Set-up today...Show time tomorrow for Lavender and Lace 2015

Today the vendors are all out at Maple Rock Gardens setting up their spaces with the wonderful items they have been saving for this show.  Everything is just beautiful.

Lavender and Lace

Tomorrow!!!!  Saturday, June 27th 9-3

Maple Rock Gardens

100 Clark Tunnel Road Penryn, Ca 95663

 off HWY 193 and Sierra College Blvd.

(ITS IMPORTANT THAT YOU GET TO CLARK TUNNEL ROAD FROM HWY 193)

Tour the gardens while shopping vintage and antique.  Enjoy lunch available for purchase by the High Hand Cafe, while listening to live music.  Check out the small scale garden railroad, purchase fresh grown veggies or honey from the farm and of course some Lavender products. 

We will have a porter station set up for your convenience along with porters to help you carry your purchases, golf carts to give you a lift if needed and an ATM.

Tickets are available at the gate, at The Vintage Bricoleur or at High Hand.

While you are in the area please stop by and visit our store The Vintage Bricoleur

 and say Hello to Shelley.

3750 Taylor Road Loomis, Ca. 95650

Inside the High Hand fruit sheds.

 We will be OPEN all day 10-5.

See you tomorrow!!!

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If you can't make it this time, save the date for our Fall show:

A Vintage Harvest

October 24th 9-3

Maple Rock Gardens

Terry (one of the bricoleurs)

Lavender and Lace 2015

We are just a few days out from our summer vintage and antique show.

Lavender and Lace

Saturday, June 27th 9-3

Maple Rock Gardens

100 Clark Tunnel Road Penryn, Ca 95663

 off HWY 193 and Sierra College Blvd.

Tour the gardens while shopping vintage and antique.  Enjoy lunch available for purchase by the High Hand Cafe, while listening to live music.  Check out the small scale garden railroad, purchase fresh grown veggies or honey from the farm and of course some Lavender products. 

We will have a porter station set up for your convenience along with porters to help you carry your purchases, golf carts to give you a lift if needed and an ATM.

Tickets are available at the gate, at The Vintage Bricoleur or at High Hand.

We can't wait to see you there!

Terry (one of the bricoleurs)

How to shop Lavender and Lace

The Lavender and Lace vintage and antique show is at a beautiful private estate.  

So, while you are touring the gardens you will find vendors set up in garden rooms, in the orchard and along the driveway.  

Make sure to take a map at the entrance so you don't miss a vendor or area of the garden that is featured.

Most vendors will take cards, of course cash is always best. 

 For your convenience their will also be an ATM set up near the food shed.

As you enter 100 Clark Tunnel Road of of HWY 193, you will be guided into a big pasture for parking.  Walk to the gate where you will either purchase your ticket ($10, 12 and under free) or show your pre-purchased ticket. (available at High Hand or The Vintage Bricoleur)

Now the fun begins! 

Enjoy what the vendors have worked so hard to share with you. 

 If you make a purchase, their will be several porters to help you carry it to the porter station where Amel & Bridget of Special Spaces will be labeling your items and keeping it all organized while you shop some more.  If the item is very large, you will be able to pull up to the gate near the porter station and load up.

Look for these smiling faces.

Ashyln & Angela

Sheldon

Trevor & Arica

You will want to make sure and have a delicious lunch right there at Maple Rock Gardens from The High Hand Cafe while you listen to live music.

Also...  In our space, The Vintage Bricoleur we will be doing demos using Chalk Paint® decorative paint by Annie Sloan.

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Lavender and Lace

Saturday, June 27th 9-3

Maple Rock Gardens

100 Clark Tunnel Road Penryn, Ca 95663

 off HWY 193 and Sierra College Blvd.

Tour the gardens while shopping vintage and antique.  Enjoy lunch available for purchase by the High Hand Cafe, while listening to live music.  Check out the small scale garden railroad, purchase fresh grown veggies or honey from the farm and of course some Lavender products. 

We will have a porter station set up for your convenience along with porters to help you carry your purchases, golf carts to give you a lift if needed and an ATM.

Tickets are available at the gate, at The Vintage Bricoleur or at High Hand.

                                                           Terry (one of the bricoleurs)

You are invited: Our New Vintage/Antique Show ~Lavender and Lace

Many of you know that we host a Show in the Fall called

A Vintage Harvest.

This year's date: October 24th 9-3.

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This is to invite you to our new show called...

 ~Lavender and Lace on June 27th 9-3.~

Both shows are held at the beautiful Maple Rock Gardens.

https://www.facebook.com/TheVintageBricoleur?ref=hl

Follow the Link for more info

Lavender and Lace 

Saturday, June 27th 9-3

Maple Rock Gardens 

100 Clark Tunnel Road Penryn, Ca Off HWY 193 and Sierra College Blvd.

Shop from 30 talented dealer/designers while touring the beautiful Gardens.  Bring a friend, spend the  day, have lunch at the gardens and take home a treasure or two.

Our store will also be OPEN 10-5. 

We hope to see you there!

Danny & Terry

(the bricoleurs)



Yes, we are still here, busier than ever....

I apoligize for such a long absence on this blog.

Here at The Vintage Bricoleur, we have been busy with a few Spring/Summer shows,

 teaching classes using Chalk Paint® decorative paint by Annie Sloan,

Doing custom pieces for customers,

 traveling to New orleans for the annual stockists meeting (we got to meet Annie in person), 

and now once again planning for our show

 A Vintage Harvest.

In case you are new here, 

The Vintage Bricoleur

 3750 Taylor Road Loomis, Ca. 95650

Inside the High Hand fruit sheds.

(High Hand is a 110 year old fruit shed that has a well known restaurant and nursery.  Inside the sheds you will find several small businesses such as a fiber arts store, rug store, wine tasting rooms, art gallery and olive oil and vinigar store and The Vintage Bricoleur.)

We are a small Vintage Home Design store who carries Chalk Paint® decorative paint by Annie Sloan.  We teach classes the third Tuesday of every month 10-12:30 or 6-8:30. $95 All supplies are included in the cost of the class.

(more class dates will be available soon)

We do cutsom painting of furniture using Chalk Paint® decorative paint by Annie Sloan.  Our items are found items so things are always changing.  We build farm tables, hutches, cabinets, benches etc. using reclaimed wood.  Much of what you will find in our store has been made using vintage items by local artists.  

bricoleur:

one who makes creative and resourceful use of whatever materials are at hand regardless of their original purpose.

Come by and say Hello!

For every day posts, please follow us on Facebook and Instagram.

Terry(one of the bricoleurs)

A Vintage Harvest, It Was A Success!

Well the show is over.

Our first vintage/antique show, A Vintage Harvest was a great day.

  It was a success.  

We had a huge crowd of happy shoppers, 

the garden was beautiful, 

the food was delicious,

 and the vendors outdid themselves with merchandising their spaces. 

Here a just a few photos of the day.

 **Most of all we are indebted to our family and friends for helping us pull this off smoothly.**

Don and Melanie thanks for running The Vintage Bricoleur space and the donut run.

 Mom and Dad Bustos thanks for helping out with loading and unloading, and for a home-cooked dinner the night before the show and lunch on set-up day. 

 Sam and Ashley thanks for running the Porter Station so smoothly and helping with loading vendors.  

Thanks Jim for working so hard all day loading up customers and vendors, and for the delicious homemade dinner after a long show day.

Angela, Trevor, Arica and Coralie, thank you for shuttling people around on the golf cart, getting lunches for vendors, for entertining the little ones who were at the show at different times and for loading vendors up.  We couldn't do it without you kiddos, our Jr. Bricoleurs.

Thank you Mom Sjotvedt and Linda for running a vendors' space who got sick at the last moment.

Thank you to our store dealer Shelley, and her daughter for working at The Vintage Bricoleur on set-up day and show day.

And Betty thank you for the wonderful surprise coming all the way from Texas to show some sisterly support. (and the coffee run)

I could go on all day..... 

there were many more people involved.  Thank you to each and every one of you.

To see more PHOTOS, go to our Facebook page.

Come visit our store:

The Vintage Bricoleur 

3750 Taylor Road Loomis, Ca. 95650

Inside the High Hand  fruit sheds.

Stay tuned for the next show date!

Terry (one of the bricoleurs)

More Examples of Pieces Done in Annie Sloan Chalk Paint® at TVB

I like to give examples of what can be done with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint ®.  So many looks can be achieved even with 1 color of paint, by doing a regular finish, smooth finish, texture finsh, a wash, distressing or not distressing, Clear Wax only or Clear & Dark Wax.

**WARNING: PICTURE HEAVY POST** :)

~All of these pieces have been done with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint®~

Nightstands ~ Chateau Grey with Clear & Dark Wax

Little Doll Dresser ~ Napoleonic Blue with Clear & Dark Wax

You can see just the top of this

 Dresser ~ French Linen and Old White details with Clear & Dark Wax.

Nightstand ~ Provence with Clear & Dark Wax

Small Chest ~ Arles with Clear & Dark Wax

Table ~ Butcher block top Clear Waxed, legs & skirt Old Ochre with Clear Wax

Side Table ~ Pure White with Clear Wax

Drawer Cabinet ~ Old Ochre with Clear Wax

Vintage Chest ~ Pure White with Clear Wax

Mantle ~ Old White with Clear Wax

Table ~ Top Clear Waxed, skirt & legs Old White with Clear Wax

Dresser ~ Old White with Clear Wax

Table ~ Old White washed top with Clear & Dark Wax, skirt and legs Antibes with Clear & Dark Wax

Drawer Cabinet ~ Old Ochre with Clear Wax, drawers with Clear & Dark Wax

Island ~ Top and shelf Clear Waxed, skirt and legs, Graphite with Dark Wax

Hutch ~ Antibes/Aubusson Blue 50/50 with Clear Wax, inside Old White 

Vintage Dresser ~ Pure White with Clear Wax

Dresser ~ Provence with Clear Wax, top Clear Waxed

Drawer Cabinet ~ Napoleonic Blue with Clear Wax

Farm Table ~ Top Dark Waxed, legs and skirt Provence with Clear Wax

Dresser ~ Paris Grey/Graphite Wash with Clear and Dark Wax

Hutch ~ French Linen with Clear Wax, inside Old White

Mirror ~ French Linen with Clear & Dark Wax

Side Table & Chair Old White with Clear & Dark Wax

These are just some of the items that I had photos of from the last few months. 

 We love Annie Sloan Chalk Paint®.

  It is so easy to use, 

No Stripping

No Priming 

No Sanding

No Kidding

Clean

 Paint

Distress

Clear Wax

Dark Wax -(optional)

Buff

A few steps, but a fast project.

You can do this too!!!  Come to our store to get your Annie Sloan Chalk Paint® products.  We carry the full line, and we offer classes.

Next Class: 

September 17, 2013

10am - 12:30 pm

$95

Call (916)663-4663

The Vintage Bricoleur

3750 Taylor Road

Loomis, Ca 95650

Inside the High Hand  fruit sheds.

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Please join us for our show: 

A Vintage Harvest

October 26, 2013

9am - 3pm

$10

Maple Rock Gardens  ~ 100 Clark Tunnel Road Newcastle, Ca 95658

Terry (one of the bricoleurs)