Vintage chic home decor blog and interior design ideas
One of the things I love the most about creating a chic home is working with unconventional decorating materials. For instance, discarded wooden pallets that are unfinished and unappealing in their natural state can be transformed into fabulous functional furniture. Add some wheels and you’ve got portable furniture that makes a statement. A couple of gorgeous examples of daybeds with wooden pallet frames. These supports [...]
This past spring I started my first official garden in Phoenix with help from Greg at the Urban Farm. Since space was limited I grew the cucumbers and pole beans vertically by tying them to bamboo poles. And that has been my knowledge of vertical gardening. Until now. Yesterday I saw that Melissa at The Inspired Room wrote about creating a vertical garden by repurposing [...]
One of my dreams is to live on the the beach in a quiet, soft and comfy cottage. I would grow flowers, ride my bike to the market and watch the sunset from my back porch while listening to classical jazz music and drinking wine. Here is what it might look like. And in case I needed to drive anywhere, this cute vintage car would [...]
Sometimes we end up with pieces of furniture we just don’t know what to do with. Recently I blogged about decorating with apothecary cabinets, but if your cabinet frames are broken or too large for your space the whole piece can seem useless. Not to worry. Creative repurposing can turn your otherwise broken, outdated and mismatched dresser drawers into beautiful home accents with a purpose. [...]