If you've ever worked retail in a shop selling things you love, you've probably ended up spending your paycheck before going home! Looks like the same thing can happen when hanging around fabulous SuzAnna's Antiques.
On a sweltering mid-September afternoon, while primping your own booth, you also peek into other dealers' spaces and there, hiding in a never before noticed corner, are treasures such as these!
This one is MINE!
My heart pounded! Hopefully this is not dangerous for a woman of a certain age. Was I back in a French brocante? This pair of old, very heavy, 'make a statement' large, solid brass sconces, dripping with old crystals, heavily foxed and bevelled mirrors..........very French looking for sure. They had my name on them. I bought them. I'm supposed to be selling to you, not buying for myself, hope DH is not reading this post! No way could these be tucked into a suitcase in Paris and hauled back across the pond to North Carolina......even if I threw away all my clothes, shoes, and travel accessories at Charles de Gaulle airport!
I'm cleaning them up a bit, adding missing crystals, will perhaps just keep one - I'm not necessarily into pairs - the other may soon be for sale in my booth at SuzAnna's Antiques.
FYI - Sam is a dealer at SuzAnna's Antiques. Sam knows what I like (as in crave) when it comes to French pretties. When a teenager it was French boys - they came across the English Channel to my seaside town to learn English in the Summer holidays (if my brother, who now lives in France, is reading this I expect a comment, please!). Now I'm too old for those adorable boys, but the antiques and vintage beauties from France I'll grab, take home, and swoon over instead!
Loving this shopkeeping {ad}venture already. Thanks for your lovely comments and encouragement.
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