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How I Found My Style

April 7, 2014 By Meegan 18 Comments

How I Found My Style???  Have YOU ever thought about that question?   I would LOVE to share my answer and results with you.

 What would be the driving influence to my decorating style?  Growing up around my grandparents and their vintage home filled with antiques, shells and comfort, my style began to be shaped.  Entering their home, I felt “at home”.  I have longed to create that same feeling in my own home.

How I Found My Style

Welcome to our home.  I like to think of it as vintage beach cottage.  Collecting and looking for items to create my Las Vegas condo into a vintage beach cottage has become a hobby and fun pastime for me.

Thrifted Plates Hung with Hot Glue

As I shop thrift shops, I am attracted to items and accessories, like these plates that remind me of that feeling I felt in Grandma’s home.

How I Found My Style

If I find something that I like, but it isn’t quite the color I desire, paint is my favorite way to change up or bring in the vintage look I want.  For instance, on my living room book shelves each one of these book ends, planter, and cloche’ were purchased in a brown color.  Using turquoise mist paint, I enjoyed painting and sanding them to fit my vintage beach cottage style.  Yes, the books are vintage, too.

How I found My Style

 Keeping Grandma’s vintage brooches in an apothecary jar remind me of fond memories playing dress-up in her home.

How I Found My Style

May favorite spot in our home would be our bedroom.  I am blessed to have my grandparents bedroom set as my own.  Using turquoise mist and antique white paint, I made over the whole bedroom set to fit the motif of a vintage beach cottage.

How I Found My Style

One of my favorite places to visit is the ocean.  I could sit there for hours listening to the sounds of the waves crashing, the birds chirping, and people laughing.  I collect shells and display them in our home to remind me of my ocean memories.

How I Found My Style

I like to have lots of white and blue furniture with a touch of dark wood.  To me, it looks vintage, inviting, and “cottagey”.

How I Found My Style

My “girl” print has been in our home for years.  And, yes, I painted the frame and the mat to fit my vintage look.  Our whole family enjoys this print.  We try to imagine what she is thinking and/or how she is feeling.  I think she is waiting for someone she is in love with.  What are your ideas as to what she is thinking?

How I found My Style

 My vintage craft cupboard is one of my favorite pieces of furniture.  My friend was on her way to the dumpster with it!  I know! I snatched it up and began painting it.  It was a perfect piece to help me with a vintage beach cottage atmosphere.

How I Found My Style

Grandma always had watering cans that she REALLY used to take care of her flowers.  I like my watering can filled with dried hydrangeas.

How I found My Style

My white shelves in our kitchen are a fun focal point.  I like to bring out my vintage milk bottles and blue Ball jars for another way to showcase my style.

How I found my Style

Finding this vintage buffet was like the “icing on the cake” to finish my vintage beach cottage home in the desert.  Yep, you guessed it, I painted it once I got it home.  BUT, it has been my most challenging project to date.  Finding a color and painting and re-painting it to FINALLY fit in the right space was truly a challenge.

I hope you have enjoyed how I found my style.  Through my grandparent’s I learned what I like and what gives me comfort at home.

Have you thought about the question: How I Found My Style? For yourself?  It’s a fun and interesting way to think about your taste and design process.

Make it a meaningful Monday

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Comments

  1. Michelle says

    April 7, 2014 at 7:37 AM

    Meegan everything you touch turns to beautiful! You definitely know your style and and you do it well. Your home is serene. I am sipping my morning coffee looking at your home and (sigh) I just wanted to tell you how talented you are.

    Reply
    • Meegan says

      April 8, 2014 at 5:19 PM

      You are so very kind Michelle. So happy to have you here!

      Reply
  2. Marie@The Interior Frugalista says

    April 7, 2014 at 9:53 AM

    Wow Meegan, hard to imagine that is a condo in Las Vegas!! Love your stunning furniture pieces especially the craft cupboard and it’s color combination. Meegan you have a great eye and your furniture makeovers are stunning.

    Reply
    • Meegan says

      April 8, 2014 at 5:18 PM

      Thanks Marie. I am so complimented!

      Reply
  3. Alli says

    April 7, 2014 at 10:02 AM

    Your style is exquisite! That dresser reminds me of my grandmother’s, too! Thanks for taking me back to those beautiful days at grandma’s! Love your style!

    Reply
    • Meegan says

      April 8, 2014 at 5:17 PM

      Aw, Thanks Alli. I REALLY appreciate your kind words.

      Reply
  4. Crystal says

    April 7, 2014 at 8:34 PM

    Thanks for sharing about how you found your style. Your house is beautiful and I love all your pieces. I’ve tried finding my style, but it seems to be all over the place. So, I guess my style is a little of this and a little of that…lol.

    Reply
    • Meegan says

      April 8, 2014 at 5:11 PM

      All over the place can be a style, too Crystal :) Really.

      Reply
  5. Tammy says

    April 7, 2014 at 8:51 PM

    Love your style…

    Reply
    • Meegan says

      April 8, 2014 at 5:11 PM

      Thanks so much Tammy!

      Reply
  6. Angela says

    April 9, 2014 at 2:58 PM

    I love how our history shapes not only our personalities and life experiences but our style! such pretty photos btw. :)

    Reply
    • Meegan says

      April 12, 2014 at 6:45 AM

      What a beautiful perspective, Angela. Thanks for stopping by! xoxoxo

      Reply
  7. Inspire Me Heather says

    April 12, 2014 at 8:31 AM

    Well your style is very pretty!

    Reply
  8. Sharon says

    April 12, 2014 at 12:36 PM

    Nothing makes a house a home more than things with sentimental value. I love your calm, cool, collected style!

    Reply
  9. Jen says

    April 13, 2014 at 1:00 PM

    Gorgeous! My style is also beach cottage, yet different from yours. I love the vibe of your place. Never in a million years would I guess condo in Vegas. I’d probably say must be Martha’s Vineyard! Thanks for sharing your lovely home and your personal style.

    Reply
  10. Melissa @ DaisyMaeBelle says

    April 13, 2014 at 6:53 PM

    So pretty! Pinned those mason jars! Life to the full! Melissa

    Reply
  11. Cynthia @ A Button Tufted Life... says

    April 14, 2014 at 4:45 AM

    You have a wonderful eye for creating relaxed eclectic style Meegan!! So pretty!

    Reply
  12. Julie says

    April 21, 2014 at 12:48 PM

    I love your style, Meegan. My favorites were the phone, Grandma’s brooches (love that word!) and the milk bottles ;) XO

    Reply

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