Your Curators
Your Curators
Christine
After decades in international real estate development and commercial interior design, I was ready to embark on a new adventure. With a life long passion for all things vintage and the encouragement of those who knew me best, I decided to launch Vintage Panache with my husband in 2019. It is our hope that we provide a touch of inspiration and add a little "Panache" to your own decorating adventures and story telling.
CJ
After 26 years in uniform and a decade more serving as a defense contractor and business development specialist, my wife and I found our empty nest gave us an opportunity to work together on the passion of the things of years gone by. Our familiar is now "vintage" and I admire her amazing eye for the subtle flair of design and purpose. I enjoy interacting with each unique customer and making sure the Vintage Panache promises are always kept.
A Little More About Your Curators...
Curated Vintage Treasures -- that tell a story
Christine and CJ love the story. Yes, give us the facts, but let’s hear how you got there. We are the couple who stops and talks to the “picker” dropping a load off at the local junk yard or flea market. We love to share a story from our own life, be it old world Europe and Turkey or our many modern-day adventures. Christine started her professional career working for a French International Real Estate Developer before moving on to become Co-Owner and Managing Partner of one of the most successful commercial interior design firms in the Southeast. CJ finished his early schooling in Turkey before starting a 26-year adventure as an Air Force Officer collecting treasures from all around the world. But we would both tell you the greatest treasures are the people and the stories they shared; and oh yes, a few that had us at the center of it all.
One of the most interesting story telling mediums is how we decorate our homes. Some are obvious like my old military shadow box full of stories from all over the world. While others nestled in there subtly are far more interesting, like our friend who turned his in ground pool into one of the most amazing vegetable gardens you could ever be privileged to taste. Some are eager to boldly testify to those adventures and occasions that left their mark on their lives, while still others are a bit more nuanced. With all that in mind and our love of a well told story we discovered the most common language of story telling is in how we chose to decorate our homes.
Fully aware that we are both a bit “vintagey” ourselves, we love pieces that tell stories all on their own like an old Dutch wooden cookie mold or even what each and every little vignette in our homes says to family, friend and visitor alike. Our promise at Vintage Panache is that we will do our best to provide you researched, beautiful unique and archetype vintage pieces to help you add a little panache to your own story telling in your home or in the treasures found here you chose to give as gifts.
