Stacking Old Drawers To Display Your Collections

A Groovy Way To Display Collections

What a groovy mod idea. You turn drawers on their end forming a stacked display unit which is a nifty way to show off your collections.

The best part is the funky flower draw liner which now becomes the background for the upright drawers.

These drawers were painted a wonderful Retro turquoise.
See how interesting each of the compartments look with a variety of fun objects.

Photo courtesy of http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/la/roundup-drawers-as-vertical-storage-091558

C. Dianne Zweig is the author of Hot Kitchen & Home Collectibles of the 30s, 40s, 50s and Hot Cottage Collectibles for Vintage Style Homes. She is also the Editor of I Antique Online an actively growing internet based resource community for people who buy, sell or collect antiques, collectibles and art. You can find Dianne’s fabulous retro and vintage kitchen, home and cottage collectibles at The Collinsville Antiques Company of New Hartford, CT, a 22,000 feet antique emporium with an in-house retro café.To read more articles by C. Dianne Zweig click on this link: C. Dianne Zweig’s Blog Kitsch ‘n Stuff Email me at dianne@cdiannezweig.com Visit my website, CDianneZweig.comDianne is a member of:The American Society of Journalists and Authors The Society of Professional Journalists

Painting Your Vintage Kitchen Wall Shelf Robin's Egg Blue

How To Create A Retro Kitchen With A Painted Blue Shelf

All it takes is a little can of Robins Egg's Blue paint to turn an ordinary wooden wall shelf into an adorable retro kitchen accent piece. And look at how wonderful this light blue scalloped shelf looks with red and white. In fact if you look closely, you will see that the shelf is sitting in front of a background of red and white cherries.

Adding Crisp Red And White

So not only can you transform a plain old shelf into a charming and colorful platform to showcase your kitchen collectibles, but by adding a warm color (red) you "pop" the whole look.
This technique works not only when displaying objects but when photographing them for on-line auctions or stores. See how the photo below is sitting on top of an apron with red polka dots? Polka dots were a popular image in older kitchens . So you automatically evoke a retro feeling by using a pattern of polka sots. The same can be said about the red cherries above.

You can also try combinations of blue, red and pink; blue, red and yellow; blue and orange. Experiment, see how various colors look together. But the light blue, crisp red and white is still my favorite.

Nothing Like Adding Some Cherries And Polka Dots

My eye went directly to these photographs when I was browsing through kitchen collectibles on Etsy. com. How fun would it be to create an entire kitchen in Robin's Egg Blue along with red and white (polka dots, strawberries, cherries).

This wonderful ideas is the courtesy of http://www.etsy.com/shop/reginasstudio

C. Dianne Zweig is the author of Hot Kitchen & Home Collectibles of the 30s, 40s, 50s and Hot Cottage Collectibles for Vintage Style Homes. She is also the Editor of Iantiqueonline.com an actively growing internet based resource community for people who buy, sell or collect antiques, collectibles and art. You can find Dianne’s fabulous retro and vintage kitchen, home and cottage collectibles at The Collinsville Antiques Company of New Hartford, CT, a 22,000 feet antique emporium with an in-house retro café.To read more articles by C. Dianne Zweig click on this link: C. Dianne Zweig’s Blog Kitsch ‘n Stuff Email me at dianne@cdiannezweig.comVisit my website, CDianneZweig.comDianne is a member of:The American Society of Journalists and AuthorsThe Authors Guild, Inc.

Offbeat Vintage Cabinets And Shelves Look Great Mounted On The Wall : Ideas From The Brooklyn Mercantile

Got Any Hang Ups?
Check Out The Brooklyn Mercantile

This is another article about HANG UPS...not the kind you suffer with, or rude phone dis-connects...my kind of HANG UP is mounting a cool looking shabby chic cabinet on the wall to display antiques, collectibles and objets d' art.

Taking Home Decor Into Your Own Hands

By now you now you know that I stop to photograph "cabinet kitsch" wherever I go. This weekend, my journey took me to Brooklyn Mercantile in Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York. Brooklyn Mercantile describes itself has a shop where you can finally take home decor into your own hands. They specialize in crafts, sewing notions, quilts, upholstery fabrication, textiles and classes.

Hanging Up A Blue And Yellow Offbeat Chippy Painted Cabinet

The goal at Brooklyn Mercantile is to help customers finally give voice to their own home creations. And there are plenty of artsy examples in this shop to fire up your creative juices. I loved the offbeat cabinet and yellow chippy painted cabinet that hangs over the front desk area. Apparently so does the owner, who told me that she fell in love with this piece at a flea market and had to have it.

Mounting Old Shelves On The Wall

When you are out looking for store fixture...consider pulling an ordinary divided shelf unit off the floor and mounting it on the wall instead.

Old open record cabinets make great shop or home displays for collectibles of various sizes. And if you find a funky cabinet, but it has doors, or a wood finish that you don't love, just take the doors off and buy some spray paint and you are good to go!

Visit The Brooklyn Mercantile at http://www.brooklynmercantile.com/

Photo of fabrics courtesy of http://cherrypatter.com/2010/01/brooklyn-mercantile-general-store-for-fabrics-custom-work-hand-made-upholstery-organic-fabrics-sewing-classes-quiltmaking-plus-stitch-therapy-on-5th-avenue-park-slope-brooklyn/

C. Dianne Zweig is the author of Hot Kitchen & Home Collectibles of the 30s, 40s, 50s and Hot Cottage Collectibles for Vintage Style Homes. She is also the Editor of Iantiqueonline.com an actively growing internet based resource community for people who buy, sell or collect antiques, collectibles and art. You can find Dianne’s fabulous retro and vintage kitchen, home and cottage collectibles at The Collinsville Antiques Company of New Hartford, CT, a 22,000 feet antique emporium with an in-house retro café.To read more articles by C. Dianne Zweig click on this link: C. Dianne Zweig’s Blog Kitsch ‘n Stuff Email me at dianne@cdiannezweig.comVisit my website, CDianneZweig.comDianne is a member of:The American Society of Journalists and AuthorsThe Authors Guild, Inc.