Having our old house in Vendoire, I love to hit up the flea markets (vide-greniers), antique shops (brocantes), and thrift shops (Emmaüs - like the Saint Vincent's of France) for treasures large and small. Unfortunately, we don't have a vehicle large enough to haul furniture pieces, so I've had to pass up a couple of wardrobes and tables, for now.
L'agenda des Brocantes is the bible of antique shopping in France. They publish one for each region, so I picked one up for Aquitaine, where our house is located, and one for Rhône-Alpes, which is the region surrounding Lyon. Of course, you can now find the information on the internet, but it is not the same as having the little yellow book to highlight and mark up.
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| Jörg checking out the Vide-Grenier at Sainte-Julie, near Lyon |
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| Plaques de Muselets (from champagne bottles) |
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| Figurines from les Bûches de Noël |
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| Cheese Plates - no real dinner in France is complete without the cheese course |
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| Happy Goat |
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| 60's or 70's Wooden Helicopter Lamp |
Charade Movie Poster - This is the first movie we owned on VHS because the shop we rented it from in Longview, Texas in 1982 shut down and disappeared while we had it checked out.
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| Old French Ballot Box |
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| Ballot Envelopes inside from the 1910's. |
We think this was a crate for carrying chicks or other small foul. Don't know what we will use it for, but when it is cleaned up, I'm sure it will find a purpose.
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| Bin for ashes at the house in Vendoire |
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| Orange Underwood 130 Typewriter |
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| Pétanque Boules |
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| Double French School Desk - probably from the 60's - notice they still used ink wells |
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| Three books by Émile Zola - our apartment in Lyon is on rue Émile Zola |
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| Set of 5 Aluminum Tournus Sauce Pans |
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