Marché des puces

Whilst in Paris we also wanted to take a look at the flea markets in Saint Ouen. They are mainly open on Sunday and Monday, although this may differ for some areas of the market. I must admit we were both quite overwhelmed by the vast array of stalls and lock-ups that made up the various markets and alleyways. It wasn’t so much a flea market, more brocante, or in some cases high quality antique centre. In fact you could pretty much buy anything there.

It was fun though looking around the stalls and admiring the amazing furniture and artefacts that were for sale.

The marché Dauphine was more our style.

It was in here that we found some old hat boxes we had been looking for. We wanted them to go on top of the armoire we had bought. A lady selling old linens, haberdashery, lace, gloves and an array of hat boxes, soon had a selection from around the shop in front of us to chose from. A couple were quite damaged which we discounted, but we picked out two which we both liked. Brian does need to do a bit of renovation work on them though. I will share the before and after shots in a later blog.