Now Get Your French Antique Vintage Furniture Fix On Instagram

We’ve been on the addictive mobile photo site Instagram for a little while now, if you’re new to it or an age old veteran look us up and follow us on our cuddly… Read More →

Rococo Style Antique French Furniture

The Rococo style of French antique furniture began in the 18th century. It came about as a result of the Baroque artists of the time casting aside their obsession with symmetry and turning… Read More →

Painted Antique French Furniture – Examples of The Art of Highlighting

    Lots of people love the different colours we use on our French furniture at FrenchFinds and lately we’ve had a lot of requests for highlighting. Over the years we have painted… Read More →

Sublime & bright colours for French antique furniture

Fantastic distressed experiment for French antique Furniture We tested a new approach with a brilliant Farrow & Ball ‘Raddicio Red’ undercoat on this antique bamboo washstand. We then gave it a top coat… Read More →

French antique furniture styles guide pt 1

Most of the French antique furniture Frenchfinds supplies are from the late 1800s or early 1900s.  Almost all of these items are made in certain in style harking back to definitive earlier periods… Read More →

How distressed do you want it? Examples of distressing antique French furniture

Lots of people love the aged, old, battered, shabby chic look on French furniture, something that gives the piece a used feeling to it. For those antique furniture items that do not already… Read More →

Antiques sustainable way to have a low carbon footprint

Antiques are no longer brown, white or any other colour! They’re green! Buying an antique or vintage piece rather than a new reproduction can save as much as 537kg of carbon dioxide emissions… Read More →

Need your French furniture wish to come true?

Yes, the French furniture fairies are departing to France next week to make more people’s wishes come true. We have a large number of wishes from people for French furniture that we help… Read More →

Welcome to our new french antiques blog!

Exciting times – we’ve discovered the wonderful world of blogging! WE look forward to posting lots on the busy world of French antiques. See you soon! See all the fantastic crafted French antique… Read More →