Soft Surroundings Models Names Plus Size Clothing.I chose the pieces that speak the most to me personally, that look the most French. Thanks to Robin’s sure eye, there is a distinctive French feel to the collection, that not many achieve.įor the curated collection I have picked out my favourite items for you to browse. I love the soft tones of grey and blue, so typical of traditional French homes that I know here in Normandy. It is elegant, chic, and would quite easily fit in to my own home. I am thrilled to be curating the Soft Surroundings home collection. The follow-up to our encounter came some time later, when Robin suggested we could work together in some way, and our collaboration was formed. Once home, Robin uses her beautiful finds and the memories of each visit to inspire the Soft Surroundings home collection, and some of the brocante treasure even finds it way onto the on-line store. There is no substitute for personal experience and I can attest to how carefully and wisely they buy their furniture and other pieces, not only choosing them for their style and patina but also being sure to find out some of the history of each piece. This attention to detail really pays off.

She tries to make each buying trip to France an opportunity to integrate into the local scene, and get a real taste for French living. She brings a team with her, and instead of putting everyone in a fancy hotel, she rents a lovely big house, and encourages the team to shop at the local markets and cook in the house. She loves to come to France regularly to buy brocante and antique furniture.

Robin explained how she founded Soft Surroundings in 1998, and how it has grown beyond a mail order catalogue, to a successful on-line company with new stores being opened each year. It turned out she knew the blog already, so we had plenty to chat about. I loved everything that she had bought, and I was curious to know more about her, and what she was buying for. We started chatting, and ended up getting a coffee together. I was at a fair, searching for some shutters, and as I moved around from stand to stand, I kept crossing paths with a dapper American lady, who seemed to be buying the same sort of stuff as me. If you live in the USA or Canada, then I am sure you already know Soft Surroundings, but for me, living in Europe, it was not a familiar name, until I accidentally met the founder Robin Sheldon, while hunting for brocante in the south of France. Today I am very excited to announce that MFCH has been invited to curate the Home Decor collection for the American company Soft Surroundings.

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