Category — interior decoration

I’ve mentioned before how Melbourne must surely be home to the highest per capita number of Francophiles in the world, and therefore has the highest number of French-themed shops, or shops selling French-themed items. Usually, the items are genuinely French, and of a good quality, even if they can be obtained more cheaply in Paris. But the other day, I found some funky French-themed cushion covers that were better than any I’ve seen in Paris. Admittedly, I have not spent much time while I’ve been in Paris shopping for cushion covers.

But last time I was there, in January and February this year, I did decide I needed a few covers to bring home, and went searching in a fairly large homewares shop in the rue du Faubourg Saint Antoine, near where I stay in the 12th arrondissement.  Their range was not large and rather underwhelming, but it was my last day in Paris and so I quickly purchased three of them.

But when I saw some much more interesting cushions in my local vintage shop  Memoirs, and for a reasonable price, I decided I would put my authentic Paris ones away and replace them with these. My French-named. Pomeranian-Chihuahua, Louis, agreed to help with the modeling. Yes, he is wearing a hand-knitted tuxedo, and if you look closely you can see the bow-tie.

For readers who remember Memoirs being  just near the corner of Victoria and Errol Streets, in North Melbourne, it has recently moved a block east along Victoria Street, and is now at no. 422.