Reasonably priced French accents

BEST BUYS

French Label For Your Home is a new home accessories store that

opened in the Affordable Consignment location on Coast Highway. There

are French accents for the home, shabby chic style furnishings and

some antiques. Choose from tablecloths, white distressed furniture,

cachepots, candles and jewelry. The owners have planned buying trips

to France for the summer, until then all furnishings are American.

Prices are extremely reasonable. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday

through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday at 1141 N. Coast Highway.

(949) 376-9811.

HIDDEN MUSIC TREASURES

Without a sign out front it’s easy to miss Underdog Records, but

if you’re looking for collectible albums, especially punk rock, this

is the place to go. For the past 10 years, owner, Michael Lohrman has

supplied Laguna with the only place to buy and sell vinyl records.

There are thousands of albums to choose from. Collectible albums

include Public Image Limited, Iggy Pop, The Cure, The Clash, The Sex

Pistols, MC5 and Johnny Thunder. Other merchandise includes CDs,

badges, shirts and videos. Open noon to 8 p.m. daily at 812 S. Coast

Highway. (949) 494-9490.

WINTER MERCHANDISE SALE

Big Dog Sportswear is having a sale on all winter merchandise

reduced 50%. The selection includes long sleeve shirts and pants in

adult, Bigs and children sizes. The sale items can’t be combined with

the buy one, get one free promotion. Hard-to-find sizes include 1x to

5x for men and women. Big Dogs is known for their trademark t-shirts

of humorous dog-theme movies and sports, and for their huge boxer

selection. Summer merchandise includes board shorts, Hawaiian prints,

and sportswear. Open 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 10

a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday at 222 Ocean Ave. (949) 497-5655.

www.bigdogs.com.

FRENCH MILLET DOLLS

Pacific Gallery Fine Art and Design sells French poupee millet

dolls which are hand-made stuffed soft sculptures. The collectible

dolls are made with decorative theme hats: shopping, travel, music,

ostrich feathers, shoes and purse. Owners Tony Loviscek and Steve

Hough say that customers buy them for humorous, unusual gifts. Dolls

range in price from $69 to $400. Everything here is handmade and

one-of-a-kind. Also available, wooden art sculptures, aluminum

sculptures, ceramic animals, teapots, coffee cups and vases. Open 10

a.m. to 6 p.m. daily at 228 Forest Ave. (949) 494-8732.

www.pacificgallery.net.

* BEST BUYS is a weekly feature of the Coastline Pilot. Send

information to Greer Wylder at [email protected] or P.O. Box 248

Laguna Beach, CA 92652, or via fax at 494-8979.