Fall has arrived at American Home & Garden~

My favorite time of year~Fall...I love this season!  Beautiful colors in the garden, textures and layers in decorating, and just the right amount of chill in the air...(although it is still in the 90's here)  LOL!!  I've personally started to pull out my fall decorating pieces and started to put away my iron and all the white pieces.  This is the season of warm colors... even when it is chilly outside.   All of my dealer friends over at American Home & Garden have just reworked their booth spaces to welcome FALL...here are a few sneak peaks of what you will find in the store now...

Lots of textures, layers and colors!  You can click on the photo to enlarge...and you know the rules..if you see something you love...give the store a call and it's yours!!

 Baskets, suitcases, pillows, bottles, urns, sprinkler cans, ladders, dress forms...you name it...we got it!

Don't you just love all the fall colors?  Black Mustard, Gold, Green, Tan, Taupe, Rust, Grey...aaahhh...FALL...

European~French, German, Italian~ we have it all~for the garden and the home!

 Ventura's BEST kept SECRET!!!  We have it all,  Americana, Country, European, Farmhouse,  French, Industrial, Mid Century, Primitive, Retro, Shabby Chic, Steampunk, Victorian, Salvage, Folk and Vintage!!  Whew!!  Stop by and see us..especially while we have a fresh new FALL look!! :)  Call us if you see anything you gotta have...

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Thank you to all of our loyal customers, we really appreciate all of you and enjoy seeing you!  

Have a beautiful weekend :)
xok

Deconstructed~Has arrived at American Home & Garden~!!

My new fascination is with beautiful French deconstructed chairs and settees.  I found six amazing chairs in the deconstructed state with the intention of recovering them, using old grain sacks or monogrammed linen.  After seeing them in their raw form I noticed the beauty of these pieces.  When paired with a beautiful gilt mirror and French Chandelier they make a gorgeous vignette.  I've decided to keep a couple of the chairs and use them in my house, I prefer to not pair them up, but to use them in separate  places one in my guest bedroom and one in my living room.  Here is my inspiration photo from one of my favorite blogs La Brocanteuse:

Colette from La Brocanteuse Blog has written a beautiful blog post on deconstructed French chairs check it out here
Here is another photo from Collette's blog:

I just reworked my booth space at American Home & Garden for Fall and brought in 2 of the chairs.  I'm loving the look of the French Grey with Gold velvet on these beauties.  Each are hand carved, with the original burlap seats and old nail heads.

 Grey is my new white, such a beautiful rich neutral color.  I have brought in a gorgeous Austrian Armoire and French farm table in the same color palette.  I'm loving the gold gilt mirrors and frames paired with the grey!  You all know I'm addicted to suitcases and dress forms and I think you will love the selection at American Home & Garden!

This picture taken at my home in my entry way.  Even my dress form are left in the deconstructed state!

The dealers at American Home & Garden have been reworking their booth spaces and bringing in the Fall items and collections.  Hurry over for the best selection!

More photo's to come.....thanks for visiting today!!~

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A huge thank you to Colette from La Brocanteuse, it was a pleasure to speak with your thru email today.  I really appreciate you allowing me to post your beautiful photos!!


Have a beautiful day~!
xok

SURPRISE~!! August Issue of Jeanne d' Arc Living Magazine Arrived Early!!

I'm so thrilled to share with you the August Issue of Jeanne d' Arc Living Magazine...four~DAYS early!  You are going to love this issue~one of my favorite homes is featured~!!  Here is a sneak peak~

It is always so exciting to have the boxes of JDA arrive at my house~this is one of my favorite issues ever~ (I know I say that all the time...:) but it is true~)

Have a wonderful weekend~I will have this issue at American Home & Garden on Saturday July 28th and to The Agoura Antique Mart on Sunday July 29th~

You can always email me at forty4caliber@yahoo.com and I can mail you a copy...$13.95 plus $5.00 shipping. 

Also have a few copies of the July Issue left (this is very unusual)


xok

~Retail Therapy and some Summer Inspiration~

Happy Friday everyone~!  The weather is very strange here in Southern California...It's cloudy and we have some rain forecast  for today!  Not complaining~just saying~!  When the weather is like this outside, I want to redecorate something inside..I've been scouring over Pinterest and reading all my Jeanne d' Arc Books, redecorating my booth space at AM&G...ahh retail therapy!!  I thought I would share with you some of the AH MAZ ING  FINDS the dealers have brought into American Home & Garden.

First I re-did my entire booth (I get bored so fast) and I'm so happy with the results~take a peak

This AMAZING sofa and chair with custom cushions just SOLD!

Update this sweet wooden glider with the custom cushion SOLD!!

These awesome Antique Italian Corbels SOLD!

So as you can see my booth is nice and bright and WHITE~!  I love white in the Summer~

Here are more pictures from around the store~ We are so packed right now, there is so much to choose from~

Awesome Armoire with doors that fold all the way back to the sides..great green color~!  This beautiful armoire SOLD!!!

Loving the beach look here at the entrance~ French hand blown cloches in 3 sizes, sea shells, and beautiful colored glass bottles~

This is one of my FAV vignettes~a great spring mattress with bird picture and Rusty statue..succulents in a chicken feeder~Update the spring mattress SOLD!!

Blue chippy French Day Bed with custom ruffled cushion SOLD! ~GORGEOUS garden arch and Italian iron chandelier~Update that chandy SOLD 1 hour after hanging it!

This is an AMAZING Antique iron chaise lounge with a oak leaf pattern, old iron wheels beautiful color~  Hand painted beach cottage sign and custom pillows~Update the antique chaise lounge SOLD!!

Bookshelf made from salvaged doors~tons of storage~ Cute little curio cabinet~

Hand made baby dresses and a cute dresser with embellishments~

  I love this gigantic chicken feeder!  You can plant a garden in that one!  Cement urns and lots of garden themed items in this booth space~

 Another view of that antique iron chaise lounge~love the French Nordic look of this vignette~Mary Statue~

Hand painted Swedish Bench~antique cast iron urn and French market cart~

 Vintage French iron bistro set and a vintage Dalmatian Dog statue ~

 Antique sugar mold with the iron stands (very rare)...painted cabinet, and iron chairs~

WHEW~I love me some retail therapy~ I hope you enjoyed another tour of American Home & Garden...my home away from home...LOL!~

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Please stop by American Home & Garden when you are in the area we are located at

64 South Oak Street  Ventura, CA 93001

(805) 648-6818

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 I hope you all have a beautiful weekend~xok

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~AMAZING Antique French Day Bed FIND~

One of my FAV finds~Antique French Day Bed~ C*h*i*p*p*y Blue IRON~Scrolly~OMG~to die for!  I was lucky enough to find two~one for you and one for me!  Being a huge garden fan...I don't want to put mine in the house...I want mine out in the garden...

This sweet French bed ~becomes a  garden seat when you fold the side down~I had to show you how I would style it...of course with my Jeanne d' Arc Summer Magazine, some Hydrangea's from my garden and a vintage bark cloth pillow made from my friend Zoe~

Available at American Home & Garden in Ventura Ca.  
I'm having a beautiful white ruffled cushion custom made for this piece...3" thick foam rubber, zippered, washable, white ruffled~

Available today~cushion should be in the store by the weekend~
I can hardly wait to place my new bed in the garden~ (photos to follow) Update SOLD! 


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Thank you Kathleen for hosting such a great linky party! 

Linking to A Southern Daydreamer Outdoor Wednesday HERE

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Have a wonderful week~
xok

Hanging around American Home & Garden~New arrivals and New Dealers!

Happy beautiful Saturday to you all~ hope you are enjoying your day~

I was hanging around American Home & Garden yesterday with the anticipation of the arrival of our new dealers Cara and Colleen!  I know it must sound funny to hang around an antique shop, but you have no idea how much fun I have at this store!  I call it my stress reliever.  All of the dealers are so fun and friendly and we have become a nice little family!  Here is a picture of our "break" room~

This is where all us dealers have lunch, tag our new merchandise, store our sold merchandise, ect.  This is such a pretty room that the customers are always wondering back here to see it, thinking it is another booth!  Karen always makes this room special to all of us!

So while I was waiting for the new dealers to get set up in their space I snapped some pictures of new items around the store~

One of my favorite booths at AM&G is Chads booth...he always finds the most amazing pieces!  Look at this tole table~(y'all know I'm a sucker for toleware)  the colors on this piece are so beautiful..browns, creams and blues..gorgeous..if you would like to see more of Chads finds~you can LIKE him on Facebook Here this is where you will see all of his new items coming into the shop!  Lots more pictures!! 

English Karyn has a great eye, she just added this great European flip top table and chicken coop..what great pieces to display with! 
Loving that perfectly chippy blue stool and the 3 tiered wire basket.
Karyn changed up her entire booth the other day and it looks great!

This sweet bunny and leaf basket from the 80's SOLD!

Here are a few items I brought in yesterday..this sweet cement basket dated 1980 with leaves and bunny decoration..vintage chicken feeder lights with old style light bulbs~and YES baby European bath tubs are back in stock..(just in time for Father's Day, graduation and summer parties and weddings!)

 Our two newest dealers Colleen and Cara~ and below a sneak peak of their great finds!!  So happy to have them at AM&G, what a great team!!

 Hope you enjoyed "hanging out" with me today!  Have a wonderful weekend~Happy Father's Day to all the great dad's out there!!! :)


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American Home & Garden is located at 
64 South Oak Street
Ventura Ca. 90031
805-648-6818


(you know the rules...if you see something you gotta snag....give us a ring) 


xok
Leaving you with a shot of my hydrangea's in my kitchen fresh picked this morning~