Decorating to make a Statement

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Shopping my house is one of the many things I enjoy doing to help make my house a home. It not only is fun to be creative, but it’s also a very frugal way to decorate and change the look of your home. After decorating with some new found antiques, I decided to change my Hoosier cabinet.

While enjoying some of the decorating posts lately, I was inspired by the monochromatic look. It not only makes a statement when you use all one color, it also takes away the guess work, no more wondering if colors match.

After taking down my Snowmen last week, I “shopped” my home for anything white. My Hoosier cabinet is in my Dining Room, so using mostly dishes worked well. I did add 2 of my antique watering cans to the top, mostly because I just love them, but I also needed some height and they are always a good fit.

Some of the pieces that I found had some flowers or design on one side, so I simply turned them around to hide the design. The round item to the left is an ostrich egg, thinking outside the box here, I liked the shape, size and of course it was white.

On this shelf, I added a dish and 2 small plates that I bought awhile back at Goodwill for .25 cents each.

Here I started with a tea pot, a couple coffee cups and I created a unique look by simply turning a square dish upside down and then placing the other one on top.

On this shelf, I put another tea pot from my collection, a carafe and an antique metal container with a lid.

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32 Comments

  1. Shopping in your house is so fun and best of all FREE, satisfies all parts of zeh soul!

  2. Your cabinet is gorgeous!! So glad I saw your link on Miss Mustard Seed! Lovely!
    .-= Emily@Decorchick!´s last blog ..New life for old mirrors =-.

  3. What a fun look! I like all your white dishes~they look so pretty with the colors of your hoosier cabinet.

  4. My husband recently finished my grandmas’ hoosier cabinet and I just LOVE it. I can remember seeing her make biscuits on it and it brings back such fond memories for me of her. The sifter in it still works. Right now,I have put some things of hers in it… biscuit cutters, rolling pins, vintage lace and crocheting of my great grandmas…I LOVE MY HOOSIER CABINET!

  5. It looks great. And I have totally turned things around before too…if I don’t want to see a rooster, he has to face the wall. lol!

    🙂 Great job, I love your cabinet!

  6. such pure and clean displays.. love how they all look..

  7. I love all the white ceramics. Very pretty look. Thanks for sharing this. Have a wonderful weekend!

  8. Jane@ Finding Fabulous says:

    Nice cabinet redo! My hutch in my dining room is similar with all white bowls and pitures. I’ve loved it so much over the years, and adding on piece by piece is so fun! Thanks for linkin’ up today!

  9. Your collection looks so fresh and clean. Makes me long for spring!

    Love,
    Susan and Bentley
    xxoo

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