Happy Earth Day Tout le Monde!

Don't bite the hand that feeds you! That's what Earth Day is all about. 

We're constantly inspired by the natural world around us. That's why we have buckets of seashells
and starfish, and insects as paperweights. C'est Vrai. We love the time tested classics;
we salvage, we repurpose, we preserve, then we blend and borrow to make it fresh and new.

Here are a few more chic ways you can tread softly on Mother Earth...

Jute wine bags

This is a wine tote, but I would also use these bags to carry fruit
from the grocery store, say limes for the those vodka tonics!

Soap Cube

Divinely scented soap with a super low footprint; zero packaging = happier earth. 
In olive, verveine, rose and orange blossom.

Lavender Sachet

Why clog up the air with some stinky, phthalate ridden airspray 

when you can get a fresh scoop of lavender and toss the sachet 

wherever you want and breathe easy.

New Arrival! Gorgeous Pillows

We just got in some beautiful new pillows! These cuties are gonna go fast! 

  

Here are some more ideas to kick up the Marrakesh in your life...

Extra! Extra! Savannah Magazine Spring 2011 Cover

Our red nesting tables on the cover of this month's Savannah Magazine!

 

Our umbrellas are featured as well!

Spring Windows

from "The Wind Sings Welcome in Early Spring" by Carl Sandburg:

THE GRIP of the ice is gone now.
The silvers chase purple.
The purples tag silver.
They let out their runners
Here where summer says to the lilies:

“Wish and be wistful, Circle this wind-hunted, wind-sung water.”

Bring down the Bunny!

We’re ready for Easter at The Paris Market!

As a child, we decorated our hall table with painted eggs, jars of candy and an old wooden Easter rabbit figurine (with whiskers) sporting a papier mâché backpack (for eggs of course) that looked like a little haggish from wear. Then my mother would say,  “Okay, its time to get the bunnies down!” My sister and I then gathered up all our stuffed animal bunnies and arranged them around the table to help welcome our guests.

So it is with great pleasure that I bring you the big bunny in our window this year, 

hand sewn with love by Kelsey Garrity-Riley:
 

I seriously love this bunny. What should we name the big honey?

Marrakesh à la Paris Market

If you can’t make it over to the famous Red City...

a slice of Marrakesh is yours for the taking at The Paris Market!

Wake up your space (and your imagination) this spring with spicy oranges and brilliant blues. Let your home blossom in vivid colors, delicate patterns and rambling floral motifs. 

                                           photos above and left courtesy Heincker Design

Good living reaches new heights with soft yellow

and lavender leather poofs and brightly patterned patchwork quilts of which we have a beautiful selection. They’re made from particularly tasty

shades of lilac, magenta, turquoise and turmeric. 

(Besides being gorgeous, they're perfect for picnics in the park or relaxing with a good book in your backyard.)

Toss in some regal purple pillow covers with contrast stitching, a perky tea set & some fancy tumblers.

Create a warm, welcoming space that invigorates as it inspires.   
                                                                             An optimistic, energizing peacefulness awaits you… 

Postcards from Paris: {The Charms from the Suburbs}

Mosiac-tile embellishments. Terra-Cotta pointed roof-tops. Wisteria vines climbing brown-stone homes. Black-iron gates. Strong scents of lilac. A stroll along the river.

A day in the banlieu of Le Perreux seemed like a holiday.

Bisous,

Reba

French with Isabelle: "Ménage de Printemps"

“Ménage de Printemps”

(Spring Cleaning)

Open your windows, refresh your house with basil blue sage Home Fragrance (Caldrea), treat your furniture with Lemon Verbena wax (Farmhouse), eliminate odors with the housekeeper scented candle (Price’s), dust a little bit and display a beautiful bouquet freshly cut from your garden.

And now relax!

-Isa

Postcards from Paris: {Le Jardin du Luxembourg}

L'Inspiration

Peter Vidani via Pockette

First Spring days must be spent in Le Jardin du Luxembourg. Everything seems alive; from the fresh green grass, with the new buds on the branches, to all of the children pushing minature sail boats with their long, thin baguettes. Button-up cardigans and scarves are still being worn, but the sun is beginning to bronze our skin.

Bisous,

Reba

Postcards from Paris: {For the Sake of Art Nouveau}

With Spring coming in, and a new sense of curvelinear and organic arising about, the elements of Art Nouveau found throughout the city are only embellished with the season.
Oh Spring! How much you are welcomed!

Bisous,

Reba