mon dieu! with my travels out of town, i totally forgot i made a visit to the marion house book blog last week. where is my head? in paris, france apparently! visit the marion house book for a peek at my obsessions with paumes paris brocantes book. bon voyage!  
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i love paumes books, even though i can rarely read a word of them. the photographs speak volumes, though, so a pretty picture book is never a waste of inspiration. paumes is a small, family-run Japanese publisher, working in close contact with artists and designers all over the world to bring you these beautiful books featuring designers’ homes, apartments, studios and... 
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Just about everyone I know loves a good Paumes book, but sometimes you’re not fortunate enough to have a bookstore (like San Francisco’s Kinokuniya) that carries the Paumes books. Pames are Japanese interior books by small publishing company édition Paumes. Hard to get, beautiful images, and a must have for interior design lovers. But the lovely Miss Yvonne Eijkenduijn... 
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The fabulous artist Miss Lisa Congdon had some delicious news to announce in her newsletter this week! Lisa and her pup Wilfredo are featured on the cover of a brand new book, San Francisco Kitchens from Japanese publisher Paumes. I love the Paumes books and have quite a few of them already, but the San Francisco Kitchens book will definitely becoming part of my collection!... 
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Apparently an antique shop in France is called a brocante. I recently discovered this little Japanese published Paumes book at Kinokuniya Bookstore in San Francisco’s Japantown, entitled Paris Brocante, and knew instantly I must have it. I don’t know when my next trip to Paris might be, considering this economy, but it’s a nice visit to dream about and this... 
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