Decorating with antiques comes from our innate need for a connection to the past, to believe in a story, and create a sense of history in the space we inhabit. So often, Saturday strolls lead to the local flea market or antiques store and then it happens—love at first sight
DIY Makeover: This renter glammed up her one-bedroom with vintage French farmhouse-style decor
The renter: Camille Lalonde, a flight attendant
The project: A one-bedroom apartment in Forest Hill
DIY budget: $500.
Camille found her apartment near Casa Loma in 2012. She had just moved to the city from Montreal with
Welcome to DIY Diary. Each entry covers a new home improvement project. Here, actor, musician, and podcaster Tawny Newsome puts the finishing touches on her vintage Airstream, transforming the dilapidated vehicle into a cozy enclave.
Renovating a vintage trailer from the 1960s is an undertaking. But starting
Last May, I was reading a site from Lead Safe Mama that indicated that all of the vintage Corelle dishes that we had picked up from friends, relatives, and thrift stores through the years contain lead in the decretive pattern on the outside of each dish. Until now, there were
All images © Ulla-Stina Wikander, shared with permission
Pastoral landscapes and quiet domestic scenes stitched into vintage textiles envelop Ulla-Stina Wikander’s needlepoint sculptures. Using rotary phones, kitchen appliances, or an antique gramophone as her foundation, Wikander (previously)
