The art of retailing seems to be getting better and better. Not so much about cash anymore, this new brand of purveyance almost appears to balk at expensive graphics and slick displays in exchange for mind-bending imagination and heartfelt materials. Anthropologie is a great example of bringing this quality of artistic merchandising to the masses. With ever-changing displays that can be built one day from extinct volumes of yellow pages and the next of towering columns constructed from loaves of bread - I marvel that they've managed to bring their lifestyle vision to some of the most mainstream malls across America.
Today's post is courtesy of another great tile friend of mine. Tracy Bowman is a true tile diva and it's safe to say that she has an even bigger tile habit than do I. No stranger to the art of retailing, Tracy created with her team of designers one of the premier showrooms in California - Natural Stone Design Gallery in Sacramento.
Here, Tracy's recent find - a magical example of retailing,
Based in Nottingham, England, Le Chien et Moi is described as "A diverse and considered collection of unusual and beautiful things, old and new, for you and your home with a touch of nostalgia." The shop and its website www.lechienetmoi are the creations of Andy and Pip Bolton who are also comrades of design guru, Sir Paul Smith.
the website
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the shop
(loving the encaustic tile insets in the concrete floor!)
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(be sure to click "Le Chien" tab while visiting website)
Thanks, Tracy, for turning us on to this incredible atelier!!