Top tips to ‘vintage’ your home in 2010
5. Old china
There’s something irresistible about a pretty vintage teacup, and luckily you don’t have to spend too long scouring charity shops and car boot fairs to come up trumps. But if you’ve got more cups than you can realistically drink out of, there are heaps of other clever ways to use them.
Try using them as beautiful mini plant pots, ideal for planting a cheery spring Hyacinth (or a flowering cactus if your fingers aren’t too green), or simply adding some bloomy short-stemmed flowers, like Peonies.
Purchase a candle-making kit from a craft shop and create your own bespoke candles (great for an individual gift, and you can re-use once the candle burns out).
Storage is also a good option – keep a couple in your bathroom to store cotton wool balls and cotton buds, or have some do double-duty in the kitchen by using them to keep teabags close at hand (then when you’re down to your last bag you’re only one step away from a cuppa – perfect!)
Category: Get a vintage home, Interiors
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This is a very lovely feature. I’m inspired by the wall art and the mini plantpot teacups here, which look absolutely gorgeous. I’m not particularly green-fingered, but as there’s no drainage in tea cups you might need to pick your plants carefully, and make sure you don’t over-water.
I have to agree. I’m a renter too and begrudge forking out wads of cash (not that I have wads anyway
) to decorate my landlords house. Lots of lovely tips and hints here. I love the Sat Nav idea!
I use the tins to keep my vintage gloves and fragile handkerchiefs in.
I think I like that wallpaper idea best. I’ll definately have to go find some. Wonderful article!