History is my passion. My love of old houses, buildings, furnishings, even trees, all come from this core obsession. So you can imagine my fondness for the Smithsonian Museum, and it’s all-but-endless ability to feed my curiosity. (I even interned there during college.) And so, when the opportunity came to ...
Read MoreChartreuse in the News!
Check out this article on vintage shopping in the Frederick, Maryland area: Vintage, Thrift, Consignment Shopping in Frederick by Courtney Pomeroy Thanks for reading! Virginia
Read MoreVintage finds
Take a look at some of these new arrivals. Everyone’s bringing truckloads in each day, and I’ll be posting pictures throughout the week to come on Facebook and our website (just click the Tag sale link at the top of this page for the latest). Thanks for reading, Virginia
Read MoreMarch Chartreuse & co Event
Chartreuse & co is OPEN this weekend, March 20-22. It’s the last event before Easter, and here are a some great Spring items: Here’s a few vintage items that are perfect for Easter baskets: Some of my favorites: Hope you can join us this weekend! Thanks for reading, Virginia
Read MoreParis Flea Markets (and Belgium, too)
Flea markets in Europe work just like they do here in the States, except that they aren’t fluent in English. That said, all the vendors I encountered were happy to pantomime and hobble through on broken English and French to make a sale. They were all armed with calculators; I ...
Read MoreGarden Tours
While I love all four seasons here in the Mid-Atlantic area, it is Spring that brings me true joy. Already I’m hearing the birds chirping, and the receding snow mounds uncover the promise of green. This is the time of the garden catalogs, hope-filled seed packets, and ill-judged, too-early plant ...
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