Bella Finds: Shabby cottage chic treasures from our home to yours!

For those that have yet to know, I would like to share with you The Bella Cottage’s Bella Finds line. On our site we describe it as: “Bella Finds are beautiful One-of-a-Kind treasures we find at flea markets and auctions! Once they are gone, they are gone for good!”

We enjoy browsing through local swap meets and meeting with talented artists to find the most incredible, one-of-a-kind items that we then offer to you, our customers!

All of the items we select are carefully inspected for quality and we KNOW what you shabby chic fans like! Browse through out vast collection of Vintage China which includes but is not limited to: gorgeous tea sets, china with roses, hand-painted plates and crystal!

This section compliments our furniture well and helps you to bring a cozy, lived-in elegance to your home. And who knows? You might find that one teacup you’ve been searching for, for years! Keep an eye open on this section because it changes daily!

Items featured:

- Cream Rose French Style Pitcher with Gold Details – Would make a GORGEOUS vase!
- Cream Rose Floral Print in Scallop Blue Frame
- Sage Birdcage – Makes a cute centerpiece item and we only have ONE left!
- Eiffel Tower Drawstring Bag
- Pink Rose Vintage China Plate

10% Off Gorgeous Imported Louis XV/XVI French Furniture at The Bella Cottage

We’re having a fabulous sale on newly imported furniture from Europe! Incredible armoires, dressers, chairs and more! These stunning pieces feature lovely Louis XV & XVI detailing. Many of them have pretty gold gilt highlights and come in French Greys, Oyster and cream — very elegant! Take a look at the One of a Kinds section on our website for more fabulous vintage furniture!

All in the Details

Our showroom is such a happy place to come to everyday. Besides being surrounded by the beautiful vintage furniture, it makes me happy to see all the little details! At The Bella Cottage, we have a great team of artists who make the most wonderful gifts and our ventures to swap meets and vintage markets turn up the most beautiful and hard-to-find china. See a couple images below.

These splendid handmade cakes look good enough to eat! While beautiful with amazing colors they are sadly decorational only! Our talented artist makes these for us and decorates the top with glitter and little flowers!

If you didn’t know, we also have a lovely collection of china tableware available in our Bella Finds section. Lots of neat sets, loose plates and teacups and some very unique items! In the middle of this photo are pink rose cigarette ashtrays. I’ve never seen one look so lovely! And how cute is the dainty teacup right behind it? I love seeing little treasures like this decorate our showroom.

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Style Ideas: French Elegance

The right furniture and accessories can turn your home into an elegant space. Featuring One-of-a-Kind Vintage items from our store, I’ve put together a small collage of a few items that I thought would make for an amazing and stylish room.

The gorgeous Louis XV Vintage Daybed that we recently accquired really caught my eye and I wanted to work off this piece. It’s elegant shapes and nice, clean colors would be beautifully complimented with vintage, gold lighting. The perfect item I had in mind was a unique, florentine table & lamp. This gorgeous lamp features the main light on top and the lovely hydrangea buds at the bottom light as well! I also thought a beautiful idea would be to use two small vintage table lamps on a pair of end tables. Can’t say no to a bit of sparkle! Even a white chandelier with an ornate, floral design can add personality to a room as well!

I enjoy spaces with alot of light as I spend alot of time curled up on the couch and reading. This would be a dreamy set-up for me!

Vintage Syroco Midcentury Decoration

Every now and then, we come across beautiful vintage finds under the Syroco label. As I was setting up this display, I suddenly wanted to know all about this  company. At The Bella Cottage, we’ve had various kinds of Syroco frames and shelves come through our store and each item has always been so beautiful.

While searching the internet for a bit of Syroco history, I found a corkscrew collector’s website that had this nice little description:

“The SYRACUSE ORNAMENTAL COMPANY, also known as SYROCO, was founded in the late 1890′s by an Austrian woodcarver named Adolph Holstein. Initially the company produced ornamental carvings for furniture as well as the interiors of fashionable homes. As demand increased, a molding technique was developed where Syroco could create perfect replicas of their original carvings. These molds also featured a wood grain within the mold, allowing for a more detailed aesthetic. The recipe of wood flour, waxes, and resins combined with compression molding created an inexpensive, but high quality product. As the 40′s approached, demand for Syroco was waning with the new popularity of Danish Modern with its clean simple lines and less ornamentation on furniture. Novelty items became a new venture for the company; focusing on housewares, barware, and items for the smoker, as well as other offerings.

During the 1950′s, Syroco started to change directions again. And, while novelty items still appear in their catalogs of the time. Highly stylized wall mirrors, sconces, and decorations became the company’s focus.

In 1953, Syroco introduced a process for obtaining the finish on these seemingly gilted home accesories, called “metalgold”; a process, as the catalog states, “…wherein real metal is deposited on the object and toned and shaded by skilled hand operations.”

How interesting! It’s always a delight to find those tell-tale stickers on the back of highly ornamented, vintage items. And best of all, Syroco items bring so much life and beauty into the home.

_{The plate shelves featured on this page are available on our website!}