For all the years I was selling vintage and creating displays, the final touch of finishing off the vignette was to add some words. We’d start with the big furniture, the anchor pieces, then add the accessories, and then layer in the textures. But the cherry on the top of each grouping was always to add some form of words…
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When you’re always on the hunt for secondhand finds, cheap treasures have a way of finding you! This simple metal piece jumped into my bag at a church sale because of it’s $2 price tag. I had to have somewhere I could use it! At those kind of prices, you buy first and decide where it’s going later;) I’ll show…
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X marks the spot. With a line, line, line, and a dotty, dot, dot, dot. Spiders, crawling, up. your. back… Do you remember saying this little rhyme as a child and drawing on your friends back with your finger? Can you finish the rest? Maybe this childhood chant inspired me into a spider theme today! I’m not really scared of…
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It’s October, and I’m so excited to share my fall decorated porch and patio with you! Fall just seems to be the best time to enjoy all the great vintage junk finds I’ve “gathered” throughout the year! I probably should have titled this post “A Very Junky Fall Porch and Patio”! It’s just so fun to decorate the outdoors with…
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Making something beautiful and useful out of basically nothing is a talent to be admired! That’s the charm of old patchwork quilts. Their creators took simple scraps of old clothing, drapes, and extra fabrics and invested their time and effort to produce something completely new and usable. The mish-mash of beautiful vintage patterns and colors finds me picking up these…
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Today I’m joining my “Creative Vintage Darlings” friends for a Thrift the Look blog hop! (We’d love for you to join our FB group) We were all given the choice of 2 different photos with a “Vintage Lakehouse” theme to imitate with thrifty finds. How fun, right? The whole point is, you can do this with your own home or…
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It’s no secret that vintage books are the secret sauce of stylists. They instantly add texture to every vignette, while giving flexibility in height adjustments. If you’ve got vintage books, you are well on your way to making a beautiful display! I’ve got quite the collection of books for this very reason and use them liberally in my decorating {“Decorating…
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Crystal chandeliers are classic dining room decor, aren’t they? They’ve got that European appeal that was so popular in times past. I love their sparkly beauty, but they’ve always felt a little fussy for my junk-loving soul. Until I realized I could make peace with their glitzy-ness if I made a couple of changes to their usual use. No, there’s…
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Vintage dressers can be so fun to refresh, and even more fun when you multiply the potential of their parts! Without the standard configuration of the mirror and harp above the base of drawers, the pieces are not limited to the bedroom anymore. The body of the dresser can be used for storage in any room in the house, the…
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Vintage Hardware can turn a ho-hum piece into a work of art! Whether it’s a piece of furniture you’re giving a makeover to, or an accessory that could use a little boost, adding extra character with some time-worn hardware adds that extra special touch. I love when I can dig into my hoard collection and put some final, junky vintage…
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