6 Tips for Styling Vignettes
by
Quince_Cottage
(IC: blogger)
When it comes to seasonal decor, which part of your home do you most enjoy styling? For me, it's the mantel.
Follow along as I create some vignettes for spring and summer.
Follow along as I create some vignettes for spring and summer.
Above you can see where we were at the end of winter. Snow scene painting mixed with greenery (the promise of spring).
Tip 6: Old books are perfect for adding height, play around to decide exactly what looks best. You can have the leather or cloth spines showing, or the page side, or wrap the books in white or craft paper, all depending on what look you want.
Above you see a vignette that straddles the counter between our kitchen and dining. It's got the "unexpected" in the form of a vintage toy tractor (Ron collects those). The organic element is covered by the flowers and cotton. Don't you just love cotton?
We have a nice collection of antique rose plates. You can see them all on our blog. There's one behind the pink hobnail glass piece on the left and I used them on the right side of the mantel too (see below). That ornate gold frame is completely empty by the way, and we like it that way. It's such a gorgeous piece in and of itself, it really doesn't need any art inside!
Then I found a little brass bowl, and wanted to see how that looked with some shells and rocks. Note the organic (shells and greenery).
When Mother's Day rolled around I just had to add the lovely milk glass covered box I received! That milk glass bud vase is holding one of our first New Dawn roses of the year
I decided to turn "pretty" up to full volume on the left too!
Now that it's past Memorial Day, I thought a summer-by-the-water vibe was in order. No, unfortunately we no longer live near the ocean, but it's still nice to remember those days.
Here's the right side. Note that there's a bird here too.
Finally, here's the whole shebang...for now, anyway!
Daisy and Buster have been enjoying the backyard. Literally. They both love eating grass. We don't love all the gacking that follows...
For more pictures, come visit our blog! We'll pour you some sweet tea, and we can sit on the front porch and chat about decor, or gardening, or dogs!
Quince Cottage Style is "agrarian chic" - a mix of old and new, rustic and opulent.
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Published June 4th, 2016 4:15 PM
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