Decoration: elegant ways to embrace Granny Chic - There are certain elements of the house that are instantly feel a sense of nostalgia and take us back to the house of grandmother. It could be a cover to hook an old tasselled lamp or maybe a buffet where her best china was out for lunch from G-Map Sunday. But while no one wants to live in a museum, you can skim the best of the house of your grandmother by mixing hand-me-downs, inherited pieces and a charity shop finds with modern designs and retro stylish accessories .
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Carry on the hook
it seems the crocheted granny blanket only dates - it just has a lot of different colors incarnations come in and out of fashion. Crochet knit monitoring and also became a bit of a craft craze, so there are many classes arise if you want to make your own cover. Or why not cut your teeth with a crocheted cushion instead? Mix it with posters of films and pop art to give it a contemporary twist.
it seems the crocheted granny blanket only dates - it just has a lot of different colors incarnations come in and out of fashion. Crochet knit monitoring and also became a bit of a craft craze, so there are many classes arise if you want to make your own cover. Or why not cut your teeth with a crocheted cushion instead? Mix it with posters of films and pop art to give it a contemporary twist.
Chris Snook
go crazy for Ercol
simple and clean lines of Ercol furniture - especially the famous Windsor chair pictured here - has become very popular in the 1950s the company, founded in 1920, is still strong, so these chairs are still made today if you can not find an original model. Give it a new look by stuffing pillows in a charcoal cloth and a touch of modernity with a geometric cushion or zigzag.
Learn how to rock the retro look
simple and clean lines of Ercol furniture - especially the famous Windsor chair pictured here - has become very popular in the 1950s the company, founded in 1920, is still strong, so these chairs are still made today if you can not find an original model. Give it a new look by stuffing pillows in a charcoal cloth and a touch of modernity with a geometric cushion or zigzag.
Learn how to rock the retro look
Gabriel Holland Interior design
Reuse that wardrobe
Suitable 'dresses were unknown and grandmother always room featured a large, heavy-standing cabinet. Why not reuse these towering beauties like a living room or kitchen cabinet, the painting depending on your system and add new handles? You will be amazed how the mess he held.
Suitable 'dresses were unknown and grandmother always room featured a large, heavy-standing cabinet. Why not reuse these towering beauties like a living room or kitchen cabinet, the painting depending on your system and add new handles? You will be amazed how the mess he held.
Lisa Oil Photography
Rediscover the rocking chair
Although the rocking chair seems out of favor, except in the nursery, is not it time for a revival? You are not required to have a cottage with a fireplace, either. Every chair can be pimped up in a rocking chair - just add rockers! If you prefer the more traditional wooden rocking chair, favored by Val Doonican favorite grandmothers, update it with an animal skin or an Aztec jet.
Although the rocking chair seems out of favor, except in the nursery, is not it time for a revival? You are not required to have a cottage with a fireplace, either. Every chair can be pimped up in a rocking chair - just add rockers! If you prefer the more traditional wooden rocking chair, favored by Val Doonican favorite grandmothers, update it with an animal skin or an Aztec jet.
Tipfords
Return circular wooden table
When space is at a premium, you can not go wrong with a circular teak table retro - the flaps are even more versatile. veneer atop tables can be picked up second hand for a song, too. If your kitchen table, white contemporary units work well as a counterpoint, and you can tie together the look or with a wooden work surface in a similar shade or, as here, a copper-rich.
When space is at a premium, you can not go wrong with a circular teak table retro - the flaps are even more versatile. veneer atop tables can be picked up second hand for a song, too. If your kitchen table, white contemporary units work well as a counterpoint, and you can tie together the look or with a wooden work surface in a similar shade or, as here, a copper-rich.
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Investing in a G-plane buffet
the opportunity to credenzas G-plane market covers quite a long time, so keep an eye on the midcentury pieces of brand era , marked with a gold G-Plan buffer or a red and white label G-map.
The Danish teak range introduced in the 1960s was more expensive, and designers such as VB Wilkins and Kofod-Larsen are highly collectible now. Make a standout piece by leading the eye with a painted floor or bold geometric wallpaper behind.
Be inspired by some creative ways to style your console
the opportunity to credenzas G-plane market covers quite a long time, so keep an eye on the midcentury pieces of brand era , marked with a gold G-Plan buffer or a red and white label G-map.
The Danish teak range introduced in the 1960s was more expensive, and designers such as VB Wilkins and Kofod-Larsen are highly collectible now. Make a standout piece by leading the eye with a painted floor or bold geometric wallpaper behind.
Be inspired by some creative ways to style your console
Amelia Hallsworth Photography
Hang mirrors carriage
These simple but elegant mirrors embodied the 1930s and 1940s yours Hang a string of authenticity . Once you start looking for these beauties to flea markets, vintage fairs and secondhand stores, you will have a wall of mirrors before you know it!
These simple but elegant mirrors embodied the 1930s and 1940s yours Hang a string of authenticity . Once you start looking for these beauties to flea markets, vintage fairs and secondhand stores, you will have a wall of mirrors before you know it!
Favreau design
working in a grandfather clock
the grandfather clock was a staple of the grandmother corridor, and there is no reason why one of them can not take the place of honor in the living room. Forget the traditional connotations moldy and opt to mix with joyful touches of bright colors instead.
the grandfather clock was a staple of the grandmother corridor, and there is no reason why one of them can not take the place of honor in the living room. Forget the traditional connotations moldy and opt to mix with joyful touches of bright colors instead.
Chris Nguyen, Analog | Dialog
Wake up wicker
Bring some wicker in your home. wicker armchairs opposite an elegant sofa modern and well contrasted, or try a wicker basket suspended for this spider plant - or even a suspended wicker chair.
Combine with kitsch work as a Tretchikoff print (the famous Miss Wong comes to mind - if you can not imagine already, you would certainly recognize it), or JH mysterious girl Lynch Tina (idem) for a colorful counterpoint.
Bring some wicker in your home. wicker armchairs opposite an elegant sofa modern and well contrasted, or try a wicker basket suspended for this spider plant - or even a suspended wicker chair.
Combine with kitsch work as a Tretchikoff print (the famous Miss Wong comes to mind - if you can not imagine already, you would certainly recognize it), or JH mysterious girl Lynch Tina (idem) for a colorful counterpoint.
Glenvale Kitchens
upcycle convenient Welsh
a strong Welsh dresser was a staple in many homes at the time of our grandmothers. These days, with dark wood antique dressers found a new lease of life as the trend for upcycling stand and are painted in a range of colors.
Look out for the Blue Willow vintage, Wedgwood and Royal Crown Derby China and various Royal Jubilee plates to complete the look.
See 10 ways to create a convenient display style
a strong Welsh dresser was a staple in many homes at the time of our grandmothers. These days, with dark wood antique dressers found a new lease of life as the trend for upcycling stand and are painted in a range of colors.
Look out for the Blue Willow vintage, Wedgwood and Royal Crown Derby China and various Royal Jubilee plates to complete the look.
See 10 ways to create a convenient display style
The Illuminated Room
Copies Hilda Ogden!
Remember Hilda Ogden Coronation Street and his mural (or "murial" as she called it)? It would not have been complete without these three flying ducks that have abridged the British two top-two-down typical 1960 Ramping up the kitsch factor with some funky versions of this colorful modern classic granny in neon colors instead.
Tell us ...
What are your ideas for granny chic, non? Please share them, and the pictures in the comments below.
Remember Hilda Ogden Coronation Street and his mural (or "murial" as she called it)? It would not have been complete without these three flying ducks that have abridged the British two top-two-down typical 1960 Ramping up the kitsch factor with some funky versions of this colorful modern classic granny in neon colors instead.
Tell us ...
What are your ideas for granny chic, non? Please share them, and the pictures in the comments below.