A #vintage #montage:
Classic Cars
I'm not sure why it is, but our town has a proliferation of antique vehicles. My daughter and I like them, so we grab photos of them regularly.
Period Apothecary & Medical Devices
- 🆕 My Apothecary/Treen Collection ➡️
- Life ⭕ Savers™️ for Health
- Governors' Antiques has an entire row of pharmaceutical and medical products (shop in Mechanicsville, VA).
- This Heights antiques spot has a secret room of medical curiosities (shop in Houston, TX).
Period Architecture
Vintage Candy
Vintage Clothing
Vintage Cookbooks
- 1-Scroll Cookbook - 🆕 with my original content
- You can find >10,000 vintage cookbooks online (The Met)
Vintage Decor
Using Heirlooms in Vintage Decor (see pic ↪️)- Trashing Trends, Embracing Tried-&-True
- Designers recommend decor to buy vintage
- The New Antiquarians: The Resurgence of Young Antique Collectors
- Coming from my past as an interior designer, I'm in favor of all of their suggestions above. I would add the following:
- Bricks - These can be used outside, but they are great inside for bookends or doorstops. Embossed bricks are fabulous & fancy for this purpose. See Ye Ole Brick Road for more ideas. #YeOleBrickRoad
- Vases - Milk bottles are excellent for showing off flowers. Also, given how many vases there are in thrift shops, they need to find homes!
- Frames - Vintage frames are often of high quality and surprisingly reasonable prices. If they are not the right size, you can often use mattes to make them work.
Vintage Toys
- Marbles - They're art. They're game. And there is no way I'm getting rid of them.
Weathervanes and Cupolas
- Key locales that love weathervanes
All photos ©️ 2022 and beyond, Karen Smith-Will