Get in on it early and save

After unloading the container from my most recent trip I have unwrapped some great antique chairs.  I wanted to let you know how I go about posting them, most, in their VERY outdated fabric.  I leave them on the website for awhile until I need them at the shop.  Then they go off to be recovered and the price goes up.  Most times designers buy them off of the website for their clients and add the fabric. Faithful website clients LOVE the chairs with NEW fabric at the store, and are shocked when I tell them they have been on my website for weeks at a lower price. Be a careful website peruser because ALWAYS they are priced much less before fabric and upholstery labor has been added. Very often an old fabric can make you turn away from a great chair find.  When I choose the fabric it is almost always a neutral and it adds a good price to the chairs.  You can be in on the fabric choice early thereby scoring a great deal and ending up with as wild a fabric that suits your needs like the chairs, above and I will be happy to send it off to my upholsterer. Antique chairs add a warmth and importance.....there is no reproduction that can copy real antique wood. I have a set of dining chairs like these available and also beautiful neutral fabrics to choose from. I will gladly help you with fabric choices. Below are several chairs from FRANCE, available and with a "before recovering"  price. 19th century slipper chairs. $ 945.00 pair Antique bergere ...Look past the fabric (I know it's hard, HA!) $545.00 Antique Chairs, Original Paint FRANCE Inv. 455, H 38 w 21.25 w 17.5 $895.00 set of 4 Vintage fauteil chairs Inv. 511, H 36 w 24 d 19 sh 17 $550.00 pr. Sale $395.00 Antique French Walnut Dining Chairs Inv. 256, H 45 w 18.5 d 20 $2,700.00 set of 6 Sale $1,975.00 Set Antique Walnut Bergere Chair Inv. 524, H 38 w25 1/2 d 22 $1,250.00 Vintage Fruitwood Fan Chairs Recovering suggested Inv. 61, H 43 w 23 d 22 $595.00 pair Sale $350.00 pair. I could have these painted black gloss. Antique Louis XVI Walnut Fauteil Chair FRANCE Needs recovering Inv. 526, H 39 w 22 d 20.5 $795.00 18th Century Walnut Bergere $1475.00 19th Century Walnut Hall Chairs Inv. 528, H 36 w 23.5 d 21 $1,895.00 pair Let me know if you have any questions and if I can help with fabric choices. EMAIL ME.  Instagram followers are enjoying first look at everything brought into the shop.  It's EASY!  Just download the Instagram app and click follow Bonny Neiman.  Everytime you check your Instagram you will see new photos.  It's like being at the shop! Hope to see you soon.....new store window display next week. Warmest regards, Bonny  Please note delivery and shipping is available on all items EMAIL ME with any questions. Bonny Neiman Antiques & Artisan  p.973-714-4541 www.bonnyneiman.com    Trouvaille 12 Beechwood Road  Summit, NJ Mondays 10-4, Tuesdays - Saturdays 10-5:30.

GO USA!!! Website updates and a ski story!

Just a quick note and sale to cheer our athletes on to GOLD as they compete on their final weekend!!  Available are 3 black framed vintage flags, normally priced at $245.00 on OLYMPIC SALE for $185.00  h16 w 22. Great heirloom art to hang in the boys room too. In addition, the website has been updated HERE including 2 gorgeous mercury glass mirrors we just uncrated from France.  More updates very soon.  Instagram is the very best way to see pieces the moment they are unboxed . We went skiing in Stratton, Vermont last weekend and had a ball.....there were 18 family members, including  my parents who are in their 80's.  My father found out too early about the trip and expressed refusal or as some of you may call it sensibility.  Why we would head for more snow when we have so MUCH snow seems crazy but as you may know we book these homes months in advance. I don't know how my mother talked him into it (she's always ready to go everywhere) but he looks happy as we pulled away, doesn't he? The rental home was spectacular with ample rooms, some even closing off to hallways with rustic barn sliding doors.  It had antler chandeliers, a moose, antique snowshoes, hot tub, the works! Double sided stone fireplace. My father always rules the gin games.... WELLLLLL the ladies must have left their brains in the woodbin because feeling like Olympians competing in Nordic Combined we took off into the woods in VERY deep snow to blaze new trails. I had no coat!  (BRILLIANT!)   We climbed hills, took some spills, laughed a lot and felt like snow dopes as the sun started to turn and it became evident we were truly lost. As we continued to track through thinking we could come to "something"  I explained to my niece there are 2 types of experiences....a REALLY good time or a REALLY good story.  Counting on our survival we felt this would be the latter although after 2 snowmobilers rescued us it seemed as if we had a blast! As only wives can we had one quip after another how no one answered their phones back at the ski house but it didn't matter anyway because we had positively no idea where we were.  As it it turns out, from Stratton Mountain we had gone 10 miles and were almost to Bromley!!! I couldn't believe how outright dumb I was.....no coat AND no phone.  (My feeling when I'm with my big sisters is I don't need my phone because they take care of everything.)  I did get blamed for making the statement early on "oh I don't want to go back the same way we came!"  Whoops!  For once they listened to me! (Guess I should get used to never calling the shots again) Back at the ski house my brother in law, Tom kept vigil at the commercial stove cranking out one delicious dish after another. He even woke the entire house up at 6 am clanging pots while making homemade cinnamon donuts....they were worth it! Truly a great weekend! How are YOU enjoying the snow??? Thanks for all your great emails and comments! Warmest regards, Bonny  Please note delivery and shipping is available on all items EMAIL ME with any questions. Bonny Neiman Antiques & Artisan  p.973-714-4541 www.bonnyneiman.com    Trouvaille 12 Beechwood Road  Summit, NJ Mondays 10-4, Tuesdays - Saturdays 10-5:30.

A BIG REDD SPECIAL SALE!!

While flying through the store recently my head turned and I thought "he looks familiar"....WELLLLL hit me with a brick why don't you, a RED brick by the way!! Atlanta born designer Miles Redd has been featured in every major design magazine and most recently honored as one of Architectural Digest's AD 100 for the third year in a row! Since 1990 Architectural Digest has been naming the world's preeminent architects and designers to a select group known as the AD100. An arbiter of excellence, this exclusive list recognizes establishment icons and enterprising trailblazers whose work is as inspiring as it is influential. And he was shopping HERE!! So happy to see him I was gushing! He humbly agreed to a photo with me and was such a sweetheart, hence the special at the bottom of the page! Pictured above is his sister's brilliant dining room. Lucky girl!  I guess she didn't torture him as a child. "Miles Redd is known for his quirky brand of cozy glamour.  His unique aesthetic vision is characterized by playful melanges of high and low, invigorated with whimsical splashes of color and modern gestures" Hallway above was INSPIRED BY YVES KLEIN'S BLUE PAINTINGS...gorgeous blue....the door looks leather! A Southampton summer home. "Miles Redd embarked on his interior design career after graduating from NYU , honing his skills with luminary antiques dealer John Rosselli and decorator Bunny Williams." Miles comments on the photo, above "MY BATHROOM DOUBLES AS AN ENTERTAINING SPACE". I had heard rumors of this and he clarified the truth to it.....I LOVE HIM FOR THIS!!  I don't know if we should try this in our own homes... In 1998 he opened his own design firm in New York City's NoHo neighborhood. A FUN HOUSE IN MILLBROOK.  I love the color of the leather chairs with the amber hurricanes. The books in the bookcase look real to me which I appreciate. "What I mean is the books look as though they have been read, not deliberately placed" Black, gold and amber....love! That's real fox fur, folks!  Sumptuous!! This is the same hallway and a great example of those of you thinking your beautiful antique rugs can't look current. The runner on the stairway complimenting the chair upholstery  and then contrasting with the walls makes this entry so rich and stylish but lived in. I love this mirror placement... I also love Miles' use of architecturals as art.  I always suggest this, it adds interest along with the wicker trunk and chair. I also appreciate the uneven placement of the art and original charcoal drawings. He has a way of creating perfection without it looking as such. See the ripples in the art when the light hits it?? That's old and REAL! Notice the casual placement of pillows.... "His trademark approach to design has brought to life rooms infused with boldness, fantasy, and sophistication." Love the banquette! This room, above, can teach us a lot. So many traditional elements but yet the room looks current!   WHY? First the FANTASTIC lacquered wall......notice how it doesn't have to be a wild color but that shine is so dramatic.  Second is the upholstery choice on the traditional English arm club chairs, a current look. And lastly the impressionist cow painting!  FUN!! This room above should give courage to so many of you who struggle with updating your comfortable traditional look.  It also should satisfy those husbands who like tradition.  I REALLY love this room. I thought you would like to see what Miles was interested in from my current inventory, above. I am happy to now offer Miles beautiful design book THE BIG BOOK OF CHIC, $75.00.   Please email me if you would like a signed copy from Miles. In addition, for a little fun and to celebrate this sweetheart visiting I am offering 15% off anything in the store that's RED this Friday, Valentine's Day. Have some fun when you visit finding the many items that include RED!! ONE DAY ONLY!! VALENTINE'S DAY!! TAKE 15% off anything RED!! Warmest regards, Bonny  Please note delivery and shipping is available on all items EMAIL ME with any questions. Bonny Neiman Antiques & Artisan  p.973-714-4541 www.bonnyneiman.com    Trouvaille 12 Beechwood Road  Summit, NJ Mondays 10-4, Tuesdays - Saturdays 10-5:30.