Comments on: French Antique Linens

By: Mary Light

Mary Light — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:32:25 +0000

I wish I could find an online store selling kitchen linen towels. I want to buy directly from France.

By: Hannah S

Hannah S — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 06:21:45 +0000

I took home copper, porcelain dinnerware, silk fabrics, silicone spatula, quiche and tarts ware, clothing, Henkels knives (though we should have bought them at the outlet in Germany for a better price), chocolate, olive oil and tepanade from Provence, herbs do provence.

By: T@www.teacupmoments.com

T@www.teacupmoments.com — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 23:33:26 +0000

i am with you on the linens! those are lovely. i’d spring for those, definitely. i’d also probably go for tins of mariage freres tea, an adorable teapot or milk jug from the flea markets and unique, whimsical, handmade jewelry.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 22:35:59 +0000

I am holding on to the hope that we can bring back my childrens’ double schoolboy desk, pictured here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/astarte/3870154413/

We now live in a different apartment and have it facing in towards the room, which is better. We also now have two children and they both love to draw there.
When we first moved to France we lived in a furnished house and they had a single school desk and my son loved it, so when we moved it was the first thing that I looked for (not too hard to find for pickup/ remisse en main on craigslist or leboncoin).

By: Joana

Joana — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 21:18:48 +0000

I would take tapenade (love olives) to eat with toast! and all the different kinds of salt! the black one is great! Marseille soap liquid or a bar! and linens and would definitely teach them how to curse in french! somehow it’s not as bad if we say it like they do!!!
bonne semaine! bisous!

By: Jan @ Family Bites

Jan @ Family Bites — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 13:54:57 +0000

On my last trip to Paris I brought home a madeleine pan and a French rolling pin. I absolutely adore, and often use, both of them.

By: Béa

Béa — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 13:22:20 +0000

Eau Précieuse, Essence Algérienne, Papier d’Arménie, Chocolat pour pâtisseries, madeleines, magazines, Melfor, gold and silver thick markers, Lentilles vertes du Puy etc.

By: Misty

Misty — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 04:23:29 +0000

Your photographs of the linens are so good! Do they feel as soft as they look? I don’t think you could have too many of these in a linen closet.

If I went to France again (I went once when I was 18) I would buy more of the woven market basket bags to bring home. Like these ones at http://www.re-nest.com/re-nest/best-market-baskets-091957. When I went as a teenager, my girlfriend described them to me and begged me to bring her one back. I bought one for her and one for me and we both used them for years.

By: Bridgette

Bridgette — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 02:00:43 +0000

BE STILL MY HEART!
So, are these linens expensive?

By: Kara

Kara — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 01:39:56 +0000

How to choose?! If I had to narrow it down, I think it’d be: linens, like the ones you spotted; art/paintings; small glass bottles; and the ability to speak French fluently!

By: Lissa

Lissa — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 23:10:40 +0000

Love the linens so much. French linens+filled backbacks=love! When I was in Paris 12 years ago I bought 6 beautifully embroidered sachet covers. I’ve replaced the lavender a few times and still have happy memories of that day. I do laugh now though–Gorgeous shop and my American self bouncing in to enthusiastically gaze at everything. Perhaps due to my remembering to politely say bonjour, the owner was so nice to me and willing to pull various things out the window for me to look at.

By: alison dear

alison dear — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 21:34:34 +0000

I always brought home candles from Diptyque and tea from Mariage Freres, although I think you can get them here, but they’re quite pricey. There is also a wonderful soap brand called Le Pere Pelletier with soap in galvanized boxes. I absolutely love mine and wish I had bought more. Ditto copper pots!

LOVE your linens, admittedly a bit jaloux :).

By: sara stubbert

sara stubbert — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 21:25:15 +0000

I adore french linens, especially tea towels. So how much did all of these towels cost (price range)? Wow, I really need to visit France…:)

By: Tricia @ {every}nothing wonderful

Tricia @ {every}nothing wonderful — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 20:58:52 +0000

I audibly gasped at that pile of linens! What would I bring home? THAT! And the yogurt cups. Wouldn’t mind some other dairy glassware either. Love!

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 20:30:53 +0000

I would definitely love to bring home some french paintings…. ~sigh~ Someday I will go.

By: Meghan Beutler

Meghan Beutler — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 20:19:24 +0000

I would bring home scores of linens also. I remember when I traveled to Europe with my mom when I was 18, she brought home either French or Italian linens and I thought she was insane at the time. Now, I’d pay good money to have gorgeous linens all over my house. They are by far my biggest indulgence.

By: ShaynnaB

ShaynnaB — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 20:05:48 +0000

I feel the same about taking pics in the shops so I always ask permission – I do get a few knock backs but once they say yes I feel quite liberated! Love what you have taken already. More please (sorry, feeling greedy as I had to postpone my Paris trip till next year)

By: Porsche

Porsche — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:51:40 +0000

Antique french buttons, vintage keys (I know, so anthro), vintage french clothes. You could have soooo much fun with that. In a book I read (A Vintage Affair), a lady who struggled with infertility finally got pregnant after her husband bought her some vintage lingerie (unused) from a antique shop. I would be haunting the antique shops and the flea markets. Oh yeah. I hope you get some awesome things, Gabby. And you can always sell extras on ebay once you get back to the states.

By: Meagan

Meagan — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:48:47 +0000

I went to Paris 3 years ago on a European backpacking spree, so I didn’t have a lot of money or space to carry things around with me. The one thing I found irresistable was the art! They have so many vendors along the Seine by Notre Dame and I got my first real oil painting of the Moulin Rouge for 15 Euro. Art is a great keepsake from travels and it’s so easy to mail home in a tube. I accumulated 5 or 6 paintings by local artists of everywhere I went and I am constantly being asked where I got them because they truly are one of a kind.

By: alexandra

alexandra — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:42:46 +0000

lovely linens! I’ve only been to France once, and at the time I was only 12…so, what did I bring home? A Spice Girls movie, and some platform shoes. I have no idea what adult me would return to the states with, but definitely some of those pretty linens ;)