One of Cote de Texas sponsors is The Bella Cottage. This online company is like one stop shopping for home décor. They have everything from antiques to reproductions, pillows to sofas, rugs to cute dog bowls! You name your favorite item for the home and they probably sell it.
I particularly love the antique shutters they sell – and the repro putti.
The Bella Cottage sells trendy items like burlap pillows and linen slip covers.
And they sell non-trendy items, like classic antique gilt chairs.
They sell items from popular companies – such as Dash and Albert and the Pom Pom Collection.
Tara Shaw Maison: A wonderful daybed, available at The Bella Cottage
But, I was stunned and so pleasantly surprised to see what line The Bella Cottage is now carrying:
Tara Shaw Maison!
Tara Shaw, from New Orleans and Houston, is known for her wonderful antiques that she hand picks in Europe. For the past five years, Tara has been quietly developing her own reproduction line – using antiques from her own collection as inspiration. There are so many pieces – from large bookcases to quite small pieces like tassels and crowns.
My mom loves this piece from Tara Shaw Maison. I do too!
These two murals are new to the collection – and wow! They are fabulous.
So, what’s the giveaway? In celebration of the new collaboration between The Bella Cottage and Tara Shaw Maison – we are offering FIVE giveaways from the Tara Shaw Maison collection:
These pieces are from her hotel silver collection and we will be giving away each piece!!!! YES!!!!
You might win the oval platter or the small engraved cloche – matte finish.
Or you might win the large cloche, matte finish!
You could win the matte finish champagne bucket!
Or, you might win the large platter, matte!
All these pieces from the Hotel Silver collection by Tara Shaw Maison are made from real vintage silver – even the engravings have been reproduced. The collection was inspired by pieces Tara has herself. The pieces come both in a polished and matte finish – but for the giveaway, all pieces are in the matte finish. The Bella Cottage is thrilled to be offering five pieces from the collection to five winners. First place is the large cloche. Second place is the small cloche. Third place is the champagne bucket. Fourth place is the large platter and Fifth place is the small platter. WHEW!!!!!!!
I have never had a giveaway with so many prizes, I hope y’all like it!
OK – how to win:
1. Go to The Bella Cottage web site HERE and look around. Pick out your favorite item that they carry.
2. Come back here, to the blog, and leave a comment telling me your favorite item from The Bella Cottage – and why!
3. That’s all!!!
4. If you post anonymously, be sure to leave your name and email address or you won’t win.
5. Contest runs until this SATURDAY night at 11:59 p.m.
HAVE FUN!!!! Also, you might want to visit the Facebook page of The Bella Cottage HERE. If you visit the web page, be sure to “like them” by hitting that button.
A HUGE thank you to The Bella Cottage!!!!!
The Bella Cottage Giveaway–FIVE Winners!!!!
A Look At Abandoned Chateaus
If you have a few minutes of time, take a look at this short documentary about the making of the trailer for the book, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs. Riggs made the trailer for this, his first novel, after traveling to Belgium and Luxembourg looking for the ruined house of his imagination: Miss Peregrine’s home.
This abandoned chateau in Belgium was almost exactly how Riggs imagined Miss Peregrine’s house would look like.
I liked this angle, showing an arched terrace.
The documentary is beautifully filmed and is just a bit creepy at the same. time. My favorite part is where Riggs shows a “dirty mirror” and all I see is a gorgeous Louis Philippe just waiting for a proper home.
This house was left intact. Notice the chandelier – I have seen these with shorter skirts. This one is rather long.
This bedroom with its suite of furniture must have once been the home of a very devout person.
Out back at one chateau was this workshop, left as-is in 1954, the year I was born! I wonder if his shop was called Décor? Notice the urn on the Décor signs.
At this house, Riggs assumed someone wealthy had lived here. The ceiling shows Swedish styled wallpaper. I wonder what the light fixture looked like?
In this attic, Riggs finds a dirty mirror. I’m amazed no one has stolen this seemingly perfect Louis Philippe!
Truthfully, I was surprised how many abandoned chateaus were in Belgium. If you read the Beta-Plus books, they make it seem as if each property in that country has been restored. Obviously, there are still plenty houses in need of some TLC.
The documentary is just 7 minutes long. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
To view the video go HERE. It’s the first video on the page. The second video is the actual trailer for the book. To order Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children go HERE.
