Fall at Beadboard 2010

Autumn is my favorite time of year here. I love the colors, the change in weather (to anything but what we've been esxperiencing) And getting in new merchandise to present to our customers........Love this new Armoire it has carved tassels on the top...

One of our custom chairs and a new linen pillow....

Smashing velvet pumpkins!!!!!!!!!


Arte Pura with Lava shams in the back and the old Stucco on the linen coverlet mixed with the white and the crystal....



What ?! You don't have a pumpkin on YOUR BED??????? Oh, and the lava colored shams have brass buttons in the shape of roses.... Details, details......

I adore this lamp!!

We call it the "Ms Hatter" lamp. You need to click on this to see the beading and the detail in the shade and the gold brushed over the feet......

Arte Pura linen octagonal tablecloth with the macrame trim in Lava Old. Dinnerware by Juliska with French apperitif glasses mixed with silver Morrocan tea glasses.

Atre Italica with a Beadboard custom skirt, placemat by Papillon Linens, napkin by Arte Pura, with a velvet pumpkin on top.....

Our Williamsburg Glasses with more Arte Italica...

Fresh and Fragrant wreath from Creekside Farms in California....And of course we love to use fairies all year round....... We hope you come see in person.... Shop hours posted on the previous blog for antiques week!!!!!!!

Round Top is Upon US!! The Scoop!

Here we go again... I will try to go out today for more recent pictures.....

Several antiques venues opened Saturday including Excess where this cutie always sets up.

Here are some shots from last year. And here's the scoop. To get the best schedule for the area go to http://www.roundtopchamberofcommerce.org/ print out the schedule.

Different venues open on different days, for instance Excess and Blue Hills opened LAST Saturday.


We would like to offer a special invitation for bloggers and readers to visit us at Beadboard UpCountry 15 minutes away on the square of Brenham, Texas. To get there just get on the 290 to Houston but don't get off on the loop th Houston. just stay on it and it will take you to Historic Downtown Brenham....... When you get to Baylor St make a left.......We are on the Upper East Side next to Ernies Restaurant.



WE WILL BE OPEN EVERYDAY THROUGH OCTOBER 2ND.
HOURS BELOW:
SEPTEMBER 23,24,25 10:00 TO 5:30, SUNDAY AND MONDAY SEPT 26 &27 11 TO 6,
TUES THROUGH FRI OCT 1ST, 10 TO 9:00, SAT OCT 2, 10 TO 5:00
SUNDAY OCT WE WRE CLOSED AS WE WILL BE IN REHAB!!!!!!!



Apperifs/Champagne will be offered in the evening, come join us!!!!!!!!!Any of you bloggers who are planning to stop by, give us a heads up we would love to meet you!!!!!!!!!





We got in new merchandise, furniture ,antiques, the knitwear shipped, cashmere scarves, Obsidian, the works.........All the things our fabulous customers love, and of course the Hot Skwash!!!!!!!!(Velvet Pumpkins)AND ARTE PURA!!

So when you're tired, hot,cold, rained on, walking out in the fields, pissed at your friends because they didn't bring a BIG enough vehicle....... think of this as your European Sanctuary............Hope to see you soon!!!!!!!!!!

Autumn Table Settings in NYC

You can always count on Arte Italica to set a STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL table at market. You would think all tabletop companies do but that is not the case........This is a new introduction, Vigna Vecchia or Old Vineyard, a Tuscan scene in a soft hand painted red with a rustic creamy background of picturesque farmhouses and tall cypress trees......This lovely dinnerware is paired with a new introduction in stemware Ambra. I love these glasses, the only color other than clear I like especially this time of year...... I encourage you to click on these pictures to enlarge or you will miss detail....

This was Libeco Lagae, where Ed Reisert and his team skillfully presented their linen line.....Colors are fabulous..... My favorite is the Faro sheer linen voile offered insome of these colors........Also I love the Frescati runners shown here, they are damask like and reversible.....The borders on the runners are the same fabric turned over......



I love this table..... A not so little country French Table that is substantial and folds up....Retails in the 450 range......... for that French Country look offered by Comptoir de Famille. Great for dining al fresco.......I ordered for the shop......It is great.....




Back to Arte Italica a relatively new offering the mini casseroles and tea/ coffee pots with pewter lids with butterflies perched on top, hens, lambs, a bee on the honeypot. Just adorable named Compagna and Giardino. Some of these guys are on their way to Beadboard as we speak.



There was a lot of this chain motif this year. These platters and vase are oversized and WOW!
Paired with their new stemware they were gorgeous!
They are called Pallazzo.


I ordered these in the gold and silver, the Vittoria stemware... I would like to say why...The marketplace is, at this time, overloaded with gorgeous stemware that if you offer up a toast and clink the glass you WORRY............ Not the case with these. They have heft, are delicate looking and have beautiful shapes... Note the thickness of the glass where the stem starts....

Another example of the Vittoria stemware in the silver. This time paired with Merletto Antique. I loved this, a soup plate with lace detail in a putty color and a grey in the lace.......It is yummy as is the pitcher in the background. Also available in Aqua. Look at it paired with the glass and pewter flatware......Teture and elegance....More New York adventures to come!!!!
Libeco Lagae, Arte Italica and Comptoir de Famille available at Beadboard UpCountry.....

Daria Knowles Hot Skwash !

After some blogging technical issues I can now show the gorgeous velvet pumpkins no one could see in my last post..........And I do mean gorgeous.....

Pumpkin artist Daria Knowles from Oregon has Hot Skwash and uses stems that growers save for her to make her glorious pumpkins.

Each weighs much the same as a regular pumpkin so as Robes was umpacking the boxes he was getting a little workout at the same time. Don't you just love the curly stems?????


This is the cactus color love it and there is a new Grey this year that is wow. They range in size from 2" to Jumbo.......NO ONE has bought just one........

Daria signs her "skwash" in gold on each stem...... Can't wait til my next shipment..or two or three!!!!!!!! To see more of Daria's artistry go to http://www.hotskwash.com