Between wandering around the International Home Furnishings Center (IHFC) by myself on Friday afternoon/evening and then meeting up with Courtney of French Country Cottage {our Insider’s Guide to High Point Market for first timers!} and new friend and designer Janie Timberlake of JBeth Designs {she’s just starting a site on FB and is on Instagram} on Saturday and touring showrooms listening to a fabulous talk at a place I will share with you in a separate post {we were treated to a Moroccan lunch there, too!} and getting to shop for amazing pieces and see all these gorgeous goods coming from Europe and all over the world I’m on sensory overload ~ but in the best way possible!!! 😀 I’ll have several indepth write-ups over the next few weeks sharing more of the beautiful furniture pieces and accessories I found that inspired me. Here are Seven Incredible Showrooms that I found which just knocked my socks off:
Eloquence
Shown in the featured first photo was my absolute definite favorite followed closely by these next three. As soon as I can figure out how to share Eloquence’s trademark with you on their photographs I promise I have a TON of French etherealness by way of incredibly beautiful French pieces to share with you… sigh! Just look at those gorgeous round accent lights! They are such a lovely take on the 1960’s-1970’s ones my parents had in their guest/second bathroom in their country Connecticut home. {Left by a previous owner and they sufficed ~ just weren’t my taste.}
Love the old French novels and the French farmhouse table and benches at French Heritage.
French Heritage
A showroom filled with beautiful fine furnishings the owner designed herself for various designers and pieces of the company’s own label. Gold leaf, incredible French Louis mirrors exquisite reproductions and antiques as well as avante-garde Art Deco inspired pieces ~ totally on trend!
TONS of ironstone tureens inside Golden Oldies.
Golden Oldies
This must be where everything comes into port
from everywhere overseas…
Hat makers forms, chocolate molds, loving cups,
French mirrors, olive buckets in stacks…
Janie and I… Our mouths dropped open at the $$
we could have dropped there
for clients AND for ourselves!
Ave Home
Ave features raw wood designs for the home
and can customize any of their furniture pieces
with Annie Sloan chalk paint matched to your decor
or can stain as desired.
I like their ability to customize!
I think that’s their best selling point as not
every company has the ability to do this.
Ave prides itself on being very vendor and
owner-oriented.
🙂
Bobo Intriguing Objects
One of the first shops we had an appointment with on
Saturday which has really nice clean furniture lines
and a fun mix of funky accessories ~ like the cute
French bulldog who has a name which I forget
{I’m sorry!}
and cute children’s play horses with burlap bodies
but paper maché heads, legs and tails!
Bobo also carries incredible antique artists’ drawings
which would have been used as the original design
for pieces created in the 18th and 17th centuries.
Wonderful for framing
they were on my list of future wallhangings.
Bliss Studio
Lovely reproductions with that ethereal white Nordic look
that I have totally fallen for these past few years…
Bliss is making very European-style cushions
which are thicker and more comfortable than
foam-filled cushions used on a lot of lesser quality
furniture pieces.
They are featuring the Gustavian-French look
brought over from Europe
which is so beautiful and popular right now
in North America and across Europe.
I was particularly excited about this table
set up that you can see in the photo above.
I like that the demilune tables can be added to
the kitchen table to bring in extra spaces
when extra company arrives ~
especially handy during the holidays!
Blue Ocean Traders
OMGosh! We all went nuts for the many
vintage goodies found here…
My picks were horse troughs which come in three
sizes stacked and can be used in the garden
inside in a greenhouse or really anywhere.
Doors from India and the Middle East
are also a big feature here
along with reproduction wooden breadboards
doughbowls and the cutest capitals
from the Phillipines
made of wood.
A very famous t.v. personality has these
in her showroom.
🙂
Mine! 😀
These are the doors I wanted to put in my
suitcase and bring home…
Love all the colors on them!
Coming to Market has been crazy fun and
I’ve learned a ton!
I’ve linked all the showroom names for you
so you can see their products.
If there is something you’d like to buy
just let me know and I’ll
inquire for you and quote you a price.
Sharing with Inspire Me Monday ~ Create with Joy
Dishing It and Digging It ~ Rustic and Refined
Snickerdoodle Create Bake Make ~ My Husband Has Too Many Hobbies Totally Terrific Tuesday ~ Savvy Apron Wow Us Wednesday ~ Savvy Southern Style Welcome Home Wednesdays ~ Five Kids a Dog and a Blog Wonderful Wednesday ~ Oh, My Heartsie Girl Feathered Nest Friday ~ French Country Cottage Sweet Inspiration ~ The Boondocks Blog This post was featured at Dishing It and Digging It at Rustic and Refined 😀
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