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Creating A
Color Pallet and
Decor Theme
Around Your
Kitchen Collectibles
It is fun to collect vintage kitchen items. Here are a few ways
to decorate your kitchen around your collection and display your
treasures.
Get your color pallet from the things you collect. Here are a few
color themes to go with some of today's popular
collectibles:
Chickens and Roosters
Chickens are a symbol of good luck and chickens and
roosters are popular items to collect.
Color themes can be picked
up from the fowl themselves; black, white, yellow and red.
Look
to the background design for additional colors or try light blues or
greens.
Fruits and Vegetables
Use colors from your favorites foods, red, green or yellow.
Balance the color with white or cream tones.
Red and white kitchen accessories blend with cherry, apple or
strawberry or other red fruit kitchen themes.
Yellow accessories blend with citrus themes, yellow fruit like bananas
or pineapple or tropical themes.
Blue and White
Many different themes are built around just blue and white.
Use this color scheme if you collect Delft ceramics, antique Chinese or
Japanese pottery or French Country items.
Tie your collection together with blue or white kitchen towels,
curtains or wall clocks.
Vintage Aluminum
I love Rodney Kent and his tulips pattern.
Complimentary colors cold be silvery blues, white and a pattern to go
with your favorite pieces. Tulips would go with the Rodney Kent
patterns, chrysanthemums with Continental Aluminum.
Ways to Display Your Kitchen Collectibles
It is advisable to keep your collectibles under glass in the kitchen to
protect them from everyday grease and grime.
Glass covered shelves are perfect for displaying a large
collection. Or replace one of your cabinets with clear glass to
show things off.
Smaller pieces can be hung on the wall in shadow boxes from a frame
store, or ones you make yourself.
Poster frames are a good size for your vintage linens. Frame them
up and you never
have to wash them again!
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