If you follow us on this blog, you'll know that we've been in Round Top, Texas, for the mother of all antique fairs this side of France. And here's our take on it: Texas, we love you! This was us at the fabulous Marburger Farm. What a fun week it's been. From genuinely lovely, caring and hospitable people (Brenda, that's you, girl!) who have welcomed us to their Airbnbs … [Read more...]
From bonjour to howdy – we’re going to the Round Top Antiques Fair!
Next week, we're exchanging our bonjours and ballet flats for howdys and cowboy boots. Yes, we are packing up a giant truck and bringing our Huff Harrington goodies and one-of-a-kinds to Round Top, Texas for six fun days of selling at the famous Marburger Farm at the Round Top Antiques Fair. Are you a Round Top newbie? That's fine - because we are too. We first heard … [Read more...]
Measuring up in France
It was only a few months ago that we were shopping in the heat of Provence and fighting the rain drops in Belgium, scouring the countryside for that "one of a kind" piece that pumps the adrenaline and spins the head and catches us jumping up and down when we discover a most unusual find. We always tip-toe into the "unusual" so that it does not border on the "unsellable" -- … [Read more...]
No Pain, No Gain – Antiquing in France
It’s not always glamorous, but it’s always worth it! If the best part of our job is shopping for goodies in France, you might not have known it last week, had you dropped by Huff Harrington Home. In fact, what started on a rainy day in the south of France a couple of months ago, came to an end on a rainy day here in Atlanta. And while we were struggling with beefy boxes, pesky … [Read more...]
Who wants to come to Paris?
It’s fair to say that we love every part of our job. But if there’s one thing that gets the heart racing a little faster than anything else, it’s our buying trips to France! There’s something about wandering the stalls of our various markets, eyes peeled for that diamond in the rough that will shine in our store or in our clients’ homes. There’s the surge of adrenaline … [Read more...]
Before and After
The Paris Apartment, Part XIII Don't kill us! We are on a buying trip/client trip in France and having the time of our lives. But we're too busy to blog! So we're cheating big time, and rerunning one of our favorite series ... the before and afters of our Paris apartment, with a few updates. Why? Because we just invited our lovely ladies for a little bubbly in the … [Read more...]
Adopting a Provence Pet Project
Some of us can’t walk by a needy pet in the window of a pet store without immediately bringing it home to feed it, nurse it, love it and adopt it as the newest member of our little family. And some of us can’t walk by a needy, crumbling, 17th century house in the south of France, without thinking of ways to feed it, fix it, water it and adopt it … as the newest member of our … [Read more...]
Paris: We Came, We Saw…and We Shopped.
Ohhh la la…we’re just back from our Huff Harrington Paris buying trip and our heads are spinning with Louis, Louis and more Louis. We walked countless miles, inspected hundreds of pieces of furniture and accessories and made friends with loads of smiling and knowledgeable vendors. We soaked up some rare March sun, bundled up when the temps dropped…and, oh by the way, managed … [Read more...]
Bringing the outside in with Anduze
It's a little ironic that we are back in France right now, shopping with our shoppers in all the most fun antiques places, just as our long lost container of "fabulous French finds" of Anduze jars and other goodies, has finally found itself back home to Atlanta! Yes, we waited on this container for a long time -- which is another story (but we won't bore you with the weather … [Read more...]
Why Every Room Needs an Antique
Yippee! Our latest container has bobbled its way across the sea, successfully docked in Savannah (after a freak dock fire diverted it to Charleston and wacky weather put a kink in getting it here to Atlanta) and is finally on its way to Huff Harrington Home. We've been busy moving furniture around to make room for new goodies, called the photographer, put the movers on alert … [Read more...]
