Style A Vintage-Themed Spring Vignette
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Because I’m so looking forward to spring, I decided to style a vintage-themed spring vignette.
I started with a tall decorative element, setting it at the back against the wall. In this case, I’m using brown shutters.
I found these shutters at an antique mall years ago. I’ve considered painting them, but I might regret painting over the distressed edges that have come with age.
My favorite way to use them is as a background in a vignette, leaning them against the wall or surface.
As you can see, I also like to use paintings as backgrounds by leaning and slightly overlapping them. Layering allows you to add more to the decorative space and completely change its look and style.
How To Style A Vintage-themed Spring Vignette:
In this vintage-themed spring vignette, I used the wooden greenish-gray decor I found recently on sale at Hobby Lobby, slightly overlapping over the brown shutters. Then, I added the painting of the woman, layering these items from back to front.
Then, I added the wood trunk in front for height and to hold the background layers in place. I needed decor on the trunk’s surface, so I went to the cupboard where I store decor and chose the cup, saucer, and clock.
When creating a vignette, I like to add decor and step back to see if I like how it looks. I often leave things in place for some time before deciding whether to leave things in a vignette or change them up.
I added embroidery hoop art I DIYed years ago to add a subtle touch of green. Then, as I worked toward the front, I added more decor to finish the vignette.
I chose the vintage jar of antique bobbins, a white coffee pitcher with faux tulips, and a fluted glass candle. The last thing I added was the string of decorative beads, which picked up the other green colors in the background.
Adding the same subset of colors leads the eye and brings cohesion to your vignette.
Depending on how detailed you want your vignette to be, add as little or as much decor as you wish. I mixed vintage decor with faux tulips I found at Amazon to remind one of the spring season.
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Faux Flowers For Spring
You might also want to read this post on realistic faux flowers for spring. They are all sold at Amazon.
Using Shutters As A Background In Previous Vignettes:
These are other vignettes I’ve created using these same shutters.
The brown shutters can be used in various other decorating scenarios. They are a good prop, and I’m always looking for similar pieces to lean or hang in the background of my vignettes.
Items Needed For This Vignette:
Step-by-step Instructions:
Step 1: Lean the background or backgrounds against the wall.
Step 2: Add a trunk or box for added height in front.
Step 3: Choose vintage or other decor for the trunk or box.
Step 4: Bring in a flower or plant for texture and interest.
Step 5: Add a candle for shape and scent.
I found a blog post on the blog The Antiqued Journey on displaying antique and vintage collections.
Lovely🫶
Hi Brenda. First, I hope you had a nice birthday. Did you do anything special with your family? Second, I love your vintage Spring inspired vignette. I’m pretty sure everyone is looking forward to some warmer Spring weather. I know I am. The cold weather is nice for a little while, but I think everyone is getting tired of it by now, lol. I can’t wait to see what you do in your garden this Spring.
This is absolutely beautiful, Brenda.
Love this post, Brenda. I like the idea of using the shutter as backdrops. I ‘ve never thought of putting a large item like that on the floor behind the vignette. That anchors the vignette I think. Also, I never tho’t of having a designated space just to house things like backdrops, etc. Appreciate the new ideas you’ve shared here. Nice eye candy!
I’m not in the spring mood yet, not anywhere close because of our sub-zero temperatures, sigh. Next week is supposed to “warm” up. I may wait until the Spring Equinox to take down my winter decor and put up my spring decor, I’ll see how the weather goes. It’s hard to get in the mood for spring decorating when I’ve got icicles a foot long hanging around my gazebo on the patio and the squirrels are pounding on my patio door every morning looking for food because everything they buried is covered in a foot of frozen solid snow. The artificial tulips in your display are beautiful, they look real.
Pretty. Nice colors and textures. Not flashy, but nice to see something not so bright.
Beautiful! Where did you get the doily? I had some that my grandmother made years ago. I would like to watch a video of someone making a doily. I know a little of how it is done but not of how the pattern is for it. Seems like a lost art form. In Baltimore where I grew up, artists would paint your window screens (especially before air conditioning) so you could leave the doors open and see out but you couldn’t see in. They mostly painted landscape or water scenes. My grandsons make fun of me saying water.I say wood er. It’s funny growing up with a specific dialect which you are used to and then hearing the words pronounced differently. Stay warm everyone!
I love it Brenda! I brought out my faux tulips from Amazon, last week. Enjoy!
Good Morning Brenda,
just sat down with my second cuppa coffee to open my E-mail. My laptop had some issues; so it was at the Best Buy clinic for almost a week! Yikes, I have so many E-mails its daunting to scroll through them… Yours was at the top! I enjoy your blog so much. I love your sharing of vignette creating. It’s pretty and my eye went to the yellow candle and drop leaf table. I just bought a similar yellow candle with a wooden top at Marshall’s while I was picking up my computer. I also went to Hobby Lobby (silk flowers, and acessories) and other stores in Olympia, and Lacey and Tumwater, Washington. I live in the country, so my girlfriends and I make a monthly trip for lunch and other fun destinations. I can’t wait for Bark and Garden(Nursery) to open so I can refresh my poor flower beds. We had unusually long cold stretch of weather; days in the 20’s and nights in the teen’s. I lost several miniature azaleas and Rose of Sharon and Hydrangeas! I planted those over 20 yrs ago and now they’re dead… so there will be a lot of yard reconstruction. I know you are redoing flowerbeds for “Mamie” and I look forward to seeing those.
Happy Spring to everyone!
Brenda, I thought for sure those tulips were real. They really are a wonderful addition to your vignette. The piece that you found at Hobby Lobby caught my eye right away. What exactly is it? It really looks vintage and I LOVE it! Is it maybe a frame for an old cabinet photo? I also like how you used the bobbins. I have 6 of them that I bought long ago, at an antique -flea market. Mine are just plain, without any colored wood. I haven’t seen colored bobbins before. Did you buy them that way or paint them yourself? I really like how they look.
Everything just fits together here; you have so many nice items!
Thanks for sharing, enjoyed seeing your decor.
Hugs, Bonnie
The piece of wood from Hobby Lobby is just wall decor in their wall decor section. I bought the bobbins from an Etsy shop.
You have such a good eye for decorating. You should stage houses for selling.
Lovely.