Store to Abode Fridays #22 - Fall Entries

For Store to Abode Friday, we take inspiration or items from around The Old Lucketts Store and our Design House, and give you ideas how you can create something similar in your home.

Fall is officially here.  The days are getting cooler, and now is the perfect time to set up a vignette with pumpkins and mums for the fall.

Store to Abdoe Fridays #21 - Doors

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It's Store to Abode Friday, where we take something we sell at The Old Lucketts Store and give you a few ideas on how to decorate with it in your home.

This week, we're featuring repurposed doors.  For all the DIYers out there, you already know that there is so much you can do with a door besides rehanging it.

Take a look...

Store to Abode Fridays # 20 - milk paint

Store to Abode Fridays is all about taking something we sell at The Old Lucketts Store or our Design House and showing you how to decorate with it.

We got word today that our supply of milk paint will be at The Old Lucketts Store on Thursday, August 30th!

Store to Abode Fridays # 19 - eco-friendly decorating with twine

We're baaaaack with another Store to Abode Friday.

Today we're using materials you probably have around the house and inspiring you to make a few Eco-friendly projects.

Here is my inspiration piece from Shop Lucketts --- our new twine and scissor set.  After seeing this piece, I stared to wonder, what other crafty things could you do with the twine, aside from wrapping some newspaper...

Five great ideas after the jump...

Store to Abode Fridays #18 - glass bottles

So you have a bunch of bottles and you want to mix things up for summer, but you're not sure exactly how you can display your collection? 

On today's Store to Abode Fridays, we're looking at some easy decorating ideas to help reuse your collection for the summer months.

Five summery suggestions after the jump.

Store to Abode Fridays #17 - glass front cabinets

For this Store to Abode Friday, I'm focusing on glass front cabinets. 

These cabinets are beautiful and functional ways to show off your treasures.

We tend to have these at The Old Lucketts Store quite often; right now we have several beauties in various sizes and finishes. 

I wanted to give you a few ideas for how to display items in these cabinets, including a few places you can put glass front cabinets that you may not have thought about before.

Store to Abode Fridays #16 - Frenchy blue furniture

Today we're showcasing Frenchy blue furniture on Store to Abode Fridays.

These serene pieces are a great way to commit to a color, without going bright. 

If you love to do-it-yourself, Marian has a few colors in her new milk paint line (available at the Lucketts Store in July) that lend themselves well to this look.

Store to Abode Fridays #15 - Suitcases

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Welcome to Store to Abode Fridays!

Time again to feature an item from The Old Lucketts Store and include a few ideas for how you can incorporate our finds in to your home.

I adore vintage suitcases.  They're beautiful and functional - great for stylish storage!

Store to Abode Fridays #14 - maps

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It's that time of the week when we take an inspiration item from the store and show you how to use it in your home.

Lots of our favorite decorating magazines have been using maps in their rooms for a while now.

Here are some fun and unusual ways to get in on the trend and incorporate maps in your decor.

Store to Abode Fridays #13 - chalkboards

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For Store to Abode Fridays, we take one item from the store as inspiration and show you how to use it in your home.

Chalkboards are wonderful, non-permanent ways to capture your favorite thoughts, ideas, and lists. 

You can purchase a ready-made piece, but these are also inexpensive DIY projects, which makes their display that much more rewarding.

Store to Abode Fridays #12 - fans

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For Store to Abode Fridays, we take one of our items from the store, and give you ideas on how to use it in your home.

Vintage fans are beautiful and were built to last.  You can still find them in great condition {many still work, just be sure to get them rewired & watch your fingers} at flea markets, yard sales, and at vintage shops like The Old Lucketts Store.

What a great accessory for your home.  Here are some pretty pieces we love.

Store to Abode Fridays #11 - brooches

Vintage pins and brooches are beautiful.  The colors, the styles, the variety, it's all so exciting to me.

Here are some neat ways to reuse a favorite piece, or some crafty ideas if you score a bunch of these beauties at a reasonable price.

Store to Abode Fridays #10 - Letters

We all heart vintage letters.  They have great stories and finding your initials or spelling out something special is, well, just so personal. 


Here are some ideas to help answer the question "What do I do with the vintage letters I just bought?"

Store to Abode Fridays #9 - urns

For Store to Abode Fridays, we like to take one item from the store as inspiration and show you how to decorate with it. 

Today we're having fun with garden urns!

Here are some of our favorite and unique ideas for decorating with garden urns.

Store to Abode Fridays #8 - feed sacks

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For Store to Abode Fridays, we like to take one item from the store as inspiration and show you how to decorate with it.  Today it's all about feed sacks!

In the past, feed sacks were reused for practically everything - dresses, curtains, shirts, quilts....to underwear!

Here are some of our favorite ideas for reusing these gorgeous utilitarian fabrics.

Store to Abode Fridays #7 - ironstone

For Store to Abode Fridays, we like to take one item from the store as inspiration and show you how to decorate with it.  Today we're featuring ironstone.

Whenever we get ironstone pieces in at The Old Lucketts Store, everyone drools over them.

Here are some inspirational ideas for displaying the pieces in your collection.

Store to Abode Fridays #6 - fun with signs

Vintage signs are such fantastic pieces to help bring interest to a room.  With such varied subject matter, color, and typography, there really is something for everyone. 

From advertising art to old industrial letters, see how you can display these pieces of art in your home.

Store to Abode Fridays #5 - metal storage

We're celebrating metal storage for today's for Store to Abode Fridays feature.

We're also celebrating Henry's 60th Birthday on Sunday {Henry is our friend and handyman extraordinaire who has literally rebuilt The Old Lucketts Store - click here to read more and wish him a Happy Birthday}

Come see some favorite ways to use metal storage in your home, inspired by our very own olive buckets...

Store to Abode Fridays #4 - dough bowls

It's my favorite day of the week - Friday!  Coincidentally the Design House will be open too - 10 to 5 today as well as Sat. and Sun.  Sounds like a perfect start to the weekend. 

For Store to Abode Fridays, we're taking something in our store and showing you how to use that item in your home.

We're celebrating the lovely and rustic dough bowl today.  We've seen them filled with sea shells, books, holiday greenery, and even toys!  Here are a few of our favorites...

Store to Abode Fridays #3 - pulleys

For our "Store to Abode Fridays" post, we try to find something we typically sell in the store and then show you how you can use that item to decorate your home.

This week, we're featuring pulleys!

I found a very pretty wood and metal version around the store last week and totally underestimated the weight of it when I went to pick it up! 

Come and see a few ideas on how to incorporate these beauties in a decorated room...