Textures & Textiles

Textures & Textiles...

When Creating an environment that is soothing & beautiful replace, Color with Texture.

Keep a Neutral Palette & Use pieces that have Textured Surfaces to bring Interest to your space.

Introduce Textiles such as Burlap-Canvas-Natural Linens.

Add Burlap Drapery for the Textile & with a Ruffle for the Texture & dimension.

Keep colors calm & neutral with a White Canvas Sofa

Vintage Whitewashed Library Cabinet

 Natural wood Coffee table & Basket to top of Cabinet bring it all together.

Use White & Cream Linens for the furniture pieces-

Use a Mirror-Old Luggage & Books to show some texture

While the flooring & Furniture is in Soft whites-

Try this Industrial Cart as a Coffee table & add some flowers

( Gives you a textured surface & soothing colors)

Old Doors are perfect for Interest

Natural Linen sofa & Planked flooring

are a wonderful Mixture & Soothing to the eye.

In any room you can apply these principles-

Wood Flooring-Natural Wood Hutch

Canvas seats-Linen Drapery in same shade of white

Beautiful  Crystal Chandelier give you a

calm-pretty-dining area

Adhering to same color palette-A large Gold Chalkboard -gives you a pop of color above an Old Sideboard

Perfect touch of elegance-texture 

 (and practical)

Old Wood Crates are a lovely way to bring in Texture to a large surface area and create a Rustic-but neutral environement.

A Bathroom

Porcelain white-- brown natural woven baskets

keeping with same shades-tones- only changing up the texture is what makes your space feel relaxing & comfortable.

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A Perfect Match...

A Perfect Match..

When Decorating-If you Love Vintage Pieces-Your bound to come across some Industrial Items as well-

And if you Love the Dramatic touches of French Designs, You'll love toning it down with the other two.

Giving you the Perfect Match.

Using Vintage- Rustic- Industrial Wood Crates as

Storage and giving a Wall some Raw Texture.

Bring in an Old Trunk, Use it as a Coffee Table-Giving you extra Hide able Storage as well.

An Industrial Table as a desk-

Old Vintage Industrial Cart as a Coffee Table

Mixing the Metal-Wood-Masculine Leather -

(A Perfect Mix of Elements)

Or with a Soft Neutral Linen

Old Wood Unit -Perfect for Flat Screen-

add some Vintage Luggage-metal tin-

(Now a Decorative way to showcase the T.V.)

 

Wonderful Vintage Metal File Cabinet-

Great Accent -Decorative-Storage Piece.

Old Vintage Industrial Stools-

Lovely for a Vanity-Desk-

Mixing Vintage Woods with Industrial Metals and adding Soft Linens is just a Perfect Match of Elements.

  

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French Furnishings

Just Plain Beauty..

The Art of French Furnishings & Design.

The Wonderful Curvature-Sweet Detail.

The exquisite Wood & lush Fabric's.

The Many ways you can use such a piece,

Entry to a home-

Hallway-

End of the Bed-

Reading Nook-

The Grand Nature of size-

How the Drapery can change the whole scale of a room-

This Beautiful piece from Atelier de Campagne

The Lovely Vintage Cane Bench-

Perfect on the front porch or in the garden-

The wonderful clean lines of this crisp white settee from Full Bloom Cottage-

Just so Pretty.

Love to share such Beautiful Pieces of Art-

Where images came from are on Gracefully Vintage Pinterest (French Design)..

Beauty of an old Book

Beauty of an Old Book.

The Weathered Binding-Rough edge Pages.

No matter how dirty & tattered-

Stacked they are just Beautiful

Or how you use them

The History is Obvious

 Just a Lovely Touch

Perfect piece of art -that is affordable-useful-

& brings that added touch to your room.

(all sources of Images on Gracefully Vintage Pinterest)

Vintage Linen Sofa

The Beautiful Lines of the Old Vintage/Antique Sofas

are just so captivating to me.

The detail of the carved wood-darling feet-curvature..

They take so much time & are quite Pricey to do-half way through, I wonder why i ever take them on & sware I won't do  another one.

After I Painted-Put a Finish on it-

I went with a Textured Linen-

For me I love the look of one solid cushion-

I used Vintage Tacking to trim it up-added some Coordinating Pillows.

And now that I'm done- I love -LOVE it-

Here it sits in Shoppe Front window.

The detail of the intricate wood work shows perfectly through the Beaten White paint.

And Now that this one is done-& sitting in window-

AND turned out just as I hoped.

I can't wait to work on next one:)

Either You Love it or you Don't...

Either you Love it or you Don't.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE it.

The Chipped Door-with old lead based paint just falling off as you stare on..

The Thick detail & Carved Charchter of the Real Solid Old Door-

The Old Rusty-Beveled-Dingd & Damaged Door knobs with the Skeleton Key Entry-

Some Think it is ruined-garbage-junk-

BUT if You Love True One of Kind Pieces, then the more tattered-torn-worn & weathered the better.

Old Statuary Pieces-

Chipped-Stained & sometimes even leaning on one side-

All that much Better- The Imperfect Beauty...

If you Love anything Vintage-Antique-French-

You Appreciate the sculpture -

The Story Behind the Imperfection..

If You LOVE Rustic-You Marvel at the aged Copper-

The Barely there numbers of this Hanging old Scale...

If You Love the piece that has shown it's ware-

Shown someone has Loved it for quite some time-

You Love the Patina of orange rust on an Old Tin Pail more than anything...

If You Love what use to be-

You LOVE the aged old bannisters-

The apperance of what was once the owners style showing through-

The years of Color Change- The years of use...

If you Love Re-Purposing-

Using the Once Old Coca Cola Wood Crate for Something Entirely Different-

Embracing the Extremely Weathered Away Un-Even Wood-

If you Love History-

YOU absalutely Love the Story that may lie behind a Wonderful Statue-

Who chiseld away-Did someone pose for this-Who owned this-

The Wonder of What Was..

If you Love anything Old-and Appreciate someone from so long ago once used this-

You Love Pieces like this-

an Old Chippy Camera-leather falling off-bent at parts-

The idea of whose photo was taken with this-

Such mastique-

I Just LOVE these old broken-worn & weathered pieces that have such History-

To know there isn't another one like it-

To know it can't be made or manufactured-

To know it is a True One of Kind that peeks into History..

I Am One Who Just Loves It!!

How Old Are You?

 

How old is an item-or How do you determine the age of a piece?

When it comes to Antique-Vintage pieces, there are many ways I determine the age-or at least a Ball Park idea.

1. The Look- The wear & tear on the piece- an old piece should look old-there should be some wear -and the piece should show it's age.

2. The Condition- The quality of the materials, & How it is made-with Dovetail

3. Antiques are 100 years old or older- and Usually have softer-rounded edges.

There are many reproductions-so examining the piece, can lead to which you have.

Is it made with Square Nails- which were used before 1820's

Pulling out the drawers to see the craftsmanship

* Example of the Dovetail-

Large Dovetail is Early 18th Century

Smaller Dovetail began being used in the 19th Century and if they are more evenly spaced then they were made by machines and made during the Victorian Era.

An example of an Antique Chippendale Chair-

There should be some wear on the top edge- where it would/should get the most wear from grabbing over the years from hands that have natural oils in them.(should be darker in color)

There should be some dings on arms from bumping of table-walls or other items.

These re-production Chairs (Chippendale Style) from Pottery Barn are made to look a bit worn..

When working with Upholstery-Usually the more you dig into them and tear apart the layers-the history will show through.

Older pieces-are stuffed with horse hair-and definitely more fragile- some have hand made screws or square nails inside holding the lining together & again as seen here-you can see the discoloration of the wood from age & natural wear.

Whether you buy because you Love the style-detail-character of the piece or if your buying because you collect antiques-

Always good to know what your purchasing & the value of it.