The New Striped Buffet Server - Rayé Secouez Le Serveur

Well Beth and Bill have done it again. Here is some eye-candy of the new Striped Buffet Server or as we are now TRYING to say "Rayé Secouez Le Serveur". I have to tell you this piece is fantastic!!! So much better than my french. Having grown up around a family of fluent french speaking people I can follow and piece together a conversation in the most rudimentary ways. I think my biggest achievement in my youth was the continual repetition of "attente mère de cinq minutes" which translates to "wait five minutes mother". Maybe we will name one of our designs that. I certainly won't have any trouble pronouncing it.
The attention to detail on the hardware adds so much to the overall look of this server. The knobs are actually glass which Beth has aged in her own special way.
There is a veritable plethora of color choices on this piece. Whatever you want is pretty much whatever you can get.
The color choices would include not just the base color but the stripe colors as well. If you want alternating colors on your stripes... its done. If you want only one color of stripe... its done. If you want two colors or maybe even three... its done. However, I have to admit that the color choices on this piece are perfect.
Stephanie

More Primi-Chic....

Today we shot Primi-Chic photos and it was a rough day. I shot around 150 photos and nothing seemed to go right. The lighting was wrong. The camera wasn't charged enough. The antique silver trophies had toooo much light when the flash went off. We tossed those to side. The product is fantastic but the photographer was having a really off day. Oh... that would be me. It might have had something to do with lack of sleep and the two pots of coffee I was working on. Plus did I forget to have lunch??? Yeah!!!! Despite all the set backs I did get some great shots of the new curved stepping stool with handle and a few candles with lavender bags. I thought I might show you these and then hit the ground running in the morning.



This is the large bowl from a previous post and the new stepping stool. The bowl is called "cuvette de fleur de lis" and the stepping stool is called "selles de progression de ménage". Both are shown in dirty creme' which in french is known as "crème modifiée".




You can see the handle cut out on the top of the stool and the curves on the underlying edges. This piece is colored dirty creme' (crème modifiée).

Stephanie

We Are Starting To Brain Storm....

Well, Memorial day is over and its time to get back to work. Beth and I are in the beginning planning stages for the upcoming markets in June. We will be showing our wares at the Market Square order writing and Cash N'Carry shows and we have a lot of planning to do. This year we will be working on 5 booths. Four at order writing and one BIG one at cash n'carry. The order writing booths will be Samplers Country, Primitiques, Primi-Chic and The Quill And Well. The Quill And Well booth isn't so much an order writing booth as it is a "meet the American Artisan" booth. We are promoting "Made In The USA" goodes from a variety of artisans in various mediums.
The cash n'carry booth will have a plethora of goodes from the aforementioned companies. We have moved the trailer and believe it or not are ready to begin the long process of loading the goodies upon completion. Having said that we will be showcasing some of the pieces we will be bringing to the show here on this blog in the next couple of weeks. Beth has begun production of new furniture pieces for order writing. These NEW designs for 2009 can be purchased and picked up at the end of the show. We will have a limited stock of show samples for puchase so they will be showcased here in advance. BUT, have no worry... If you miss the original you can still place an order. The smalls which I do can be ordered at the show however the antique props we will be using in our photos are all one of a kinds and should you see something you want just let us know. I wish I had some pictures of the new Primi-Chic furniture all decked out. Hopefully soon!!!! Until then this is what I can show you....




Its a pretty good bet that The Primi-Chic French Country booth might have some cheese and bread... I am all over it!!!!!!!!!!!!

Stephanie

Happy Memorial Day.. We Will Always Remember

The Thibault Family Farm

Sad to say I was recently dismayed to hear that my great grandfathers dairy barn was purchased, taken down and moved to Connecticut. I had long since been planning the relocation of this lovely piece of family history myself but was unable to complete the deal due to the lack of property which we didn't own. When we finally moved last October I thought... GREAT... We will move in, get settled and begin making arrangements. Winter came and who would have thought it wouldn't be there in the spring. NO ONE moves a barn in the middle of winter... Do They?? Well, yes they do.


The barn was purchased over the winter and moved to Connecticut. Although I am sad to say it won't be mine I am happy in the knowledge that it did find a new home and a new life on someone else's property. My mother wasn't sure exactly what it was being used for but it certainly would have made a lovely shop or home. I know the picture doesn't do it justice but in its day it was a sight to behold. Two stories with a large cupola that once had a copper or brass pig on the top. The gentleman that had purchased the farm where the barn had stood sold the weather vane topper to a couple that lived in New York City for a decoration in their home. Having said that I am happy to report that I do currently have some of the barn in my living room. When we last visited the farm I almost fell through the floor. I forgot my mother had warned me that this barn had a basement. Yes... I did say basement. My cousin caught me before I took that last step when the floor began to crumble beneath me. We were able to remove some the wood. Then we took some of the red exterior walls and some of the milk house wood and a few other pieces here and there. Its not easy to explain to airport security why you have luggage filled with old wood. Trust me... I know this for a fact and am happy to report that although the barn is gone it is not forgotten and I am happy knowing that I do still own a small piece of one of the family farms.
Stephanie

NEW Primi-Chic Bowl With Colored Balls

I thought you would like to see another new Primi-Chic piece we photographed today. This is a large hand-hewn bowl in dirty white and pale pink. The outside of the bowl has a diamond pattern on it and the inside has fleur-de-lis. The colored balls are actually a dried that have been painted 6 different colors in pale shades. I love this bowl with the chip out of it on the side. It looks like it is worn from use in a French farm kitchen. I can just see it being used to turn out the dough for a large loaf of bread. YUMMY!!!!

NEW - Windsor Furniture

"We are just tickled to be able to offer our Primitiques Distributors our limited supply of HAND MADE Windsor Chair, Benches, Rockers & Writing Chairs. We can only offer our windsor line to Distributors because they are not mass produced and we can only fill a limited quantity of chairs, bench or rocker orders a quarter. therefore, we thought it fair to offer our windsors to distributors, first. If there happen to be "left overs", then we will post them on our Blog & bring them to Cash & Carry Shows.



Our chairs are handcrafted from start to finish... starting with the harvesting of the trees from our chair maker's very own property, hand planing & other marks of the chair maker's hand, making each one unique and just simply wonderful! You will see the handmade quality of our Windors & their whimsical nature, such as widdled- looking spindles.



We will regularly post our Windsor Chair availability. As of 5/22/09, we have the following available for anyone to purchase:

1 @ 5 foot bench- Black over Mustard.

1 Sac Back Arm Chair- Watermelon Paint Combo.

Set of 4 Sac Back arm chairs that we will be using for our Order Writing Booth in PA (June 26-28) that will be available for purchase (to be taken at the show's end).

Two Fan Back Side Chairs, as well.