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A Wish To All For The New Year

 

 

 

Looking For Beautiful Things: Scott Antique Market in Atlanta

 

Scott Antique Market in Atlanta is one of my favorite places to go. Their show is one weekend a month.  I have gone a couple times a year over the past ten years or so and attended the December event.  Before I started blogging, I did not think about taking photos. I am seeking Swedish antiques mostly but keep an open mind to just find anything beautiful in accessories, natural coral, table silver or china. This is  a large show, so there is just so much to see and takes a full day if you walk up and down the aisles fast with just a glance inside seller's booths. I think their website says it is 336,000 square feet but that must include both buildings. When I need to visit Atlanta or a nearby city, I try to plan my trip on the week of this antique show.   http://www.scottantiquemarket.com/

Here are some photos of some of the beautiful things that caught my eye. People buy at the November show for Christmas so inventory was not as high as I have seen it in the past. I have listed the dealer's name where I have that information. Email me if you would like their contact data.

 

Benton Hayden & Associates of Atlanta. Window and door frames are still very popular as backdrops for other accessories.

 

 

A close up of her booth.

 

This lovely candelabra is from Arcing Sky Gallery Art & Antiques as well as the following hurricanes, candelabra and painting. The paintings were very stunning.

 

 

This pillow is created by Joan Garrett of Atlanta. She has hundreds of high end designer fabric decorative pillows that she makes herself.  They were outstanding and in every color imaginable.
The designer fabric used in these throw pillows was amazing. I couldn't narrow down a color I wanted to use in the redo of our living room.

 

Antique European chairs with great character. Note to self - buy every one of these next time.

 

Lots of white ironstone.  It is so loved, I don't think it will ever go out of style.

 

This is the booth of Antique Sanctuary of Atlanta. Hope Fassett, the owner always has a beautifully styled booth.

 

Hope had these pretty painted benches.

 

And the beautiful glass jugs in greens and blue/greens.

 

I just love light painted woods. This large scale bench was wonderful.

 

Lovely pieces.

Hope has a lot of things that touch my heartstrings.

 

Need some silverplate?  Here are just a few patterns to choose from. You can have a lot of fun looking through this pile.  I believe this is Gulf Coast Silver from League City, Texas.

 

Moving along to another booth, this is Illuminati Antiques of Atlanta. Their booth sells out quickly, so come early on the first day of the show.

 

Pretty sconces. They also had beautiful demijohn jugs in green tones of the glass.

 

Wine jugs are still going strong.  It is a trend that could stay awhile.

 

 

Illuminati also carries many nice mirrors.

 

Here we are at the booth of Nostalgia Fine Art from Douglasville, Georgia. They have an enormous supply of framed and unframed prints of pages taken from antique books.

 

Moving along to another pretty vignette.

 

Lots of pretty Majolica.

 

If you love blue and white, this dealer from Dearborn, Michigan has a lot to choose from.

 

Does your heart speak French?

 

This pretty 1870 stepback gray cupboard is from the Hunt's Antiques who specialize in cupboards. They are from Monticello,Georgia.

 

Christy Hickey's booth looked like it belonged on the cover of Country Living magazine.  This unusual display is composed of cotton yarn spools from the old Atlantic Cotton Mill in Macon, Georgia. 

 

Here you see spools of gold thread on the right.

 

Christy is a fun talented gal with a great styling eye.

 

David Herndon Antiques of Atlanta deals in English porcelains, paintings and Black Forest wood carvings of exquisite quality.  Some of the china I have shown in my tablescaping posts was purchased from David.

 

Oil paintings of dogs and other animals remain in constant demand. David Herndon has a nice selection here.

 

You know how much I love painted furniture. This is a stunning piece that would be the focal point of any room.

 

This Italian painted chest from Butte's Antiques of Thomasville, NC is 2die4.

 

Eye candy.

 

Isn't this fabulous!

 

Diane Dunn's shop White Rose Linens has a fabulous selection of vintage laces and linens. 

 

Lovely oil painting in another booth.

 

Another fabulous look.

 

I've had a long standing dream of furnishing an entire house by selecting items from all the booths at Scott Market. There are so many wonderful things to choose from including lighting, carpets and art in two huge expo buildings.  All the photos in this post are from the North Building. You can purchase high and low here as pricing is all over the map.

 

 

More eye candy.

 

 

Yummy.

 

More light painted wood pieces that are loved by so many.

 

Very sweet oil painting.

 

 

Imported wood lamp bases for the look that is so popular now.

 

Beautiful sconces. The dealer was not in their booth, so I don't know the name.

 

 

It takes me a full day to see the hundreds of dealers at Scott. There are several restaurants and food booths so you can stay all day.

 

This is the North Building which has the high end antiques.  There are many estate jewelry and sterling dealers that I haven't mentioned. Literally millions of dollars of inventory.  There are also booths outside and in tents in the parking lot. So much to see.

I will show you more in my next post of a shell art dealer.

All the best,

Summer

Photos:  Swede  

 

 

 

Using Tree Ornaments in Your Tablescapes

 

Before we are into New Year's posts, I wanted to do one last Christmas post to show you some tablesettings I've done where I used Christmas tree ornaments to bring in a desired color. Ornaments at each place setting can be given to the guest as a favor at the end of the meal if you wish to do that.

 

This magenta and white theme on a marble table uses a jeweled ornament from Target to bring out the magenta of the bird on the charger by French maker Alberto Pinto. The magenta napkin is 100% hemp from Williams-Sonoma. It really is magenta [not red or cranberry] as the camera distorted the color.  Magenta flash stem goblet from Pottery Barn. Antique sterling is Tiffany's 1898 St. James pattern. Also bringing in more magenta is the cup and saucer in Haviland's Malmaison purple fishing scene. 

 

I used the same magenta ornament here with the Malmaison plates but added the Jungle Leaf placemat by Rose Tree [Dillard's] to update this vintage discontinued china with some punch for the holidays. I have to say that this jungle look is way out of my comfort zone, but it does update tired china patterns. The magenta runner is also hemp from Williams-Sonoma. I am a sucker for romance and loved this pattern because of the husband fishing while the wife sitting on the rocks holds the baby and watches nearby. So French.

 

On this table I've remixed again swapping out the Tiffany silver to the English King pattern, selected another Alberto Pinto charger [there are six bird scenes] and added the antique English magenta [really, it is NOT red] plate by Spode-Copeland handpainted by R. Wood.

 

This next remix brings in more of the acid green from the placemat with the French Jacquard Francais napkin, French Raynaud's Festivities dinner plate and a switch out to Gorham's antique St. Cloud silver.

 

This antique green plate from an English Coalport dessert service is fun to use at Christmas time. Charger is Anna Weatherley Simply Anna and dinner plate is vintage Royal Worcester Ripple, a pattern from the 1960's in a gold glittery glaze finish, which was way ahead of its time.  You are seeing this type of finish now from French porcelain makers. 

 

And this green setting is using another antique Copeland/Spode scenic batwing pattern called Compagna. I'm getting tired of that zebra print, aren't you?

Ah, yes, we were talking about ornaments. Back to discussing ornaments.

 

This is one of my most favorite settings using chocolate and white. Brown beaded ball ornament from Hobby Lobby. Metallic gold thread oversize monogrammed napkin is French maker Jacquard Francais. All china is Anna Weatherley's Simply Anna [made in Hungary] except for the cup and saucer from Italian maker Richard Ginori in the Fiesole pattern.  I think the white natural coral and white quilt on the table create a simple elegance.

 

This ornament, also from Target, fills the entire rim soup and is made of chocolate brown thin round glass with a metallic gold damask pattern stenciled on the glass. Sorry for the bad flash that distorted the ornament's finish.

 

Here the large beaded ball ornament is used with a brown embroidered placemat by Noble Excellence [Dillard's] atop an antique French marble table, Wildlife Leopard highball tumblers by Slant [Dillard's] and the charger from Paris, France, my all-time favorite porcelain maker Jaune de Chrome.  Their glazes are indescribably out of this world.  This is the Tortoise Encrusted pattern [they offer it in two gold rim finishes], which when held in the light shows a lilac cast.  Fabulous, fabulous maker.  I can't say enough about this company's creativity and excellence in making their product. Rim soup is Italian maker Richard Ginori's Fiesole. Irish Waterford Colleen stem and Tiffany St. James silver.

 

For some reason I like putting ornaments inside the rim soup bowls. Here is a purple blown glass peacock ornament from Marshalls [unknown Chinese maker].  This photo shows the more true color of the Jaune de Chrome china glaze. Stemware is Home James Society amethyst on the left and an unknown maker purple wine glass from Marshall's on the right. I could have also switched out the napkin to a purple one.  I'm sure there is another tablescape coming where I will do that.

 

A simple glitter ball ornament joins natural clam seashells in this rim soup. Usually the ornament appears to have fallen into the plate from the centerpiece where more of the same ornaments are grouped. The china, bottom to top, is JL Coquet Hemisphere Matte Gold charger, Royal Worcester vintage Ripple dinner plate, Richard Ginori Torino rim soup, Chas. Field Haviland Arizona bread plate, Limoges monogrammed side plate and Royal Crown Derby Gold Aves cup/saucer. Waterford Colleen and Simon Pearce Stratton stems.

 

In this black and white theme with the Anna Weatherley Simply Anna china, we have an ornament from Target that is a black glitter encrusted box in an egg shape. Toile napkin is from Williams-Sonoma. Antique Tiffany 1871 Japanese silver.

 

This magenta and gold ornament from Target coordinates with the hemp napkin. Salad plate is English Royal Worcester Contrast, dinner plate is Paris maker Jaune de Chrome's Feuille d' Or and charger is by Raynaud in the Horizon Granite Gold pattern.

 

In this violet and green theme, I've used Anna Weatherley chargers in violet with an antique Minton dinner plate with gold embossed on green. Antique silver is Gorham's St. Cloud. The purple twinkly object on the upper left is a cone-shaped Christmas tree out of view.

 

This glittery white ornament in Royal Crown Derby's Gold Aves cup is joined by an unmarked English dessert plate from a dessert service in a wonderful shade of green with a scalloped gold edge. Charger is JL Coquet Hemisphere Matte Gold.

I really enjoy doing the mixes of antique, vintage and new to keep it interesting.

   

I am participating in Tablescape Thursday this week on the blog Between Naps on the Porch. Go here to see all the entries.

http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/

All the best,

Summer

Photo Credits: Swede

 

  

 

Angels for Christmas Day 2010

 

 

Some angels for your day.

 

 

 

 

All the best, 

Summer

Photos: Swede

White Christmas to All

 

 

Summer

 

Holiday Tablescape in White and Gold

 

 

 

This tablescape of dinner for six in white and gold incorporates seashells and clear glass. I like to mix various patterns of china, crystal and silver in the place settings as I think it is more interesting than all one pattern.  I particularly like mixing antique, vintage and new pieces together.  In this setting, I am using Raynaud Horizon Granite Gold chargers, Chas. Field Haviland Arizona dinner plates and Richard Ginori Torino rim soups. I very seldom buy salad plates, soups and dessert plates, but purchase a rim soup plate to do all three tasks.  Here I have used a mix of antique silver from Tiffany and Durgin.

 

I love white and gold anytime of the year.

 

The tablecloth is a white scalloped-edge quilt. A white orchid is under a huge glass dome which sits atop a white pedestal cake plate.

 

I am usually not a tablecloth person and prefer placemats, but in this case, I wanted to cover the entire table in white. The quilt has a very French boutis look.

 

The stemware is also a mix of Simon Pierce's air twist Stratton pattern, Waterford's Colleen pattern and an unknown pattern stem with a swag pattern that I found on eBay.

 

The glass canisters are placed in the center of the table and hold various types of seashells.  Some of these would be removed to the side when dinner is served due to their size.

 

 

 

Williams-Sonoma footed dessert dishes hold mercury glass ball ornaments.  

 

This huge glass cloche sits on a mirrored brass plateau.  

 

 

 

 

 

The antique linen monogramed napkins from France unfold to 27" square so are officially "lapkins".  I love how the French are able to fold them up into such a small size.  

 

 

 

The dining room is currently under "restructure". The dining room and living room recently were switched. There is much still to be done.  

 

 

 

Would anyone like a serving of seashell casserole?

Hope you are all having fun decorating your tables.

 

I am participating in Tablescape Thursday this week on the blog Between Naps on the Porch. Go here to see all the entries.

http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/

All the best,

Summer

Photo Credits: Swede  

 

 

Decorating for the Holidays: Unusual Ornaments

 

Each year I look for unusual ornaments or unusual items to decorate for the holidays. Once I find an object in that category, I purchase it as I can't find the same thing the following year. And, it seems, unusual things like folk art and especially hand made items are never there when it comes time for the after Christmas sales.  Sometimes I don't know what I am going to do with the object at the time I buy it, but somehow it works out in the decorating scheme. Such was the case this year when I found these metal  frame "cages" that hold a tea light candle.  The "cage" is made up of beaded wire and clear stones.  They are about 9" wide and long and hang by a metal hook and a 10" chain. They also come in different sizes. Mine are the large ones.

 

I don't know where you are supposed to hang them, but the only place I could find was on the arms of the dining room chandelier. [Yes, I know a real decorator would faint.]  The store had them hanging down from the ceiling on plastic fish line. That doesn't exactly work in my house either.

 

I think they look good hung in clusters.  Also, I used flameless votives instead of real tea light candles in them. Votives put out more light.  Having caught my fireplace mantle on fire many years ago, I am kind of leary of an open flame. I don't know how the Victorians put real candles on their Christmas trees and lit them inside their homes.  Knowing me, the candles would tip and fall off and burn the house down.  At any rate, I feel very comfortable with the flameless battery operated ones and you really can't tell the difference. The candle sits on a little bridge between two sides of the cage.

 

I think they were $25 each but the day I was there the store was having a 33% off promotion.

 

I found these in the home section of Dillard's department store. They came in silver [shown here], bronze [I got two of those for another room], red and gold.  Maybe by next year I will have found a great place to display them. Any ideas?????

I can envision a Swedish all white room with the silver ones hung on large white Birch tree branches in a tall metal urn nearly reaching the ceiling.  Silver and white, yummy!

All the best,

Summer

Photo Credits:  Swede

 

Happy Holidays to my Blog Readers

 

 

 

The best to you at the holidays.

Summer

Credits:  Photo Swede

Angel:  Wisteria online catalog, "Flora" angel

Mirror:  Vintage starburst mirror from Italy

Winter Gardening Bliss

 

 

I picked the last of the repeat blooming Iris last week. This is the first year they have bloomed past Thanksgiving.  The bouquet is now fading.  It seems so strange to have Iris blooms this close to Christmas.  We live in Zone 7.

 

The spikes are over three feet tall.  Such an incredible treat from Mother Nature!

Summer

 

Design Bliss: Amy Howard Workshops Start in January in Memphis

 

Can you believe my excitement when I read my email announcement that Amy Howard is going to conduct workshops starting in January in her Memphis shop??  Wow!  I have been waiting for this good news. 

 

I immediately called and signed up for two of the three classes she is offering.  I am so excited!  I immediately recognized in the above announcement the aqua chairs in the back row.  I wonder if she will teach that finish.

 

Here is one of two of her chairs I have in my home office. My office is currently decorated differently but the chair is still there. You might also recall I did a blog post on Amy Howard's furniture in a showhouse on July 6th.  You can see more of her line at amyhowardcollection.com, but she doesn't picture all her products. I would suspect this is from problems like other companies have of knock offs being made.  Amy also has a blog which can be accessed from her website.

Have you noticed lately how many nationally known designers are now giving camps, classes and workshops?  Seems to be a new trend which I think is smart business. I did a post September 21 on the camp I took from Tobi Fairley of Little Rock, Arkansas.  Tobi also has a variety of new classes, so check them out. http://tobifairley.com/blog/topic/design-camp/

Can't wait to tell you about my class in January.

Summer

Photo Credit:  Amy Howard Collection and Swede

 

 

Another Day of Holiday Decorating

 

 

I love natural white sea coral and mercury glass together any time of the year, but for the holiday season it looks even better, particularly mixed with clear glass beads.

 

 

All the mercury glass pieces are new. I have not found any antique ones. 

 

 One thing I don't like about mercury glass is that it doesn't photo well as it takes on the reflections of items around it. You don't get the correct silver look in the photos.

 

Hope all of you are having a wonderful holiday season so far.

Summer

Photo credit: Swede

 

Today's Holiday Decorating Photo

 

 

While shopping a few weeks ago, I found some very unusual beaded pick ornaments at Dillard's.  They had them coming out the top of an artificial Christmas tree.  They are about 24 inches long.  Here I have placed 10 of them in a clear glass vase as I didn't want to put them on my tree.  They were so unusual I couldn't pass them by and hope to find a better way to use them next year.  The branches are encrusted with glitter.  I like the clear glass beads coming off the branches. If you have an idea on how they could be used, please email me.

 

I am currently using them with three sizes of silver mercury glass trees which I also found at Dillard's.

 

 

You can also see the medium and small mercury glass trees on page 105 of this month's November/December issue of Veranda magazine in a room designed by Lisa Luby Ryan. I love that home she designed because it is Swedish and shows some great Swedish antique pieces.

 

Photo by Erica George Dines.

All the best,

Summer

Photos: Swede first (3)

 

Getting Ready for the Holidays

 

 

I love Tulips at the holidays. Here is a photo I took last year of the angel I purchased from the Wisteria catalog.  I have used her in a lot of different photos. I gave her one of my gold chains to wear. Tulips look great with the finger painting on gallary wrap canvas I did in coral tones.

 

Hope you are having fun decorating for the holidays.

All the best,

Summer

Photo credit: Swede

 
 

Starting to Decorate for the Holidays

 

 

I'm running late decorating for the holidays. Here is a little display in my home office. I love to mix real coral into my holiday decorating. Metal painted shadow box is from Wisteria catalog. Cross in shadow box is from Hobby Lobby. Cabinet doors are the ones I painted in a class at The Southern Institute of Faux Finishing in Mississippi this summer. Turquoise painting is a 4'x6' gallary wrap canvas I finger painted a few years ago and then added some gold leaf.  Are you through with your holiday decorating?

Summer

 

Finding Natural Beauty

 

 

All the best,

Summer

Photo Credit:  Swede