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Any Kitchen Cabinet surface is perfect for this Vintage Yellow Paint Technique. Just be sure to prime it first.
By RS | Published 4/19/2007
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This retro wire fruit pin is perfect for adding some extra storage and design to a small retro kitchen. You can screw the vintage wire fruit bin into the wall and fill it with anything from fruit to snacks for the kids.
By RS | Published 2/7/2007
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You can use Vintage Crochet Mallets to create a designer looking pot rack in your home kitchen. They are perfect for a retro kitchen, vintage kitchen, sports themed kitchen, or even a traditional kitchen.
By RS | Published 2/10/2007
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You do not have to spend a ton of money to makeover your kitchen in retro style.
By RS | Published 2/22/2008
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Cake stands are one of my favorite shabby chic elements to a dinner table.
By RS | Published 8/1/2007
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A Vintage Metal Canister is the perfect base for a lamp in a retro kitchen, vintage kitchen, or eclectic kitchen. Thanks to easy to install lamp kits you can do this project at home in no time.
By RS | Published 2/8/2007
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This Retro Vintage Apron valance is a great addition to a retro kitchen, a vintage style family room, office, or even a room.
By RS | Published 2/2/2007
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This simple vintage window Spice Rack is a great way to add some stylish storage to your retro or vintage kitchen.
By RS | Published 2/8/2007
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I love to decorate with vintage items in my home. Over the years I have made quite a few Vintage inspired Halloween crafts that are perfect for decorating your home.
By RS | Published 8/31/2006
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This elegant vintage mirror clock is the ultimate shabby chic and vintage craft you can make at home. This easy to make vintage mirror clock makes a great hostess gift, birthday gift, and even something you can make to decorate your own home.
By RS | Published 2/8/2007
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This Vintage Blue Willow Ware Platter clock would look great in a retro kitchen, traditional kitchen, sun room, or even a dining room.
By RS | Published 2/8/2007
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Creating Shabby Chic cocktail tray is an easy project that can be accomplished in one weekend.
By RS | Published 3/30/2007
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This Shabby chic Picture Frame is an easy DIY project that will add a huge designer impact in your home.
By RS | Published 3/30/2007
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After years of coming across great vintage tea cups at the local flea market, I finally came up with a fun lamp base you can make using a variety of matching or mismatched vintage tea cups.
By RS | Published 2/10/2007
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If you are looking for vintage, antique, or retro fabric for quilting, quilt restoration, or crafts, consider shopping online. Here are several websites offering authentic vintage fabrics, and another specializing in vintage reproduction fabrics.
By Jennifer T. Moore Fuller | Published 6/17/2006
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I always come across great remnants of vintage fabric online and at the local flea market. While there is not always enough to make many crafts, your can easily cut the vintage fabric into strips to make this simple vintage placemat!
By RS | Published 2/8/2007
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This Vintage Cookie Jar lamp base is the perfect retro addition to any kitchen. You could also use this Vintage Cookie Jar lamp in a fun and retro home office or even in a kid's room.
By RS | Published 2/8/2007
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I love all things vintage and found this aspect of my life spilling over into ideas for wedding invitations. All of these vintage inspired wedding invitation ideas can be easily accomplished by a beginner.
By RS | Published 8/31/2006
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you wan though, you can easily make your own birthday table cloth using some vintage fabric and a trip to Kinko's!
By RS | Published 5/15/2007
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Looking for some fun Vintage Craft Videos so you can watch some craft being made instead of just reading about them? Well, here my top 10 favorite vintage craft videos posted on AC, hope you like them!!
By RS | Published 5/3/2007
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On my quest ot make as many crafts form my vintage fabric, which in clued vintage Feedsack fabric, I came up with these super cute retro birthday hats!
By RS | Published 5/15/2007
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You can use those great vintage ribbons you come across at flea markets to make super cool retro looking candle votives.
By RS | Published 5/15/2007
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These Vintage Fabric Paper Dolls are easy to make and best of No Sew!
By RS | Published 5/15/2007
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Coming up with great gift ideas for friends and family members is challenging. Collectibles, however, offer an abundance of unique possibilities. Here are vintage gift ideas that gardeners should find appealing.
By Jennifer T. Moore Fuller | Published 10/3/2007
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This simple vintage craft project is made from vintage door knobs, skeleton keys, wood plaques, and a little elbow grease.
By RS | Published 8/1/2007
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This idea for retro kitchen hardware is the perfect way to update (or back date) kitchen cabinet hardware in your retro kitchen on a super small budget.
By RS | Published 9/17/2007
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I love using vintage fabric in usual ways and these retro kitchen cabinet hardware and draw pulls are an awesome project!
By RS | Published 9/11/2007
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Need some retro kitchen hardware eon a budget? Here are some of my favorite ideas for super cheap retro kitchen hardware.
By RS | Published 9/4/2007
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Want some different DIY Decorating Ideas on how to design a retro kitchen? Here are the steps to help decorate vintages style, with 4 Do-It-Yourself tips!
By Angela Epps | Published 6/27/2008
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This Vintage Kitchen Spice Rack Craft Project is a great solution for anyone with a small kitchen who loves a shabby chic look on a budget!
By RS | Published 5/9/2007
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Ok, so if you are looking for a fun and affordable way to add a little character to your outdated kitchen cabinets or even carry on a sleek new look to modern kitchen cabinets, then try adding this fun clock to one of your kitchen cabinet doors.
By RS | Published 3/2/2007
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Shabby chic Picture Frame Shadow Boxes are a super easy and affordable way to incorporate your love of all things vintage. Creating Shabby Chic Picture Frame Shadow Boxes is an easy project that can be accomplished in one weekend.
By RS | Published 3/21/2007
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This Kitchen Table Base Out of Vintage Crochet Mallets is the perfect designer look for a retro or vintage kitchen.
By RS | Published 2/8/2007
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Crafts are not just your regular Popsicle-stick cabins or paper-bag puppets anymore, although those are classics, and will always be fun to make. This article will get you started making your own crafts.
By Tamiya King | Published 7/9/2005
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This article offers tips on how to decorate your kitchen with a retro diner theme.
By Angela Epps | Published 1/22/2008
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Vintage clothing and Brooklyn go hand in hand. It's no surprise that the discerning folks who love Brooklyn also love to shop at Brooklyn's vintage clothing stores. This guide lists four of the Brooklyn's best Vintage Shops.
By Nicole Feliciano | Published 7/6/2006
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Vintage Cast Iron Trivets seem to be the latest rage in all of the home improvementstores. I come across reproduction Vintage Cast Iron Trivets at Crate and Barrel, William Sonoma, and Pottery Barn all of the time.
By RS | Published 2/8/2007
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Any Picture Frame is perfect for this Yellow Shabby Chic Paint Technique. Just be sure to prime it first.
By RS | Published 4/19/2007
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This simple vintage mirror serving tray looks as great hanging on your wall as it does resting on your coffee table or buffet. I find great vintage mirrors all the time. I love those old mirrors that used to be attached to a vintage dresser.
By RS | Published 12/11/2006
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This awesome Vintage License Plate Window Valance is the simplest way to incorporate a vintage car themed design into your home, kitchen, family room, child's bedroom, or even a home office.
By RS | Published 2/8/2007
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This crafty Vintage Tin Can lampshade craft project is a great way to use those great metal cans you get from the grocery store that have the painted on labels.
By RS | Published 1/31/2007
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The mirror doubles your flower budget, reflect s sunshine back onto your indoor garden, and adds great appeal to this shabby chic home décor project!
By RS | Published 5/4/2007
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This Shabby Chic Vintage Jewelry Box is a great hostess gift, vintage craft project, or even a vintage gift kids can make themselves for Mom or Dad.
By RS | Published 2/10/2007
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Ok, I think this simple vintage wood Coke crafted Christmas tree has to be one of my all time favorite vintage inspired crafts. I find these awesome wooden Coke crates all the time at flea markets, yard sales, and those fun flea n tique shops.
By RS | Published 12/11/2006
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You can make a simple and fun Christmas wreath using all those leftover gift tags you have each year.
By RS | Published 11/6/2007
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Feminine and flirty details are very chic for décor accents in Spring 2008. This vintage lavender candleholder is very simple to make, and adds a definite amount of Shabby Chic style to any room.
By Landra Jacobs | Published 2/28/2008
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After reading Emma S.'s Burlap and Silk Art You can make in Minutes I was inspired to create a very simple vintage art project using burlap. This simple project can be made every quickly and for very little money.
By RS | Published 10/25/2006
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This Vintage Muffin Pan clock is a fun accent piece that should fit into quite a few different retro, vintage, or traditional kitchen designs.
By RS | Published 2/13/2007
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Crafts that appeal to older adults take into consideration factors such as the crafter's eyesight and manual dexterity.
By Debbie Holterman | Published 5/9/2006
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This Vintage Tin Pie Pan clock is a fun accent piece that should fit into quite a few different retro, vintage, or traditional kitchen designs.
By RS | Published 3/2/2007
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Kitchen decor plays an important part in the overall attractiveness of your home. If you would like to create a unique room using kitchen art, pictures, or crafts, look upward! Home decorating of kitchen soffits can provide the look and you are after.
By Jennifer T. Moore Fuller | Published 6/8/2006
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Nerd crafts, like t-shirts, are a popular search on online craft stress like Etsy.
By RS | Published 6/13/2008
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Coffee makes a perfect theme for crafts to sell on Etsy or your online craft store.
By RS | Published 6/13/2008
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These simple Mother's Day Card place mats are a very easy craft project you can make out of those great old vintage Mother's Day Cards.
By RS | Published 4/18/2007
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love Vintage Screen Window Mesh. It has slightly larger square openings when compared to new screen window mesh.
By RS | Published 3/30/2007
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This easy to make Vintage Button Table Runner is perfect for a tradition or vintage décor in your dining room.
By RS | Published 3/5/2007
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Romantic vintage weddings are a fabulous opportunity to try something a little fresh and out of the ordinary for your guests.
By RS | Published 3/2/2007
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This Retro Wall Paper clock is a fun accent piece that should fit into quite a few different rooms in any shabby chic or vintage home decor.
By RS | Published 4/9/2007
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This simple Vintage or Retro Tablecloth lampshade craft project is a great way to remake any old Tablecloth into a new lampshade perfect for a vintage or retro kitchen, family room, or crafting studio.
By RS | Published 3/30/2007
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Vintage ceiling tiles make awesome decorating projects in any room of the house, but especially the bathroom.
By RS | Published 3/18/2008
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This Vintage Wood Window Shutter Kitchen Table is the perfect DIY project you can make for your kids.
By RS | Published 3/30/2007
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Displaying any vintage collection is part of the fun of collecting it! If you have a love of all things vintage, including Vintage Rolling Pins, you have to start finding clever ways to display them so your better half doesn't go crazy!
By RS | Published 2/7/2007
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With fashion styles changing almost daily, ties can be an abundant source for crafting. Slim ties, fat ties or somewhere in between, bags of these neck adornments can be obtained for pennies at yard sales and thrift shops.
By Cyndee Kromminga | Published 5/19/2008
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I love collecting vintage Coca Cola bottle crates. The wooden Coke crates are perfect for turning into new home projects, including a fun and vintage clock!
By RS | Published 4/9/2007
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Do you need a great gift idea for your friends or family? Create beautiful lasting heirlooms from old vintage quilts.
By Cyndee Kromminga | Published 4/30/2008
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Whether you are looking for the ever popular my Butler fabric or other fun retro inspired fabrics, and then hit up Etsy and some of their best fabric stores to find what you need.
By RS | Published 4/16/2008
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These simple Whimsical Wood Drawer pulls are a simple project that anyone can do. They are cut out in the shape of forks, knives, or spoons and are super adorable when you want to update your kitchen on a budget.
By RS | Published 5/3/2007
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This Vintage Tin Coffee Pot lamp is a great way to add a vintage or retro touch in your kitchen. I love those Vintage Tin Coffee Pots that are blue with the white speckles all over them.
By RS | Published 3/19/2007
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These vintage wood rolling pin shelves are super easy to make and perfect in a small boy's bedroom, a home office, or even a fun and retro family game room!
By RS | Published 5/15/2007
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This Vintage Marbles Mosaic Jewelry Box is a great gift that you can make for someone who loves vintage stuff or keep for yourself. It would make an awesome birthday gift!
By RS | Published 2/13/2007
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I come across so many retro placemats when I am out at yard sales. They woven and wicker retro placemats are perfect to make into a fun and new lampshade for an existing lamp.
By RS | Published 2/16/2007
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love using vintage silverware to make new crafts. You can find tons fo inexpensive silverware at flea markets, online, and even at garage sales.
By RS | Published 6/1/2007
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A Vintage Hand Made Brick or two is the perfect base for a lamp. While I have never seen a Vintage Hand Made Brick lamp for sale, you can easily make your own at home. Plan on spending about two hours making this simple lamp!
By RS | Published 2/15/2007
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A Vintage Bread Box is the perfect base for a lamp. While I have never seen a Vintage Bread Box lamp for sale, you can easily make your own at home. Plan on spending about two hours making this simple lamp!
By RS | Published 2/14/2007
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You can make the cutest little lamp out of a small vintage wooden recipe box. I find these all the time at the local flea market. You can also buy a new wood en recap box and make the same cute accent lamp.
By RS | Published 2/14/2007
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I love the pop art aspect of Cracker Jack boxes. You can use your Cracker Jacks boxes (new or vintage) to make a fun retro purse!
By RS | Published 9/17/2007
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You can use inexpensive damaged vintage jewelry to make the cutest retro charm bracelets.
By RS | Published 2/8/2008
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The look of cherry and fruit print is very fun and very vintage 1950s! Easily convert an existing dresser into a retro themed one with this simple project idea.
By Landra Jacobs | Published 2/14/2008
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Etsy is a great place to sell vintage clothing online.
By RS | Published 5/15/2008
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The current economic downturn makes this an excellent time to remodel and make use of the incentives offered by cabinet manufacturers. How do I get started? This article gives easy steps to begin your process.
By Dr. Michael Smith | Published 6/9/2008
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I am always looking for ways to reuse those great painted metal cans you buy coffee beans in.Anyone who collects painted vintage tin cans and other products will love this simple Metal Coffee Can lamp craft project.
By RS | Published 2/7/2007
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Everything vintage is so hot right now, whether it is jeans or a piece of furniture for your home. These wedding favors are all affordable, easy to find, easy to make, and best of all vintage inspired.
By RS | Published 9/1/2006
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Madison's diverse downtown arena features a bevy of choices for the vintage shopper. From handmade accessories and clothing, to authentic designer items from days gone by, it's a scavenger hunter's dream come true. Here's where to get started!
By Sabah Karimi | Published 1/8/2007
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This simple Sweater lampshade craft project is a great way to remake any old lampshade into a new whimsical lampshade perfect for a vintage or retro kitchen, family room, or crafting studio.
By RS | Published 3/30/2007
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These simple Vintage Wood Rolling Pin Drawer pulls are a simple project that anyone can do. Vintage Wood Rolling Pins really make great drawer pulls.
By RS | Published 3/30/2007
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This super easy Vintage Coke Crate Desk Craft is a great way to create a vintage desk on a budget.
By RS | Published 5/15/2007
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This Amy Butler Fabric clock is a fun accent piece that should fit into quite a few different rooms in any shabby chic or vintage home decor.
By RS | Published 4/13/2007
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Are you looking for a unique gift idea for a cat-loving friend or family member? Old and collectible cat motif items offer many different possibilities. Here are gifts to consider that are likely to please.
By Jennifer T. Moore Fuller | Published 9/26/2007
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By shopping at yard sales, crafters can save a lot of money on materials.
By Alchemy Annie | Published 8/20/2007
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Perhaps you're looking for a large number of canceled postage stamp, or papers with a vintage look or international flair. In addition to paper arts materials, some of these sites embellishments.
By Pam Gaulin | Published 9/22/2006
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have tons of old sweaters and am constantly coming across vintage sweaters at my local flea market. These colorful sweaters my have passed their primer, but they a great source for free craft material!
By RS | Published 5/15/2007
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This Wedding Invitation clock is a fun accent piece that should fit into quite a few different rooms in any shabby chic or vintage home decor.
By RS | Published 4/13/2007
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Collections, Seventh Avenue and Terry's Village can get you started for spring decorating ideas.
By reasonfaith | Published 4/6/2007
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These shabby chic Easter bunny gift tags are a fun craft that look so expensive and elegant when added to a gift.
By RS | Published 2/7/2008
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Free kitchen hardware is a home owner's dream. Well, inadvertently we all have material laying around the house that could easily be used a free kitchen hardware.
By RS | Published 5/15/2007
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Shabby chic bathrooms and shabby chic bathroom décor are a huge design trend in modern bathrooms.
By RS | Published 8/6/2007
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What is Shabby Chic you ask? Quite simply, it is an eclectic look of antique floral and stripes, tangled with white and pastel colored furniture and accessories with a distressed look.
By Julz | Published 8/27/2007
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These vintage book drawer pulls are a great way to make vintage looking kitchen cabinet drawer pulls and hardware out of old and damage books that still have a great spine!
By RS | Published 9/11/2007
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Looking for a fun paint technique to resurface plain cabinets in a shabby chic or vintage kitchen style? You can use paint and lace to create some beautiful shabby chic kitchen cabinets on a budget.
By RS | Published 5/9/2007
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Looking for some fun vintage crafts that will allow you to display your vintage marble collection in a new way. Well, these Vintage Marble frames are super easy to make and can add quite a bit o whimsical color!
By RS | Published 3/2/2007
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