Welcome to the Antiquaire Blogspot! We are an antique store that specializes in Exquisite European Antiques. We are also the only United States distributor to offer the complete line of Tolix chairs and furniture. We also adore hip French industrial and Mid-Century furniture.
World traveler. Explorer. Interior Designer. Importer. Gourmet Chef.....Melissa Edelman of Antiquaire and her prestigious design staff dare to tempt you with all things European...especially for you Francophiles!
We hope to take you through a fantastic journey of our travels, our degustations, our antiques, and all things that inspire us. We will give you insight and how to's in good living, inspired by our quest for exquisite antiques..which in turn leads us in to our travels of fabulous food when hunting down antiques (yes we do get hungry when working)!
Below is a photo of the recent room that we designed at Lake Forest ShowHouse in Lake Forest, Illinois (North Shore of Chicago.) Comments that we had from this conservatory is that this was the room that people actually wanted to live in. This is what we want for you.... Surroundings that you want to hang out in, not feel stuffy in. We want you to use and eat on your furniture, as it was actually intended. we will show you how to do that. We want you to LIVE!
This is the room where you want you have your dinner party. We will show you how to design it. We will show you how to cook for it. We will show you how to use it.
Below is a photo of the recent room that we designed at Lake Forest ShowHouse in Lake Forest, Illinois (North Shore of Chicago.) Comments that we had from this conservatory is that this was the room that people actually wanted to live in. This is what we want for you.... Surroundings that you want to hang out in, not feel stuffy in. We want you to use and eat on your furniture, as it was actually intended. we will show you how to do that. We want you to LIVE!
This is the room where you want you have your dinner party. We will show you how to design it. We will show you how to cook for it. We will show you how to use it.
FYI... Here was the before shot!
We ask you to take the ride with us. We want you to be able to add the good life to your home. La dolce vita!
"If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast."
"If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast."
~ Ernest Hemingway
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