Paumes – So cruel!
Oh so cruel! In our year of “must not spend on anything frivolous” I have found more Paumes books without which my collection will not be complete. Ages ago I spotted the Paumes title “London Gardens” and thought – “there is nothing sweeter than an English garden except for a Japanese book about English gardens” and our garden needs all the help it can get. So that one is on my list. And then, of course, they released San Francisco Kitchens (with Lisa on the cover!) so that suddenly became a MUST have and to make it even less indulgent, I thought, I can get the two shipped together. And now? Now I see they have released Apparetements de filles à Paris and it looks mighty cute, and considering I spend most of my time imagining I am a Parisian fille in a pretty appartement how can that not be anything but a necessity? But three fluffy Paumes books? In a year of no spend? Pardon moi, but that is totalement ridicule.
Le sigh.
** updated to say that The Lark is now stocking some Paumes titles in Australia! **
Responses
28th April 2009 at 7:43 pm
Oh well, I can’t resist these Japanese titles. The SF kitchen one is just lovely. Good luck resisting these beauties!
28th April 2009 at 8:03 pm
Oh lord Claire – this is dangerous territory! I have just moved into a new flat and have a feeling I’ll be ordering quite a few of these!!!!
28th April 2009 at 8:50 pm
Ack! I was just looking at these last night – wanting to get the one with Lisa on the cover, and then drooling over the London Gardens & kitchens ones, etc. But then I did the math and realised that my last Paumes purchase cost about $25 per book, and if I bought 4 this time (cough), they would come to $40 a book – yikes! The dollar is so dodgy I don’t think even a group purchase would help justify these babies for a long while. Such a shame!
28th April 2009 at 9:21 pm
Yum. How/where do you ususlly order yours?
28th April 2009 at 9:54 pm
I usually get mine from Amazon Japan – but they are also available through Yvonne’s site http://www.yvestown.com/shop/paumes.html though as Fiona pointed out, the dollar is not really working in our favour.
28th April 2009 at 11:22 pm
Oh no, these books look super cute….Now I might have to get some of them : )
29th April 2009 at 12:32 am
Le sigh indeed. I’ve never seen an issue in person, only online. Maybe someday…
29th April 2009 at 5:44 am
Apparetements de filles à Paris looks seriously tempting. Must look away now before the credit card comes out…..
29th April 2009 at 10:31 am
They sell a huge range of these at Kinokuniya in the Sydney CBD – and its horrifying when I calculate how much I’ve spent on them. I’ve only bought the craft books but I am keeping my eye on the home ones as well. Seeing them in person and at decent prices (without the fluctuations of foreign currency) is very very tempting.
29th April 2009 at 11:39 am
Danger! Danger! I was lucky enough to buy a stash last October but I should have got more!! They’re like visual bonbons. I’m trying to order four more now. Don’t tell Emma…
29th April 2009 at 1:08 pm
Oooh – I had only heard of San Fran Kitchens – but Paris Apartments too! Need them all!
30th April 2009 at 5:27 am
WE HAVE A POLICY IN OUR HOUSE WHERE WE CONSIDER BOOKS TO BE AS ESSENTIAL AS FOOD. (caps unintended but still)
Just saying….
30th April 2009 at 8:19 pm
http://www.larkmade.com.au/lines/Designers/paumes.html
The morning after I slaughtered my credit card on the Amazon Japan website after a couple of reds. Bah!
21st May 2009 at 4:08 pm
Hello! I have some photos of the book Appartements de filles à Paris in my flickr. See them!Indeed I recommend it, (I was lucky of that a friend was visiting Paris 2 weeks ago) because since the book came to me, I have not stopped seeing it every day!;)
28th April 2009 at 5:10 pm
Tres chic, madamoiselle…