Summer Savings Sale!

Find fantastic deals at our website right now! We've discounted many of our pieces including stunning, European imports! Can you imagine how stunning your home can be for the summer? Don't let this chance slip away!

We have a great selection of dressers, dining tables, mirrors and more. Take advantage of this great opportunity!

Testimonials: Brand New Credenza and a Pink Backyard!

Our lovely customer & friend, Mrs. Atkinson, shared with us these photographs of her gorgeous, pink home! We absolutely love the accessories and personality in all of her items. It's so cheerful!

She recently purchased from us a custom-made credenza which you can see in the image below. I absolutely love the pom poms on the doors. It adds a cute splash of color!

Mrs. Atkinson also told us about her pink backyard and we excitedly asked for a photo. Check it out in the photo below! Don't you love the pink iron table in the center? She painted her walls pink and covered them with white, wooden trellis panels. The result is so dreamy! (Her cat, Carson, has such a lovely place to roam!)

And as a bonus to you readers, what blog entry is complete without a picture of a cat? Mrs. Atkinson sent us a special photo of her Carson as a kitten. Oh, we're in love! This cute Tonkinese plays fetch! I wish my cat did that. He's a CUTIE!

Your home is fantastic, Mrs. Atkinson! Thank you SO much for sharing your dreamy space with us and our readers. We're thrilled!

A Dining Room To Make Your Heart Melt!

We want to extend huge thanks to our friend Jen for these gorgeous photos! She recently purchased from us our popular Bella French Farmhouse Dining Table and a set of these gorgeous Bella Chateau Isabelle French Carved Dining Chairs. When we received these images in our inbox this week, we were absolutely stunned! Coming from the ladies of The Bella Cottage, we'd like to tell Jen how FABULOUS her dining room looks and that we LOVE it!

Testimonials: Stunning Mirrored French Armoire

"I absolutely love the armoire! It is fabulous, and it is my favorite piece of furniture in the room... The armoire is really bringing everything together. Thanks so much!." K. Duvall







I love seeing gorgeous photographs of our furniture from our happy customers! In these photos, Ms. Duvall has setup one of our One of a Kind armoires in this amazing space. The result is breathtaking and wow -- what an atmosphere! I feel like I could sit in this space and rest all day! We love it!

Bloomsbury: A Chic Clothing Store’s New Look

Located in Century City, Bloomsbury offers elegant and chic clothing for women. Their selection of flowing and feminine designs recalls a vintage silhouette while maintaining an air of elegance. Besides gorgeous clothes, they also offer jewelry and skin care products. What more could a girl want?

The owners of Bloomsbury recently came to us to help them furnish their store as our vintage white furniture was just the complimentary look they needed to go with their wares. We're happy to share with you these pictures below --we're so impressed by the outcome!

The interior of their store is so gorgeous. And look at that chandelier! In this photo, the desk in the center was one of our refinished vintage pieces.

This stunning armoire was such a rare find for us. It features glass not only on the door, but also on both sides! And the mirrored backing creates a fantastic illusion of depth. This armoire is perfect for a store display!

I fell in love with their wallpaper choice! It compliments the mirror and bench so well. Never could we have imagined a better setting! (Both pieces come from The Bella Cottage.) Look how perfectly the chandelier is reflected! This is so scrumptious.

In one corner, Bloomsbury has displayed these two popular Bella Chateau Isabelle French Chairs. Ah, I remember the magazine stand! It's so cute in that spot. You never know what you will find under our Bella Finds!

Bloomsbury also has this charming display near the front. Gorgeous gift items, jewelry and more! I adore the Victorian feel. And I need to purchase one of those parasols! This image features one of our teacarts and dining tables.

Here is an up-close look at the teacart display. How charming is all that vintage china? I love their selection.

Fantastic job, you guys! Everything looks perfect!

Bloomsbury
Westfield Century City Mall
10250 Santa Monica Blvd Suite 1010,
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Tel: 310-553-2001

To find out more about Bloomsbury, visit their facebook page! Tons of gorgeous photos of their clothing can be seen there.

The Huntington Library & Gardens: A Victorian Fantasy

The Huntington Library & Gardens is such a magical place for those of us at The Bella Cottage. Around this time of year, when we start to see our own roses come into full bloom, we know that the Huntington Gardens are a wondrous sight to see.

For those of you who are native to Southern California or are fortunate to visit soon, I highly suggest making this place one of your stops. Not only does it feature 120 acres of landscaped gardens for you to visit, it also houses a lovely permanent collection of art and even has a Tea Room! It really does not get more elegant than that!

It comes to no surprise that our favorite themed garden is the Rose Garden. The Huntington Library has this of its variety:

The entrance pathway leads to an 18th-century French stone tempietto and statue, “Love, the Captive of Youth,” encircled by “French Lace” roses. The beds north of the arbor next to the Shakespeare Garden have a paved walk, and feature Tea and China roses and their descendants, first introduced into Europe from China around 1900.

On the south side of the rose arbor are nineteenth-century shrub roses, descended from old European varieties. Climbing and rambling roses—from all periods and groups—grow on the arbors, arches, and pergolas.

The central part of the garden contains Hybrid Teas, Floribundas, Polyanthas, and miniatures, with separate beds for classic pre-1920 hybrid teas and for roses from the 1920s, ‘30s, and ‘40s. Other beds feature roses introduced since the 1950s and introductions from abroad, including recent plantings of roses from India.

David Austin’s roses (in beds near the tempietto) combine “Old Garden Rose” attributes with the repeat-blooming characteristics of modern hybrids. ‘Huntington’s Hero’ was propagated from a sport discovered on one of sixty bushes of ‘Hero’ among the David Austin plantings. It was named in honor of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the institution’s founding in 1919.

The Huntington Library has an impressive collection of rose varieties and the other themed gardens are also highly worth visiting.

If you've had enough sunshine during your visit, I suggest heading indoors to see the beautiful art collection. The Huntington Art Gallery has a distinguished collection of 18th- and 19th-century British paintings, sculpture, and decorative arts outside London, including Thomas Gainsborough’s painting, "Blue Boy" and Thomas Lawrence’s “Pinkie." (These paintings are quite popular as they often appears side by side as prints in Victorian style wall plaques and frames.)

Finally, if you're feeling a bit hungry, we do highly suggest the charming Tea Room. Reservations are required beforehand, but the grounds provide a vast and elegant, Victorian feel that is truly unique to this location. In celebration of Mother's Day this year, they are having a brunch the day of with a special menu and a harpist. So sweet! Do note that reservations are required for the Tea Room, but are not needed for the Café.

I'm glad to have shared this special get-away idea for our local and not-so-local fans. :) And if you do happen to have a chance to visit the grounds, please share with us your photos!

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Appliques: Give a Vintage Bed New Life!

We received a fantastic email from our customer, Ms. Veiga, showing us her incredible transformation of a gorgeous Vintage Bed. She did all the hardwork in refinishing and decorating it with Bella Cottage Appliques and the end result is flawless! We were all in awe of her bed!

The bed itself took ages for her to find and she finally found it on Criagslist! She saw great potential in this bed-frame and the curves in the foot board are simply too beautiful. :) She had repair work done to make the frame stable for her mattress and now it's like new!

She writes to us: "Your products make everything so easy to do and the results are just fabulous. I plan on doing over my 4 poster this summer with the large rose swags and my dressers too."

Ms. Veiga, you have an incredible eye and such a talent! We're so happy you shared these beautiful pictures with us and let us share it with our fans! No doubt this amazing piece will be an inspiration to us all.