I can feel my pulse beginning to race a little faster as the new brocante season looms larger on the horizon. The auctions have picked up speed and the brocante fairs will kick off again this Sunday - BBRRR!!! The negative temperatures are going to make it hard to get out of bed early but I'll do my best.
This season I'm definitely going to be on the look out for more bed linen. Nothing beats the pleasure of slipping into these smooth heavy linen sheets. This one is on my bed this week and I love it. The open embroidery work looks great against the dark bed cover.
Some people get worried about using these. I can see no point in having them folded up in a cupboard, they have to be seen, indeed they were made to be enjoyed. I wash all my vintage sheets in the machine, and press them with a mangle iron.
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What a pleasure it is to gat into a freshly laundered bed made up with wonderful old sheets.
ReplyDeleteI use them all the time and like you they go into the washing machine but are hand pressed and the turn over starched.
I have managed to build up a big collection since living here and will have to sell quite a few soon as I'm running out of space.
Like you I just love the brocante season staring - what an adventure !
When you said heavy linens it brought back fond memory. Last summer we had the good fortune of staying as a guest in the most magnificent country home in the Loire valley, where they had the best of everything. Since I am a big bed linen fan.....the one thing I really took note of was how heavy the sheets were, in a good luxurious kind of way of course! They were so wonderful and cozy and warm......just funny how that one line in your post triggered this thought.
ReplyDeletehow beautiful! i think it is wonderful to actually USE your linens, otherwise what's the point of having them? i'd love to see more of your lovely walls...is that wallpaper? i have never heard of a "mangle iron"? i do very little ironing at my house. i rather like a rumpled look.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy using our old linens. It is amazing how durable real linen is. Lovely the way you show off the cut work on top of darker fabric underneath. I'm curious about your walls. Are they hand painted? The color is stunning.
ReplyDeleteI'm always mangling my ironing.
ReplyDeleteI'm so geeked ... the fleas are upon us.!!!
ReplyDeletetoo bad we don't have many of those french linens
we have to fight for them here!
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Hello Sharon, I agree with you completely, use our old French linen every day and could not imagine ever going back to "store bought" ones..if you know what I mean..
ReplyDeleteearly to bed and early to rise..looking forward to what you are going to be sharing with us!
xo Colette ~Afrique du Sud
I totally agree! I do the very same thing with my great grandmother linen sheets: I SLEEP IN THEM!
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Fra
oh i need another brocante fix....
ReplyDeletethe hubster has just sent me through some more french cottage links to get me moving!
we may even get to you this time....x
i totally agree with the linen...it is to be used and loved...
we use everything we've bought on our travels...
melissa xx
Oh, so pretty! I agree--you should use the things you love. It doesn't do anyone any good all packed away. I wish I could go hunt through the brocante with you -- so many treasures!XO
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Some of my favorite linens are my white pillow cases with sweet embroidery work done on the edges. They were used in my daughter's room when she was little. When we redid her room into a "teen" room, I moved them into the guest bedroom. I love that someone's beautiful handwork is being carried on to another generation to enjoy and admire. (Especially since I have no talent in the sewing/embroidery department) Beautiful linen spread on your bed!
ReplyDeleteOOh beautiful Sharon, I too would love some new luxury linens!
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I love using old things and agree with you about not leaving them to take up space in the cupboard.
ReplyDeleteI'm curious about these linens. Are they made of 100% linen, do they feel at all rough, what kind of weave are they, and how do they differ from cotton when you sleep on them? Lots of questions, I know.
I don't think I've ever even felt linen sheets - only cotton.
But, you DO hang them out to dry, right? No dryers, as in this country! I never, ever use a dryer...for anything at all. Makes everything last so much longer! And, I am one of those rare people who loves to iron by hand. Very satisfying indeed.
ReplyDeleteI just started buying vintage linens from Paris and I love them all and cannot believe how durable they all are!
ReplyDeleteBy the way I really enjoy your blog and am so happy I have found it.
Brenda
I love the linens - oh my! You have to use your treasures otherwise they are just clutter....
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Christina
And they feel sooooo good!!
ReplyDeleteI love linens, and these vintage French ones look so deliciously inviting. I'd better never buy any - I'd never get out of bed!
ReplyDeleteOooooh french linens, I wish we had a place here to get them, I can only get a bed in a bag and that's it. My grandma used to boil, yes boil the linens with slices of lemon and iron them once they were dry, loved them! of course it is going to be hard to get out of bed, but you can do it! I'm so excited for you!
ReplyDeleteSharon, you know that big French laundry basket I told you I had filled to over flowing with sheets....I'm now using some on our bed and they're fabulous! Can't wait to see what you find at the fairs!
ReplyDeleteHola Sharon! Encantador tu blog! Me gustó conocerte, y tu lugar maravilloso! Conocí Paris, y tengo una hija que vive en Toulouse... Y las cosas hay que disfrutarlas y más si son esas blancas sábanas divinas! Y adoro la cocina con tu ricos Babbas! Un beso desde Argentina! Gloria.
ReplyDeleteOh Sharon , blush blush, talking about bedlinnen....I email you soon...
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Erna
These are beautiful and I am also anxious to do a little "shopping". But do tell....what is a mangle iron?
ReplyDeleteThe sculpture of course! Bravo!
ReplyDeletei like the glass images and rally i wants to buy it over all the blog images and content are rally nice
ReplyDeleteresidence hall linens
exqusitamente hermoso
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