Today we have put together some of our favourite vintage home wares fresh from the shop. Lately we have been drawn by smoked blue linens, old white china and petite glass perfume bottles.  These muted tones work well with natural light interiors and bare wooden surfaces for a more rustic look. We also have introduced some women's wear to the shop, we couldn't resist these pretty vintage blouses, could you?  

Elegant oyster white and French grey tea set, grey Monday tablecloth, ivory Selfridge blouse, pale tinted goblet glasses, smoked scalloped blouse, glass jelly mould, petite femme perfume bottle and champagne rose embroidered trinket.

 

Psss..... for more deets or to buy head over to the shop , these beauties wont be there for long!

 

Enjoy your day.





Artist And Flea Markets :: Brooklyn



 Last November I went to NYC to do a little Christmas shopping and on the Sunday I thought it would be a nice idea to head over to Brooklyn and wonder through the vintage boutiques, you know have a lazy Sunday kinda day. I did manage to find the Brooklyn vintage flea market, soon as I entered the old building I just wanted to buy EVERYTHING I can't tell you how much I adore American vintage clothing I think they hold the best, all the corners was cramped with old lace dresses and tan leather brogues lined up on the floor, stools filled with handmade jewellery designed by young up and coming designers and then I found 'Love Hue Studios' a designer Devin Kain who turns vintage books into clocks, this really was one of my all time fav's, such a good idea and they look beautiful.

 

I admire artist that reuse vintage stuff and turn it into beautiful quirky things that we seem to find ourselves taken by. When I see artist/designers come together at flea markets and craft show's it inspires me to keep going and not give up on something you love, and that's why I feel that its important for us to help support small business's and up and coming designers/artist.

 

Love Hue Studios can also custom make you a vintage book clock so if you have a all time favourite you can send them your book and they can customise you a clock. I kinda love this idea think its a tiny bit genius.

 

 

www.bugcicle.com
 

Summer Is Ending And Yellow Is Trending

September is one of my favourite times of year; you can't beat mild sunny days, leaves turning golden and long walks that involve wild blackberry picking. Yes autumn is a lovely time of year with the best colour palette.

Over at Pinterest I have been obsessing over yellow interiors, does bright colour's scare you? Well here I have picked some of my fav's to show you that yellow can look tasteful and not at all over powering or too contemporary.

I think vintage furniture painted in yellow with a heavy distressed finish looks amazing, use them as a focal point in the room, keeping your colour scheme natural and muted, if a big piece of furniture painted in yellow is still a little daring for you then why not try updating your bedroom with yellow textiles mixed with earth tones and natural wood furniture for an instant autumn update.

 

 If you are completely digging these yellow interiors as much as I am right now, then my not head over to my ' hint of yellow' board to check out some more beautiful yellow interiors to inspire you.

 

Link:

http://www.pinterest.com/yardofbleu1/hint-of-yellow/

 

All pictures in this post have been sourced from Pinterest.

 

 

Upholstery Update :: First Client

A couple of weeks ago I got my first ever upholstery client, I was really excited that someone would want me to upholster their chair. When I first saw the chair I knew it was going to look amazing, a dainty antique Louis 14th, already painted in Annie Sloan old white and upholstered in a emerald green velvet which sagged in the middle, probably from years of  someone sitting reading in a corner somewhere ( it looked like that kind of a chair...cosy).

 

 

As this was the first chair I have attempted to upholster outside of college I thought it would be nice to show (my right arm) Jamie, what I have been getting up to, as I was working through the process it was lovely to get an extra pair of hands and work together to make this chair perfect, and I believe I may have passed on the upholstery bug (Jamie didn't want to come up for air) as it's quite catching once you see one through you want to start another.

 

My client chose a beautiful wide striped linen fabric, which had tones of charcoal greys and natural linens, yes it was gorgeous .

 

fabric by Annie Sloan.

 

 

 

 

 

The transformation of the chair was breath taking, I love upholstering antique chairs that no one would look twice at, and after a bit of love the finished results are so worth it. 

 

Oh and one more thing the little heart was made with some leftover material from the chair as a little thank you gift to my client for picking me to upholster their chair. A great way to use any scrapes of material you have leftover and looks cute hanging on a handle to, and the best thing is there easy peasy to make.

 



The little farmhouse dresser....

 

Don't you love it when you see country farmhouse kitchens full of charm and character...little wooden breakfast stools, the big island in the middle, baskets of potatoes and vegetables resting on the table, the muddy wellies by the back door and that rocking chair in the corner, but you may not have the room for the island or a big farmhouse table in your kitchen but you may have room for a small dresser that you can feel with all your lovely things and create a country farmhouse feel in your home.

 

A friend of mine was redecorating and had a old dresser sitting in her garden ready to be thrown out, when I spotted it sitting there I couldn't help ask if I could take it home with me and she was more than happy to see the dresser out of her garden.

 

when I got this dresser home and started to have a look at the small details I couldn't believe how cute this dresser was, I love the panelling at the back of the dresser and the matching carved details at the top and bottom.

 

Before pic.... yep kind of gross and dated.

 

 

 

After pic ... ta-daa!!

 

 

A bit of love and yes it looks a lot different, I painted the dresser in Annie Sloan - french linen, a new favourite of mine, I also got rid of the glass panels and replaced with chicken wire to bring it up to date and created that farmhouse feel, I distressed the edges and finished with Annie Sloan clear wax.

 

I really was surprised how good the dresser looked, the chicken wire really has made all the difference. The best thing about having a dresser is you can display all your lovely kitchen ware, recipe books and linens in one place and it brings a personal touch to your kitchen instead of hiding your stuff behind cupboard doors you should display the things you love.

 

 

 

 

 

The dresser is filled with all my vintage home wares from my online shop so if there is anything that caught your eye then make sure you take a look.

 

www.yardofbleu.etsy.com

 

 

 

A summers evening

A shop update :: A summers evening

 

 

Today at Yard of Bleu were having a 'summers evening' with our new stock that will be available to shop at Etsy by the end of the week.... Imagine a summers evening spent wearing a sheer lace slip, relaxing in our Ercol collection sipping a cup of chamomile tea.

 It's all looking so peaceful here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Available to shop at www.yardofbleu.etsy.com

 

crochet lace tablecloth

Coffee and cream crochet lace tablecloth

Ercol white painted Chairs

Vintage lace slip

White heritage lidded sugar bowl

Hand painted children's rocking horse

 

Hope you enjoyed this weeks new stock our summers evening look with light lace, white barn painted furniture and touches of natural linen.

 

 



Provence Roses and Feminine Poses.

 

 

Yard of Bleu  ::  Shop update

 

This week were having a 'Provence roses and feminine poses' moment here at yard of bleu, our Cath Kidston Provence rose chairs and table collection will be available to shop by the end of the week, and our gorgeous eye candy home wares are also available too!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Create the feel of a Provence rose garden in your home by adding soft pink linens mixed with rose florals, a wild green bouquet and to finish off with a feminine antique illustration, this will add some vintage charm.

 

 

You can shop the look here at www.yardofbleu.etsy.com

 

available to shop at Yard of Bleu:

 

Pink linen scolloped tablecloth

Antique rose straw hat

Cath Kidston two chairs and table collection.

Vintage white girls pinny

Bavarian white cups

18th century 'lavinia' illustration

Decagon glass vase

 



peppermint creams and vintage greens

Peppermint cream interiors .... yes please, I find it hard to say no to anything in this colour and when it comes to interiors there’s nothing more beautiful then hints of mint green setting the scene of a romantic French cottage with wild flowers and rustic cupboards, it adds a summery chic feel and even when its grey outside these beautiful surroundings would take you to a warm summers day.

Over at Pinterest I have been drooling at some of the most amazing interiors in vintage greens here is a few of my favourite mint moments.

 



Doors and Shutters look amazing painted in mint green and they look even better once they've been through a few storms.

 

I adore these mint green walls with dark vintage furniture and wild botanical flowers, what a great way to make your classic pieces pop.

I wonder where this church is ?

I'm picturing the most perfect wedding.

 

 

 All images are sources from Pinterest and Etsy.