Tag: antiques
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FLEA MARKETS | London | Portobello Road
For me, there is no better way to spend a London Saturday than Portobello Road market. Portobello Road is a Victorian street in the Notting Hill district of London. The market began as a fruit and vegetable market in the 19th century, and antique dealers started setting up stalls in the 1930’s. (There are still…
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FLEA MARKETS | Budapest | Petőfi Csarnok
If there’s a flea market in a city, I’m there. On Saturdays in Budapest, the Petőfi Csarnok in City Park fills up with vendors selling everything from bric a brac to shampoo, with some antiques thrown into the mix. It’s a colorful mix of merchandise…and characters.
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Como | Antichita Bottega d’Arte
The Lombardi family owns three antique stores in Como. Each one is filled with museum-quality art, furniture, and objects, some dating back to the 17th century. I’m a treasure hunter, and I love an antique store, but it’s not often you find antique owners that are tall, dark, handsome twin brothers!
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Bruges | Antiques, lunch, and chocolate
These are my absolute favorite places not to be missed in Bruges, starting with Greet Verbeke, an antique store chock full of style moments.
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Milan | Ippogrifo Antichità
If the astounding collection of 19th century opaline doesn’t coax you into this antique shop, its charismatic proprietor certainly will.
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Eye on Design | Mid-century German porcelain | White on White
When I stumbled upon these white porcelain Mid-century West German vases at the flea market in Milan, I knew I’d found a treasure.
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Style Moment | Marché Vernaison, Paris
“A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” Antoine de Saint Exupéry (1900 – 1944) French novelist (The Little Prince) and aviator
