Brocante 

Would you like to get rid of old furniture and household appliances? Vases, Chandeliers, musical instruments?  The Brocante or second hand store at arcenciel offers a simple, ecological and social opportunity. Call for the arcenciel center in Dammour on 05.602 642 for immediate pickup!

Are you interested in redecorating your living rooms and acquiring vintage furniture? Do not miss our monthly open house! And for those of you who are loyal customers of brocante, the center in Dammour is open from Monday to Friday from 9:00 to 15:00.

La brocante, a long story
At first, arcenciel would receive lots of used furniture which would be distributed for free to war veterans who were displaced and returned home to Dammour. This service targeted mainly new couples by helping to furnish their houses so as to encourage people to repopulate the area.

With donations becoming more and more abundant, the idea to make a brocante second hand store was undertaken in order to profit the disenfranchised and to participate in aiding sustainable development. Objects are restored and sold to collectors or anyone who is interested in vintage furniture.

La brocante, the whole process

Pick up 

People who are interested in donating their furniture should:

• Call the arcenciel center in Dammour on 05. 602 642 in order to make an appointment 
• arcenciel team will be dispatched to your location for pickup
• The team will make a selection, objects that cannot be sold or renewed are sent to be recycled

Restoring

Within our workshop, recuperated objects are divided and sorted by our artistic carpenters into objects to be restored and objects that will be transformed into usable furniture. The sorting is done by classing objects in the following categories: 

• objects in good state
• objects in need of restoration
• objects in need of transformation
• objects to be recycled

Re-sell

Antiquing is a pleasurable experience which should be completed by restoring the acquired antique objects, sometimes inexpensive due to their poor state. The aesthetic profit of a good restoration solicits a solid investment. arcenciel proposes giving a second life to your burden objects by handing them to a restoration center for a full restoration or complete transformation in order to sell them and generate revenues for the different arcenciel centers and programs.     

How does the brocante contribute to the arcenciel mission?

Three arcenciel programs are united within a single process:

Environment:

• recycling materials and furniture or re-using refuse
• the recuperation of objects and their eventual restoration contributes to conservation and waste reduction, this provides and acts as a base for sustaining an ecological conscience

Employment

• La brocante helps to create jobs for disabled and disadvantaged people within restoration and production workshops, and in distribution centers. Employment demands are focused around positions such as drivers, physical laborers, decorators, carpenters, and of course sellers and buyers.

Social

• The brocante is a meeting place where people, from all kinds of social, religious or political backgrounds can meet 
• It contributes to the development of society by encouraging disenfranchised people to become the masters of their own development. This is achieved by the acquisition of financial independence which is a consequence of having a profession and becoming reintegrated into society. 

Did You Know?

Participating in the collection of derelict object offers them a second life. Instead of choosing the path of wastefulness, your unwanted objects can benefit those who are in need or have chosen to recycle and re-use. Therein lies an easy way to join and be a part of an environmental conscience!

Some suitable objects for restoration include

Living rooms and hearths

couches, arm chairs, Low tables, TV stands, Newspaper stands, paintings and reproductions…

Dining rooms

tables, counters, Buffets, chandeliers, chairs…

Bedrooms 

beds, mattresses, dressers, armoires, wardrobes, bed side tables…

Stuff for children

little objects that can interest children, synthesizers, Pianos, xylophones,

Theme Room

handcrafted porcelain, Glasswork, handmade paintings, sculptures, etc…

In general

Vases, typewriters, fencing masks from the 1920’s, lamp bases, seismometers, musical instruments, vinyl discs and turntables, antique bags or suitcases, and a thousand other miscellaneous decorative objects.

For More information, do not hesitate to call us on 05.602642.