French Country Buffets and Sideboards

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French Country buffets and sideboards, traditionally used to store dishes, are now used as expression pieces in a dining area to showcase decor in addition to storing dishes, linens and treasured items. Many pieces have functional drawers to keep flatware and linens in their place with an additional display space for stemware or serving pieces. Fabulous choices for a large dining space in need of more storage and surface area to serve your guests.

French Cuisine Credenza French Country Chef Buffet Black Rhapsody Credenza

A terrific choice is a hand-painted sideboard that is artfully distressed to give an old world appearance. With French Country design based on local traditions and treasured objects handed down for generations, adding these pieces to your decor will combine old world character with a fresh, modern flair.

French Rooster Buffet Painted Rooster Buffet Whimsical Back Sideboard

Artistic sideboards are particularly popular today and serve as statement pieces in dining rooms. At six feet long, these sideboards could make a terrific choice in a room other than the kitchen or dining areas. How about using one in a bedroom or bath as a vanity? Or using any one of these sideboards as a media cabinet in the living room and setting a flat screen TV on top and media devices inside? You can also get these pieces finished in the color of your choice!

Whimsical Painted Country Sideboard Rhapsody Flair Sideboard French Toile Sideboard

Perhaps more surface area and storage in the kitchen is what you are looking for. The sizes and functional storage in particular buffets would make them ideal kitchen candidates. With more of a French farmhouse feel, these buffets will add casual warmth to your kitchen. Whatever your style, you’ll find what you need at Belle Escape.

French Country Cupboard French Country Basket Buffet Old Wood Nail Studded Sideboard

Live from the High Point Furniture Market!

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I’m here at one of the world’s largest furniture shows in High Point, North Carolina and can’t wait to share my new finds on www.BelleEscape.com! High Point, a small town in the middle of North Carolina, comes to life twice a year when it hosts the High Point Market. It boasts about ten blocks filled with high rises and storefronts featuring a huge array of the latest furniture designs and home décor, and people from all around the globe descend upon this town to ooh and ahh!

Of course, the High Point Market features all styles of furniture and décor, from ultra modern to antique reproductions, but we are focusing our attention on cottage style furniture, especially French shabby, French Country and Shabby Chic!

We were thrilled to find so many new designs from the Louis period. Take a look at these lovely painted and distressed French reproductions… ooh laa!!

We always enjoy meeting the rock stars at the furniture shows — the furniture designers, of course! We especially enjoyed meeting Rachel Ashwell, the creator of Shabby Chic, who is back with a lovely new line of shabby, and even more chic, designs. We also met with Tara Shaw who has been selling antiques for two decades and is now introducing a gorgeous line of authentic European antique reproductions.

Rachel Ashwell of Shabby Chic and Donna Jensen-Madier of BelleEscape.com

Tara Shaw of Tara Shaw Maison

Many French country furniture pieces also caught our eye, including this authentic French country dining table, these teal colored table and chairs, and this black distressed kitchen island.

We also looked for decorative items, like wall art, pillows and chandeliers that will accentuate our French style furniture, and found so many lovely items we think you’ll love. Here’s sneak peek at some items we are planning to add to Belle Escape.

Now that we’ve walked the show, tested items for quality and comfort, and gushed over the new designs, it’s time to share these treasures with all of you! Stay tuned for lots of new, gorgeous items at www.BelleEscape.com!

Custom Furniture Craze!

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Home decorating is highly individualistic. When it comes to decorating, people want options! A choice of color is particular appealing. Perhaps you want to match an item to your existing decor or just desire to create a certain ambience. The color of a furniture item makes all the difference. Take our Fleur de Lys Accent Tables as an example. The Creamy Off-White is often purchased by lovers of shabby chic and chateau styles while the cyan one adorns many an island oasis or eclectic apartment in New York City! And these tables can be ordered in the color of your choice.

Our Shadowbox Coffee Table is a popular choice with its unique fluted legs and glass top that offers an opportunity to display pictures and treasures inside. The one in Antique White is often purchased for beach homes while the more traditional wood stained version is purchased for family homes and mountain getaways alike. And recently, Ohio State University ordered one in their school color, red, for their student lounge.

Chairs are a very popular item to order in the color of your choice to add just the right amount of pizzazz to your dining area.

Your home is a private sanctuary and should reflect your own personal style. Belle Escape offers hundreds of furniture items in a variety of different colors, and now we’ve made it easier than ever for our customers to order our furniture in the color of their choice with color palettes featured next to customizable furniture items. While many furniture retailers offer products in a few different colors, such as white, black and wood stain, Belle Escape offers 16 different colors to meet the needs of most any

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Check out Bell Escape’s new Custom category that features products that can be ordered in any of our 16 colors.

French Country Chic Style

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Today’s French Country Styles are more chic than ever. Check out some of BelleEscape’s French Country Chic furniture and decor. Some of our bestsellers include:

French Country Chest