I'm a mess! {Mora clock love}

So before I began this slow transformation to the soft paletted french cottage style I long for....I was an eclectic mess (and by was I mean still...kinda....a mess)
There was a phase in my life a few years ago when I obsessed over black and white with colorful splashes. I love the Global Bazaar series that Target carried, very World Market-esque, quite chic. However I was all over the place, bulbous black and white vases, faux bone inlay coasters, Moroccan inspired lanterns with stained glass inserts, animal print....Need I go on. My front room still has some of this theme and I am slowly revising a plan on what can be incorporated (as is or painted) and what will simply have to get the boot.

Though my severely eclectic days are over, I do still desire a to incorporate cultural pieces in a more cohesive manner. Last post I drooled over turned/carved wooden chandeliers, well known both in France and Italy.  Today I turn my lust to Sweden's curvaceous Mora clock. This is not your mother's grandfather clock! This.is.fabulous!

Tara Shaw, lover and collector of cultural pieces has a reproduction line. (her repro chandy was the first one of this post)

and ooooh lala is this not a delish Mora clock!

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I loooove the scrolled feet and softly distressed finish.

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::Ahhhhhhh:: (<----that would be the sound of angels)
This finish is masterful!

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One of each, thanks.

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I'm a bit obsessed with this cane back sette....and that clock...words, I need words!

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Now a touch of color...

Gold and seafoam? Yes, please! The adjoining dining room has a gorg chandy, turned wood of course.

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Though I would love the robin's egg on the left and tall and creamy one on the right, I cannot get over how stunning and rich the green and gold is! oh and what is that hanging out with the Mora's? That's right, a softly finished wooden chandelier, an awe-inspiring picture of perfection, I adore those scallops and the loops in the wired arms!!!

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::sigh::

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You can also check out, Lone Ranger Antiques and the motherload of Mora....I mean ::gasp:: take your breath away!

Sneak Peek {my upcoming projects}

Here are teaser photos of some of my upcoming projects....I will not say when they will be done because that is a dangerous realm for me...however, two are in the works. I'll blog about the first project in a day or so and try to link up to my fab inspiration blogger (I'm new at this so keyword is try)

Me, my home, and I {chandy love!}

I don't always know how to explain my aesthetic, but sitting at an antique auction last night, looking at the pieces that I heard softly calling "take me home, lady!" I decided it's a little something like this...

French country and softly worn...slightly primitive.....dainty and distressed.....southern charm in cool neutrals....

Still not very exact but I'm sure you have painted a lovely picture in your mind.

I am really concentrating on minimizing my home's palette to whites, creams and grays with subtle accents of blue and perhaps yellow. So now my conundrum.....

when she was done...it was like a saltine war zone.

 first thing in the morning...apparently where they spent the night...

Excuse the horrible phone pics....but you get my drift, 2 dogs with no furniture respect and a adorably crummy 1 year old (excuse her ridiculously mis-matched getup....she's usually quite polished :) ) So another challenge of making my house a home is making it also indestructible whilst keeping with my palette of lovely stain attracting colors.

But to the REAL reason for this post....I want, I need, I absolutely-cannot-live-without this chandelier in my life! The epitome of my french country, slightly primitive inspired style. I really can't find anything bad to say about these....except that I can't find one on the thrift.

I hope you are preparing yourself for this eye candy.

This 12 arm Italian beauty is the epitome of rustic elegance. I adore the almost weightless arms, each with a different shape. This is simply perfection.

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French Gothic Chandelier

I can see this in my bathroom....I NEED this in my bathroom!

(.....but not at $2k)

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 Primitive/Americana, less ornate, but still charming.

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 I can't explain my love for this,  those dainty wooden charms and the leaves!!

I think I die a little each time I look at this image. How can one chandelier be so elegant and whimsical and softly distressed and SERIOUSLY pull it all off?!

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 I would definitely want to lighten up the wooden body of these two primitive numbers, but the shape is so fantastic, and the sweet primitive "wax drip cuppy things" (<--my words) are presh!

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Late 19th century Italian 6 light chandelier.

Scroll work is stunning!

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Now just to find one budget-friendly beauty (or five), paired with a ceiling medallion, maybe a burlap chain cover, and my life...as we know it...will be complete.