Shabby Chic Home Accessories – Vintage Style Christmas Decorations

Nostalgia is a big part of what makes Christmas magical, which is why vintage style Christmas decorations can transform your home over the festive period.

Our love for Christmas is rooted in childhood. Christmas is a time to be with family, revel in good food and fine wine, indulge our senses and give and receive gifts. Creating a warm, inviting home is part and parcel of the joy of Christmas. And vintage style Christmas decorations are increasingly in demand as they tap into our love for nostalgia.

Vintage Christmas decorations suit those homes that love shabby chic home accessories. Shabby chic home accessories and shabby chic furniture are about capturing that feeling that antiques inspire  – the charm and character that time creates. Similarly vintage style Christmas decorations are about capturing that essence.

Vintage Style Christmas Decorations – Festive Nostalgia

The allure of nostalgia during the Christmas season is clear. Christmas offers us a consistency in our lives that are ever changing. It’s a chance to hark back to the safety of childhood and old fashioned, comforting values. Vintage style Christmas decorations that use vintage fabric, Decoupage or quality, traditional materials, such as porcelain hanging tree decorations and linen Santa stockings, help recreate the magic of yesteryear. And big businesses realise this year that more people will be looking for vintage style Christmas decorations during times of economic uncertainty. In America, Macy’s department store has launched a nostalgia campaign that taps into the simple magical qualities of believing in Santa Claus. With blank forms for children to write to Santa, the values of goodness, family and the magic of Christmas are high on the agenda. Vintage style Christmas decorations, such as embroidered linen Santa sacks, ceramic tree decorations in the shape of traditional doves and angels, and zinc sleigh bell tree decorations are all set to be in vogue this year.

Ceramic Decorations, Linen Christmas Stockings and Zinc Sleigh bells

The drive towards a nostalgic Christmas complete with vintage style Christmas decorations has moved beyond the shabby chic home accessories trend. The popularity of vintage Christmas decorations has been put down to the strong feelings of stability and comfort they evoke, especially during a time when the economy threatens to fall apart – vintage style Christmas decorations such as the Santa gift sack featuring Santa in a cosy woollen jumper, faux leather hat and boots and his own Christmas sack and teddy bear taps into this need. Being reminded of childhood, feeling cosy and secure, has never been so crucial. And more parents are eager to ensure their children have a Christmas to remember. The Orchard Home and Gifts online shop features:

Linen Christmas Stockings
White & Red Ceramic Heart Tree Decorations
Zinc Christmas Tree Decorations, including Angels, Trees and Hearts and a Zinc Sleigh bell Tree Decoration, with each zinc bell hanging beautifully from a red gingham ribbon
Vintage Decoupage Style Tree Decorations for vintage charm and character
Porcelain Christmas Tree Decorations in four traditional shapes: House, Rocking Horse, Present and Bell.

Welcome to The Orchard, the vintage inspired homeware and gift online boutique.
The Orchard is a sanctuary for those tired of characterless contemporary furniture, and who want something a little bit different. You can find a wide collection of luxury homeware and unique gifts all with a unique vintage style. Add a touch of vintage glamour to your home and garden and make sure you check out the Shabby Chic collection for our French Antique inspired collection

Shabby Chic Home Accessories – The Natural Beauty of Reclaimed Wood

Reclaimed wood and natural wood are perfect materials for the shabby chic look.

Shabby chic is all about combining age with style. And what better material than wood to capture both? Natural wood and reclaimed wood adds beauty and warmth to a room. We have a natural affinity to traditional, organic materials such as wood and natural wood furniture or reclaimed wood furniture can transform the look and feel of a room.

In Shabby Chic Style

Wood of course is in itself a natural material, and having natural wood furniture and reclaimed wood home accessories instead of synthetic or fake materials in your home, create an inviting, comfortable and stylish look and a feel.

Natural and reclaimed wood fit well with the shabby chic style and ethos. Recycling wood to create reclaimed wood furniture and shabby chic home accessories, such as coffee tree candle holders or aged Oak wall mirrors, is increasingly popular. Ever since the 1990s when deforestation and climate change became big news, using reclaimed wood for furniture has been in vogue. And as the environment continues to dominate the headlines with high profile celebrities such as Leonardo Dicaprio carrying the Eco warrior flag, the trend for reclaimed wood furniture and natural wood furniture is set to stay.

Reclaimed Wood – A Natural Choice

The environmentally friendly image of reclaimed wood and natural wood furniture means by investing in reclaimed wood furniture and natural wood home accessories, you are making a statement about your beliefs and morals. Leading environmentalists have said reconditioned wood  importantly helps to raise consumer awareness on deforestation and the environment, as well as offer people a beautiful completely unique and natural product. Wood has a character of its own ensuring any reclaimed wood furniture or natural wood home accessories you invest in will be completely unique.

Reclaimed Wood Furniture and Natural Wood Home Accessories – Shop Online

The Orchard Home and Gifts online shop specialises in vintage furniture, shabby chic home accessories and unique reclaimed wood furniture, including:

Reclaimed wood home accessories such as the reclaimed wood mesh keybox and reclaimed wood garden trugs.
You can find reclaimed wood furniture which will transform your room, such as the reclaimed wood chalkboard chest, reclaimed wood 9 drawer wall unit with hooks, and the reclaimed wood heart hall storage bench.
Or why not choose natural wood home accessories such as the unique Coffee Tree root bowl or Volcanic Vine mirror.

Welcome to The Orchard, the vintage inspired homeware and gift online boutique.
The Orchard is a sanctuary for those tired of characterless contemporary furniture, and who want something a little bit different. You can find a wide collection of luxury homeware and unique gifts all with a unique vintage style. Add a touch of vintage glamour to your home and garden and make sure you check out the Shabby Chic collection for our French Antique inspired collection

Shabby Chic Furniture – Transform your Home with Château Chic

Château style and gold gilt furniture is experiencing a renaissance as the boutique trend goes from strength to strength.

Shabby chic furniture has become something of a hallmark of the boutique hotel. And home owners are realising that investing in Château furniture and gold gilt furniture is a way to inject some boutique hotel glamour into their own homes.

The boutique hotel has risen in popularity as it taps into old fashioned qualities that are making a comeback. The global credit crunch has forced many of us to reassess our priorities and values. The notion of art, culture, a love of food and drink, romance and bohemian style are back on the agenda after years of empty consumerism. Filling your home with Château style furniture, shabby chic home accessories and gold gilt furniture creates an aesthetic design that expresses a sense of individuality and an artistic sentiment.

Château Collections and Gold Gilt Furniture

The boutique hotels that embrace gold gilt furniture or the Château inspired look tend to be in places that feed off that vintage aesthetic – the Tuscan hills of Italy, the country home style hotels in the depths of the British countryside, and of course, the rustic French retreat. And as the shabby chic look becomes more affordable and accessible, more home owners are bringing their own pieces of Château chic into their properties.

Specialist websites catering to the shabby chic look means you don’t have to travel through Europe’s aesthetic hotspots to achieve the boutique look. It’s now accessible and affordable - you can browse online through Château furniture collections, gold gilt furniture and shabby chic accessories to create your own unique, vintage style. Shabby chic furniture and shabby chic accessories available include:

Château style furniture for your bedroom, such as kidney bedside tables, drawer bedside tables or antique white Château side tables and Château carved drawer chests.
The Château ladies writing desk.
Château linen sofa chairs, linen foot stools and linen armchairs.
The Château linen rattan armchair or striped silk armchairs.
Antique white Château carved square mirrors,
Gold gilt armchairs.
Gold gilt bedroom chairs and gold gilt library silk chairs.

Inspired Elegance with Shabby Chic Home Accessories

Shabby chic furniture and shabby chic accessories, including gold gilt furniture, can inject a Queenly touch to a home. If you’re inspired by period dramas, or love the romance and beauty that arose from the wealthy classes and their ornate homes, it’s possible for you to achieve the shabby chic look, without the royal price tag.

Welcome to The Orchard, the vintage inspired homeware and gift online boutique.
The Orchard is a sanctuary for those tired of characterless contemporary furniture, and who want something a little bit different. You can find a wide collection of luxury homeware and unique gifts all with a unique vintage style. Add a touch of vintage glamour to your home and garden and make sure you check out the Shabby Chic collection for our French Antique inspired collection