I love your explanation between a decorated home and a collected home. I think a decorated room lacks a certain warmth and welcoming atmosphere that a collected room exudes. Your home certainly does that and it's always so enjoyable to watch how you style things. The collected look is what I strive for in my home also. It is so much more personal to have things you have collected surrounding you. And a collected room makes you smile whenever you enter it. I love, love the idea of using the mixed pattern china plates instead of the plain white. So eclectic. As always, Sherry, you hit another home run with this video. Thanks for sharing!
Love the collected china idea. I've had plain white for over 10 years and I'm also tired of it. I have collections of other patterns but don't use them. The plain white goes so well in the microwave where the others have gold rims that I can't put in there. Will have to start using the others for when not putting in the microwave. Also love the painted tin and painted picture frames. The frame and basket was cute. Love the pops of pink!
I agree about Sherry’s definition of decorated and collected. I have been in quite a few decorated homes and quite honestly I could have been in a furniture shop! Nothing was personal or unique. I find that ambience so uninspiring, boring and soulless. Where are the books? The travel trinkets? The pretty corners? The interesting corners? Ughhh just leaves me cold
@user-cp7zb6yw7f I had the same issue with gold rims and gold accents on pretty china plates in the microwave so I bought some plastic picnic plates to use strictly for heating up, then transfer food items when cooked to the pretty plates. You can also use paper plates in the microwave to save a dish.
When dinosaurs roamed the earth and I first started out, I had all brown stoneware. I still have a few unbroken pieces all these years later. Advance forward more years than most have been alive, I purchased all-white dishes thinking it was chic. Now I buy only from thrift stores, here and there. Much happier because I get only those dishes I really like, especially in ones or twos. Nothing matches and I'm glad to reuse what is the last of a family's treasures.
I laughed out loud Rachelle.9389, I knew just what you meant! How can someone say “look at this beautiful antique item”, when I remember buying one like it new, not that long ago?????? Yikes!
I went to a baby shower many years ago and the hostess used different China patterns on the table. I loved it! She also incorporated collected tourist plates to the setting. Fun, colorful and something interesting to talk about.
I have never in all my life liked a same set of China, because my tastes changes so much and I have so many memories. If I find a plate or piece that's unique and I love it then it's added to my dinner plates.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
As classy as you are….I can’t believe you don’t use real cloth napkins…..don’t waste your money on paper napkins….put your cloth napkins in an old sewing machine drawer like we do….Hugs Carolyn
I prefer a collected home although the styled homes are beautiful. I want to surround myself with sentimental and things I love. The only downside to that is I'm not able to keep up with the dusting of so many beautiful things. Mine are awful dusty!😂😊❤
I received a small copper lantern exactly like yours as a child. It was a give-away at a gas station! I think I was 6 years old- 71 years now. My mom still has it.
Denise, that is interesting! I had never seen one like it before. Gas stations should be giving away gifts like this now, considering the price of gas!
My in-laws traveled the world and collected door knobs along the way. They were kind enough to gift them to us a few years ago. I found some beautiful gold frames and decided to mount them to display on a staircase. They are quite the conversation piece and I love that they're tucked away in a box anymore.
I never heard of Collected as a design style but it resonates with me so much! All of the artwork on my walls is special because it was made by someone I know. It speaks to my heart because of that. Thank you for sharing your work with us. I look forward to Monday afternoons because of you.
YAY! You have defined my decorating style for me! I used to "decorate" when I was young. Now, I "curate" and collect for style in the same manner you described. It's always evolving...😊
I definitely prefer a collected home. For years I've referred to my home as being furnished in early American attic. It pleases me to have furniture and pieces around that bring me joy when I look at them.
Love, love, love your ideas! And love the way you added doilies - they gave such a punch!! So often we think, "She's done" BUT you add one or two additional items and... WOW!!!!! ❣️😉
I call mine early American yard sale. When I was getting married someone asked me my style in order to purchase a gift and it just popped out of my mouth!
Sherry you have defined my style perfectly! When my son was in high school he managed an auction house for a family friend. Almost everything in my home was purchased on those Thursday night auctions. Fabulous memories and a curated home which I love. I can look at an item and relive those days.
Good afternoon, Sherry! This is such an exciting installment! I prefer collected / curated home, also. Thank you for sharing your eclectic ideas! ❤, Bobbie. xoxo
Good afternoon, Bobbie! I only recently realized that a “collected home” was an actual label. When I began reading about how it differs from a decorated home, I thought “wow, that is my home in a nutshell.” I’m sure your home is one, too!
I'm also a collected home believer. The tole painting is something I also have and love! I've been collecting copper since I was first married at 20. My grandfather came to MA where his job was doing decorative metal work on trolley cars. He also made some special copper pieces for my grandmother. This love of copper was passed on to my mother, aunts and their children. I'm now 76 so you can imagine how long ago my grandparents and their first two children moved from Norway to the U.S. There's only one slight problem! I've now got so many wonderful pieces that it's become difficult to keep up with the polishing. Also I'm an artist and thrifter. I love getting inexpensive thrift store pieces and often transform them in a creative and artistic way. I now live alone with my two small dogs and so enjoy my home as you do yours. My house is too big for just me, but I'm not ready to downsize and eliminate the many interesting pieces I've collected and created during my life. Also, It would be just too much work to do so. No, I'm not a hoarder! We people who have "collected homes" have many memories just from looking around our homes. Holly
I really enjoyed this video. I have a collected home! I was in my 30’s when I finally discovered the cottage look was my style and my husband and I would go to the flea market every month and, I would spend hours in antique shops and malls! Still do! I’m always on the look out for oil paintings but I have a way to “fake” one: Use a picture you really like and apply several coats of mod podge alternating the direction of your strokes then frame it without glass! I have a yellow child’s chair that’s mine from almost 60 years ago! I love the blue and white plate clock but the green frames with the bird prints is my favorite!
My home too is COLLECTED! Everything is thrifted. Some items are kept as is but most are made over to my style and I love it! I find myself running out of room to put my treasures because some I love so much it's hard to donate them after being in my home decor for awhile,but I can't keep myself away from thrift stores,estate sales and auctions! TFS Sherry
Same here. My collected home is just over 900 square feet. It is so cozy and I love it, but I have to be really careful in the thrift store or I start to feel like I might turn into a hoarder. I shop my own home mostly now too. 😉@@ms.thrify631
You are right again, Sherry! A Collected home nurses our creativity! I just love rearranging my pieces and I love watching you do the same. Your treasures are so interesting in a way that a big box store can't imitate! Thanks for a lovely and enjoyable video!
Oh, thank you! I think those of us who live in collected homes fully enjoy our homes and our possessions! I’m sure your home is incredibly interesting, too!
I love that needlepoint picture. I am not a big fan of those kinds of bird pictures but those dark green frames made them look so much better. I have always thought of my way of decorating as feathering my nest, much like a bird makes their nest out of bits and pieces.
I certainly prefer and have a collected home. The collected home provides so much charm and showcases personality. And when you use thrifted and repurposed items you can change the look frequently without hurting your pocketbook!! Love your explanation of "Decorated vs Collected". You are a gem, Sherry❤
Fantastic ideas...I definitely have a collected home. I am drawn to things that have character and history,even if it's not my history. Has anyone else looked at an item and wondered what wonderful stories it could tell? Sometimes I pick an piece that "speaks" to me, although I am not sure where it's going to go when I thrift it, it is always used and I find just the right place for it.
You my friend are a genius. I know I always say it. It's my little inside for you, but I think you have a collective decorated home and I am so jealous of all the blue and white that you have and that you find you have the best thrift stores ever
Ever since I got my hands on dishes from my grandmother I've used mis-matched dishes of all shapes and sizes. I've added to my collection via eBay and thrifting. I get joy from aged, loved and used dishes.
I like Collected way better than Design. More personality to the rooms. The different patterns on the plates is such a unique way of changing up decor. like this. Enjoyed this video as always. Thank you.
I recall a number of years ago a young person came in to my home. Her house was white every where and very basic. I on the other hand am a bit like your self, I love my home to be full of things I love. She once told me look at your home it’s horrible. Oh well can not please every one. I love a good mix of different china. Mugs,cups, plates and kitchen wear. X
I keep a plate rack on my counter and change out the assortment of mismatched (mostly) vintage plates every season. Valentines, Spring, cherries, patriotic, autumn, Christmas. It’s fun to choose a different plate every day!
I now know that my home is collected! I've also called it Grandma chic. This is why I am so drawn to your channel. The things that I collect can be moved all over the house. It distresses my mother that my dinner plates and my silver ware are all different patterns. (The dinner plates are the same color, but not all the same pattern.) I love living like this!!
I loved this video! I never knew my home was a collected home, I always just thought I decorated with old things, different things, and loved to collect the old, and keep passed down things from family. Totally my style, and I love having a name for it now. Thanks for all of your shows. I always look forward to your new ones coming out. You’re one of my favorite channels and I’ve never missed a show. Been following you since almost the beginning. 😊😊♥️
It is really funny how old things become new again. When I was growing up we were a large family and very poor. We had mismatched everything! LOL!!! I actually hated it....especially when I saw friends' homes where they actually had matching furniture...without blankets or quilts thrown over them to hide all the worn spots. They had silverware that was all one pattern! Imagine that! They didn't wear pants under their too short dresses to keep warm in the winter. All the things I vowed to change in my home when I grew up....well, now they are doing those same things.....ON PURPOSE!!! I have to admit....sometimes I am tempted.....but I stand strong....I will not go back! LOL!!!! You make things look so lovely.....but I have a feeling that some of those things, in my home, would just look like poor folks live here. Granted, I am so very far from being well off, but I don't have to live like that anymore......just my opinion, mind you.
I understand! There are some things that I still want to match like silverware, dining room chairs, and sometimes lamps. I also have matching china for special occasions.
Thank you SO much for explaining the difference between a "decorated" and a "collected" home. I have two close friends whose homes are definitely decorated. I love them (the homes AND the friends! 🤗) but I can't seem to "get into that" for my own home (which we have been living in for 4 years and has yet to be truly settled into!! And YES, YES, YES to the collection of plates! I'm totally going to copy your idea. Immediately. I LOVE the charm and homey-ness of floral china patterns. But again, I thought it would be just be so "out there" to do such a thing!
Because of your creativeness, I am now so inspired to do some redecorating!! I loved the basket in a frame! I’m going on a hunt to mimic it! Thank you for sharing!!!
Your use of mixed china brought memories of an old friend of mine who is no longer with us. She shoped at garage sales and flea markets and jumk stores collecting old china. She had enough for her and her husband to have a complete dinner setting of their own individual pattern. Not just once but for many of their meals. Since they were both collectors they took a great deal of pleasure doing that. She was a sweetheart! Thanks for bringing her to my mind.
I really loved the vintage frame/basket/doily wall art Sherry. So pretty and so unique. I'll have to try this sometime. Also, although I wasn't sure at first about the white wax on the tin tiles, I ended up loving it. And yes, I do find vintage tole painting to be very charming.
I agree: collecting promotes creativity. I love the framed basket and doily. I gave away so much before my big move and regret losing many items because I have ideas for using them differently. Sigh.
Hello Sherry!!! Girl, I Love your unique ability to use the most unusual items in such creatively beautiful ways. Your talent is beyond amazing! I appreciate you and your talent. As always, I can't wait to see what you create for us next week. Take care😊
I love everything about your home also I too use plates that don’t match I buy what I love I enjoy having a different plate from meal to meal it reminds me of my childhood ❤
Excellent definition of decorative and collective. I am a thrift-aholic😅 and I have to say that there's nothing in my home that's not a matching set. Mixing up makes me feel complete with odds of what not. As long as there's a compatibility of theme, color, and seasons. Thank you for your videos and inspiration. 😊
I love your definition of a decorated/ collective home. People always say that my home is cozy. Now I know why. It reflects my personality with all the different things I have in my home.
I like the items you 🌹are creating, You are such a talent.a Iam more a collector myself, when i startet 20 years ago i put the stuff where i found space! Now ,I still collect, but you can see the items much better, because thete is no overload and all colours. Now they are see.
Yes!!!! My daily dishes are an eclectic mix of beautiful patterns. I do try to keep the backgrounds consistent by choosing the plates with a cream colored background. It makes the eclectic designs look more cohesive on the table.
There was a restaurant years ago that I frequented that decorated each table with a mixture of old china serving pieces including plates, glasses, silverware and even tablecloths. The tables each had four or six different chairs as well. I absolutely loved going there and eating there. It was so cozy, eclectic and interesting.
I love to mix my styles. I have a variety of Fiesta, Polish Pottery and vintage dishes from my mother. My dining room has a 1970s Ethan Allen hutch from my parents, paired with a modern trestle dining table with leather Parsons chairs and peacock patterned upholstered chair on the ends. I always say my style is eclectic.
You sure have great thrift stores where you live. The haul and the prices are truly shocking. Lucky you. A win for us as well as we get to see what you do with it all.
I was always hesitant about mixing picture frames, but they look breathtaking the way you have them arranged. I'm going to start mixing my picture frames now!
As always, another fantastic video, Sherry! I have a "collected home" & I love it. Thrifted, acquired, curated; whatever term you use, it all adds up to a warm & cozy look. Whenever friends drop in for a visit, I always hear comments like "your home is so inviting ", "I feel so comfortable here, I never want to leave"! 😊
Yes!!! Although decorated homes are beautiful, they don’t feel inviting or comfortable. I’m sure YOU are one of the reasons friends love your home, too!
I prefer the Currier and Ives over the tole. Never was a fan of the tole, but I think small wood framed still life prints in a kitchen and dining room are charming. Also I love the ideas of mix and match dinnerware. It's so much more homey to have an eclectic curated mix.
I have a collective decorated home. And love it. I also have white dishes. I do love them but …. I do like your idea of using some patterns/colorful do a change. I may be making some changes! 😊 Always enjoy your videos. Hugs!
Your basket in a frame was an awesome look! I also liked the plate in a frame. I love little things but am not very creative in thinking how to put them together! Thanks for your awesome video!
My number one rule for decorating is I have to love it! 😊I tell my thrifting friends if you hear me gasping you’ll know that I’ve found something that really speaks to me ❤. Thank you for all of your wonderful ideas!
Old Seven oaks is definitely a collected home. That’s how we live. Looking for beauty in vintage things that bring us joy. It’s time to do a spring refresh. Love all your finds! Your house is lovely and a feast for these collector eyes all the time! Have a glorious week! 🤍
Sherry, I definitely love the collected home much better. My mother collected mismatched china teacups and saucers. My sister and I had fun hunting for special ones for her for all the gift occasions. She displays them proudly in her china cabinet. Btw can’t wait for the next room makeover.
I prefer a collective home. I love to have unique, eclective finds around my home! I like the idea of mixed decorative plates! I love antiques and vintage! I loved this video!!!😊👋💕 Btw, you're fur babies are adorable! 🐱🐶
Hi Sherry, The collected home look is the best! It’s cozy and interesting. I really enjoyed your little collections that you added to your space. I agree, when you thrift , it stimulates your creativity ❣️ Such a good feeling ❤
I don't care for a decorated house. I'll stick with our collective way. Isn't it awesome finding bits & bobs by accident 😊 Besides I travel like you...I take two full size cases with me almost empty and by the time I get home they are over weight & SO heavy 😂 I LOVE it ❤
Not only is mix and match thrift store china lovely, but so are odds and ends of crystal glasses. Whenever I find beautiful, single crystal glasses in thrift stores, I pick them up. Each time I found one, I took one of my ordinary glasses out of the cupboard. Now our everyday glasses are a mixture of crystal patterns and we love them
That is such coincidence that you left this comment. I have started looking for glassware, too! I haven’t found anything that I like yet. I think it will be a more time consuming search than finding plates.
I love mix- matched dishes,as well as glasses 😊 I do have the standard white plate set,yet it had been sitting in my cupboard for some years now- I think it's time I donated it. I absolutely loved the frame with the basket and the doily! Thank you for another awesome video - tons of inspiration for my Spring decor🌟🌟🌟
I have always felt this way! If I see something I like I buy it and find a place for it. It’s fun to do this and brings pleasure in creating things. Love the idea of the frame and the basket and the doilies! I saw a jar of strands of small beautiful pink Christmas beads. I’m going to get a wreath at a thrift shop and glue the beads on ribbon and lace and add an old necklace! I never even thought to use them on a Christmas tree, my mind just saw this creation! Yes,it’s funny to add a new redesigned item to our home….sometimes we do have to rearrange the whole area to make it look just right! It’s so much fun! We can make gifts to use or sale! There’s no end! Thanks! I enjoyed your video very much!
I also have a collected home. So much cozier and visually interesting. I adore your books! The fruit print is a treasure. Thank you for what you do. I love your channel
Absolutely love your collected home. I love so many different things & always consider them eclectic. Those two words go together. Much better than decorated & looking like it belongs in a magazine. Thanks for a lot of new ideas!
I think collected dinner plates are a wonderful idea. I collect different blue and white plates. Your collection of plates is very pretty. My home is collected too. Great way to describe the look.
I love and have had a collected home for 50 years. I don't like clutter, but I am a maximillist. I can't get enough of art, candlesticks, chotchkies, seasonal, pillows, throws. Anything that adds visual texture and warmth to my spaces. I never bought into the all white trend. I do have some cream dishes, dark red and burnt oranges for the holiday seasons, and blue and white for everyday, which I have collected for 40 years. Love the idea of mixing patterns for the plates. The calendar print and framed fruit print are incredible. Definitely something I would grab, if I saw it. The blue and white needlepoint is amazing! I think putting one of the two blue and white plates on the wall... one above and one below it would give it a gallery wall feel.
Really enjoyed your video. It was so helpful. I often wonder what to do with tiny things i collect. I also have steins that my mother in law collected. Using them as a book end was a great idea.
I absolutely love your style. Love everything you decorated with today. The bird pictures with the painted green frames I love. The green really brought put the picture.
What a great video! Love the tole tray. Love the needlepoint. Love the lantern and framed plate hanging on the china cabinet. Love mixing china patterns. Love the green paint on those fabulous thick frames. Love the tiered tray we got just a glimpse of at the end .... with small item collections on it!
I love how you merge beauty with function. That's my taste. I want alot of my things that serve a functional purpose out in the open, but I want myvsoace to look pretty and cozy as well. Without over-crowding my space with both functional and decorative items.
I love your explanation between a decorated home and a collected home. I think a decorated room lacks a certain warmth and welcoming atmosphere that a collected room exudes. Your home certainly does that and it's always so enjoyable to watch how you style things. The collected look is what I strive for in my home also. It is so much more personal to have things you have collected surrounding you. And a collected room makes you smile whenever you enter it. I love, love the idea of using the mixed pattern china plates instead of the plain white. So eclectic. As always, Sherry, you hit another home run with this video. Thanks for sharing!
Love the collected china idea. I've had plain white for over 10 years and I'm also tired of it. I have collections of other patterns but don't use them. The plain white goes so well in the microwave where the others have gold rims that I can't put in there. Will have to start using the others for when not putting in the microwave. Also love the painted tin and painted picture frames. The frame and basket was cute. Love the pops of pink!
I agree about Sherry’s definition of decorated and collected. I have been in quite a few decorated homes and quite honestly I could have been in a furniture shop! Nothing was personal or unique. I find that ambience so uninspiring, boring and soulless. Where are the books? The travel trinkets? The pretty corners? The interesting corners? Ughhh just leaves me cold
@@TermiteVideo Yes, I feel the same way about decorated homes. They are often beautiful but boring!
@user-cp7zb6yw7f I had the same issue with gold rims and gold accents on pretty china plates in the microwave so I bought some plastic picnic plates to use strictly for heating up, then transfer food items when cooked to the pretty plates. You can also use paper plates in the microwave to save a dish.
Beautiful video. Always inspiring.
When dinosaurs roamed the earth and I first started out, I had all brown stoneware. I still have a few unbroken pieces all these years later. Advance forward more years than most have been alive, I purchased all-white dishes thinking it was chic. Now I buy only from thrift stores, here and there. Much happier because I get only those dishes I really like, especially in ones or twos. Nothing matches and I'm glad to reuse what is the last of a family's treasures.
Like that idea Rachelle
Love it!!❤❤
I laughed out loud Rachelle.9389, I knew just what you meant! How can someone say “look at this beautiful antique item”, when I remember buying one like it new, not that long ago?????? Yikes!
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Edgar may not need fifty different types of treats, but he does deserve them! Good boy, Edgar! 😊
I call them appetizers!!😂😂❤❤
My home is collected, not decorated (which I find too formal and cold). That's why I love your ideas!
Thank you! I sure wish we could share pictures in the comments because I’d love to see your home.
@CanterburyCottage Not yet. Right now it is a wreck because long-term illness prevented unpacking or creating order.
I went to a baby shower many years ago and the hostess used different China patterns on the table. I loved it! She also incorporated collected tourist plates to the setting. Fun, colorful and something interesting to talk about.
Oh, that is fun. Using tourist plates is such a conversation starter!🥰
I have a collection of mismatched china. I'm not a fan of white really anywhere in my house. Such a boring color, lol.
I have never in all my life liked a same set of China, because my tastes changes so much and I have so many memories. If I find a plate or piece that's unique and I love it then it's added to my dinner plates.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
As classy as you are….I can’t believe you don’t use real cloth napkins…..don’t waste your money on paper napkins….put your cloth napkins in an old sewing machine drawer like we do….Hugs Carolyn
I prefer a collected home although the styled homes are beautiful. I want to surround myself with sentimental and things I love. The only downside to that is I'm not able to keep up with the dusting of so many beautiful things. Mine are awful dusty!😂😊❤
I received a small copper lantern exactly like yours as a child. It was a give-away at a gas station! I think I was 6 years old- 71 years now. My mom still has it.
Denise, that is interesting! I had never seen one like it before. Gas stations should be giving away gifts like this now, considering the price of gas!
You are 71, and you still have your mom. That is wonderful
@@esmeraldagreen1992 a blessing for us all. We still go antiquing together! ( except now we see things we used in the past- the “good ole days.”
My in-laws traveled the world and collected door knobs along the way. They were kind enough to gift them to us a few years ago. I found some beautiful gold frames and decided to mount them to display on a staircase. They are quite the conversation piece and I love that they're tucked away in a box anymore.
You can also mount them on a long board and use as hooks for coats, towels, etc
I never heard of Collected as a design style but it resonates with me so much! All of the artwork on my walls is special because it was made by someone I know. It speaks to my heart because of that. Thank you for sharing your work with us. I look forward to Monday afternoons because of you.
YAY! You have defined my decorating style for me! I used to "decorate" when I was young. Now, I "curate" and collect for style in the same manner you described. It's always evolving...😊
Omg sherry I love that copper hurricane lantern😊
Ugh, I've come to hate the word "curate." It's become another buzzword and is just so overused.
I definitely prefer a collected home. For years I've referred to my home as being furnished in early American attic. It pleases me to have furniture and pieces around that bring me joy when I look at them.
Love, love, love your ideas! And love the way you added doilies - they gave such a punch!! So often we think, "She's done" BUT you add one or two additional items and... WOW!!!!! ❣️😉
I call mine early American yard sale. When I was getting married someone asked me my style in order to purchase a gift and it just popped out of my mouth!
Sherry you have defined my style perfectly! When my son was in high school he managed an auction house for a family friend. Almost everything in my home was purchased on those Thursday night auctions. Fabulous memories and a curated home which I love. I can look at an item and relive those days.
Good afternoon, Sherry! This is such an exciting installment! I prefer collected / curated home, also. Thank you for sharing your eclectic ideas! ❤, Bobbie. xoxo
Good afternoon, Bobbie! I only recently realized that a “collected home” was an actual label. When I began reading about how it differs from a decorated home, I thought “wow, that is my home in a nutshell.” I’m sure your home is one, too!
I'm also a collected home believer. The tole painting is something I also have and love! I've been collecting copper since I was first married at 20. My grandfather came to MA where his job was doing decorative metal work on trolley cars. He also made some special copper pieces for my grandmother. This love of copper was passed on to my mother, aunts and their children. I'm now 76 so you can imagine how long ago my grandparents and their first two children moved from Norway to the U.S. There's only one slight problem! I've now got so many wonderful pieces that it's become difficult to keep up with the polishing. Also I'm an artist and thrifter. I love getting inexpensive thrift store pieces and often transform them in a creative and artistic way. I now live alone with my two small dogs and so enjoy my home as you do yours. My house is too big for just me, but I'm not ready to downsize and eliminate the many interesting pieces I've collected and created during my life. Also, It would be just too much work to do so. No, I'm not a hoarder! We people who have "collected homes" have many memories just from looking around our homes.
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I really enjoyed this video. I have a collected home! I was in my 30’s when I finally discovered the cottage look was my style and my husband and I would go to the flea market every month and, I would spend hours in antique shops and malls! Still do! I’m always on the look out for oil paintings but I have a way to “fake” one: Use a picture you really like and apply several coats of mod podge alternating the direction of your strokes then frame it without glass! I have a yellow child’s chair that’s mine from almost 60 years ago! I love the blue and white plate clock but the green frames with the bird prints is my favorite!
Thanks for such a great idea using the mod podge!!!
My home too is COLLECTED! Everything is thrifted. Some items are kept as is but most are made over to my style and I love it! I find myself running out of room to put my treasures because some I love so much it's hard to donate them after being in my home decor for awhile,but I can't keep myself away from thrift stores,estate sales and auctions! TFS Sherry
I have had to stop myself from thrifting because I have so much stuff. I have boxes of stuff and its' overwhelming. Now, I shop my garage!
Same here. My collected home is just over 900 square feet. It is so cozy and I love it, but I have to be really careful in the thrift store or I start to feel like I might turn into a hoarder. I shop my own home mostly now too. 😉@@ms.thrify631
You are right again, Sherry! A Collected home nurses our creativity! I just love rearranging my pieces and I love watching you do the same. Your treasures are so interesting in a way that a big box store can't imitate! Thanks for a lovely and enjoyable video!
Oh, thank you! I think those of us who live in collected homes fully enjoy our homes and our possessions! I’m sure your home is incredibly interesting, too!
Love the mixing up the patterns for plates! I am stealing this one!
Please do! Now, I’m on the lookout for bowls!
I love that needlepoint picture. I am not a big fan of those kinds of bird pictures but those dark green frames made them look so much better. I have always thought of my way of decorating as feathering my nest, much like a bird makes their nest out of bits and pieces.
Yes!!! I have mismatched our dinnerware for almost 50 years! Love it! ❤❤😊
Wow! I wish I had thought to do it much sooner!
I certainly prefer and have a collected home. The collected home provides so much charm and showcases personality. And when you use thrifted and repurposed items you can change the look frequently without hurting your pocketbook!! Love your explanation of "Decorated vs Collected". You are a gem, Sherry❤
You certainly have the magic touch! Not everyone is so fortunate. I love most everything you create. 💕
Fantastic ideas...I definitely have a collected home. I am drawn to things that have character and history,even if it's not my history. Has anyone else looked at an item and wondered what wonderful stories it could tell? Sometimes I pick an piece that "speaks" to me, although I am not sure where it's going to go when I thrift it, it is always used and I find just the right place for it.
You my friend are a genius. I know I always say it. It's my little inside for you, but I think you have a collective decorated home and I am so jealous of all the blue and white that you have and that you find you have the best thrift stores ever
Ever since I got my hands on dishes from my grandmother I've used mis-matched dishes of all shapes and sizes. I've added to my collection via eBay and thrifting. I get joy from aged, loved and used dishes.
I like Collected way better than Design. More personality to the rooms. The different patterns on the plates is such a unique way of changing up decor. like this. Enjoyed this video as always. Thank you.
I recall a number of years ago a young person came in to my home. Her house was white every where and very basic. I on the other hand am a bit like your self, I love my home to be full of things I love. She once told me look at your home it’s horrible. Oh well can not please every one. I love a good mix of different china. Mugs,cups, plates and kitchen wear. X
This woman SAID that to you? What a rude bit ch. I hope you told her, "I love my home, and prefer it not to look like a hospital waiting room."
I thought the same thing when I read that. RUDE! @@kck9742
Love your idea of the dinner plates being different. They’re all so beautiful! I love watching all your ideas come to life.
I love the mixing patterns for china idea!!
Thanks, Julie! I’m on the lookout for bowls now!
I keep a plate rack on my counter and change out the assortment of mismatched (mostly) vintage plates every season. Valentines, Spring, cherries, patriotic, autumn, Christmas. It’s fun to choose a different plate every day!
Oh, I love, love, love that idea! Makes eating a special event! I wish I had counter space for a plate rack!
That teensy pink pitcher is too cute for words. I love it! It looks perfect in your "new" beautiful bedroom.💝💕🩷
Your decor is gorgeous! It must take you forever to dust.
I now know that my home is collected! I've also called it Grandma chic. This is why I am so drawn to your channel. The things that I collect can be moved all over the house. It distresses my mother that my dinner plates and my silver ware are all different patterns. (The dinner plates are the same color, but not all the same pattern.) I love living like this!!
Love that! I think Grandma Chic is probably synonymous with a collected home. Whatever you call it, it is cozy and interesting (in my opinion).
I loved this video! I never knew my home was a collected home, I always just thought I decorated with old things, different things, and loved to collect the old, and keep passed down things from family. Totally my style, and I love having a name for it now. Thanks for all of your shows. I always look forward to your new ones coming out. You’re one of my favorite channels and I’ve never missed a show. Been following you since almost the beginning. 😊😊♥️
It is really funny how old things become new again. When I was growing up we were a large family and very poor. We had mismatched everything! LOL!!! I actually hated it....especially when I saw friends' homes where they actually had matching furniture...without blankets or quilts thrown over them to hide all the worn spots. They had silverware that was all one pattern! Imagine that! They didn't wear pants under their too short dresses to keep warm in the winter. All the things I vowed to change in my home when I grew up....well, now they are doing those same things.....ON PURPOSE!!! I have to admit....sometimes I am tempted.....but I stand strong....I will not go back! LOL!!!! You make things look so lovely.....but I have a feeling that some of those things, in my home, would just look like poor folks live here. Granted, I am so very far from being well off, but I don't have to live like that anymore......just my opinion, mind you.
I understand! There are some things that I still want to match like silverware, dining room chairs, and sometimes lamps. I also have matching china for special occasions.
Thank you SO much for explaining the difference between a "decorated" and a "collected" home. I have two close friends whose homes are definitely decorated. I love them (the homes AND the friends! 🤗) but I can't seem to "get into that" for my own home (which we have been living in for 4 years and has yet to be truly settled into!!
And YES, YES, YES to the collection of plates! I'm totally going to copy your idea. Immediately. I LOVE the charm and homey-ness of floral china patterns. But again, I thought it would be just be so "out there" to do such a thing!
Thanks for posting! Your arrangements are beautiful and I'm always inspired by it all!
Because of your creativeness, I am now so inspired to do some redecorating!! I loved the basket in a frame! I’m going on a hunt to mimic it! Thank you for sharing!!!
Oh, I’m so glad you liked this idea, Beverly! I got so lucky that I accidentally bought a basket that was just the right size for the old frame.
It was perfect. I think I can pull it off on a smaller scale.
The late Robert Kime is a favorite English designer of the collected look that your home has! If it's good enough for the King...
I have heard the name, but I am going to look him up. Thanks for the tip!
The basket hung in the frame is genius! Love it!
Your use of mixed china brought memories of an old friend of mine who is no longer with us. She shoped at garage sales and flea markets and jumk stores collecting old china. She had enough for her and her husband to have a complete dinner setting of their own individual pattern. Not just once but for many of their meals. Since they were both collectors they took a great deal of pleasure doing that. She was a sweetheart! Thanks for bringing her to my mind.
Finally found someone who see my collection as art.
A decorated house = Fashion. A collected home = Style. Greetings from Germany alex 🤗
I really loved the vintage frame/basket/doily wall art Sherry. So pretty and so unique. I'll have to try this sometime. Also, although I wasn't sure at first about the white wax on the tin tiles, I ended up loving it. And yes, I do find vintage tole painting to be very charming.
We have a collected home and I love it.
I love this. My home is a collected home. Just filled with the things I love.
I love this. My home has always been collected. I feel like so many homes are more decorated than homey. I'll take collected any day! Than you.
I agree: collecting promotes creativity. I love the framed basket and doily. I gave away so much before my big move and regret losing many items because I have ideas for using them differently. Sigh.
Cherie, I have the perfect spot for those bird pictures.... Have a blessed day ✝✝
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You are sooooo talented to come up with these combinations
I LOVE the idea of mixing china patterns for everyday plates!
Hello Sherry!!! Girl, I Love your unique ability to use the most unusual items in such creatively beautiful ways. Your talent is beyond amazing! I appreciate you and your talent. As always, I can't wait to see what you create for us next week. Take care😊
I love everything about your home also I too use plates that don’t match I buy what I love I enjoy having a different plate from meal to meal it reminds me of my childhood ❤
Excellent definition of decorative and collective. I am a thrift-aholic😅 and I have to say that there's nothing in my home that's not a matching set. Mixing up makes me feel complete with odds of what not. As long as there's a compatibility of theme, color, and seasons. Thank you for your videos and inspiration. 😊
Now I know what to call my style...collected.👍🏻
I know. I love that I don’t have to fit into a certain label!
I love your definition of a decorated/ collective home. People always say that my home is cozy. Now I know why. It reflects my personality with all the different things I have in my home.
I like the items you 🌹are creating,
You are such a talent.a
Iam more a collector myself, when i startet 20 years ago i put the stuff where i found space!
Now ,I still collect, but you can see the items much better, because thete is no overload and all colours.
Now they are see.
I love the idea of different print plates all in small flower prints .💕💕
Yes!!!! My daily dishes are an eclectic mix of beautiful patterns. I do try to keep the backgrounds consistent by choosing the plates with a cream colored background. It makes the eclectic designs look more cohesive on the table.
There was a restaurant years ago that I frequented that decorated each table with a mixture of old china serving pieces including plates, glasses, silverware and even tablecloths. The tables each had four or six different chairs as well. I absolutely loved going there and eating there. It was so cozy, eclectic and interesting.
I love to mix my styles. I have a variety of Fiesta, Polish Pottery and vintage dishes from my mother. My dining room has a 1970s Ethan Allen hutch from my parents, paired with a modern trestle dining table with leather Parsons chairs and peacock patterned upholstered chair on the ends. I always say my style is eclectic.
You sure have great thrift stores where you live. The haul and the prices are truly shocking. Lucky you. A win for us as well as we get to see what you do with it all.
Oddly, I have been drawn to miniatures lately and discovered a grouping of little pitchers... love your ideas!!
I was always hesitant about mixing picture frames, but they look breathtaking the way you have them arranged. I'm going to start mixing my picture frames now!
As always, another fantastic video, Sherry! I have a "collected home" & I love it. Thrifted, acquired, curated; whatever term you use, it all adds up to a warm & cozy look. Whenever friends drop in for a visit, I always hear comments like "your home is so inviting ", "I feel so comfortable here, I never want to leave"! 😊
Yes!!! Although decorated homes are beautiful, they don’t feel inviting or comfortable. I’m sure YOU are one of the reasons friends love your home, too!
@@CanterburyCottageAww, thank you, Sherry. I hope so! 😅
I prefer the Currier and Ives over the tole. Never was a fan of the tole, but I think small wood framed still life prints in a kitchen and dining room are charming. Also I love the ideas of mix and match dinnerware. It's so much more homey to have an eclectic curated mix.
I have a collective decorated home. And love it.
I also have white dishes. I do love them but …. I do like your idea of using some patterns/colorful do a change. I may be making some changes! 😊
Always enjoy your videos. Hugs!
I mix a variety of textured white plates. I *DO* like plain white dishes, but like getting plates from different sets. 😊
Your basket in a frame was an awesome look! I also liked the plate in a frame. I love little things but am not very creative in thinking how to put them together! Thanks for your awesome video!
I've always loved an eclectic look over a 'decorated' home and have found your videos refreshing. Thanks for sharing
Since I started thrifting last year, I have collected so many large dinner plates, each with a different pattern and I love them all.
My number one rule for decorating is I have to love it! 😊I tell my thrifting friends if you hear me gasping you’ll know that I’ve found something that really speaks to me ❤. Thank you for all of your wonderful ideas!
I’m a collector too! Love these ideas!
Old Seven oaks is definitely a collected home. That’s how we live. Looking for beauty in vintage things that bring us joy. It’s time to do a spring refresh. Love all your finds! Your house is lovely and a feast for these collector eyes all the time! Have a glorious week! 🤍
Sherry, I definitely love the collected home much better. My mother collected mismatched china teacups and saucers. My sister and I had fun hunting for special ones for her for all the gift occasions. She displays them proudly in her china cabinet. Btw can’t wait for the next room makeover.
Thank you, Katherine! I’m excited to get started on the room makeover-it is a room that I have never shown in a video.
THANK YOU SO MUCH! I finally now know that I have a “collected home”! I’m so happy that I can tell my husband and kids 😂😂😂
Isn’t that just a perfect term for those of us who like a variety of things?!
@@CanterburyCottage YES❤️❤️❤️
All my dishes are vintage and different. I love them!
Next, I want to trade out my drinking glasses. I have plain ones from IKEA.
Collected...yes, that is a great word to express my style too. I don't fit into any one decor style and always used "eclectic."
Thank you for sharing!
You have such a great imagination and creativity , love your videos
I prefer a collective home. I love to have unique, eclective finds around my home! I like the idea of mixed decorative plates! I love antiques and vintage! I loved this video!!!😊👋💕 Btw, you're fur babies are adorable! 🐱🐶
Hi Sherry,
The collected home look is the best! It’s cozy and interesting. I really enjoyed your little collections that you added to your space. I agree, when you thrift , it stimulates your creativity ❣️ Such a good feeling ❤
I don't care for a decorated house. I'll stick with our collective way. Isn't it awesome finding bits & bobs by accident 😊 Besides I travel like you...I take two full size cases with me almost empty and by the time I get home they are over weight & SO heavy 😂 I LOVE it ❤
I don't have 2 dishes the same. I love that look.❤️
Love your creativity, as always you inspire!
Not only is mix and match thrift store china lovely, but so are odds and ends of crystal glasses. Whenever I find beautiful, single crystal glasses in thrift stores, I pick them up. Each time I found one, I took one of my ordinary glasses out of the cupboard. Now our everyday glasses are a mixture of crystal patterns and we love them
That is such coincidence that you left this comment. I have started looking for glassware, too! I haven’t found anything that I like yet. I think it will be a more time consuming search than finding plates.
They were lovely ideas ,love the basket in the frame
I love mix- matched dishes,as well as glasses 😊 I do have the standard white plate set,yet it had been sitting in my cupboard for some years now- I think it's time I donated it. I absolutely loved the frame with the basket and the doily! Thank you for another awesome video - tons of inspiration for my Spring decor🌟🌟🌟
Thank you. Now I know I have a collected home. I also love your new thrifted finds. You are helping me learn to use my finds in new unique ways
Thank you, Shelly! I am so glad that I can share some ideas with you!
I have always felt this way! If I see something I like I buy it and find a place for it. It’s fun to do this and brings pleasure in creating things. Love the idea of the frame and the basket and the doilies! I saw a jar of strands of small beautiful pink Christmas beads. I’m going to get a wreath at a thrift shop and glue the beads on ribbon and lace and add an old necklace! I never even thought to use them on a Christmas tree, my mind just saw this creation! Yes,it’s funny to add a new redesigned item to our home….sometimes we do have to rearrange the whole area to make it look just right! It’s so much fun! We can make gifts to use or sale! There’s no end! Thanks! I enjoyed your video very much!
I also have a collected home. So much cozier and visually interesting. I adore your books! The fruit print is a treasure. Thank you for what you do. I love your channel
Oh, thank you! I agree. Decorated homes are beautiful, but collected homes are cozy and interesting!
Absolutely love your collected home. I love so many different things & always consider them eclectic. Those two words go together. Much better than decorated & looking like it belongs in a magazine. Thanks for a lot of new ideas!
I think collected dinner plates are a wonderful idea. I collect different blue and white plates. Your collection of plates is very pretty. My home is collected too. Great way to describe the look.
Absolutely love the framed basket. I just thrifted some beautiful vintage baskets, now you have given me a great idea 💡!
I love and have had a collected home for 50 years. I don't like clutter, but I am a maximillist. I can't get enough of art, candlesticks, chotchkies, seasonal, pillows, throws. Anything that adds visual texture and warmth to my spaces. I never bought into the all white trend. I do have some cream dishes, dark red and burnt oranges for the holiday seasons, and blue and white for everyday, which I have collected for 40 years. Love the idea of mixing patterns for the plates. The calendar print and framed fruit print are incredible. Definitely something I would grab, if I saw it. The blue and white needlepoint is amazing! I think putting one of the two blue and white plates on the wall... one above and one below it would give it a gallery wall feel.
Sherry, your creativity and imagination just blow me away I love the things you do.
Really enjoyed your video. It was so helpful. I often wonder what to do with tiny things i collect. I also have steins that my mother in law collected. Using them as a book end was a great idea.
I absolutely love your style. Love everything you decorated with today. The bird pictures with the painted green frames I love. The green really brought put the picture.
Thank you so much! I was really pleased with the green frames, too!
What a great video! Love the tole tray. Love the needlepoint. Love the lantern and framed plate hanging on the china cabinet. Love mixing china patterns. Love the green paint on those fabulous thick frames. Love the tiered tray we got just a glimpse of at the end .... with small item collections on it!
Oh, thank you so much, Janet! I’m so glad you enjoyed today’s video!
I love how you merge beauty with function. That's my taste. I want alot of my things that serve a functional purpose out in the open, but I want myvsoace to look pretty and cozy as well. Without over-crowding my space with both functional and decorative items.
Mixing and matching China pieces is a southern tradition! Wedding parties, baby showers, birthday luncheons…. Always a crowd pleaser! 🎉
The blue & white sconce and tiny plate are beautiful.