Minimalist pendant lights at Merci's soldes prives last Friday in Paris.
Happy...
Onze (eleven)...
A chandelier fashioned of sleigh bells.
A crystal chandelier influenced by tree branches.
Blue crystals enhance this more traditional chandy.
Modern ball lights.
A new take on chandeliers and bleached wood chairs.
A 1920s zinc dental cabinet with a marble top.
A zinc boulangerie cart.
Red metal chairs.
Pick a colour.
Child-sized wicker garden furniture.
1960s iron mesh patio cart.
Cushy sofa with hand-stitched pillows.
Pillows covered with vintage silk and lace trim. One of these came home with me.
Russell Wright-inspired dinnerware.
Frosted glass carafes.
A wrought-iron frame and wicker-and-straw protective cover over this 19th-century water bottle.
19th-century stoneware pottery jug on a rustic wood coffee table.
Merci cotton t-shirts.
Shoppers browsing sale items. Merci's clothing is also on special offer. The sale continues through February 15th.
Merci, 111 Bd. Beaumarchais, Paris. Métro Line 8 to Saint Sébastien-Froissart.
These are fun -- quite different. I certainly do need new lighting! This inspires me!
Posted by: jeanie | 16 January 2011 at 16:23
Thank you for taking me shopping! Or should I say..merci? Xoxo
Posted by: Gillian | 15 January 2011 at 04:25
Oh my heart is captured!
I wanted to invite you over to Fabulous French Fridays at the Metis Linens blog as I know you too love the French lifestyle.
Your presence would add a bit of oh la la. :)
Au Revoir!
Posted by: Laura Ingalls Gunn | 14 January 2011 at 17:49
Probably best we live nowhere near a Merci!!!
Posted by: Natalie | 14 January 2011 at 06:08
Merci is my favorite place on earth!..I was there a year ago for New Years and I fell in love with everything there...thank you for taking back there...
Posted by: Scott Laslie | 13 January 2011 at 22:37
Looking at these picture makes me want to be sitting outdoors in the yard with beautiful red chairs and chandeliers, plus that yellow cart sipping something fruity and yummy. What beauties you find here. Lovely pillows too!
Posted by: Marilyn Miller | 13 January 2011 at 18:16
I have a simpler version of the tree branches chandelier in my dining room, thank you for taking us for a visit with you :-)
Posted by: Anyes | 13 January 2011 at 17:22
I adore these little glimpses into the rest of the world!
Posted by: Mary H. | 13 January 2011 at 13:51
There is nothing there I don't like...but that zinc dental cabinet really is amazing. I would love to store my art work in it. The pillows are just excellent. Glad you brought one home!
Posted by: Helen | 13 January 2011 at 13:13
I love the lighting and the distressed pottery!
Posted by: Will | 13 January 2011 at 12:55