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This was an interesting article ... Sometimes I get so mad how vintage items & propping has gotten so trendy ... I have been enjoying old typewriters & fiestaware since using them at my grandmothers house when I was young ive been collecting yard sale finds & antiques since I was old enough to shop ... A lot of those items adorn my house now I get inspiration from design blogs from time to time to think of new ways to display them but the truth is a lot of pieces in my home are from my grandmother & other family members &hold more meaning then just "looking cool" & I'll still hold on to tha same aesthetic long after its trendiness wears off.

oh to be specific ... i had a vintage frye vest ... it was fun but i could never cool off the leather vest look without looking totally foolish, just not my style ... i decided to trade it in at my local buffalo exchange and a few months later, at the same store i found a pair of frye boots for 50 dollars ... a pair i had wanted for years!

I like to change things up tastefully ... I tend to burn more candles, put out the throw blankets and place pumpkins here and there when it comes fall and then in the winter make it even cozier with christmas decorations that are understated or have a certain nostalgia tied to them ... but you wouldnt catch me putting up those horrible blow up pumpkins, sants, even pilgirms that people put on their front lawn ... tacky.

I like the candle idea ... maybe paint the brick white and put a bunch of different sized candles in that area.

thats a great door! I would prop it in the corner keep the glass and put pictures behind it like a make shift picture frame

I agree with emmabemma ... I read a slew of design blogs daily but I never seem to read any of the online mags ... I read the blogs during downtime at work because they are quick easy reads and when I go home, the last thing I want to do is sit at the computer ... there is something so nice about having a hard copy and being able to read it in bed, or at the beach.

I love my fridge clutter, its filled with funny postcards, magnets and photos ... but its all neatly arranged and every so often I switch it up. It's like my grow-up corkboard from my room growing up.

my grandfather worked at Heywood Wakefield ... a town away from where I grew up ... if I lived in Brooklyn I would buy it up right now!