high point market – French Ethereal

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When I was a little girl in school there were three

favorite things I loved: first was recess

the second was P.E. and the third was going to the library

each week to pick out a few good books to read…

An interesting fluke showing the ending and beginning of two scenes.
These photos I shot with my iPhone off the television, as you can tell. 🙂

On Easter Sunday after going to church and

enjoying the Easter egg hunt that happened for the kids there

and while the potroast bubbled and simmered away

in its crockpot set on top of the stove

{which made our little prairie home smell wonderful by the way}

Mr. Ethereal, my hubby bear, and I watched old favorite

movies.

After watching A Dog’s Purpose which if you haven’t seen it

is absolutely wonderful.

Keep tissues near as you will laugh and cry.

;)’

Then I pulled out our next latest $5.00 video bargain and one

of the best love stories out there:

You’ve Got Mail.

Now you might ask yourself what in the world does

You’ve Got Mail

Tom Hanks’ character Joe Fox and Meg Ryan’s

Kathleen Kelly

have to do with design??

In this scene Jean Stapleton’s character has invited the girls over for a farewell to the Shop Around the Corner tea luncheon.
The setting with all its books, the tea table, the garden chairs and plants bringing the outside in is just beautiful, isn’t it?

Well the answer is…. Everything!

I love how the movie was staged. The furniture

the lighting and the decorations on the walls.

The brownstone row houses set in New York City.

Timeless. Classic.

Like my favorite Waverly linen pattern called

Norfolk Rose on the couch and on some of the pillows.

{This must subliminally be why I ended up buying

two yards of it last year to make my couch’s pillows!}

You get to see our home as it really is… 🙂 Loved and with a small glowing electric fireplace.

And our home when it is clean and shiny beautiful for you!

I crack up each time I watch this movie when Joe talks about

The Godfather as being the I Ching ~ the Nirvana

of everything.

And an explanation of everything according to him and it would seem every other American male out there.

Even my hubby understands the reference and it is

part of his psyche.

Weird.

😉

But really it’s the love that develops over time that I love about You’ve Got Mail ~ the relationships between the coworkers and

Kathleen and Greg Kinnear’s character and how there’s love there

between he and Kathleen.

But eventually there can only be one great love…

And the always romancing songs with notes just the right

pitch winding its melodic way in the background of the story

culminating in the actualization of a love that

will stand the test of time.

Timeless and classic

Then there is Kathleen Kelly’s bed and the scene where Joe

comes over to visit when she’s sick…

I have noticed this is also why I fell in love at High Point Market with the beds at Eloquence…

sigh!

You Do Know that I gave our old dark cherry bedframe

to our daughter as it was a queen size and we bought

a California king??

We will have to be buying a new bedframe at

some point…

And probably buying a smaller king mattress as in the

houses we are looking at here in Texas…

the Cali isn’t going to fit.

😀

And of course books and the mom and pop book shop

versus the newfangled idea of the big box store was all new

twenty years ago and feature throughout this movie

and are characters in themselves ~ along with then newbie

America On Line which we all know now

and love as just plain AOL.

Did you ever think that email would just become a

part of the fabric of our daily lives??

They are remaking memories

Whether it is intentional on the part of producers Nora and Delia Ephron or not that although many smaller bookstores would

go by the wayside the memories of loving books and stories

though changing where we would buy and read them

would remain and never die.

Even the movie itself is like a second or third remake

of a good old late 1930’s classic and this is talked about in a

10 year reunion with the Ephrons, Hanks and Ryan!

Kathleen Kelly climbs into bed while Joe Fox brings her tea over and tucks her in.
Love the gilding on this bed! Although today we would probably change the stripes
out for a solid linen this bed is still a classic design.

They come full circle

So they come full circle with bookshops changing to meet the needs of the times and for me there is also the scene with Kathleen Kelly’s bed…

I love that bed and it looks like some of the beds I saw at Eloquence while touring there this past fall.
And then last year while wandering around Dillards
at one of the malls in Frisco or Plano
I found this bed by Cynthia Rowley.

Whether one of these companies made the bed used in this movie with it’s striped Ralph Lauren 1980’s look or another big design house made them…

I love the curving design of the headboard from You’ve Got Mail
and it’s sweet antique quilt and comfy bed linens
and the bed’s Gustavian-Louie posts.

Timeless, classic and still on trend and chic!

A photograph I took of books while visiting Second Impression Antique shop in South Dakota.

Remember

I do miss a favorite old bookstore that used to be in Temecula

when we first moved to Murrieta, California in the early 1990’s

and it was called The Little Professor.

I took my two kids there for storytime along one painted wall with children’s book characters brought to life there was a hole.

This hole was big enough for even adults to crawl through so that

we could all go inside and back in time to enjoy the best

stories of our childhood.

Somewhere over the rainbow

But eventually there can only be one great love…

Keep the tissue box nearby

And I won’t spoil it for you if you’ve never seen this movie.

But do go rent it or buy it online somewhere

and enjoy the beautiful set designs

the city of New York in the fall and the wonderful romantic comedy that it is.

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Always… where skies are blue,

High Point Market is the most

amazing place to visit!

People come from all over the world to view the

latest designs for furnishings and home decor

and to shop…

This is Janie of JBeth Designs!

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.

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is my fledgling company with its own resale license.

Website coming soon…

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Tag: high point market

You’ve Got Mail, Bookshops and Great Design in the Movies

Well the answer is…. Everything!

Timeless and classic

They are remaking memories

They come full circle

Remember

Somewhere over the rainbow

Keep the tissue box nearby

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7 Favorite Showrooms at High Point Market

Eloquence

French Heritage

Golden Oldies

Ave Home

Bobo Intriguing Objects

Bliss Studio

Blue Ocean Traders

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Well the answer is…. Everything!

Timeless and classic

They are remaking memories

They come full circle

Remember

Somewhere over the rainbow

Keep the tissue box nearby

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Eloquence

French Heritage

Golden Oldies

Ave Home

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Bliss Studio

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