Roundtop, Texas Flea Market

Two weeks ago, we took off to Texas to discover one-of-a-kind antiques, objets and an elusive cowboy or two at the Roundtop Flea Market. Twice a year, this tiny town (population 77) transforms into a 10 day antique shopper’s mecca featuring 1000s of vendors and dealers from all over the US. We spent two glorious days scouting out gorgeous furniture, jewelry, and eating good ol’ southern food…homemade pimento cheese sandwiches anyone?

Check out some our finds and a few things we couldn’t leave behind!

A funky dresser perfect for a bar or entry piece.

Insane turquoise from one of our favorite dealers found at the Rose Bowl flea market in Pasadena!

We died over this leather sofa–the color, the modern lines…all perfection!

These modern planters would be perfect indoors or out.

Nicki’s found her new favorite thing. Hello Squash Blossom!

We already miss this gorgeous view…until next time Texas!

Categories: Design, Flea Market, Inspiration, Interiors, Shopping, Travel
Posted by Scout Designs NYC on Monday, April 22, 2013 2 Comments

Lindsay Cowles

Lindsay Cowles is a fellow southerner and artist who transforms her bold and color saturated paintings into custom wallpaper and fabrics. We can’t get enough of her ethnic-inspired graphic shapes coupled with such a fun use of color. Check out her fabrics here and for more info contact lindsaycowlesfineart@gmail.com.

Categories: Design, Flea Market, Inspiration, Interiors
Posted by Scout Designs NYC on Tuesday, March 19, 2013 1 Comment

Our Big Announcement!

We are extremely excited to announce our new online store Mercantile! It is the cumulation of over two years of hard work collecting a curated mix of vintage furniture, art and objet. The inventory will constantly be changing as items sell, so make sure you check back often for more gorgeous things. Our biggest thanks to Daily Candy for sharing our good news with all of their dedicated readers!

Categories: Design, Flea Market, Shopping
Posted by Scout Designs NYC on Wednesday, February 22, 2012 10 Comments

Leather and Brass

Antiqued brass & perfectly worn-in cognac leather are a perfectly patinaed pairing that we tend to fall for over and over. While this combo has been on our radar for a while, we have a feeling this is going to be a lasting trend.

Three Carl Aubock Glass , Leather & Brass Pitchers

Col. Littleton No. 1 Grip Bag (We saw a man in the airport carrying this and stalked him until we had a chance to ask him what it was…too die for!)

Wingback Leather Armchair

Leather and Brass Desk Set by Simon Hasan

Categories: Design, Flea Market, Interiors, Shopping
Posted by Scout Designs NYC on Tuesday, September 13, 2011 3 Comments

The Good Life…

I’m just back from spending two weeks at my family’s home located in the Bordeaux region of France. I’m sad to say that it had been nearly two years since my last visit so, with Callie minding shop, off I went with task list in hand. This is the view from across the valley where our house is located. The surrounding fields are planted with sunflowers though they had started to die by the time I arrived–was sorry to have missed the vibrant yellow landscape they make.

On my second day there, we set off to the beautiful town of Blaye which is located on the right bank of the Gironde estuary. I have long been hearing of the very charming Didier and his antiques shop there…and with good reason.

It took me all of five minutes to find exactly what we were looking for and–with a tiny bit of haggling–we’d purchased a beautiful (and massive) maple armoire for the main living room…

A gorgeous sofette covered in mohair for the master bedroom sitting area, minus the fringe which I didn’t love but others did….

And two perfect slipper chairs to go in front of the kitchen fireplace, which now makes it a wonderful little spot to sit with a cup of cocoa in colder months…

Didier also had stacks and stacks of old French linens which made me jump up and down in happiness (I have a small textile obsession). It took a while to go through them all but suffice to say, I now properly understand what French linen is all about. I scooped them wherever I could find them, especially the old embroidered napkins that I brought back as gifts–they make brilliant hand towels.

We also had two weekends of scouring the many brocantes in the area and I feel madly in love with these fellows but sadly they weren’t on the house/garden list! Aren’t they adorable!?

My favorite brocante was located in Mornac-sur-Seudre, a truly charming little village where we also had delicious buckwheat and duck crepes for lunch.

A stop on the way home by a favorite nursery yielded these fantastic new grasses that didn’t quite fit in our tiny little car. We laughed the entire ride home…