Battersea Decorative Fair, The Lacquer Chest Kensington & a French Brochante in the middle of Sussex
Hello from Arundel Eccentrics.
Its been a busy week,so far,
nicely so.
I ran a workshop on Tuesday with three
friends I have known for many years,
though don't see much of them.
We had a great time and
they appeared to enjoy themselves and all gelled together as a group.
I will be sorting out dates
for next year's
Arundel Eccentrics
paint workshops pretty soon.
Also, will have gift vouchers
if you would like to give
a friend a workshop voucher
for Christmas.
Watch this space,
or if you are local come along to
Allie and my Christmas weekend.
Friday 9th November 6-9
Saturday 10th 10-4
We will have gifts & cards etc
and details of her and my workshops.
Allie does scrapbooking and junk journals amongst other things,
you might have seen her on the
Arundel Festival Gallery Trail.
Its at 80 Maltravers Street, Arundel.
Batterseas Decorative Fair.
Allie and I had a great day in London
on Wednesday and went to the decorative Fair
in Battersea.
I've been meaning to go for years.
It was well worth the wait.
We found it inspiring and both came away
brimming with ideas.
It's only £10 entry.
Thats cheaper than Ardingly Antiques fair.
We saw in
the London Evening Standard
there were vouchers to get in free
and as the newspaper is free,
it would be rude not to.
its on until Sunday,
so you still have time to get there.
Go on...have a day out.
You will absolutely love it.
The Lacquer Chest.
We went into Kensington
and had a wander around
"Wholefoods"
which is now a shop that used to be part of
Barkers the large department store
in Kensington High Street.
( where I once saw Naomi Campbell
looking in
the window,
standing in the rain,
peering out from underneath an umbrella.
She was studying all the
mannequin's who were
actually her.
What a shot.
Alas
No Camera AGHHH
Which is why, I now, always carry one)
Back to Wholefoods.....
Oh! my ..it's foodies heaven.
If you are veggie it is.
Even if you are not, its all organic,
and fresh and inspiring.
The salad bar must be the biggest in the UK.
Anyway, we grabbed our cardboard
recyclable box
and our bamboo fork,
filled it with every salad
imaginable, before we headed off
to a little green oasis
in the midst of chaos,
to eat al fresco.
Go over the road to the
flower seller at the bottom of
Kensington Church Street.
If you wander to the left of the flowers, under the archway,
you will go through the graveyard
and then into a delightful small park.
We were as happy as Larry,
whoever he was,
chatting,munching and generally
watching Kensington life go by.
Afterwards, we wandered up through
this little street to find
all these wonderful trompe l'oeil
murals adorning the side of a house....
and went up into Kensington Church Street.
I wanted to show Allie,
The Lacquer Chest,
that is run by some friends of ours.
The main shop is not huge,
but its interesting.
However, if you are in the business
of hiring for film props,
theatre,
cookery shows,
(I gather Mr Oliver himself goes there),etc
you will think you are in props heaven.
We were lucky enough to be invited
to have a wander around the hiring area.
this is what it says on their website
Established in 1951.
An enchanting London antique shop with a unique
An enchanting London antique shop with a unique
collection of props for hire by stylists in film, television and photography
and thats exactly the word for it
"Enchanting"
http://www.lacquerchest.com/
We ended up having a wander.
Anthropologie in Regents Street always really inspiring
then went up to
Liberty
to check out the furniture department
and yes...these are done by Yours Truly....
We ended up having a wander.
Anthropologie in Regents Street always really inspiring
then went up to
Liberty
to check out the furniture department
and yes...these are done by Yours Truly....
Another interesting find.
You wouldn't even know this was there.
Its a great place for a rummage and is at
Small Dole on the road
from Steyning to Henfield
And today?
Oh despondency.............
its the books.
It has to be done,
and I am rubbish at keeping up with them.
The website all needs updating too,
so if you are after our latest stock,
please just contact us.
We seem to have had a rather busy time, of late,
which is great news.
New trade clients are finding us,
one way or another,
and I know its hard for
existing
trade customers,
as we have been like a little secret place,
but we do need to spread the word in order to grow the business.
It's that or stack shelves in the supermarket. LOL
Hope you have a great day.
