Sweet colours...

A bowl of Spring

Here in Stockholm Spring is very slow in coming so I helped it along with this simple arrangement of white pansys in a large beautiful cream ware punch bowl from Rörstrand. It´s from the serie´s Svart Sverige (Black Sweden- a dramatic name no?) and the motive on the bowl is from Tullgarn Castle.
Good. Well then, now I feel much better :)

Old and new

Just a snapshot from my home. It was so beautiful with the old faded mirror and the twigs with spring green buds of life.

That you can´t really see in the photo. Well, imagine  then..

One of the most beautiful secretaires...

  

 ..that I´ve ever had. Original cream paint and salmon on the inside. These shades I see copied on gustavian style furniture all over the place but this is the real deal! And real gustavian period as well.

 

I love making poetic arrangements, furniture like this makes it so easy..  

 

 I have a  lion theme here. This is a ceramic "piggy-bank". Very rare and understandably so because one has to break it to get the money out.

More lions on this old book. Why don´t we have covers like this anymore?

Next to come are photos from the fair in Stockholm, not to be missed!
For some reason the photos in this post have been cropped, don´t ask me why..(or give nice advice)
I have used my Iphone and that camera really is no good-maybe that system doesn´t match the blog´s. Anyway; if you click on the images you can see them with the right proportions.

Välkomna på besök!

I övermorgon torsdag har vi vårt traditionella Öppet hus i affären. Kom gärna förbi, det brukar vara trevligt och mycket folk. Och mängder av intressanta och vackra föremål-kanske något för önskelistan..

If any of you from abroad would happen to be in town on Thursday evening; do drop by for a drink!
Welcome!

New in the shop

This super charming table is one of our latest additions. And it´s so small it will fit in anywhere, really.
The table is a gustavian corner piece from ca 1780 and it has a marble imitation top that may be original and white and gold paint that is early 20th century. I´ve actually refrained from scraping it as I think it´s great as it is. And you never know how it will end up otherwise...
If you have any questions about the other items, in the photo, just let me know.
Soon I will show you a baroque wall cabinet with old  grey paint and a rarity indeed- a late 18th century chest of drawers in original paint. And not red but bluish grey, one never sees that anymore!!Right now I´m deciding if I want to keep it for myself or sell it. As I haven´t seen one in years it´s not an easy decision!


Here is a peak at the baroque cabinet:

To be continued..

It´s been a long lovely summer..

..without any new posts but we have had a lot of press during this time of recuperation.

You may have seen us in Sköna Hem where our stool was on the cover (yes I know- not very significant in that shot, no..). It was a lovely story from Gotland, where I actually spent these last two months, and the Villa Muramaris, well worthy of your visit, I can tell you!

Here´s the whole image

 http://w  ww.muramaris.se/

http://www.skonahem.com/inspirerande-hem/hemreportage/antikt-pa-muramaris-1/

Gods och Gårdar (which, sadly, doesn´t have a website yet so I can´t show you all the photos) borrowed a lot of stuff from us for stories in two consecutive issues. The first one was styled by Inger Wachtmeister and I think it was shot by Anna Kern. To the right is a fantastic rococo desk and to the left one of a pair of ladies working tables.

 The other issue is styled by Cathrine Lindberg and shot by Martin Cederblad.

 

Here is a portrait of one of the lovliest pieces we have ever had. And yes, it is sold.

And yes, I am sad.

It´s one of those "If this was a person, we would be friends" pieces.

Next time I will show you my favorite pieces from the Quality Auctions last spring.

Until then,

Enjoy!