Vintage doily's, tea towels, table scarves and just about any vintage linens are my weakness. Anytime I see them at a flea market or yard sale, I gobble them up - I have drawers full of them. And I don't just store them away, I use them. I love the feel of the old soft dish towels - especially the ones with the calendars on them from the 1960's.
I use the old embroidered table scarves on my buffet and side table in my dining room. I use the pretty little round embroidered linens under my table centerpieces and sometimes drape the pretty tea towels across the back of my dining room chairs.
I recently came across a blogger who was using her vintage linens in a unique way and an idea was born for using mine. Angie, at the Knick of Time used some of her linens as a window treatment as you can see here!
I had always had a window over my sink until we bought and renovated our 1920's cottage style home. Alas, the only placement for the sink was an inside wall since there was a huge bay window on the outside wall. I decided to solve that problem with a distressed "window" with a rooster painted on the glass - it made it much more pleasant to be at the sink washing dishes. Now with a little ingenuity and Angie's idea floating around in my head, I went to work making it a little more pleasant. I added a clothesline to display some of my collection. I plan to pick up some vintage style clothespins to give more of a "fresh breeze clothesline" look, but for now I've just draped them across the line.
Thanks Angie! I loved the idea! I'm no longer remorseful over the lack of a sink window. With a view like this, who needs a real window anyway?
If you want to see some more photos of my rooster themed kitchen, read this older post.
Linking today to a few link parties:
Thursday's Favorite Things, Wow us Wednesday, Vintage Thingies Thursdays, Thrifty Things Friday
,Make it Pretty Monday , BNOP's Met Monday, Nifty Thrifty Tuesday Feature Friday and Knick of Time
I use the old embroidered table scarves on my buffet and side table in my dining room. I use the pretty little round embroidered linens under my table centerpieces and sometimes drape the pretty tea towels across the back of my dining room chairs.
I recently came across a blogger who was using her vintage linens in a unique way and an idea was born for using mine. Angie, at the Knick of Time used some of her linens as a window treatment as you can see here!
I had always had a window over my sink until we bought and renovated our 1920's cottage style home. Alas, the only placement for the sink was an inside wall since there was a huge bay window on the outside wall. I decided to solve that problem with a distressed "window" with a rooster painted on the glass - it made it much more pleasant to be at the sink washing dishes. Now with a little ingenuity and Angie's idea floating around in my head, I went to work making it a little more pleasant. I added a clothesline to display some of my collection. I plan to pick up some vintage style clothespins to give more of a "fresh breeze clothesline" look, but for now I've just draped them across the line.
Thanks Angie! I loved the idea! I'm no longer remorseful over the lack of a sink window. With a view like this, who needs a real window anyway?
If you want to see some more photos of my rooster themed kitchen, read this older post.
Linking today to a few link parties:
Thursday's Favorite Things, Wow us Wednesday, Vintage Thingies Thursdays, Thrifty Things Friday
,Make it Pretty Monday , BNOP's Met Monday, Nifty Thrifty Tuesday Feature Friday and Knick of Time
