Thrift The Look Cabin Decor

Today I am joining the Thrift The Look blog hop!  We have a general topic...this time Cabin Decor...choose an inspiration photo, and create our version inspired by the photo, using as many thrift store finds as we can.  It is always a lot of fun!

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Giving a big shout out to OH-so-creative Sarah over at Sadie Seasongoods for putting this all together for us! Thank you, Sarah!

I chose an inspiration photo from a book I love~

Country Living Collection Style: Arranging & Displaying Your Treasures by Marie Proeller Hueston and the Country Living Editors.  The photo was taken by Keith Scott Morton.

I love this entryway area...

I am taking inspiration from the photo, but not trying to recreate it.

It will be used for our winter decor.

I did the area of our entryway that you see as you enter our house, which has a large hall tree/bench. Now, the Tourists Home sign is the front and center focal point, so I wanted to use that.  Rather than paint a sign on board, I used a child's chalkboard I had thrifted, and a VersaChalk chalkboard marker!  The lines on the chalkboard helped me draw the letters.  And I drew the white border on, too.

It was a great way to do it, because I could easily wash it off if I made a mistake.

(These markers are for chalkboards, window glass, plastic, vinyl, metal, ceramic, and slate...not for painted walls and surfaces, and wood.)

I enlarged a closeup from the photo as a guide...

Another piece I decided to make was the wood painted chalkboard. I found this tray at the thrift store...the perfect shape for a folk art style checkerboard.

A wash of light gray tan paint was just right.

Then I drew a checkerboard pattern of 1" squares (8" x 8" checkerboard), and used carbon transfer paper to transfer the pattern.  You could easily use a checkerboard stencil for this, too.

Then I handpainted the squares.

I changed the blanket colors from red and black to green and black. 

The wool plaid blanket was thrifted.

I was inspired by the watering can full of tulips...for winter I used a small evergreen tree that was thrifted, as well as a thrifted paint can. 

I love the stone background texture, but didn't have that, so used a tobacco basket I had as a textural back piece, as well as a pair of snowshoes that are thrifted.  I was inspired by the black boots in the original photo, to use some thrifted child's black ice skates.

The three little pitchers are so fun in the original!  

I used three thrifted ironstone pitchers I had, on the top shelf of the hall tree.

It might have been fun to add some stick-on dots, to look like the original, too!

I had so much fun creating my inspired version of the photo!

Be sure to visit all of the other bloggers' fun posts!  We are all from the Creative Vintage Darlings Facebook Group, too...if you love vintage, we hope you'll come and join us!

Thrift The Look~ Cabin Decor

Sadie Seasongoods        |        Audrey Would!

Sweet Pea         |         Home to Heather         |         Little Vintage Cottage

Lora B Create and Ponder         |         Itsy Bits and Pieces

Until next time...