Brussels antiques dealers

Yesterday evening we were invited to the special open house evening at the most exclusive Brussels Antiques Dealers. They are all located at the famous Sablon Place in the centre of Brussels.
So I want to share with you a few pictures that I have taken to have an impression of the event and meanwhile you will see some beautiful pieces that I have discovered (but not bought!!).

Click on the name of all the antiques dealers to discover their websites.

We started our visit at Costermans Antiques.

Impression Costermans Antiques

Impression Costermans Antiques

Woodpaneling pine

Costermans Antiques

Costermans Antiques

Painted woodpaneling and fire place

Costermans Antiques

Impression Costermans Antiques

Impression Costermans Antiques

Beautiful fabrics to discover at Costermans Antiques.

My husband loved all accessories for the fire place.

Costermans Antiques

Glasses waiting to be filled.

Costermans Antiques

And we followed our walk to Maeyaert Antiques.

The owner Dirk Maeyaert is specialized in French Antiques from the Directoire-Consulat and Empire Periods.
He is a very kind person and he is really passionated about his wonderful pieces of antique.

Impression Maeyaert Antiques

Impression Maeyaert Antiques

Gorgeous carpet and Empire period seats

Maeyaert Antiques

One of a pair Charles X candleholders

They were just stunning!

Maeyaert Antiques

After seen these beauties,we walked to the other side of the Sablon Place.

The Sablon Place

And there you can find Zada Gallery.

This is one of the most famous antiques dealers in Belgium who has wonderful ancient tapestries (Aubussons,Savonnerie) and Oriental carpets.

Impression Zada Gallery

Brussels Tapestry mid 18th Century

Zada Gallery

Here in this post I only mention a few from the antiques dealers at the Sablon, as the one here below of which I don't know the name anymore!

Impression

And then there is Tom Desmet Antiques.

Here I have discovered some wonderful pieces !

Entrance Tom Desmet Antiques

Impression Tom Desmet Antiques

Impression Tom Desmet Antiques

A venetian canapé walnut 18th Century

Would be so wonderful in my sitting room!
Tom Desmet Antiques

An 19th Century plant or bottle stand.
Tom Desmet Antiques

Impression Tom Desmet Antiques

A wonderful table

Tom Desmet Antiques

One of my favourites of all discoveries was this beautiful English reading chair.

Tom Desmet Antiques

And this!! I wander if you can guess what this curious object might be?! This was absolutely my favourite! I fell in love with it! I had never seen this beautiful object before!

And yes I asked what the price was! But ...too pricy for me!

So it is an 18th century little marble trunk used to conserve spices!

At that time all spices were very expensive.

Tom Desmet Antiques

And here we have another 3 pieces of these marble trunks.

Aren't they gorgeous?

Tom Desmet Antiques

Next to Tom Desmet Antiques, is located Michel Lambrecht Antiques. I know Michel for a long time and every time I go to visit him, I am always surprised of all the beautiful decorative items he has! As wall sconces, table chandeliers, pottery,...

If you ever go to Brussels I would recommand to visit this house.

Impression yesterday evening Michel Lambrecht Antiques


Entrance of Michel Lambrecht Antiques


Impression Michel lambrecht Antiques

Impression Michel Lambrecht Antiques

Impression Michel Lambrecht Antiques

Next to decorative items you can even find antique furniture.
Michel Lambrecht Antiques

Table chandeliers

Michel Lambrecht Antiques

Beautiful decorative objects.

Michel Lambrecht Antiques

The last dealer we visited yesterday evening was Galerie Lamy.

They have no webaddress.

Here you can find a lot of "objets d'art". We discovered a painting of a disciple of Rubens (our famous Antwerp painter)!

Disciple of Rubens

Galerie Lamy

A beautiful painting of a flemisch painter (Ghent) Henri Schoutten.

Galerie Lamy

Objets d'art

Impression Galerie Lamy

Impression Galerie Lamy

I hoped you enjoyed discovering these Brussels antiques dealers! And if you want to see more of them, please go to visit their websites by clicking on the name (coloured).

xx

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The make-over of my brother's office

Some of you do know yet that I run our company Lefèvre Interiors together with my youngest brother Stefaan.

My brother and me.

A few months ago, my brother needed to move his office to another area in our company buildings. But the only place available, was an old storage room!

The old storage room.
Sight 1 Before

So my brother asked me to make a proposal to renovate this place into his new office! A challenge of course!

So I started making a few designs and after my brother's approval, we could finally start the production of the cabinetry in our workplaces.

Sight 1 After

We decided to leave the place open to the peak of the roof so that the construction beam was integrated in the interior concept.

The picture of sight 1 (above) shows the inside of the cabinet, where a lot of files can be hidden.

Sight 1 After

The wood we used for the cabinetry is european oak. And for the desk, we have chosen for a table in an exotic type of wood. And as hardware we used these furniture knobs.

Furniture knobs.

Sight 1 After
I love to use some modern lighting in an office room.




Sight 2 Before

On this side of the room we created the entrance door.

Sight 2 After



Sight 2
One of the oval windows on both sides of the door.

Sight 3 Before

To me an office needs to be very cosy because most people ( certainly my brother) spend a lot of time in this room. So to add warmth , I have chosen for a shade of orange for the lime paint on the walls and even for the blinds.

Our painter mixed the paint as long as he needed to become the same colour as the Belgian linen, chosen for the blinds.

Sight 3 After
Lime paint and linen blinds in a warm shade of orange.



Sight 3 After
On every wall there are seen spotlights.




Sight 4 Before

Sight 4 After

On this window you can notice wooden blinds. They provide a functional and a decorative feature to add warmth and variation. They filter the light in a subtle way.

Sight 4 After

My brother is a piano player and wanted to bring in the piano into his office.

So where there was the entrance door before, is now standing his piano.

On the outside.

The entrance to the office.

What do you think? Does my brother look happy sitting in his brand new office?

xx

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