We have a new café in Nelson. My friend Amy opened the John Ward Café 2 days ago in THE BEST location in Nelson. I'm very excited for he...

Would you like to win this Cartolina print? It's one of my favourites - the background is an 18th century copper engraving from Italy an...

I would like to show you a couple of the pretty vintage pieces that I picked up at La Sirena on my trip last week. The first is a reproduct...

I've featured a few things from Cog and Pearl here in the past. I spotted these reproduction 'hand shadow' cards at Pursuitist...

I always like to include a pictorial selection of my favourite storefronts when we get back from a city trip. Here's my selection from S...

So many great vintage signs in SF - I especially love this first one - it goes so perfectly with the surrounding architectural details. Enjo...

Look closely at these lampshades and see if you recognize their construction. If you're in the same biz as we are you will immediately s...

This display is actually outside, in a cabinet, next to an antique store in Carmel. The store is in a tiny courtyard with lots of pretty flo...

Unfortunately Doug can't remember where he took these pictures of antique french books. It was a window display. I can't believe how...

I think I said this yesterday but I'm finding it quite tricky to edit and sort all the images that Doug took last week in SF. here are s...

Hello everyone! Thanks for visiting today. It's so nice to be back here! What a great week we had in California. Doug took so many pictu...