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Saturday, February 8, 2020

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?

Saturday, January 25, 2020

HOW I DO PERFECTLY IMPERFECT DECOR

Do you do weathered and timeworn in your home? I do. It's one of my signature styles.

Take a tour of my perfectly imperfect decor that I use inside and out in my home.

When I bought this chair, it was nothing more than a chippy frame.

I left the chair frame as found and had it upholstered in a leopard print.

WEATHERED FRENCH CHAIR WITH LEOPARD FABRIC

The chair pairs perfectly with my equally time worn French desk and leather books.

FRENCH DESK

Between both of them is a flaking column.

ARCHITECTURAL COLUMN

This crumbling mirror adds an elegant decadence to my powder room.

ELEGANT AND DECADENT MIRROR

Chipped vintage gold finials contrast perfectly with the flawless pearls.

TIMEWORN GOLD FINIALS

I also have an oil painting on the landing of my foyer. I embrace its curling canvas corner.

OIL PAINTING WITH CURLED CANVAS

Have you ever purchased a deconstructed chair.? I've not only purchased a chair, but I also couldn't pass up an equally worn chaise.

MY DECONSTRUCTED CHAIR

DECONSTRUCTED CHAISE IN MY LIVING ROOM

This peeling religious statue is very special to me. It was a gift from my Mom.

PEELING RELIGIOUS STATUE

If you follow along you know I have a thing for well-used bread boards. The more battered the better. A repair is always sought after. This grouping is in my pantry.

MY BREAD BOARD COLLECTION IN MY PANTRY

I do perfectly imperfect outside too.
These fabulously flawed orange shutters flank the french doors on my patio.

CHIPPY ORANGE SHUTTERS ON MY PATIO

I rescued several sections of a vintage iron fence and added them to my garden as they were found. If you look in the background of the photo, you'll see my equally worn chinoiserie planter. They're one of a pair.

WEATHERED FENCE AND CHINOISERIE PLANTER

In another garden bed I have a rusty cupola and garden chair.

RUSTY GARDEN CHAIR AND CUPOLA

Do you add perfectly imperfect to your home?

Friday, December 12, 2014

My Other Mantel

Sherry, who writes the blog, No Minimalist Here, invited me to participate in her Christmas Blog Hop. I usually share my family room mantel, but for this holiday hop, I'm featuring the faux mantel in my sun room.

My Holiday Mantel

Have you noticed that for years silver seemed to be the metallic of choice for holiday decor?

This year I'm noticing that golds and especially copper are showing up for the holidays.

Chinoiserie Chairs with Copper Pillows

My copper demijohn left the foyer to be part of the mantel decor. I draped it with a copper wreath and a garland of copper ribbon and beads. It's next to a cloche filled with feather trees.