Simple Vintage

Like many of you, my vintage inspiration comes from my favorite decorating books. There are the volumes you choose for entertainment. Others, for pure fantasy (like you could ever have anything even CLOSE to what you're seeing on the page). And then there are the books that inspire you to creativity and action. Josephine Ryan's book, Essentially French, and Simple Home, by Mark and Sally Bailey, are among those in the latter category for me.

I would never choose only ONE style. But I find that my tastes constantly evolve, and so do my collections.  For the time being, what I want to look at needs to be beautiful, and simpler. Like a blank canvas, I need to create what I want to see TODAY in the empty space.

A few months ago I took down my upper kitchen cabinets and have been thrilled with the result ever since. There will never be enough space in my kitchen, but I have resisted putting up anything to obscure the liberated wall space that just lets me BE in my designated cooking area.

I want as much vintage in the kitchen as is useful and practical because of its beauty and inherent value. I haven't simplified near enough yet. But with each passing day of effort my satisfaction, comfort, and enjoyment grows and grows. To see more of the original process, and my solution to storing what was in my cabinets see my earlier post here.

 Thanks so much for stopping by! Ciao! for now!

Jacqueline

I'm linking up to Common Ground for Vintage Inspiration Friday
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