Offering hospitality with an old fashioned flair envelops your guests in a charming spirit of warmth, generosity and good will. You may not have a houseful of servants to cater to your guests’ every whim, but you can anticipate their needs and help them feel welcomed and pampered. Here are a few tips I wrote [...]
Amongst my very most favorite things…..Silver!! I love it, and can spy a good piece from miles away. {good meaning unusual, Victorian, monogrammed, in fabulous condition, or just the opposite, slightly dinged, worn and dark with years of patina} Not just for Sundays or Holidays….try using your old pieces at home right now with a [...]
Wade Huth Photo Antique & Vintage Clothing. Oh! The cut, the fabric, the workmanship. There is nothing like it. This weekend I was lucky enough to go to The Vintage Clothing Show in Burbank. So many treasures to see, from Victorian Laces to 1920′s Flapper Style dresses and hats, to 1950′s dresses. A sprinkling of [...]
Taking care of your Antique and Vintage Silver is part of the pleasure of owning it. There is something satisfying about taking a piece of Silver with lots of tarnish {unless you Love tarnish!} and making it shine and glow again. And, contrary to popular opinion, it’s not difficult nor all that time consuming. Silver [...]
Freshen up for Spring with Linens. Antique and Vintage Linens can bring that clean, fresh look to your home especially in Spring. Though a staple in country kitchens long ago, linen towels and napkins are finding new life lately as curtains, slipcovers and pillowcovers in every room of our homes. Many of the antique tablecloths [...]
Welcome Fall to your table! Make these easy Napkin Rings from Felt, with your sewing machine, and some easy sewing skills. You will need: * Felt for napkin “ring” * Matching thread * Hook and eye fastener * Paper for template * Felt for oak leaf * Contrast thread for oak leaf * Snap or [...]
It’s a love that many of you share with me…. Antique Linens. A collection of antique linens doesn’t take even close to as much space as most other collections, and there is nothing as lovely as sleeping in a bed covered in luscious linens hand embroidered long ago, or setting a table with linens from [...]
Happy Thanksgiving! I wish you and those you love lots of time to share laughter, a good meal and memory making times together. Thank you for all that you have come to be for me, customers of FrenchGardenHouse, readers of this blog, but most of all, friends. I get so excited about this weekend, [...]
