Tag: Design Commotion

Do It Yourself Diva – Eiffel Tower Shower Hooks

Dear Diva Readers,

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top:5px;float:left;color:white;background:#781300;border:1px solid darkkhaki;font-size:100px;line-height:90px;padding-top:1px;padding-right:5px;font-family:times;”>This weekend while I’m in Paris meeting the sensational Saxon Henry of Roaming by Design, I had to write to share with you a tres chic et simple Diva Idea! I’d like to claim the idea was my own but must confess the credit goes entirely to Ms. Parisbug!  Why not line your shower curtain hooks with Eiffel Towers?  While I think these shower hooks came equipped with their own Tour Eiffel’s you could “Do It Yourself” Diva by buying key chains and hooking them onto your shower curtain hooks at home!

Now that’s what I call a Diva Idea for decorating your bathroom!   

The Antiques Diva®

(seen below with Saxon Henry and Patty Otis Abel last year, “Doing the Paris Puce”)

Design Commotion and The Antiques Diva Do The Paris Flea Market – VIDEO

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I whisked Saxon & Patty away from the daily grind of 5-star lunches, tours of fancy French museums and private meetings with Paris’ hottest designers and boutique/gallery owners to take them on an all-day outing to the Paris Flea Markets, hitting both Porte de Vanves and the Puce at the Porte de Clignancourt as well as an elusive one-day “vide grenier” (attic sale) before doing cocktails with famed bartender Colin Field at the Ritz Hemingway Bar then dining out at L’Absinthe, catching up with the Queen of Paris, Kim P, and Diva Friend & Helper, Sylvia!

All in all, it was a dashing day… but why tell you about it, when you can WATCH a snippet of our adventure on YOUTUBE!?!

Saxon is a media-marketing warrior with an entourage of gadgets in her bag – and she caught me on film with her FLIP Video camera. On the following video you’ll see me explaining to Saxon Henry how I like to use my antiques and vintage finds in practical ways! In other words, I never display antiques like a grandmother does! Watch & learn while I share a technique for using a vintage glass French flower frog!



A Diva-fession:

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Au Revoir et Bonne Shopping!

The Antiques Diva™
(seen right between Saxon Henry & Patty Otis Abel)