DonnaRose Infocus — Home and Garden

[caption id="attachment_177" align="aligncenter" width="491"] In my kitchen, a perfectly functional 1960s-1970s Rotary Dial Wall Phone from OldPhones.com[/caption] I love to see a home with pops of vintage items that make a real functional statement.  I was reading my HGTV magazine one night when I saw a picture of a featured kitchen.  With all the beautiful cabinets, counters and floors...the thing that caught my eye was an old telephone in orange that the owner was using in the picture. [caption id="attachment_175" align="aligncenter"...

In my world, vintage does not only apply to clothing and accessories...in my world it applies to furniture, bedding, linens, serve-wear, furniture accents...the list goes on.  I love using the unexpected piece of vintage furniture in an everyday way. In my house, that is a serious challenge because my husband from Swedish descent prefers clean and modern lines while I love and own a LOT of vintage furniture pieces. Peter is not a fan of the highly traditional and heavily carved furniture, so finding the right pieces is definitely hard. It is even more of a challenge now since we...