Magazine Street: Chinoiserie to Fancy Pants

Walking the streets again! You can take the girl out of New York, but...
I have a life long habit of walking, and Magazine street is always interesting, exciting, and charming.

Fancy Mardi Gras Pants window done by Marshe Griffin at Miss Claudia's Costumes


French 18th Century Painted Commode
Aqua with coral Chinoiserie


The back of the chest - old oxidized wood just as it should be


The hand painting is gorgeous!


Only $29,500. at Empire Antiques
contact Lois Comeaux at empantiq@bellsouth.net


After the heady experience of talking about that beautiful piece of Chinoiserie, I toddled on down to see Jack and Caroline at Perch.


I love this child size ghost table and chairs at Perch - Sasha O. might like this


This horse from Perch would look cute in Malia and Sasha's bedroom!

I loved this huge round table - It's done by Kerri French only for Perch -
It's covered with thin sheets of metal,
sort of like roofing flashing - it is just spectacular!


It looks like aged zinc

Another table top is leaning against the wall behind this chair -
I love the way the two textures look together


julieneil.com
Paris Table $1200.

Of course I stopped in at Julie Neill's store, and here's a tasty new table hot out of the workshop! It's metal with glazed gilt, and I just love it.

I took a detour down a side street, and stumbled upon this house. I think it combines old and new elements perfectly.

I love the way industrial materials are used - the roof of the house and the driveway gate are common metal. The building behind was once the slave quarter, and now it's been redone in a very modern way.

I think the front garden is a nice city solution using mulch bordered by mini boxwood hedges. The kumquat tree is filled with fruit. The white wreathes on the shutters are very pretty, and I love the X pattern gate.

I even love the way they did the driveway, alternating gravel with concrete squares, repeating the X pattern again.

All in all it was a lovely walk. Hope you enjoyed the nice things I spy!

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