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love thursday: my french find

written by robin

It's the dead of winter here, and to my chagrin, not a flea market to be found for miles.  Make that States.

I can't go a whole winter without some sort of antique peeking.  I don't even ned to buy anything..it is just the touching, the looking, the wondering.

This past weekend, I was going to burst if I didn't do some treasure-hunting, so we ventured out into the freezing temperatures and hit one of my favorite spots.

I have found many a treasure at this shop. The couple that run it seem to stock the shop with things that only I dream of owning.

I walked in and my radar quickly honed in on a masterpiece.  It drew me over like a bee to honey.

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I tried to ignore it.  Even walked past it.  

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But anyone who has an antique fetish will tell you, that it Just. Won't. Work.  Antiques have a way of whispering in your ear, even from far away!

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I tried to erase it from my mind, but it's gilt gold details had already woven their way deep into my Francophile heart.

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I tried to convince myself that I didn't need it.  That I had no place to put it.


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But those lines, those curves, those carvings, oh my!  Beauty trumps practicality…every time.

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Every collector will always find the place, always make a space.


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And so several conversations-with-myself later, Chris carried it out to the Mighty Golf, which is a hatchback and home we came.

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And I am *so* happy to say that I am in love with my new French Find.    My research makes me think that it is a Louis XVI French Vanity Chair.  

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Now, I just have to find that space I mentioned earlier.


Happy Love Thursday everyone!
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