Jean-Loup Daraux

Books is my weak point, I am sure it's not only my case.

Today while I was coming late back from the office, I saw in one of my favorite bookshops a piece of a book, and I was intrigued. So I went in the bookshop, yes oke I admit it's stupid of me to go in, because I never get out without at least book in my hands.

The fragment I saw, didn't disappoint me. It was Au Claire de la Lune from Jean-Loup Daraux.

Had already the chance to go through it once, but now I had the chance to buy it for a very nice price. So I have one more book to my library.

Brooke Giannetti from one of my favourite blogs Velvet & Linen posted some nice pictures out of the book. I hope she's not angry at me that I used one of her scanned pictures.

This book is just perfect, everything looks so nice, really one to have in a library.

Antiquaires

New addition to my library. A very nice book from Assouline, can it be different when it comes from Assouline??? If i have to answer that question i will have to say no. The title of the book say's it all i think, it's a short explanation of the profession and some history about it. And then you have a whole list of very nice antiquairs of Paris. All the great names are there, don't worry, and it's not only name's. We also receive some gorgeous pictures. Will share some with you all.

This is the second time i have to say thanks :-)

But don't worry, i like to do this, especially because everybody is so nice. First an article by Greet from Belgian Pearls and now a Kreative Blogger Award given by Trish from Trouvais.

Well last times i said a billion times thanks what can i say more :-) the same i suppose.

But those two lady's deserve every thank you from me because its always a nice moment when i visit there blogs.

I am asked to tell 7 things that you don't know yet about me. And i also have to nominate 7 other blogs for the Kreative Blogger Award

So let start about me:

1. I really like to travel and to discover different places.

This are pictures of my trip last new year to Goteborg in Sweden. It was a wonderful week. But as you can see on the last picture waiting at the airport because we're blocked by the snow isn't my favourite thing, or that of my friends.

2. Books, some say i am addicted to books. But it's not my fault, they make me dream, think, imagine and do things. It's like food for the brains.

So for me it's a medicine :-)

3. I like imperfections, patina, used furniture, etc... Everything that has a past, it's very difficult for me to buy something brand new. But there are enough gorgeous ancient object over the world.

I melt especially for porcelain and faience.

4. Another addiction of me is chairs, there in not one ancient model of chairs i don't like, English, French, Swedish, even Art-deco, i love them all, a chair i so beautifull, i have to admit, i have 16 chairs for the moment in my apartment, some are so fragile it's better to only use them to put clothes on because otherwise :-)

5. Green and flowers in general, it's not because in the centre of busy Brussels that i don't need it. There is always some of it in the apartment. They give me their energy.

6. Paris another of my sin's, i go as much i can go, but with the Thalyss train it's only 1h20 minutes from the station next to my door so, i am sure everybody would that if they lived so close. It's a wonderful atmosphere, maybe one day i will live there.

7. Despite i live in the center of the city, and to be honest i love it. I dream sometimes, lets say a lot of a nice place in the countryside. A place were it would be nice to relax, but also to have parties with good friends, and place for them to sleep over or to stay a couple of days.

Who knows in the future.

1. Off the list
2. The Chukker
3. Room Service - Decorating 101
4. Franck Delmarcelle
5. Verdigris
6. The Lighthouse
7. Room Seventeen

Thanks again to Trish, Greet, Little Augury and all the people who follow me ;-)

BOOKS!!!!!!

I am addicted to books, i buy them all the time. A day without a book in my hands, is a lost day.

At my last count, i had 456 books in my apartment, but i think that number isn't correct anymore.

But every time when i invite somebody over, they have always something very interesting to read, it's true that my book selection is most of the time about art - antiques or interiors. But everybody find what he wants.

Off course i need to be original as for the storage of my books, but i like to have books around me, love the idea of a library, a room dedicated to books. But i don't have the room for it :-)

Here are some pics of my books around my place.

Here is also a picture of a very close person to me. It's a view of how i arranged his books in his apartment.