Tag · vintage — Peace Love Decor

● Garden — May 02 · 6 min read

Three lavender plants, two of which made it through their first winter. We changed two things on the third — and now all three come back eve…

● Vintage Hunt — May 02 · 6 min read

We have eight brass key hooks, none of them matching, all of them found at flea markets over four years. The wall they live on is the only t…

● Workshop — May 02 · 6 min read

We had three short pieces of oak in the off-cut bin and a Saturday with no plans. By dinner the tray was glued. By morning it was carrying c…

● Bedroom — May 02 · 6 min read

We tried four duvets in five years and not one was right. A vintage hand-stitched cotton quilt cost less than a single duvet and outperforme…

● Kitchen — May 02 · 5 min read

We owned eight tea towels and used the same one because it was the heaviest. Then we bought one good one for fourteen euros and threw the ot…

● Living Room — May 02 · 6 min read

We sold the second armchair for forty euros and bought a floor cushion and a low pine bench instead. Total saved: six hundred euros and two …

● Living Room — May 02 · 3 min read

Our entryway was a corridor that ate keys, coats, and dignity. A jute mat, a brass coat hook, and a thrifted bench later, it lets us in and …

● Workshop — May 02 · 4 min read

A neighbour was throwing out an oak plank with a long crack. We took it. By Saturday morning it was a side table that the cat preferred over…

● Vintage Hunt — May 02 · 3 min read

We bought it because it was cheap and white. Three years and roughly two thousand washes later, the dish has become one of the small reasons…

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