Home Tree Atlas: Home Decor Ideas and Mood Boards

Vintage Kitchen Design, Accessories, and Decor Ideas

Design Styles: The pictures above have been group together into the two styles of a vintage kitchen. You have the more colorful ones that use pastel colors and have porcelain enamel fixtures, and weathered painted furniture. Then there are the vintage kitchens that are more rustic in design – using more raw wooden furniture, less colors – more like a French country styled kitchen.

Furniture and Fixtures: For a vintage inspired kitchen, barn style light fixtures work best. You have the shallow bowl/pancake lights that look great, with their porcelain enamel as seen in picture (1). Or there are the gooseneck lights. A chandelier is also another great lighting fixture to have in a vintage kitchen design.

When it comes to the sink, a large rectangle porcelain one with rounded edges is the go to choice. These are usually left fully exposed, but in picture (5) the countertop covers it. Subway style tiles make for a great vintage style backsplash (6).

Decor and Accessories Ideas: Using vintage style containers and having them out on display makes for great decor. Vintage bottles can be used for keeping washing up liquids, while glass jars can be used for storing pasta, snacks, etc. For more vintage storage ideas have a look this post: Vintage Kitchen Storage Ideas: From Milk Baskets to Wicker Baskets. If you have great looking pots and pans these can be left out in the open too, to act as decorative pieces.1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10

When creating a vintage kitchen style, some other kitchen design styles to get inspiration from would include:

May 7, 2013 in Kitchen, Vintage Design

All Things Dip Dyed Mood Board

There is not much that can’t be dipped into some dye to create a nice soft gradient. Above there is the dip dyed: lamp shade from Design Sponge in picture (1), beanbag from PB Teen (2), strand of beads from AMM, and a dip dyed paper lantern from Susanna (4). Then there are dip dyed candles made by Martha Stewart (5), and an assortment of pillows that can be bought from West Elm (6).

Simply dipping fabric straight down into dye is the most popular way of creating a dip dyed piece. But there are ways to experiment – like folding the fabric to create stripes like the table runner in picture (7) by Sweet Paul. You can also roll the fabric up, or scrunch parts up and only dip those parts – kind of like tie dying, creating an effect like in picture (8) by AMM. Or how about sprinkling salt onto the fabric when the dye is still wet to create a textured effect?

And if you really love that soft gradient style why not use it on the walls as seen in the ombre paint DIY tutorial here (9).

April 14, 2013 in Decor, DIY

Sewing Room Designs: Large and Small to Colorful and Rustic Ideas

Large or small, colorful or rustic, what kind of sewing room do you want?

Design Styles: Pictures (1-4) show different sewing room styles. You’ve got the more rustic rooms that uses old wooden storage containers, and then there are more colorful rooms with the fabric all on display and painted shelves. You even have a very minimalist room with black and white furniture pieces and a well organized mood board.

Small Sewing Room Ideas: If you have a small space to work with, or don’t have a lot of space in the house for a sewing room, some options include turning a closet into a workspace (5). The great thing about doing this is that you can close the doors and hide everything away when it is not in use. And the inside of the doors make for great storage space. Have a look at our closet offices post for ideas on turning a closet into a functional workspace. For those with even more limited space, a good sized suitcase can be organized to store all of your sewing equipment (6).

Another idea is to divide up an existing room like a family room, bedroom or kitchen to make space for a sewing area. A room divider like an IKEA book shelf seen in picture (7) can hide away the sewing area while the rest of the room is being used for something else. Have a look at our DIY room dividers post for more ideas and designs on how to easily divide up a room.

Picture (8) shows an outdoor shed that has been created into a cozy sewing workspace.

Large Workspaces: If you have a large room, and are looking to create an ultimate dream sewing room, a kitchen style island in the middle of the room would be a great feature to have(9). A central workstation makes it easy to grab everything you need, and provides for a large countertop to work on.

When it comes to storage ideas (10) have a look at our post here:

While decor ideas for the sewing room can be found here:

For more craft and sewing room design ideas and pictures follow our Pinterest board here. 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10

April 14, 2013 in Decor, Home Office

Sewing Room Organization Ideas: From Storage to Display Tips

How you organize your sewing room will depend on the size of it. If you have a small space to work in, you’ll want to make use of sewing room organization ideas that use the walls as much as possible. Like the peg board in picture (7) and the rails and magnetic strips in picture (8). For other ideas on how to create a sewing room in a small space (creating a closet sewing room, or using a suitcase), have a look at our sewing room designs post.

One thing to keep in mind when you are creating storage space and organizing a sewing room is that your materials and supplies can be used as decor pieces. By having your colorful materials and fabrics out in the open you instantly create decorative features – like having your spools of thread hung up on a wall and all color coordinated (even in a frame?). Have a look at our sewing room decor post for more ideas and pictures on how to use your materials and tools as decor pieces.

A mood board is a great thing to have in a sewing room to group together all of your inspirational pictures and have them on display above your work table. Corkboards work fine, but something like this can easily be turned into a decorative piece by having a frame around it.

Having an ironing board in the sewing room is always convenient. This can be left out (not very stylish), put away in a closet, or hung up on a wall. It is nice having it attached to a wall – it makes it easy to just pull down and use. But it’s not really sexy having an ironing board stuck on the wall. Check out Beckie’s tutorial here on how she created a paint shelf that rolls out hiding an ironing board behind it. Another idea would be to hang it up behind a curtain.

Don’t forget the style of your storage pieces will play a big role in how your sewing room will look. The first few pictures above (2-5) use more vintage, old wooden style storage containers, organizers, and cabinets. While other sewing rooms (8-9) use more modern metallic and glass storage containers, railings, etc. – and have all of the colorful fabrics and materials out on display. 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10