tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49562052321453839142024-02-19T03:28:07.867-08:00Martin D. Johnson AntiquesAn attempt to dissect the world of decorative antiquesMartin D J Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04781303761465556520noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956205232145383914.post-30434942001777299132021-02-19T03:12:00.002-08:002021-02-19T03:12:57.682-08:00<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8aT5KrPzZnqMrQbJsb5BTLCRpjQjRZ1aHYFVtBn2cF9eu0RsNkZg7ryVuDORtD4eS6HVEZg7RWdohJOP-2v2D2LpnQT1umd-7CLnvckt67jcvgAiWo47XfPiNkpuejBcXAWX6PDH5XOrV/s2016/Pot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8aT5KrPzZnqMrQbJsb5BTLCRpjQjRZ1aHYFVtBn2cF9eu0RsNkZg7ryVuDORtD4eS6HVEZg7RWdohJOP-2v2D2LpnQT1umd-7CLnvckt67jcvgAiWo47XfPiNkpuejBcXAWX6PDH5XOrV/s320/Pot.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>An interesting pot</p>Martin D J Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04781303761465556520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956205232145383914.post-61738483914053792542011-08-05T10:40:00.000-07:002011-08-06T02:19:40.250-07:00Our quarterly shop re-styleAs many of you will know, every three months we reorganise the store and introduce new stock, in bulk. This allows us to dress all of the rooms in a coherent style after hashing and re-hashing when key pieces are sold. There are only so many times one can shuffle items around to fill holes, before the overall look ceases to make sense. At this time of year we also introduce new items purchased at trade fairs in the south of France in July.<br />
This week from 1st August, the team and a few big strong lads completely reorganised the store. We think it was worth all the hard labour.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Above: In the front of the shop we have a white and bleached wood look, giving a fresh light feeling</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Above: We also have a section which is predominantly stone in the second room at the front of the shop</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div> Below: In showroom 3 the look is mainly bleached woods and light fabrics contrasted with polished oak and dark leather<br />
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</div>Below: On our mezzanine we have moved to a more traditional look with dark mahogany to compliment the painted furniture<br />
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In the warehouse showroom we also have a fine selection of industrial items for a more edgy look. The food storage cans make great lanterns.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hope you like the pictures. If there is anything here that interests you, please contact us at </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="mailto:info@martindjohnsonantiques.com">info@martindjohnsonantiques.com</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">individual items can be seen on our web site <a href="http://www.martindjohnsonantiques.com/">www.martindjohnsonantiques.com</a></div>Martin D J Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04781303761465556520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956205232145383914.post-33800756668501009182011-08-03T10:59:00.000-07:002011-08-03T10:59:10.272-07:00Homes and Gardens September issue<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;">Last year we decided to redesign our home and were lucky enough to have it photographed by Homes and Gardens. The article is featured in the September edition and to our delight we also made the front cover. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
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