Borghese Lamps

We are back home from Florida.  

It was a short trip that makes 

me yearn for a REAL vacation!  

But that is coming soon enough,

as we take off on our road trip 

to our Colorado Mountain home this Saturday!  

YAY!  

Last year it was a family trip 

with all of Mr. Beaux's side 

of the family in attendance.  

This year it is couples only with 

his brothers and their wives.  

It is always hard to gather everyone together.  

I'm really looking forward to a relaxing, fun time!  

I wanted to quickly share 

my new lamps with you before 

I get busy packing for the trip.  

Remember the Estate Sale adventure 

that I told you about with my BFF last Saturday?  

 Well, remember that Saturday 

is usually Half-Off day?  

In this case is was kind of buy one get one free!  

We found these cute lamps in the 

Master Bedroom of an adorable Frenchy 

home where I also found some pretty 

Blue and White pieces.  

They are cast plaster with gilding 

on the details and such a great faded blue color.  

 Even the shades are perfect!  

Whoops the price tag is still on this one!  

They were $55.00 a piece but 

of course I only paid that amount 

for both of them.  

Maybe they didn't sell because 

of the chips on this lamp.  

But it didn't bother me, I can touch them up.  

The tag on the bottom reads "Borghese".  

I looked it up and I found out 

that the Borghese company manufactured 

decorative cast plaster items from 

the beginning of the 20th century until 1970.  

You can read more about it HERE.  

When I read the beginning paragraph 

I had to laugh - 

"Years ago at an indoor antiques fair in New England, I found an incredibly beautiful cast plaster urn shaped lamp base. It was robin's egg blue with gilded highlights and the patina was a knockout."  

It was as if he were describing these very lamps!  

Of course you know that I don't really care 

about the value of the lamps.  

I just buy what I like and what I can afford.  

But, I do like knowing the history behind it all.  

Hey, side-note:   

See the orchid in the picture?  

It is from Decor Steals 

and it came in the mail the other day.  

I put it in a clear short vase 

from the dollar store with some green moss.  

Looks pretty real doesn't it?  

And, I don't have to water it! 

Until Next Time,

Beaux R'eves,

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