graffiti and shop

Graffiti at local mills in Fall River, MA,

you might have heard of Fall River as the home of the infamous Lizzie Borden murders,

well the city is also know as a huge center of manufacturing textiles, full of so cool old mills,

on a stroll around some of the old brick buildings I happened upon this great Graffiti painting!

it reminded me of the pic for my new shop's HANDMADE section 

at

BRAYTON COTTAGE

coming soon- within the week- was delayed this week

you never have to deal with No Parking signs when you shop 

braytoncottage.com, hehe...

think I will use one of these pics above that I

I have copy written.

Do you like my pieces? hope you will come visit, 

it is a bit daunting and scary venturing out on your own.

thanks,

Karen

linking with: Pink Saturday

French Country Cottage

Brayton Cottage Shop

So excited to announce that my new shop

braytoncottage.com

is almost up and running and here are two of the categories in the store.

PARIS FLEA MARKET

my fav category~ pic I took at the Paris Flea Market Marches

another category:

ACCESSORIES

(articles to wear)

What do you think so far?

shop should be up by next week- I'll keep you posted

thanks,

Karen

Linking with Pink Saturday ,A Stroll Thru Life and Faded Charm

Interior Design

Why Hire an Interior Designer?

here are some of things I keep in mind with every project I take on.

Here is an conference room for an international company that I designed.

Mustards, greens and burgundy, always classic.

you can see more on my Interior Design website.

So Why Hire an Interior Designer?

An Interior Designer should make your next project run smoother, faster and more economical.

As a designer decides, for example, on the color of your cabinets, they are considering many other choices  they will be making as well. Several decisions are made simultaneously, not one at a time. This insures a cohesiveness to the space and saves your valuable time and budget.

A good designer should also save you money on your protect. Discounts are passed on to the client and costly mistakes are avoided.

Thank you for visiting,

Karen

Sunlight and color

Shopping in Paris part two

I know just where I would love to go again in Paris... 

where I want to dine...

with someone very special... 

how I would dine...

and what I would select...

always prepared for a day, at least, 

for casual shopping...

and what I would purchase.

More elegant shopping, 

wait, what in Paris is not elegant?

a splurge of a lifetime...

my retreat at the end of a Paris pink day, and coming back to the apartment with

more drawings to add to the wall that I sketched that day....

Ready to go?

Karen

all pics from Brayton Interiors on Pinterest

I am in Christies Auction House Catalog!

Yes, My Brayton Homestead, circa 1796 is in

CHRISTIE'S  AUCTION CATALOG!

A very lovely woman from Christie's Auction house in

LONDON

contacted me that she has seen old pictures of the homestead on my blog and that Christies would be auctioning a table that was traced to have sat in the my house for over a hundred years.

was I thrilled that she asked if she could include a photograph of the Brayton Homestead.

This is the one I sent her.

Here is the gorgeous table that will be auctioned on January 20th. It had been on exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of art in 2005. I am  mentioned along with Brayton Homestead Interiors in the subtitle. I am still pinching myself, how exciting, do you agree?

thanks,

Karen

love it you had a moment to help me choose a header for my new online shop in last post, thanks...