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4 Kings 1 Palace – Versailles

The Palace of Versailles The Palace of Versailles started as a small hunting lodge in 1624. The Hamlet of Versailles was known as a fertile hunting grounds when King Louis XIII went there as a boy. By the time his great grandson was guillotined in 1793 it had a...

Happy Memorial Day Weekend

Memorial Day Weekend Memorial Day weekend heralds the beginning of summer. The first long weekend of the season, time at the beach, lake or park. picnics and parties. Flags line the streets and the three month time we think of as barbeque season is ready to begin....

Tone on Tone – Simply The Best Chic Swedish Antiques

Chic Swedish Antiques Chic Swedish Antiques have become a passion of mine, and, this weekend we went to a spectacular auction in Thomaston, Maine. It had some marvelous French and English antiques many of them with wonderful stories. For two days we watched, waited...

Amanda Peppard at Suite Pieces embellishes with Efex.

Amanda Peppard at Suite Pieces Amanda Peppard at Suite Pieces recently did this great blog post on Efex. We love sharing what our clever dealers have done, and Amanda always hit’s it out of the park. So directly from the Suite Pieces site here is her post. Have you...

Architectural History Part 2.

Architectural History The Renaissance and The Baroque Architectural History is always fun. I love imagining the people who lived in these buildings and their lives. When we started this series last week we suffered a small but irritating technology issue when we...

Architectural history & a story

Architectural History part 1, but first… a story My first foray into repurposing a building occurred when I was 4. My parents were stationed at a naval base in Europe and I decided to take a self-walk. My adventure took me to an arched structure out in the hills...