I’m back in England for the week. Got here Monday night, picked up a car (watch out English drivers), spent the night in a hotel near Heathrow and got up and out at 5:30am Tuesday morning (which my body was saying was shortly after midnight and therefore screamed that I was moving in the wrong direction on the sleep thing.) But off I went to an every other Tuesday butt crack of dawn market in the cold cold light of dawn (without brushing my hair I might add.) And while I was hunting for some more of those great one of a kind antiques I love to sell, I saw these boots. These big honking whiter than white boots. The kind Barbara B wore in high school with her white jumpsuit. The kind I wanted to wear so I could get to be 5’5″ and therefore automatically smoking HOT. But “alas,” these boots were not in keeping with the design aesthetic at KnickKnack Paddywhack, and especially not with my preoccupation (ok, obsession) with “Downton Abbey” and all things at KnickKnack that are DA’esq. Or maybe I’m just fooling myself…
I have practiced law for a long time , have been fairly successful but can count the number of clients who have actually said “thank you” on both hands and both feet. And no one has ever shown up at my office with a plate of homemade, apple cinnamon, caramel drizzled, heart shaped scones–YUM!! Thank you Marty D. and thank you also to all my loyal KKPW customers who are SO nice to me and make this low/no paying “job-ette” so much fun. Now I’m off to England tomorrow to find some more treasures to make me worthy of such gifts. Have a good week everyone!
Set of Beautiful (Carolina?) Blue French Canisters–from the Franche-Comte Region of France. The French really have their priorities straight–sugar, flour and COFFEE!! Never been out before and they’re already 20% off at the “After The Party’s Over SALE” Friday and Sunday! $95 (before the discount!!)
A ginormous thank you to all of you who have braved the madness, patiently waited for me to find a missing price on the computer, came back to pick up presents I didn’t have time to giftwrap on the spot, were nice about the exuberant greetings from Stella and the harassment from the “terrier-ists,” sent your friends, shared your good news and not so good news and were just plain fun to be around! This has been KnickKnack’s best year ever and I’ve had a ball shopping for those one of a kind goodies that I think I can never part with (until I see my bank account balance), and then seeing someone else like them as much as I do. The pleasure has been all mine.
Time to take a little break and consume mass quantities of food and drink, lay around in a food coma watching football games I don’t care about and enjoying my family. You too. Happy Holidays–see you in January!
What a great idea for a “tasse de vin” (also known as a sommelier’s cup–I didn’t know what they were either when I first saw them.) This was served as a “palate cleanser” at a special anniversary meal in Lyon which ended up, for me, being a “stick a fork in me, I’m done!” but it’s a great presentation for a sorbet or good old vanilla ice cream dessert. CHRISTMAS SALE PRICE $55 each
Here’s a perfect little convex and gilded wood starburst from France in great condition. Interested? Priced at $365
I can see how many people look at different posts on this little webblog and one of the most viewed items is the Pond Yacht post. So I’ve just edited it AND put it on the CYBER MONDAY SALE! Only it’s MORE than 15% off!! And I’ll leave it at that price until December 1.
Here’s a gorgeous Black Forest glove box that my “Buyer in Training” Rachel picked up at one of those great brocantes in France that I can never find because I don’t live in France. It’s had a little repair on the back bottom edge but I can’t even find it and it’s got its nice, original blue velvet lining. Even though it hasn’t even been put out in stock yet, on CYBER MONDAY you can buy it for 15% off its $295 price tag! SOLD!
Bonjour from the South of France! (I have now exhausted my French!) I am here with my daughter Rachel shopping the “Big 3″ quarterly markets where you can see the most amazing things (world’s largest overmantel mirrors, in fact oversized everything for those oversized chateaus I guess) and the most amazing “getups” (this year’s trend is apparently shirtless men of all ages and all sizes, with a hint of underwear showing above their oh so stylish sweatpants–yeah, it’s 90 degrees here too!) Anyway, I digress. I am posting this photo of a great little starburst/sunburst (which is it?) mirror which, if it makes it home in one piece, has a convex mirror in it, to give you just a hint of what’s coming. But since I am the world’s laziest “blogger,” and have a short attention span to boot, I am now posting frequent little pics and quips on my new FACEBOOK page: KnickKnack Paddywhack Antiques. Go there and tell me what you think!
