ANTLERS

 Do you add antlers to your decor?  I do.  Enjoy some of mine. 

Shed antlers in a container in my family room.

SHED ANTLERS COLLECTED IN A CLEAR JAR

I always use them on stacks of books.  I've included Bella.

ANTLERS ON PHOTOGRAPHY BOOKS AND OF COURSE MY FAVORITE LAB, BELLA

I turned an old framed oil over and added some antlers.  Rustic + nature.

I'm not sure where this is going yet so it's currently resting on my zebra rug while I decide.

ANTLERS ON FRAMED OIL PAINTING

My neighbor's tree sheds these wonderful curly seed pods.  I combined them with some antlers in an urn.  They were my Fall decor on my porch a few years ago.

ANTLERS AND SEED PODS IN AN URN ON MY PORCH

You know I love orange.  I combined the antlers with some Hermes boxes and finials.  (The finials are Christmas ornaments that I refuse to pack away after the holidays.)

ANTLERS AND ORANGE

ONE OF MY NATURE-INSPIRED EVER-CHANGING MANTELS

TUCKED INTO A DOUGH BOWL

How do you add antlers to your decor.

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A FALL WARDROBE CHANGE FOR MY LIMELIGHT HYDRANGEA

I so enjoy my limelight hydrangea and always look forward to its late summer blooms.  Unfortunately, as the weather cools, the blooms fade.   As I was cutting it back I realized that the faded blooms had transformed into the perfect warm sepia tones of Autumn.  I stopped pruning and brought out a seeded glass container.   I put some of the blooms in the recycle bucket and the others in to the vase.  I brought the oversized Fall floral arrangement inside and placed it on one of the islands in my kitchen.

OVERSIZED FALL ARRANGEMENT ON MY KITCHEN ISLAND

MY LIMELIGHT HYDRANGEA IN SEPIA TONES

I have two islands in my kitchen.  I use antique bread boards on both the islands.  I love the look of the bread boards, but they do serve a practical purpose too.  They protect the surface and act as large trivets.

MY KITCHEN ISLAND WITH THE LARGE FLORAL

If you look closely you'll see that I used some of the leaves from the hydrangea to line the vase and conceal the stems.

HYDRANGEA LEAVES IN BASE OF VASE

In addition to the bread board, I have a dough bowl on that island.  I know it takes up a lot of space, but I like it there. 

DOUGH BOWL AND BREAD BOARD ON MY ISLAND

ANTIQUE DOUGH BOWL

I arranged some branches, a found turtle shell, some glass beads and an animal horn inside.

INSIDE MY DOUGH BOWL

What do you do for Fall floral arrangements?

This is what my hydrangea looked like this summer.  To see the full post, click on the highlighted word  here or click on the image to be directed there.

MY SUMMER LIMELIGHT HYDRANGEA

WHY EVERY ROOM NEEDS AT LEAST ONE VINTAGE PIECE

If you're familiar with my style, you know that there's at least one vintage piece in every room of my home.  I believe that adding vintage makes your space unique and interesting.   Just one piece of vintage makes that room completely different from anything anyone else will have.  I follow the same principle of vintage/new mix when I style my space at the store too.

We have just completed our semi-annual clearance sale.  I wanted to completely change the look of the store after the floor sample sale and begin to add my new inventory.  I always try to style my space with coordinating color, like items, and always at least one vintage piece.  This first image shows home decor in sepia tones.  Can you find the vintage pieces I added?

VINTAGE BREADBOARD, BOOKS, WALL SCONCE, AND CHESTS MADE FROM RECLAIMED WOOD

I also purchase new items with a vintage look.  The weathered lamps, finials, and herbarium prints all have a vintage look.  The rug I used as a table runner mimics an oriental rug.

VINTAGE MIXED WITH ITEMS WITH A VINTAGE LOOK

I love these finials and their vintage design.  I added some folding baskets as wall art.

CURVY FINIALS, RUG AS TABLE RUNNER, AND FOLDING WIRE BASKETS

This next space displays blue and white.  I always use wonderful vintage frames.  These frames support bead garlands and create "art" with the decorator paper.

VINTAGE FRAMES IN THE BLUE AND WHITE MIX

VINTAGE FRAMES AND BEAD GARLAND

The ginger jar is also vintage.

VINTAGE GINGER JAR

This next tabletop vignette has more vintage than new.  The centerpiece is a vintage dough bowl.  I filled the bowl with branches and old block prints.  Next to the bowl is a framed print and a wire-covered bottle.

VINTAGE DOUGH BOWL, BOTTLE AND FRAME

ANTIQUE BLOCK PRINTS AND BRANCHES IN A VINTAGE DOUGH BOWL

WIRE-COVERED BOTTLE

The marbleized frame is antique.  A vintage book is a riser for the bottle.

MAP PRINT INSIDE AN ANTIQUE MARBLEIZED FRAME.  

I already shared that I painted the walls in Benjamin Moore's Wrought Iron.  It's the perfect back drop for this black and white mix.  The vintage items are the pair of door sidelights and the column base under the chandlier.

BLACK AND WHITE DECOR

DOG PROFILE AND FERN PRINT

FERN AND BOTANTICAL PRINTS
VINTAGE DOOR SIDE LIGHTS, CHANDELIER, AND TURTLE SHELLS

I used a chinoiserie decorator paper as a back drop for the vintage chest.  The small dough bowl and the window grate are also vintage.  I love the way the floor lamp with the velvet shade picks up the colors in the back drop.

VINTAGE CHEST, DOUGH BOWL AND WINDOW GRATE

What's not to like?  Velvet and fringe!!!!

FLOOR LAMP WITH VELVET SHADE AND FRINGE

Do you mix vintage and new in your home?

BUNNIES, BOTANICALS, BOTTLES, BEADS, AND BLUES @BUCKEYSTOWNDESIGNCO-OP

Lately I've only been sharing photos from our store, Buckeystown Design Co-op, on Instagram and Facebook rather than here on the blog.  I thought I'd change things up a bit this month and show what I have available in a post too.  You'll notice blue accents, bunnies, bead garlands and some wonderful botanical art. 

You'll recognize the blue and white botanicals that I used in my daughter's dining room update.  The chinoiserie pendant light layered in front of the prints is new to the store.  The tall divided mirrors on either side of the art are very popular.  They hang horizontally or vertically.   A pair of blue and white lamps are reflected in the mirrors. 

I always have a large selection of dough bowls and bread boards.  The bunny wearing the working pocket watch sold out at Easter.  They're back in stock.  There's more blue and white on the fringed table runner.

There's another rabbit tucked beside a bottle rack.  Notice the soft branch botanical art in the background and the turquoise beads with a gold heart.  The gold bees in the lower left corner are bumble bee ornaments that I sell all year round.

My last bunny picture, I promise.  This is a collage of original art.  

Its size makes it perfect for filling a large space.

COLLAGE ART

If you know me, you know I'm not a fan of the color red.  These lovely poppy prints changed my mind about that color.

Sheep can wear a pocket watch too.  Demijohns can hold jewelry.

A weathered white frame really makes this botanical print.

The garden plot print is actually a copy of a vintage garden design.  

Layered Tuscan art is interspersed with some recycyled books.  Their spines have coordinates for local towns.  Crowns and graduated measuring cups are tucked into the shelves.

If you live in the Washington DC area, you can come shop with us every Wednesday-Saturday from 10-4.  At this time I don't ship items.  I'll let you know if that ever changes.

If you enjoy seeing what I have for sale at the store, you could follow on Instagram @allaboutvignettes or on Facebook:  All About Vignettes.     

HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE @ BUCKEYSTOWN DESIGN CO-OP

It's November, so it's time for us to begin the holiday season.  We've been busy these last few days transforming the store for the season.  We'll have holiday decor, of course, but also gifts, stocking stuffers, and hostess gifts.  Mixed in with all of that is our large selection of furniture, lighting, art work, and much more.  So, if you live in the DC metro area please start the season with us.

My space was inspired by a vintage caned day bed.  I only put one of the side rails on so I could fill it with a decorated tree, a vintage champagne crate, and some wonderful velvet pillows.

Love the pillows, but the leopard print pompom garland is my favorite.

Anything caned works for me.  The day bed is so curvy and perfectly chippy.

Nutcrackers are definitely not my thing.  I have a rule that I don't buy anything I don't like for the store.  Well, I broke my rule and the nutcrackers are popping up everywhere.  I'll let you know if rule breaking works or not.

Anything mercury glass works for the holidays.  I have containers, trays, vases,  lamps, and mercury glass ornaments.

The gold sunburst mirrors add another metallic and break up all the silver.  My Santos bust is under a cloche, resting on a stack of books with glitter spines.

I created a whole area with a nod to the characteristic holiday colors:  red and green.

You'd never think of the banana leaf pattern as working for the holidays, but you have to agree that it's the perfect green.

More red and green.  I spy another nutcracker.

Who likes pink?  I do.  Don't miss the goat pillow in the background.

Lately I've been using blue in my decor.  How unique are these ginger jar ornaments with matching Staffordshire dogs!   I'm lazy about decorating trees so I put most of them into a vintage European dough bowl.

I have bottle racks with five or nine bottles.  You can fill them with greenery or just hang a wreath or an ornament from the neck of the bottle.

We just can't skip over Thanksgiving.  Don't miss the gold turkey salt and pepper shakers.

I look forward to seeing everyone soon.

Come share some food and drinks with us while you shop.

BTW, do you like nutcrackers??