console table wrapped in navy leather and nail head trim
Ceramic Buddha Lamp
Black lacquered chest of drawers with large brass rings
A beautiful painting of a street in Paris- This reminds me of an illustration from Madeline
An original Charles Cobelle painting hung behind beautiful glass bottles with large stoppers
Another beautiful bottle perched on a Dorothy Draperesque swag wall mount
A pair of vintage ikat pouf from the estate of David Barrett
A collection of vintage prints by French artist SEM- these are always fun hung in a power room
1960’s Etagere with tassel motif and light
A pair of black and gold side tables with x bases- Dorothy Draper for Henredon
Red Lacquer chinoiserie style plug in sconces
Shagreen and brass cocktail table- sleek and stylish
Gorgeous pair of faux malachite side tables- low in height but beautiful!
Shop Elizabeth’s Store: http://elizabethbauerdesign.com/shop/
xo,
S
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“A house without books is like a room without windows.” ~Heinrich Mann
I love books in peoples homes. Piled high on cocktail tables, arranged in bookshelves, used as side tables they never fail to inspire me. Books give a sense of history and comfort to a home. All of my books have moved with me from home to home, making each new residence feel like I have lived there for years. Borrowing a favorite book from a friend you can see what they have underlined, marked, and noted on each page or a well loved passage. You can go on ebay or to your local 1st editions bookstore and find many vintage books with beautiful covers. I love poking around old bookstores and libraries hunting for books which have beautiful covers and interesting subject matter. I find the smell of old books or libraries intoxicating.
Persephone Books prints mainly neglected fiction and non-fiction by women, for women and about women. All books have the same pretty dove gray jackets. The titles are printed on the sides in black letters in a white box. Classic and clean. When you open them up you are in for a treat. Each of the 86 books has a different end paper. The founder, Nicola Beauman picks these herself. The books are by female writers from the interwar years. Subjects include, short stories, cookbooks, and memoir. Their best selling authors include: Winifred Watson (Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day) ,Dorothy Whipple, Marghanita Laski and Frances Hodgson Burnett.
With Titles like: Operation Heartbreak, How to Run Your Home Without Help, Few Eggs and No Oranges, It’s Hard To Be Hip Over Thirty, and The Wise Virgins it is hard to resist purchasing a few. These are a wonderful gift for any time of year!
Below are a few images of the shop in London.
The books are all arranged to display their beautiful end papers.
Order on-line: http://www.persephonebooks.co.uk/index.asp
xo,
S