tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498719763759636773.post7439913629867384794..comments2023-10-14T18:34:30.879+02:00Comments on Lost in Arles: Ready, set, go!Heather Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01316279029849503437noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498719763759636773.post-1714830367437441622012-07-26T08:08:53.556+02:002012-07-26T08:08:53.556+02:00Your home is looking so lovely, Heather! Love this...Your home is looking so lovely, Heather! Love this chandelier - just divine!<br /><br />~ Clare xSoulful Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12191037713466087670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498719763759636773.post-41384603505989019412012-07-25T07:17:27.606+02:002012-07-25T07:17:27.606+02:00Beautiful post .. love that third picture down. Y...Beautiful post .. love that third picture down. Your roses are gorgeous against the silver and your living room is stunning. Gorgeous chandelier and such a cute pup!<br /><br />xxleslieLesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11280782743483018226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498719763759636773.post-61368609706446849252012-07-19T16:50:01.039+02:002012-07-19T16:50:01.039+02:00After I posted my comment, I thought to myself, of...After I posted my comment, I thought to myself, of course she knows how Paris is. Everyone has to pay their Paris dues before wising up and moving out! I still have a few more Paris years to go until I enjoy the luxuries of space, cheaper rent, sunshine, and beauty. For now, I'll just live vicariously through blogs like yours. :)Lisa C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12987591066365440139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498719763759636773.post-86763826732979408092012-07-19T14:22:01.311+02:002012-07-19T14:22:01.311+02:00Thank you so much Ann. We have been searching for ...Thank you so much Ann. We have been searching for a year! We would find things (like a beautiful Italian lustre at the Montpellier deballage for 1600 €) and then couldn't afford them and find nothing when we could. So we are relieved. Merci as well for the compliment. We have travelled a lot and always tried to bring things back when we could. :)Heather Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01316279029849503437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498719763759636773.post-77520183434561732662012-07-19T14:19:38.296+02:002012-07-19T14:19:38.296+02:00Totally different from the crystal giant that I ha...Totally different from the crystal giant that I had found not too long ago but we are thrilled with it Contessa. I do love me some sparkles though...Heather Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01316279029849503437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498719763759636773.post-74927799623487838192012-07-19T14:18:43.184+02:002012-07-19T14:18:43.184+02:00I should have known that you would appreciate this...I should have known that you would appreciate this especially Debra! Will keep my fingers crossed for your find too... :)Heather Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01316279029849503437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498719763759636773.post-82283115853681715452012-07-19T14:17:39.871+02:002012-07-19T14:17:39.871+02:00Oh David, somehow this comment got lost in the blo...Oh David, somehow this comment got lost in the blog void and so I am just seeing it now. Titania! You certainly know how to make a girl swoon. Shakespeare was my special focus when I was acting. Imagine my red hair in curls nearly half way down my arm and even paler (pre-Africa!) skin. That was a world of words and emotions I never tired of diving in to, over and over again. Actually, I used to do one of her speeches for auditions ("These are the forgeries of jealousy" Act II, scene II) and would have loved to have played her. It is a small role but how much fun it would be to put self-righteous Oberon in his place once and for all!<br /><br />As for the geegaws, I am especially delighted that the Princess curtains have found such a wonderful home and have full confidence that the rest, by hook or by crook, will also find freedom from the oppression of their competitive surroundings!Heather Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01316279029849503437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498719763759636773.post-63209129551490294162012-07-19T13:43:06.610+02:002012-07-19T13:43:06.610+02:00What a beautiful lustre -- and what a steal! I'...What a beautiful lustre -- and what a steal! I'm still reeling from shopping for a chandelier six months ago. Your salon has so much personality, I love all the quiet, quirky touches. Enjoy your new furniture!Ann Mahhttp://www.annmah.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498719763759636773.post-27168127082391535062012-07-18T18:17:10.627+02:002012-07-18T18:17:10.627+02:00DEEE~~~~~VINE!DEEE~~~~~VINE!LA CONTESSAhttp://www.vintagehenhouse.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498719763759636773.post-12869205163754965192012-07-18T18:02:47.555+02:002012-07-18T18:02:47.555+02:00I'm screaming...you lucky, lucky girl to have ...I'm screaming...you lucky, lucky girl to have gotten that gorgeous chandelier for only ninety euros! Sometimes you have to love ebay I've got my eye on a lovely thing from France too. I'm so glad you had a wonderful time with your sister and Ben looks handsome as ever. I've been away from my computer for a few days so will have to go visit about your shoot. <br /><br />XX<br />Debra~Acquired Objectshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08065566296202199461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498719763759636773.post-55850816450078059062012-07-18T12:18:11.209+02:002012-07-18T12:18:11.209+02:00what a beautiful chandelier...and the colour of th...what a beautiful chandelier...and the colour of those roses...love... xvvicki archerhttp://vickiarcher.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498719763759636773.post-34736841724733177112012-07-17T22:06:23.813+02:002012-07-17T22:06:23.813+02:00Not surprisingly, Heather, there are several frien...Not surprisingly, Heather, there are several friends who would LOVE to have one or another of the individual fixtures from Miss Kitty's bathroom. I do have a few female friends who have sufficient irony to carry-off, so to speak, that chandelier.....and the curtains are perfect for my friends', Cyrus and Michelle, 8 year-old daughter. She's at the age when "Princess curtains" in her girly bedroom would thrill her. The bathtub, in and of itself, wouldn't be BAD....if it weren't combined with everything else, so I'll be giving it, also, to one of the three friends (all women) who seen the photograph and sincerely love it. The final fact is that everything is expensive, and nothing would seem untowardly if it were the ONLY thing of its sort in the room. As things stand, the bathroom-situation is rather like having five very-drunk folks at the same, small cocktail party, when just one would seem amusing.<br /><br />Proportion and restraint are all....don't you agree?<br /><br />By the way (and to be honest), I finally saw the pictures of you in Africa. For some reason, I'd imagined you as looking differently. Take it as a compliment that I took one look and thought "Oh....that's a face any director with good sense would immediately cast as Titania".<br /><br />No wonder Our Remi is so smitten.....<br /><br />-----david terrydavid terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18009130338123162371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498719763759636773.post-38005848220025676782012-07-17T17:25:15.333+02:002012-07-17T17:25:15.333+02:00How did I know in advance that the tub would be in...How did I know in advance that the tub would be in the center of the room? But I did. I think that it was the words "hunter-green" that did it. Oh my, David this is another to add to my favorite David Terry comments of all time. Whew. Although I shouldn't be laughing as holy cannoli is this atrocity going to set you both back a pretty penny in renovations. And no need to send a photo--there is no way it could come close to the fantastically detailed picture you have already painted for me so wonderfully. I am still trying to decide which detail is my favorite.<br /><br />As for Gunsmoke, you have clearly forgotten that French television planning runs about 20 years behind schedule, hence the enooormous popularity of "Murder She Wrote"...<br /><br />More good karma for you Mr. Terry for making me laugh today...<br />xo<br />HHeather Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01316279029849503437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498719763759636773.post-71880055396168581572012-07-17T14:48:21.213+02:002012-07-17T14:48:21.213+02:00Well, that's a lovely (and just quirky enough ...Well, that's a lovely (and just quirky enough for my tastes) chandelier, and the previous commentators were right in saying that you have one elegant, airy, very CALMING room.<br /><br />Have I told you about my new chandelier des horreurs?<br /><br />I'm sure I've told you that this 220 year-old house was, only about fifteen years ago, renovated and turned into an "upscale" B&B. One of the improvements (the only one which isn't completely wonderful) is the truly dreadful (plain out EMBARASSING, to be more precise) master-bathroom, which used to be the old smokehouse until it was moved to the back of the house and joined-on.<br /><br />The room is only technically a "master" bathroom. Essentially,it's the least "masterly" room I've ever been in. In short?....it was designed/decorated to service "The Bridal Suite" (they used to hold a lot of fancy, foo-foo weddings here for folks who wanted their Ye Olde Colonial Experience).<br /><br />Oh, Heather....I'll send you a photograph, but for now?....the room is 15' x 18' (that's a bigass bathroom by anyone's standards). The walls are painted a glossy hunter-green. the sinks and counters are glossy marble with white, curlicue enamel trim. the floor to ceiling cabinets are an equally glossy fake mahogany with fake-silver, "Victorian" fixtures. The enormous bathtub is situated in the EXACT MIDDLE of this preposterous room, and has loops of ribbons and lush red roses painted all around its base. The curtains on the two windows are hung with dainty, beaded panels of flowery lace (yes, they look like wedding veils) and suspended from their silvery rods (with rose finials) by individual ceramic rosebuds.<br /><br />And directly above it ALL (this is a very high-celinged room) hangs a three-tiered, 13-branched, pale-green, metal chandelier...cast in a floral/vine motif and absolutely DRIPPING with loops of crystal, beaded gee-gaws, with extra-bonus, rose-colored crystals hung...presumably just to make sure you don't miss the effect.<br /><br />We're horrified by this entire business, particularly in that it's obviously very expensive. My mother's comment (she saw a photograph) was "Well, that's certainly all the ugly that money can buy". Herve's comment was "I feel like I'm in Miss Kitty's bathroom, from 'Gunsmoke'..." (don't ask me how a Frenchman who's just turned only forty would know about "Gunsmoke", but he always does surprise me). When I was moving in, I apologized about the room and made it CLEAR that nothing about it was my idea. I asked "What's the first thing you think when you see this bathroom?". A twenty-something black guy from Durham immedaitely said "This here a bathroom to have SEX in! Ladies gone to LOVE it, man!!! You one Lucky Dude!!!"<br /><br />I don't regard myself as being particularly "lucky", at least not in regard to this chandeliered chamber of decorative horrors (for which I'll very soon be obliged to cough up a lot of money in order to have the whole thing gutted...and that'll entail taking out a window to get the damned rose-bower bridal tub out of the room.<br /><br />Oh well. This is lengthy, but I thought a little contrast might bolster your already-obvious appreciation of your own chandelier.<br /><br />Advisedly yours as ever,<br /><br />David Terry<br />www.davidterryart.comdavid terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18009130338123162371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498719763759636773.post-91827139632600226652012-07-17T14:39:41.665+02:002012-07-17T14:39:41.665+02:00It's so much fun to be à la recherche, and the...It's so much fun to be <i>à la recherche</i>, and then find the perfect treasure. Your place looks lovely and gracious and the roses are a wonderful touch. (But my favorite part is the smiling dog, I must say.)BigLittleWolfhttp://dailyplateofcrazy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498719763759636773.post-10540540421549990772012-07-17T14:32:00.473+02:002012-07-17T14:32:00.473+02:00Merci Laura! Hoping that you are having a beautifu...Merci Laura! Hoping that you are having a beautiful summer in Rome...Heather Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01316279029849503437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498719763759636773.post-33741374418116320572012-07-17T14:31:26.181+02:002012-07-17T14:31:26.181+02:00Yet another thing we have in common, Jeanne. I pra...Yet another thing we have in common, Jeanne. I practically DID have them in every room in our old house but the buyer's one stipulation was that they got to keep all of the lighting! And since they paid our asking price (and were the first to visit even before it was on the market) we agreed. So poof! Time to start from scratch!Heather Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01316279029849503437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498719763759636773.post-55515465127610986792012-07-17T14:29:42.486+02:002012-07-17T14:29:42.486+02:00I couldn't help it but jump in the air Sister!...I couldn't help it but jump in the air Sister!! I was so thrilled to see pretty you (fresh as a daisy) coming out of customs!!! Yippeee!!!Heather Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01316279029849503437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498719763759636773.post-74113371950754661552012-07-17T14:28:49.798+02:002012-07-17T14:28:49.798+02:00Linda, I never want anyone to feel pressured to le...Linda, I never want anyone to feel pressured to leave a comment and am so happy that it resonated with you. :)Heather Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01316279029849503437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498719763759636773.post-9082423140349877122012-07-17T14:28:04.154+02:002012-07-17T14:28:04.154+02:00Ella, we did our time in Paris and so know verrry ...Ella, we did our time in Paris and so know verrry well what it means to have a 100m2 apartment! If I told you what our rent is you would fall off your divan!Heather Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01316279029849503437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498719763759636773.post-82997252676213943882012-07-17T14:26:51.060+02:002012-07-17T14:26:51.060+02:00Thank you so much, Helen--coming from your painter...Thank you so much, Helen--coming from your painterly perspective I am quite thrilled by your compliments! The rug is one of my favorite pieces. I can't tell you how hard it was to find one that was faded! And yet that is another example of great luck. I do believe that is precisely why no one else wanted it and so with shipping it was only 200€. Another ebay score. <br /><br />I hope that you have a wonderful time with your out of town company and I am sure that your home will be gorgeous and welcoming.<br />xo,<br />HHeather Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01316279029849503437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498719763759636773.post-2865653828152099912012-07-17T14:23:54.864+02:002012-07-17T14:23:54.864+02:00Judith! That is a pretty crazy deal too! Wow. You ...Judith! That is a pretty crazy deal too! Wow. You must have been so thrilled. :)<br /><br />And funny you should mention it because out of nowhere we have big winds a blowin' through town--muuuch better than the frying pan heat of the past month. Hope that you are Karina are staying cool...Heather Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01316279029849503437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498719763759636773.post-46982819873105303762012-07-17T11:14:15.270+02:002012-07-17T11:14:15.270+02:00I totally adore the chandelier (what a great findi...I totally adore the chandelier (what a great finding!) and how it blends with the other items of your living. Everything looks so elegant, chic, sophisticated and faithful to the Provence and French taste. <br />Bonne journéee et à très bientot!<br />lauraOrdinettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02588438290251051268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498719763759636773.post-66850167710682674122012-07-17T10:13:17.824+02:002012-07-17T10:13:17.824+02:00How perfectly muted and gorgeous. Right up my chem...How perfectly muted and gorgeous. Right up my chemin. Beautiful, Heather.<br />aidan xAidanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16518167933001080635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498719763759636773.post-91616293710542933142012-07-17T07:50:50.023+02:002012-07-17T07:50:50.023+02:00Your chandelier is just beautiful and, budget or n...Your chandelier is just beautiful and, budget or no budget, your living room is perfect! x SharonSharon Lee Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08392930272028406164noreply@blogger.com