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French Vintage Friday – vintage tureen
Happy Friday, friends! I hope your week was wonderful! Today, for French Vintage Friday, I’m sharing something that I’ve had for a few years, it was actually one of my first vintage treasures, this lovely Johnson Brothers tureen. I added some fresh flowers to it, for a little added happiness inside my ironstone cabinet. I used “wet” flower foam for the floral arrangement. It was actually the first time that I’ve ever used flower foam, and I LOVED it!! I highly recommend using it! Flower foam comes in “wet” and “dry”. “Wet” is for fresh flowers, “dry” is for faux flowers. It holds the stems perfectly! It was a must…
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How to easily create chippy/crackle paint
Happy Monday, friends!! How was your weekend? Over the weekend, I worked on a few little projects. One of them being, this sweet little cabinet… I decided that I wanted it to be white and chippy, are you surprised?!! Using glue and white paint, I gave this sweet little cabinet a new look. I started by brushing some Elmer’s glue on the cabinet. In some areas I brushed the glue on thicker, and other areas got a thinner layer, this helps the cracks to vary in size, making it look more authentic. I left it in the sun to dry for just two or three minutes, before painting. You want…
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French Vintage Friday – small ironstone tureen
Happy Friday, friends! I hope y’all had a wonderful week! I’m so excited for the weekend, it means that I get to sleep in! Yay! Today for French Vintage Friday, I’m sharing one of my favorite little treasures, this wee little ironstone tureen. It’s so sweet and little, and even came with the original ladle! I love it! I hope you have an amazing weekend!!! Thank you so much for visiting my blog and for leaving such sweet comments! Y’all are the best! ~Emily Check out where I have linked this project…. Blog link list Please follow and like us:
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French Vintage Friday – old skeleton keys
Happy Friday, friends!! I’m so excited for the weekend! I’m finally going to start building a pergola in my backyard. I’ve had the lumber sitting in my garage for a while now, and have decided that it is time to get it done! Yay! I can’t wait to show y’all how it turns out…hopefully it turns out good, but I’ll show you either way. Today, for French Vintage Friday, I’m sharing something that I have always found to be so intriguing, antique skeleton keys. A couple years ago, my grandpa passed away and left an amazing antique trunk to my mom. The skeleton key was missing, so she called a…
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French Vintage Friday ~ bone dishes
Happy Friday, sweet friends!! Today, for French Vintage Friday, I’m sharing something that I think is so unique and so cute, bone dishes! These sweet, uniquely shaped dishes were used to discard bones on, throughout a meal. And the fact that these bone dishes are English ironstone, makes me love them even more! Ironstone will forever have my heart! 💗💗💗 Let’s hop over and see what Tara is sharing today. Simply click on the picture below…. Thank YOU so much for visiting my blog!! I hope y’all have an amazing day! ~Emily Check out where I have linked this project…. Blog link list Please follow and like us:
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French Vintage Friday ~ beautifully crazed
Happy Friday, friends!! Happy May 1!! Today, for French Vintage Friday, I’m sharing something that I find beautiful, crazing! What is crazing exactly? Crazing is the fine cracks in the porcelain’s glaze. They often have a spiderweb-like appearance. Stains can set in and make the crazing more visible and make the dishes look dirty or worn. The cause of crazing is the glaze being put under too much tension.  While crazing is lovely, cracks in any dishes can hold bacteria. Dishes that have any cracks, even tiny crazing, can be unsafe for foods and eating. So many of my old dishes do have crazing and cracks, so I keep them for lovely decorative…
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French Vintage Friday – ironstone platters
Happy Friday, friends!! I hope y’all are doing well! How’s life in your neck of the woods? Are things starting to open up? I’ve heard of a few areas in the country that are slowly starting to open. I’m anxiously awaiting the day that we can all go out again, and live life normally, but until then, I’m enjoying this time. Today for French Vintage Friday, I’m sharing my love for ironstone platters. My first ever piece of ironstone, was a large platter. Ever since then, I can’t get enough! I dream of owning stacks and stacks of these beauties! Perfect for serving, and also perfect for decorating! I use…
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Favorite Things Thursday ~ vintage butter pats
Do you ever come across something, and wonder why you have never stumbled across this before? That’s how I felt about vintage butter pats. One afternoon, while walking the aisles of a local antique store, I found three vintage butter pats. I was in love!! Now that I know what these darling little plates actually are, I have noticed so many pictures of vintage butter pats, all of Pinterest and Instagram. Aren’t they just so cute and so sweet? My collection has just only started, and consists of a mere five butter pats, but is sure to grow. Some people collect matching sets, but y’all know how much I love…
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Entry Makeover
For those of you that don’t know, my husband and I bought a new house about two years ago. It is so very plain, with white walls, and very little added character and charm. I have finally decided to do some inexpensive room makeovers! Each makeover is going to be $100, or less! I started with my entry way, it is small and in desperate need of a little added character and charm. Here is the entry before…Plain white walls, and a red door that I never truly loved the shade of! I started by adding moldings. All of which were cut from one 4ft x 8ft sheet of mdf,…
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Favorite Things Thursday’s ~vintage plates
I have a true love for vintage, mismatched plates! I don’t know what it is about that one (or two) lonely, beautiful plate(s) that doesn’t have a set anymore, but I swoon over them every time!!Together, these mismatched plates, really make a beautiful impact! I love to display just about anywhere and everywhere! Thank you for visiting LeCultivateur!!! ~Emily Check out where I have linked this project…. Blog link list Please follow and like us:
