Below is my entry, along with the pics I submitted.
Vintage Loveliness
For as long as I can remember I have been ‘rescuing’ unloved vintage furniture and miscellaneous from carboot sales, tips shops and Freecycle and squirreling it all away in various family members lofts and garages until I had my own home. Well as of last week I finally have my own home, and every corner of it is filled with vintage loveliness! I’ve mixed the old with the new to create a functional yet, hopefully, interesting home.
One thing that I’ve always struggled with is how to display my many vintage, retro and just plain modern items. Having Aspergers (a form of autism) means that I crave order and organisation, but certainly not at the cost of style. Over the years I’ve found ways to mix my love of vintage with functionality; My jewellery is kept in a vintage key cabinet, shoes in an old wire gym-shoe unit, craft items in a 50s kitchen utility cabinet, complete with a pull out table, and a old travel trunk serves as my coffee table. A small portion of my vintage china collection is kept in a 50’s china cabinet, with my vintage sewing box sitting close by, and a collection of tins and vintage children’s annuals nestling next to the modern(DVDs), on made to measure book shelves. But my favourite, my absolute favourite, has to be my 50s light up cocktail cabinet, where on opening, multicoloured shot , lemonade and Babycham glasses are illuminated and ice is ready to be dispensed from the obligatory pineapple ice bucket. Del Boy would be proud
