Memorial Day Blow Out Sale at Dunhaven Place!

Everything is 30% off at Dunhaven Place Thursday the 24th through Saturday the 26th only.  Is there something you have had an eye on for a while?  Now is the time to come in a scoop it up!  Sale price applies to lowest ticketed price so sale items are on an even better bargain!  Hope to see you there!  (Vintage and antique quilts, linens and lace are not included in this sale.) 

 The home of friends of ours has been damaged by a house fire--two of their dogs died of smoke inhalation and the house has sustained a lot of damage.  If interested in helping out and donating, click
HERE--and thank you!

Vintage Furnishings For a Romantic Garden

Bring the indoors out!  Now that the days are long and lovely, spending time outside is a must!  A few pieces of painted furniture can accentuate the colors of your garden while providing inviting places to relax, all arranged in enticing displays. 

 Wicker chairs are a natural outdoors (as well as in!) but wood furniture that has been painted can withstand the heat of the summer months.  As long as you cover or bring inside for the rainy season, your favorite pieces can live side by side with wicker, cedar and rattan.

This caned bench  is a perfect example of items we currently have in stock that would work well in your yard or garden.  Due to a recent problem with Craigslist, our furniture ads are no longer searchable.  Please rest assured that we still sell furniture at Dunhaven Place. Please like us on FB, link to this post and spread the word about Dunhaven Place!

Dunhaven Place is Back!

Dunhaven Place was closed whilst I attended an awards gala for published novelists (I'm on the left).  I didn't win my category but I LOVED visiting with so many of my writerly friends.  Despite my absence, my little store was never far from my thoughts and I collected sweet treasures along the way.

This sweet Prussian-made Chocolate set with its hand painted roses, adorable cups and whisper thin saucers is one of my favorite finds.

There are also some fun new additions to the French Room (perhaps better termed "The French Quarter) including rate, uber vintage or one of a kind.  Whatever your preferred decorating style, be sure to stop in and see what's new at Dunhaven Place!

Dunhaven Place Goes on Vacation

We are currently closed for a fun-filled trip full of family and friends.  We open again on Wednesday May 9th and hope to see you then.  Bye for now!
(To see more photos of this awesome chalkboard click HERE.)

Dunhaven Place Goes to Galindo House

Dunhaven Place isn't just about finding lovely pretties for your home and garden--it's also about the many places we find inspiration and rejuvenation.  To that end we are thrilled to be able to say that The Galindo House Museum, after twelve long years of working and waiting, will soon be open to the public.  As a very interested nosbody I was privileged to be able to spend a little time in the house during its final stages of preparation and on the day it was opened to the members of the Concord Historical Society. 

A few months back Dunhaven Place was visited by Jan Trolan, dedicated member of the historical society and all around super hard worker, and several purchases were made to grace this home.  I was thrilled to see this painting hanging on the wall of the green sitting room.

It quite simply never looked better!

A piece of Dunhaven Place was also found in the green bedroom. This white bedcover with its layers of metis lace and ornate monogram was once found in our store but will live on in this beautiful house for decades to come. 

A trip to the Galindo House at 1721 Amador Avenue is well worth the trip!  Starting May 6th the house will be open for visitors from 1-4 on Sundays and 12-4 on Wednesdays.  Many thanks to Jan Trolan and her team for making this girls twelve year old dream of seeing this house in all its glory a reality!

Dunhaven Place Goes to the Beach!

Beach Chic is this month's theme at Dunhaven Place and how I wish I had a little place in the Santa Cruz mountains I could fill with sky blue, sea green and sun-washed white! All that's missing from our display in the store are a couple of starfish.

In light of an exciting new piece, we decided to make a marriage out of the beaded board cabinet and the library table. They look fabulous together, I must say, though they are still for sale separately (though I am so in love with this look, I am thinking about bringing the whole kit and kaboodle home with me, pronto!)

Speaking of exciting new inventory, this antique bed is it! If it weren't a full, it would be at home sporting my Queen sized mattress this very minute. Alas, it is too small . . .

I am so crazy about this bed, however, that I took it's picture multiple times. I was incredibly tempted to use the footboard as a firescreen for my large-screen TV-sized fireplace (actually, my large screen TV IS my fireplace) and it looked gorgeous but that would leave the headboard without a job and I couldn't do that to such a beautiful bed.

Detail of the curved footboard.

Carving on the end piece of the curved section--talk about incredible detail!

This bed adds a beachy-dreamy air to Dunhaven Place for as long as it lasts. We will be closed the first week of May so be sure to come in and see our new inventory items before that! And, should you have a Facebook account ad think we're kind of swell, please "like" us! (just click on the word "like" and it will take you to our FB page.)

Thanks!

Heidi

We're Still About Shabby Here at Dunhaven Place

It's true that we've gone to the French Side but don't be scared! Our front room is still all things Shabby Chic!

We still have gorgeous linens and enough pink roses to delight a purist.

Be sure to stop by soon and see what's new!

And, if you haven't already, please "like" us on Facebook!

Thanks~

Heidi