Very soon, The Curious Home will have a small selection of FRENCH IMPORT 1960s and 1970s vinyls for sale. We are currently researching them so we can sell them at the right price, but we will list them on the stock list page.
On this 50th anniversary of the Rolling Stones, one of the items for sale will be a French Decca Rolling Stones box set, glitter lettering, 5 records each with pictures and biographical notes in both French and English (recordings 1963-1970).
Very good condition!
The Curious Home will be open tomorrow Sunday 22nd July, from 12.30pm to 3pm. :-)
This week, The Vintage Lounge and The Curious Home are having a little revamp. Some clothes will be moving downstairs and some of the lovely stuff from the Curious Home will be moving up... We are also thinking about changing the decoration a little bit. We are also slightly behind in our stock list - the best way to know what we have in store is to visit us!
Please bear with us, we'll get there eventually!
The shop will be open as usual.
From tomorrow Saturday 14th July, The Curious Home will have on sale 12 volumes of the 21 volume series "The Enchanted World", 1986, Time-Life. These are collectable books, and are in very good condition, including the beautiful dust jackets! They are packed-full of wonderful illustrations and fascinating texts...
The series even has its
OWN WIKIPEDIA PAGE!
We will be selling them at a special price. If you want the 12 volumes, do come to the shop as early as possible and get the 12 books for £110 (instead of £120 - each book is £10). If you buy between 5 and 11 books, you will get one half-price (£5).
Here are the books we have in stock:
Fable Lands
Ghosts
The Fall of Camelot
Gods and Godesses
Fairies and Elves
Spells and Bindings
Dwarfs
Wizards and Witches
Seekers and Saviours
Night Creatures
Water Spirits
Legends of Valour
In 1986, the advert for the series was narrated by the legendary Vincent Price! And here it is (you will need to go to the You Tube link as the embedding has apparently been disabled!):
Note: all the photos below were taken from the Van Ash's website linked in the blog.
A young lady came to the shop on Friday; she mentioned that she was making jewellery, including some steampunk-inspired pieces. I told her to check out
Rachel Van Asch's work, as some of it is steampunk inspired... And as I wasn't really concentrating, I missed one letter in the name...
Then I thought that a little blog on this very site and a link to her boutique would be completely relevant to the theme of
The Curious Home...
Maybe one day the shop will be big enough to sell some of Ms Van Asch's pieces?
Rachel Van Asch was a founder member of the enchanting London classical/folk ensemble
Mediaeval Baebes - I strongly recommend to go to one of their live shows, they are wonderful treats! - and used to design all their stage costumes. Now based in Stockholm, Sweden, Rachel has her own very successful design boutique and attends trade fairs, has appeared in countless design and lifestyle magazines, has been interior designer/decorator for some wonderful hotels...
Her creations are absolutely stunning: her work has a dreamy, elegant, fantastical, edgy, unique quality... Van Asch sells "unique, original & handmade designer cushions, art, accessories and gifts".
So do go to her excellent website packed with images of her gorgeous creations:
VAN ASCH BOUTIQUE
Matt ArtPix's next fair will be the Betty Blue Eyes Vintage and Handmade fayre in Leigh-on-Sea this Saturday 7th July. It's from 10am to 4pm and it's free entry.
Matt ArtPix will have some new summery designs on the stall...
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