Colorful Summer Vintage Enamelware Display with Scandinavian Style
Do you collect vintage enamelware? Endless colors and shapes make enamelware a fun collection to thrift. Mixing and matching will take your vintage enamelware decor to the next level. Enjoy this beautifully styled colorful summer enamelware display and get inspired to thrift your own!
We are mid-summer and I’m getting my fill of sun-drenched colors in my decor. Recently I picked up a cute Scandinavian floral coffeepot and decided it was the perfect muse for decorating my porch cabinet for summer. Hopefully this post will inspire you to start your own enamelware collection. Enjoy this Colorful Summer Vintage Enamelware Display with Scandinavian Style.
Colorful Summer Vintage Enamelware Display with Scandinavian Style
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What is Enamelware?
Enamelware are vessels and dishware made of hard metal that has a coating of powdered glass baked over the top. It is fired in a 2000 degree Fahrenheit oven which creates the vitreous enamel coating. It creates a smooth, non-porous, non-stick surface. Some of the earliest specimens date back to 1230 B.C.
Of course, my thrifted collection is not that museum worthy. I collect mostly Americana pieces from the turn of the century until now. During the Industrial Revolution, enamelware everyday pieces got trendy. Different colors and designs, including graniteware and splatterware became available and were a mainstay in American homes and around the world. The durability and non-breakable feature made it popular for indoors and out.
For more history, I enjoyed THIS article. The company also makes beautiful new enamelware dishes that are great for outdoor camping and dining. Find their selection HERE (new to me retailer, but they’ve got way cool stuff;)
Vintage Enamelware Decor
I’m always keeping an eye out for vintage enamelware when I’m thrifting. I find it at church sales, estate sales and thrift shops. I also have pieces we used at our family cabin. For different seasons, I decorate with coordinated color enamelware or with all one colorway. For summer I get out all the primary colors, with that perfect outline of black. My new painted coffee pot guided my styling.
Find similar painted enamelware HERE.
Gingham check accents and croquet balls add to the summer fun-inspired look. Sunflowers add that vibrant pop of summer. I seem to be drawn to the coffeepot and teapot shape, but have quite a few lidded buckets and pots, too.
Scandinavian Style Accents
After clearing out a couple bins from our family’s former cabin, the Scandinavian accents carried through. A Norwegian prayer, and a couple of Dala horses match perfectly with two crocheted pot holders from a church sale.
I love how the different patterned pieces bring all the solid colors to life:)
Colorful Summer Fun
I just love the colors of each season. These vibrant primary colors echo all the bright flowers in my gardens. Mixing and matching thrifted enamelware pieces in different shapes and sizes creates a fun display.
Vibrant colored croquet mallets and vintage soda pop crates up top continue the summertime fun theme.
Croquet balls and old soda pop bottles with hosta leaves fill a vintage metal tool caddy for a simple centerpiece.
The perfect place to enjoy morning coffee and gaze at my fun enamelware collection:) At least some of it.
Other vintage enamelware decor for the seasons:
“Decorating with Crows and Enamelware” (white and black)
“A Christmas Kitchen with Vintage Nostalgia” (red and white)
“Cute and Cozy Halloween Decorated Kitchen with Vintage Style” (fall colored teapots)
Hope all these ideas will find you looking for enamelware pieces the next time you’re out thrifting!
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Thrifting with the Gals
My Thrifting with the Gals friends are joining me today. See how Ann, Rachel and Robyn are decorating with their thrifted finds from Vermont and Maine, North Carolina, and Florida!
Ann, Dabbling and Decorating, “I Thrifted These Retro Camp Chairs: Not Practical, But Full of Possibility”
Rachel, The Ponds Farmhouse, “Why Everyone is Thrifting: How to Style Your Home with Thrift Store Trends”
Robyn, Robyn’s French Nest, “Coastal Grand millennial Summer Decor: The Ultimate Guide to Creating a Timeless and Cozy Home”
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Love your collections and how you place them. I have some enamelware and other thing so these will really help me with decorating.
So glad to hear that, Marlene! Have fun:)
These are such a great way to add a fun touch of different colors for the seasons. Love the ways you’ve styled them while still keeping them practical and usable too!
Thanks, Robyn:)
Great post, Lora! Love all the beautiful colors. I bought a cute enamelware teapot when I was in Paris a couple of years ago, and I just adore it! Yours are all so beautiful!
How fun to have a piece of Paris with you, Ann;)
Lora
I’m loving your colorful collection. I started collecting enamelware several years ago and then lost interest. After seeing your amazing displays, I’m on the hunt again. Thanks for reintroducing me to enamelware.
So glad to hear it inspired you, Rachel! There are so many different styles to choose from:)
Good morning Lora, I love all your vintage pieces and how you styled them. The porch is very cheerful and ready for summer. I really enjoy your blog and all the decorating ideas I get. I was wondering if you got the card I sent you. Hope you are doing well.
Thank you, Karen! I haven’t checked my PO box for awhile…guess I need to! I appreciate that; thanks.