Fall for a Vintage Autumn

Can you believe we are almost in October! The summer has slipped by and suddenly the nights are getting chilly and the leaves are starting to turn, Autumn is definitely on its way!

One of the things I love about autumn is getting the house ready for cozy nights in by the fire with a hot chocolate. With this in mind on a recent treasure hunt we have got some lovely new stock in that will really help you welcome the autumn into your home!

In our etsy store https://www.etsy.com/shop/VintiqueTree/ we have curated a special section of goodies that we think sum up the season perfectly, 'Falling for a Vintage Autumn'. Here are a few of our favourites below!

Happy Autumn!

Heaven in Devon

Last weekend we took a weekend trip to the beautiful wild north coast of Devon. We had never been before and it was so nice to go somewhere different and explore all the beauty the coast has to offer!

We left super early as it was a four hour drive but it was so worth it when we arrived early before everyone else was up and about!

To break up the jaunt down we took the scenic route through Minehead. I must admit I had images of holiday camps and it being a bit tacky, you know the worse sort of British seaside image. However we were rather surprised, it was your classic kind of English seaside, but it was not tacky at all, the high street was clean and full of flowers and it looked like the local council had really given the place a face lift, so much to say I would go back! We were all surprised for sure!

From here we travelled along the coastal road around the tight bends and over the hills with fields running down to the sea, it is such a beautiful unspoilt part of the country.

We had a whistle stop look around in Lynmouth and Lynton, this place was absolutely beautiful and we reached this stop way before all the crowds arrived so we had the views to ourselves!

Then we headed along the coast to Illfracombe, Instow and Appledore where we enjoyed a look round and a nice Pimm's on the sea front! What I love about the coast that you don't really get inland in the midlands is that there always seems to be going on, there was a food festival and a craft fair as well as live music on the quayside, you never seem to get the same vibe inland.

Sunday we visited Saunton, Croyde and Woolacombe. All of these were just stunning. Full stop stunning. Wide open beaches with beautiful sea and sand with people carrying surfboards and bobbing about in the sea. We saw so many VW camper vans, they seem to be the car of choice for surfers and campers alike! My dream car!!

For a nice relax before the journey home we spent the afternoon sunbathing in a great little cove we found just outside of Illfracombe.  The trip was finished off with some classic fish and chips by the sea...we really didn't want to come home inland!

My heart really does belong by the sea I am sure!

Vintage Home Decor

Constantly sourcing goodies for our etsy store takes us all over the country looking for goodies, our Vintique Tree Etsy store is growing daily with new finds and lovely things for your home, thought I would share a few of the new bits that have been added recently!! For more details and if you fancy a browse click here! 

https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/VintiqueTree?ref=hdr_shop_menu

Antiques in the Park

Grey skies, a bit of monsoon rain and a English country house make for a wonderful weekend of selling at Antiques in the Park at Kedleston Hall in Derbyshire. 

We had a stand and were all set up for three days of selling, it really is a stunning location for a fair, you cant predict the weather though, and unfortunately Saturday was one of the worse weather days I have ever had selling! But the location more than made up for it even if we were packing stock up in a thunderstorm!!

For the love of french furniture

As promised, and better late than never I wanted to do a post on the French furniture I photographed when I visited France in the spring time.  As the owner of Vintique Tree and because I have a serious thing about furniture, especially upholstery the interiors of the French Chateaus' we visited were of huge interest.  I thought that the furniture and upholstery in the French houses was much more accessible than in the country houses of Britain, here everything is roped off at a distance, whereas you can really get up close and feel the age of the French pieces! Or at least I could. I love seeing a warn chair or the patina on wood, I really wish I could get the history of what the furniture has seen by just touching it!

I like the simplicity of English furniture, the majority being carved clean straight lines, but I can't compare it to the curves and flamboyancy of the French furniture. From the stunning carved sideboards that take up a whole wall  to the crazy amount of braid they put on their upholstery, it just wins hands down in my eyes!

Anyway enough gushing, here are just some of the few favourites I took whilst visiting: