From Princess to Vintage Chic Part Two..Vintage VAVOOM !

This is part two of "From Princess to Vintage Chic".

Last week I posted about how I transformed by daughter's cream and gold little girl's princess furniture into an updated "chic" style using black and white paint.

Today I'd like to show/tell you how the room itself was transformed.

My first inspiration was wanting to keep their furniture for a variety of reasons.... (sentimental and of course it's nice to recycle and save money, at the same time.)

Okay, so now I have a black and white theme going on. The next question was, what color I would like to paint on the walls.

Well, since the furniture was vintage, I thought that the pale aqua color would lend itself nicely to the look I was going for. Plus I just love the pairing of it with black and white. The color I chose is called "La Fonda Mirage" and I believe that was a Lowe's Valspar color.

So now I've got the colors and theme going on and I need to figure out what type of bedding and acessories I want to use.

Since I wanted vintage, my first thought was to go to antique mall and wander around aimlessly until something came over and knocked me on the head!

Well, it wasn't long until I spotted something that made my heart skip a beat.....this hobnail milk glass vase. (Hobnail is a glassware design featuring an all over pattern of raised dots, forming a bumpy texture.)

My Mom had a vase identical to this one that I remember seeing filled with her garden zinnias and roses when I was growing up. Love at first site! This was the inspirational acessory that I was looking for.



I was so excited to get started on this room. So now I'm blending my daughter's childhood bedroom furniture with a part of my childhood and memories of my Mom. Not planned, but what a nice idea.

Next thing I knew, I was flying down the isles of the various stalls scouting out anything milkglass/hobnail I could find....... and find I DID!

The lady at the cash register came over and offered to give me a hand, as my arms were filling up with everything milkglass and hobnail that I could snatch up.

There were a bunch of small bud vases, some goblets, some serving pieces, a compote dish and not once did I resist. "Come to Mama", I called! By the way, the lady was looking at me with curiosity , trying not to be too nosey, but she asked anyway: "what in the world are you going to do with this stuff?"

Little did I know what I was going to find around the corner.... be still my heart, there was the coolest vintage lamp with two globes made of ...YuP...hobnail milkglass.

That was perfect! Even though it was an antique, it had a real modern twist to it and my fingers were crossed that it would work when she plugged it in.. ..... SucceSS !

"Oh", said the shop lady, "are you interested in hobnail lamps?" " " Mais oui", I said !

"Come right over yonder, we have some more for you to choose from ."

Oh my goodness, how could I choose? They were all so cute and cheap! " "I'll take them!"



So now I've got the furniture, the wall color and a gazillion milkglass acessories and lamps, great!

What's next?

I needed to figure out the bedding. Well that was going to be enough for one day. I came home with my treasures and played with them, stacked them, bunched them up, scattered them.... a tweek tweek here and a tweek tweek there.....

That was a good start.

The next day I painted the room and was so pleased to see how nicely that shade went with the black and white. I love contrast, I think it keeps a room alive and interesting. Black and white add instant dram into a room.

One of the most important elements in room design is textures and let me show you a sneak peak of all of the different textures that I was able to pack into this small bedroom:

Huh?!?.... well this must be the "unexpected"!

The following week, I decided to go treasure hunting once again, at a different antique store and the third stall I spotted this gorgeous "Popcorn" chenille bedspread. Perfect! It echoed the hobnail glass ware beautifully. Oh JOY!





So, there you have it... my "recipe" for a pulled together room. Draw from an inspiration that you love and you will be excited to find all of the elements to pull it together.





I added the zebra stripe to create a "vintage with a twist of mod". I didn't want it to be predictable, with all things vintage.



I "monogrammed this pillow using gimp and hot glue!











I painted the large frame white, took the ugly picture out of it and hung the oval mirror inside. The mirror was a garage sale find... I got two, originally gold, I spray painted them black.





Here's that modern/vintage lamp that I loved so much at the antique store... and the little chair is a perfect accent.



Displaying my milkglass collection on the dresser was so much fun. I stacked them, grouped them . See what looks like a cake stand under the black and white vase? That's a piece turned upside down with a plate on top!

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Susan at Between Naps on the Porch is hosting a Met Monday and would love to see you there!