Summer Hutch Decor with Scandinavian Cabin Style Thrifted Finds

Looking for summer decorating ideas? This Scandinavian cabin style summer hutch decor was inspired by a fun thrifted find. get inspired to style your own vignettes with thrifted finds.

Ever find one inspirational piece that launches you into a whole decorating theme? That’s what this thrifted find did for me! The cute hand painted design on the bright blue wooden plate caught my eye on the thrift store shelf. It was the perfect piece to inspire my summer hutch display. I hope seeing this Summer Hutch Decor with Scandinavian Cabin Style Thrifted Finds inspires you to find a treasure, too!

Thrifting with the Gals

Today’s post is part of our monthly Thrifting with the Gals series, where some friends and I share our love of thrifty finds, and how we use them in our homes. This month we’re happy to have Rachel, from The Antiqued Journey, join us as a guest! Rachel blogs from the Minneapolis, MN area like me; we’ve even met for coffee in real life a couple times:) Rachel loves thrifting and styling her home for the seasons. Thanks for joining us, friend!

Here’s the Thrifting with the Gals team, blogging from Vermont & Maine, North Carolina, Florida, and Minnesota. I’ll have links to all of my friends’ thrifting posts at the end; enjoy them all!

Summer Hutch Decor with Scandinavian Cabin Style Thrifted Finds

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Looking for Summer Decorating Ideas?

When a new season rolls around, do you sometimes wonder where to start? Perusing the thrift store shelves can provide the perfect inspiration. A couple months ago, this cute hand painted blue wooden plate caught my eye. Yes, it seemed a little 80’s to me (it was painted in 1986), but everything good comes back around, right? And hearts, gingham, and blue are back…along with ducks (yes, I remember them, too;)

Use Your Thrifted Find to Guide Your Decorating

When you find a fun piece like this, let it be your guide to styling a vignette, a shelf, or a whole hutch display! For a couple weeks, I made a pile of items I gathered around the house that coordinated with this plate. The theme I was thinking reminded me of a Scandinavian cabin. Of course I used the colors of the plate to guide me, along with the lace edge and the hearts.

I’d found the cutest chocolate covered cherries vintage box at a church sale with a similar design. A Spring curbside pile gave me the star cookie cutters, the crocheted hot pads and a red and white gingham apron. The only thing better than thrifted is free:)

I hit an awesome fabric outlet retailer that I hadn’t been to for years. They had a treasure trove of inexpensive, adorable trims. I’m planning a couple crafts around them, but the eyelet lace needed to happen for this hutch display to coordinate with the blue plate and cherries box. I added it to the hutch shelf with THIS handy stuff. Instant cute!

Add Nostalgic Pieces to Your Decorating

To coordinate with the Scandinavian vibe I was going for, I placed a runner on the bay window that Happy Girl and her hubs gave me from their honeymoon in Door County, MI. The primary colors and Scandinavian design guided the hutch display, too.

Pretty much everything else you see is either from a church sale, a vintage shop, or a curbside pile; that’s how I roll;) Think I need to find a Swedish horse for this look; I’ve got the Norway bottling crate.

Summer Hutch Decor with Thrifted Finds

When styling a large space like this, I start with the bigger pieces and work my way down to fillers at the end. The top of the hutch came first, placing a collage of picnic baskets, and a big black fan. I varied the textures, adding eyelet lace runners here and there. Vintage enamelware pieces with red, black, and blue accents adds to the cabin vibe, as does my growing thermos collection. (see “Cozy Cabin Inspired Table Setting for a Special Birthday” for fun thermos inspo)

Think I need to add some daisies to those thermoses! They’re the perfect summer flower.

When I first picked up the large wooden hatbox, I thought the stenciled edging was dated and was going to paint over it. Now I’m decorating a whole hutch around the Scandinavian style:) When it comes to thrifting and it’s inexpensive-buy first, decide how you’ll use it later, is my advice!

Cabin Style Vintage Finds

The hutch shelves are filled with cabin style vintage finds I’ve thrifted here and there for years.

My mini enamelware teapot collection started in college with a little green one. The cute framed linen was my mom’s, and she had it at our family cabin. Old cheeseboxes add a great graphic punch. I added hinges and old screen handles to update them. (find more ideas in “17 Easy and Fun Ways to Decorate with Wooden Crates”)

Old cigar boxes can be used to add levels when you’re styling. (find more ways to repurpose and refresh them in “DIY Vintage Cigar Box Craft Ideas”) Don’t you love the little sewing notions cubby with painted flowers? Scooped it up at a church sale. It’s usually in my craft room, but knew it worked with this look. Maybe I need to add daisies coming out of one of the little drawers? Yes, I could keep putzing with styling all. day. long.

Patriotic Style to Last All Summer

In past years, the hutch has been much more of a Patriotic vibe-mainly red, white, and blue: “Patriotic Hutch Decor with Vintage Style”. But I wanted to not get sick of it after the 4th this year; make it more all-summer friendly. This look also gives me nostalgic vibes of our former family cabin, that I always miss this time of the year.

The cute apron, the watermelon hot pad and the blue and white calico napkins were all in the epic curbside pile we picked this Spring. I arranged old wooden blocks with their stripes out to make a flag; so easy!

Isn’t it fun to see how one thrifted find can inspire a whole look? Church sale yarn balls scattered here and there were the final filler to pull it all together. I am remembering I have some faux cherries around here, though…

It’s so fun to see happy, summer decor filling the spaces of our home. And surrounding yourself with nostalgic items is always like a big hug, reminding you of old times:)

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Enjoy the rest of the inspiration from my Thrifting With The Gals friends, and be sure to Pin and Save below!

Rachel, The Antiqued Journey, “Sunny Summer Ideas for Mantel Decor with Thrifted Finds”

Rachel, The Ponds Farmhouse, “How to Use Thrift Store Decor to Create Charming Vignettes”

Robyn, Robyn’s French Nest, “10 Home Decor Finds from Yard Sales to Shop For”

Ann, Dabbling and Decorating, “Summer Home Decor Finds I Scored at Goodwill (and How I Styled Them!)”

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