Category: Decorating Ideas
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Stage Your Own Home for Sale!
Selling your home? Everything I can tell you about Design, Style, Decorating, Landscaping and Curb Appeal (taken from my original free Home Staging website) 1. Designer Tricks of the Trade: It’s odd isn’t it? Yes it is odd but odd numbers are the most successful way to decorate with accessories. Unless you are trying…
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Farmhouse STYLE Decorations available for sale online
Go to the top of this page and pull down the SHOP menu. Contact me for an appointment for visiting my West Chester Pa. showroom or buy online. If multiple purchases are made I will reduce the shipping charges. Hope you like my photos of the products! Email with questions: contact@vintageamericanhome.com Thanks…
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Where to buy the products like they use on Fixer upper Farmhouse Style shows.
My line of products will help you get that Farmhouse look! Go to the SHOP menu at the top of the page to see everything. I am still selling all of the antique and vintage style products that I have carried for the past ten years.
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Spring Decorating is Here!
Winter is gone and spring is finally here. So the first place to make changes is the front door. The front door is the first thing guests see. And let’s face it – the first thing you see when coming home. Make it cheerful and welcoming. For these planters I always use a…
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My friend Maryellen’s House- She has the touch!
It is a lucky day when you get invited to my friend Maryellen’s home! Because you know it will always be a delightful visit.Just inside the door is the beautifully set table. (Not to be confused with the other dining room table)Maryellen has a wonderful assortment of table cloths, napkins, placemats and napkin rings. Every…
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Spring and Easter Decorating Ideas
Get ready for spring! I do not like the dark days and look forward to turning the clocks ahead and having longer daylight hours. How about you? Here are some photos of some of the spring and Easter ideas I have used over the years. There are other articles if you pull down the blog…
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Easy Coastal & Beach Decorating Ideas
Decorating your home for summer is easy with some simple tips for getting the coastal look. Seashells, new, old, found or purchased give you an instant coastal look. Try arranging them in a shallow dish, tray or trough so that you can really see the ones that you have and appreciate their God given…
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After Christmas Fireplace Mantel re-do
After the Christmas decorations are down the house can seem bare. So I tried a different mantel arrangement to bring a little lift to the mid winter depleted looking decor. I pulled out some willow platters and blue and white plates I had in the hutch. I added some covered tureens and my cute little…
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Great way to Display Beer & Wine for a Party
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Redecorated My Back Porch for Winter!
Last fall I knew I had to do something about my back porch. It was time to put the turquoise and green cushions away and clean up the leaves that had wandered onto the porch. I just didn’t feel like closing it up for winter yet. So I somehow got this inspiration to redecorate the…