A touch of the vintage in your garden: here's 10 projects to inspire you
Adding a touch of bygone times to your garden can be done easily. And old, disused or even worn-out objects can be used to add this "vintage chic" look to your garden.
1. Wrought iron furnishings
There is nothing more iconically vintage as wrought iron chairs and tables (and with or without peeling paint!). These items can create a vintage chic corner in your garden in a jiffy.
2. A proper, outdoor dining room
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You can dare to go bold with the outdoor furnishings, creating a full-on, proper living/dining room. Dining in a spot like this be a really enchanting experience!
3. Old chairs for decorations
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Old, wooden chairs - perhaps repainted in delicate pastels - can find a place in your garden. Even if you can no longer sit on them, use them as stands for flower pots (or other decorative objects) to decorate your garden.
4. Chair planters
Here's another idea for old, unusable chairs: cut out the seats and put baskets of flowers in them. Now, you won't have to take your worn-out chairs to the landfill.
5. A vignette in the garden
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In interior design techniques, points of interest are often created by setting up compositions of various objects, harmoniously arranged by shape and size (sometimes referred to as "vignettes"). The same thing can be done outside, by putting together some old gardening tools and other worn-out objects in an interesting composition.
6. Vintage watering cans
You can hide an "ugly" spot in your garden (like a wall with the paint peeling off) by hiding it behind a group of old, vintage objects - like the vintage watering cans shown here!
7. Wooden ladder
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The same holds true for old, wooden step ladders. Just set up the ladder and fill it with decorative objects and/or flower pots!
8. Vintage garden furniture
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How about using some authentic, vintage garden furnishings? Find these furnishing at antique markets or even online. Here, for example, is an antique wrought iron plant stand that is no longer produced anywhere.
9. Bathtub
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Old bathtubs usually end up in the landfill but they can be used as wonderful planters, as shown here!
10. Building structures with old window frames
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Here's a more demanding, but rewarding, project: construct verandas, greenhouses or gazebos in your garden using old window frames (with intact glass) cobbled together. Don't you think the example show here looks lovely?
How would you decorate your garden in a vintage style?
