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What is Mechelen Style Antique Furniture?
Mechelen style antique furniture is very distinctive and exotic. It is heavily hand-carved with foliage and typically a pride of roaring lion heads too! People who know the Mechelen look often fall in love with it, but many Americans are not that familiar with this Flemish furniture style. This wonderful antique buffet currently in our gallery is an excellent example...
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Palace of Versailles Historic Interiors
I blogged earlier this month about a Louis XIV armoire formerly owned by late movie critic Gene Siskel. The walnut armoire dates to 1710 and is currently for sale in our gallery. That got me thinking about Louis XIV who was on the throne of France at the time this antique armoire was crafted. One of the greatest achievements of...
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Historic Hotels of London
We know many EuroLuxHome.com customers enjoy travel to Europe, so today's blog post is about some of the most famous historic hotels of London, England. It might inspire your home decor too. Those Brits sure know how to live the antiques lifestyle! Even if you don't stay in any of these hotels, drop in for cocktails or dinner to soak...
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New Container of Antique Furniture Just Arrived!
Although today is April 1st, it's no joke that we just had an antique explosion at the EuroLux Antiques Gallery! Our latest container, filled to the brim with antique furniture, antique chairs, and vintage lighting, just arrived from France recently and I thought you might enjoy seeing photos of the EuroLux family unloading it! Our 40 foot container was scheduled...
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Our 12 Favorite Posts from 2012
As the year comes to a close, I'd like to thank you all for reading our blog. I hope you've taken away useful information about antiques and vintage furniture. I'm grateful to all our customers who shared their photos with us (and with you!) to provide home decorating inspiration to everyone who visits this page or subscribes to the blog...
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Antique Furniture Container Arrives!
From the time we fly home from Europe after an antiques buying trip, it takes about a month until the container arrives at the EuroLux Antiques Gallery in South Carolina. Our containers ship across the Atlantic ocean, arrive in Charleston, and then are trucked to Newberry after we receive the green light from US Customs. It's always exciting to receive...
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Antiques Buying Trip: Homecoming
Here at EuroLuxHome.com, we look forward to antiques buying trips with great anticipation - what amazing things will we find? This trip we had to upgrade to a larger container because we found so many beautiful pieces of antique furniture and 100+ unique vintage chandeliers. However, by the end of the trip, we are always equally excited to go home...
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Antiques Buying Trip Day 11: Chateau Tour
On our last day of the Antiques Buying Trip, Greg and I had finished everything we needed to do, so we headed to southern Belgium to visit the Chateau de Lavaux-Sainte-Anne. The lovely chateau dates to 1450 and has several rooms decorated in period furnishings from the 17th century. Although it's somewhat of a "busman's holiday", we enjoy visiting historical...
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Antiques Buying Trip Day 10: WWII Nazi Camp
Greg and I are history buffs, so we always look forward to doing a little sightseeing at the end of our Antiques Buying Trips in Europe. We are especially interested in World War II historical sites, as both of our grandfathers landed on the beaches in Normandy. Although we've visited quite a few WWII Nazi concentration camps, the Nazi work...
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Antiques Buying Trip Day 9: Brewery Tour!
Many folks are curious about where we stay when we travel to Europe. For this Antiques Buying trip, we decided to try out a 15th century brewery that has a hotel attached, called Hotel Carolus. Back in 1471, a group of women lived together and did good works (known as Beguines - similar to nuns but not exactly), including taking...
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