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 [...]
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 Creative repurposing can turn your otherwise broken, outdated and mismatched dresser drawers into beautiful home accents with a purpose. [...]
Wicker was one of the first natural materials used in furniture making, dating back to the Egyptian civilization. Today wicker is mostly associated with Victorian era designs which had a resurgence in the 1970s. If you’ve got one of these vintage furniture pieces you’ll see that wicker furniture can be spruced up with a modern makeover. With a can of spray paint and some new [...]