Many people confuse Vintage Style decorating with the Shabby Chic decorating style. However, there are subtle differences between the two styles.

Shabby Chic by its name has an atmosphere of benign neglect but still has an elegance surrounding it. Vintage style decorating, on the other hand, has the potential of bringing you back to your grandparent's home. It is similar in a way to retro style decorating. The furniture may resemble that found in the Shabby Chic home. It may be well loved with peeling paint and many dents and scratches from much use. The differences are not found so much in the furniture used in the two styles. What separates the styles are the accents and accessories found in the vintage style home.

Vintage Style Home has Unique Fabrics

Fabrics are an important ingredient in creating this type of kitchen. If you love the large floral prints of the 40's you are well on your way to enjoying this style. Calico prints from the 30's and 40's can also be found in this kitchen.

Oilcloth tablecloths are commonly used.

Oilcloth is hard to obtain these days, but flannel backed table cloths in vintage prints are easily available. Oilcloth was also used to cover and protect cookbooks.

Another favorite in the kitchen is the old roller towel rack. These often had linen calendar prints or beautiful floral linen prints on them. If you can't find one of these roller racks, they are simple to make as is the roller cloth.

Another kitchen staple was the terrycloth towel with the crocheted buttoned handle that could be attached to a drawer knob or the oven door handle. Dishcloths and towels often had hand crocheted edges to keep them from fraying and help them last longer.

Other Vintage Style Kitchen Decorating Ideas:

Display a variety of aprons for the 40's and 50's on a vintage coat rack in your kitchen. You can find a wide assortment of these on ebay for a reasonable price.

A wooden folding rack for trying dish towels attached to the wall was a common site in vintage style kitchen. The slats would fold down into it when not in use and could be brought out for drying towels and dish cloths when needed. These are common items often found in yard sales and flea markets.

Enamelware, both blue speckled and white was popular during that era. Enamelware tools were also used. eBay is a great source for this type of kitchenware. For setting the table, enamelware place settings along with pottery and stoneware were popular at that time.

The Vintage Style Kitchen Accessories

Below is a list of items you might find in a kitchen decorated in the vintage style:

* gallon butter churns

* butter molds

* wire egg baskets

* rug beaters

* a display of old keys

* colored canning jars

* milk bottles

* antique cookbooks

* vintage pottery and canisters

* tin breadboxes

* vintage salt and pepper shakers

If your laundry area is adjacent to the kitchen, you could continue the vintage theme there. Washboards, stocking stretchers, and clothespin bags could be hung for wall decorations. Ironing boards were left out because they were used almost every day as there was no permanent press fabric during that time period. Blue striped ticking was the most common covering for the ironing boards. Colorful calicos or cotton floral prints were also a favorite fabric for covering ironing boards. If you have room to leave the board up, it can be used as a display area for vintage area table linens and dish cloths.

These are some ideas for decorating your kitchen in the vintage style. Hopefully, by now you get the idea of the differences between shabby chic and vintage style.

By now you may understand the differences between shabby chic and vintage style. As I mentioned earlier, these differences are subtle, but the change in atmosphere and feeling is important. While vintage style is a nostalgic "remember your grandmother's house" atmosphere, shabby chic will remind you of an elegant old aunt with a proper front parlor in her home.

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How To Change Your Hair Style With Hair Games

Try out a new hair cut with hair games. Having your haircut can be a little dreadful especially if your new hair cut may not fit you. In order to guide you on how to have your hair cut, study very well how your face shape. You may have an oval shaped hair, heart-shaped, rectangular or pear-shaped face. The guide to your hair cut is to have your hair cut depending on the shape of your face.

Choosing your hair do. If you have constant engagements, it will not be good to have the same look as you always have. You need to change your looks and recreate yourself to make you fit for the occasion that you have to attend. It will be nice to experiment on your hair do. You may choose to let loose your hair; simply make a change to the bangs, slicked back off the forehead or clipped back; or make an unusual braid or accent wrap. If you want an instant dress up for the hair, you can wear your hair "half up and half down". There are still many hair styles that you can try to dress up your hair.

Dye your hair, pick your hair color. Most often, women would like the shiny black hair but women would also like some variations. Have your hair dyed and you may also opt to do highlights of your hair. You may choose bright chestnut, or get the blonde hair. You may also get wild by trying on violets or reds.

Hair curl and perm. If you dont want the having a pig tail or get your hair braided, you can let your hair loose and have it curled or have it straightened. Iron your hair or have it curled with large curlers. After the makeover of your hair texture, put on some hair accessories like hair clips, or a pretty head band.

With hair games, you can try a lot of hair styles to make new and personalized look. It will be best to match your hair style with good outfit too! Hair games can be a lot of fun and also you learn how to make yourself prettier.

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In The World Of Style And Photography

Becoming A Fashion Photographer

If you consider yourself an artist in the world of photography, then this industry might be the one for you. As a fashion photographer, you will be able to travel to places that you might not have even imagined yourself visiting. You will see yourself visiting islands, historical landmarks, even meeting celebrities or even doing a photo shoot with them. You will eventually find yourself taking photos of international supermodels, get your pictures published in various magazines.

Thanks to digital cameras, photo editing software, photo shop, and other modern photo editing gadgets, it is very simple for fashion enthusiasts and photography enthusiasts to enter into the world of fashion photography.

If you are thinking stepping into the world of fashion photography, you may want to consider the following factors:

-You have to be very sure within yourself if you are ready or not.

-Never turn down a potential client since fashion photographers are always in demand.

-You need to decide whether you want to freelance with an agent or not.

-If you are not going to work freelance with an agent, then you will need to decide where you want to be employed. You can be employed by a book publication, magazine, newspaper, an established fashion house, advertising company, a fashion or clothes manufacturer, direct mail company or finally open up your own studio and obtain clients on your own.

Fashion Photography Checklist

Once you decide which direction you want to take, you need to assess or reassess your sills, ethics and etiquette to become a success in the direction you have chosen. You will want to adjust your skills to the niche you have chosen within the world of fashion photography.

You want to make sure that you fine tune your photography skills and your business sense. You will want to have a combination of styling skills and an entrepreneur mindset.

If you have already completed the necessary skills but don't know where to start, you will want to start out working in periodicals, ad agencies, department stores, modeling agencies, retailers, catalogues and other similar niches that will help you build your reputation until better opportunities come up.

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