Shelf Styling

I thought this was kind of fun. A rendering of some chic shelf styling by artist, Bella Foster. I saw her illustration and then found this shelf styled by Emily Henderson. They resemble each other and I love the idea of Foster’s illustration- a still life for the styling set. You can buy the print here. Here are 22 shelf styling ideas from Real Simple.

I took this photo at an amazing vintage and antique shop in Isle-Sur-La-Sorgue last summer in Provence. These amazing objects were just sitting on the shelf perfectly styled like so. Thrown together, they’re perfect. You couldn’t style anything to look this cool, I love the horse head in the vase. If you are headed to Provence, you absolutely cannot miss the Sunday market in Isle-Sur-La-Sorgue, 3rd only to Portobello Road and Paris’ Les Puces de Saint-Ouen Market, this is not your everyday flea market. It is a tastemaker’s paradise. Design folks come from all over the world to peruse, find inspiration and buy at this market. The shops that line the South end of town near the train station are kind of mind blowing. Oversized vintage metal desks and clocks, petite club chairs with just the right worn in patina- it’s the kind of stuff that you see Restoration Hardware and ABC Home try to knock off, sometimes successfully, but there’s no substitute for the real artifacts. I pretty much drooled my way through town.

If you spend the day in Isle-Sur-La-Sorgue, make sure you make a reservation for a long, blissful lunch at Daniel Hebet’s Le Jardin du Quai. Maybe one of the best lunches I’ve ever had- honestly. Dine outside on stone tables while partaking in some seriously divine French food and wash it all down with a local rosé. I love their wine glasses so much, I tried to buy them but alas, no sale. I settled for these instead- pretty cute.

{Image: Emily Henderson’s shelf: TeriLyn Fisher}

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