and vintage garden fencing makes a great valance when decorated with ribbons.
and embroidery hoops make fun frames and memo boards!
and vintage spools are used as drawer pulls!
More garden fencing for the light shade...such a cute room!
The headboard is made from a painting and a garden trellis.
and look at this fun desk! The top is salvaged wood with old letters and postcards under glass.
and these charming floral pins used as tie backs!
A fireplace screen holds vintage photos.
This great garden orb makes a wonderful, trendy light fixture!
One of my favorite ideas in the house was this ladder photo display...I want to make one of these!
to this fun jungle-like hideaway!
as does this frame with layered burlap interior!
A barn door is hung on wall slides to cover the TV!
Hope you enjoyed the tour! Thanks so much for joining me and for all of your great comments! There is always a link at the top of my main blog page that leads to all of the previous Idea House tours if you'd like to see more!
Monday Marketplace with more fun etsy goodies! Lots of great shopping there! Hope you stop by, too!
that first picture caught my eye so fast. How adorable is that little girls room??? Great ideas.
So glad you share these home tours with us.
So many good ideas! Love the headboards in the girls' room and the spool drawer pulls. And the pie safe magnet board. And the yard stick planters!
Tthanks for sharing...oh my love so many of the ideas. I'm already looking for a wall for the ladder.
Always love your Idea House posts, I think my favorite is the gates used as headboards. so many cute ideas, for sure!
Linda, I wasn't going to go to Bachmans this time; I got laid off so have been watching the pennies. But these pictures are SO good, you captured so many ideas others might miss! Thanks for sharing the details.
What great ideas and fun things!
I can always count on you to take me to the Bachman House since I can't go myself. Great ideas as always. Why can't I be clever like their designers are! Or find all of that wonderful junk!
i. love. it. all. And it is in my own backyard! Thanks for showing me what I am missing!!
Those kids rooms are adorable. And that globe was super cute. So many great ideas. I really loved the headboards in the little girls rooms.
Those garden gate headboards!!! Adorable. And I, too, love the ladder frame holder with the graduated frame sizes. Very symmetrical and orderly to satisfy my OC personality. Thanks for sharing all the wonderful photos of the Bachman Idea House!
the best for last! Love the bedrooms.
Your pics of the idea house are excellent! I'm so glad you posted these as I couldn't get there this year! Thank you!
Trying to pick my favorites, and I think I have to go with you - the ladder. Also, I have an almost identical barn door in my front yard at this very moment.
I know of nothing like this in the UK!
I hope they have a tea shop too!
You must have been exhausted when you got home and your head spinning with ideas!
I love the little boy's room. Very cute!
Oh what fun ideas!! Thanks for sharing!!
Thanks so much for showing us the photos of this fabulous idea house, this one has some really great ideas. I love the boys room, I can see any boy just loving that!
The girls room with the small gate headboards is wonderful, too.
Thanks again, I just now looked at Part 2, and I really appreciate you doing this.
Garden gates for headboards...too sweet. Again, thanks for all the pictures.
So many fresh and wonderful ideas! Thank you for sharing!
i love the bedrooms-- those gates for headboards are so sweet! In fact I saw several little fence piece ideas that were wonderful, the lamp shade and the valance over the windows just to name a few.
Please tell me where you bought the flower pins that were used on the curtains!! I MUST have them Linda!!
I love every picture, so many great ideas as well as so many of my favourite things to find.
What a gorgeous room! I love it!
Very creative ideas for things we ALL have stashed away!!! Thanks for the inspiration...THX!!!
Wow, such great ideas/inspiration!! Thanks!
Wow that's a great idea house alright!And your vintage blog is right up my alley! happy day to ya, and thank's!
That's an idea house alright! And i love your vintage blog! Just my style!
The girl's room is so cute. How did you attach the gates to the wall for the headboards? I have wanted to use an old iron gate as one, too, but can't figure out how to make it safe.
I love the flower curtain tie backs! Where can I find something like this?
i was wondering either where you got or how you made the "love" themed art in the pic with the barn door that covered your tv??? i totally want them!!!
LOVE the flower tie backs. Where to buy or directions on how to make are appreciated!!!
To those of you interested in the tiebacks...Thanks so much for your interest! The photo was taken at the Spring 2012 ideas house tour at Bachmans, a commercial landscape, garden, and home store. It is held in an old house on the flagship property. The floral pins are actually jewelry pins you would wear or hair adorments. I wish I had made them, as I've had so many requests for info! I've seen lots of tutorials on blogs and pinterest for making flowers from different materials, so you might check there, or you can try the Bachmans.com site- they have a "contact us" button and might be able to source them for you. They might also be able to tell you more about the curtains. Thanks again!
What a truly pretty room.
is there a reason why the price tags are still on almost every item?
To Jennifer~ I can't respond directly by email, as your email is not enabled on your profile. The price tags are on because all of those items were actually for sale!
Where do you suggest I go to get items to decorate my home at a low cost. Would the craft stores be good?
Very nice original blog. I loved it and hope I can get an idea or two even though we live in a small apt. Thanks.
I love the curtains you have done in the master bedroom and was hoping you could email me with info on how to make or where to buy them. my name is Michelle and my email is michelle00p@yahoo.com (that is 2 zeros after michelle) thanks and i love your blog.
Just curious what fabric were those curtains with the tiebacks!! or even better where you got them!
You can go to bachmans.com and use the "Contact Us" link... they may be able to source them for you!
Thank you, Lily! Good luck with your project!
I love the floral pin as the curtain tie back...where did you find it?
Hi Holly- try contacting bachmans.com They have a contact us button and might be able to source them for you!
Where can I find floral ions like the ones used for tie backs?
You can try bachmans.com They have a contact us button, and may be able to source them for you!
I love going to the Bachmans house but this spring I did not like it at all. There was too much turquoise.
Different every time...you'd definitely have to like turqouise to like the 2014 Spring House lol!
Where can I find the floral tie backs?