old teapots,recycled furniture, Driftwood: The charming vintage garden decoration is guaranteed to attract attention. We'll explain to you how you can spice up your outdoor area with flea market finds or old furniture. Because the appeal of vintage decoration lies in the rusty, recycled and used items. It can be displayed effectively in the flower bed as well as on the terrace and even looks great on the garden fence or on the house wall. The homemade decorations are also popular because they use materials such as wood, metal, steel and glass and not plastic. They give the outdoor area a distinctive character and bring a touch from the past into your own garden oasis.
Vintage garden decoration brings a romantic touch from bygone times to the outdoor area
For a long time it was considered old-fashioned, but in the last decade the vintage style has enjoyed a renaissance. Nowadays it is one of the most popular living styles. No wonder hisDesign principles also in the gardenpull. Nowadays, outdoor areas are also often decorated with old, worn-out furniture and accessories. Teapots with chipped paint, rusted bicycles and wooden furniture with a gray patina get a new life and are skillfully displayed on the terrace or even in the middle of the flower bed. According to fans of the style, it's less about recycling and reusing old objects than about imaginatively staging them. The finds at the flea market or the sets of dishes inherited from the grandparents can be displayed outside as they are. But if you want to give the decorative pieces an additional charm, you can freshen them up with a little color. Of course, the unmistakable vintage character must not be lost. An excellent example of this is the vintage chest of drawers in the picture above. The pink color enhances the beautiful silhouette of the piece of furniture and, together with the pink porcelain flower pot and the purple summer flowers, forms a harmonious ensemble. There is space for a blue vase and a fruit box with wild flowers on the dresser.
Ideas for vintage garden decoration: Repurpose old ladder
Is the old wooden ladder already retired? Instead of throwing them away, you can put them ina garden decorationtransform. Paint them white and arrange vases, flower pots, tea or milk jugs and flowers in rattan baskets on them. The more noticeable, the better! If you wish, you can cut out large letters from wood and write a loving message with them. You can also use the napkin technique to transfer vintage motifs from postcards or letters to the wooden surface.
Vintage garden decoration in a birdcage
VintageBird cages are real gemsin the outdoor area. They can be planted, but can also be turned into lanterns. If you don't have a bird cage at home, you can ask your grandparents or try to find one at a flea market. Although antique shops also sell birdcages, they usually cost more. And if, despite all your efforts, your search for a vintage bird cage fails, then you will certainly find what you are looking for in a Shabby Chic online shop. Shabby Chic involves accessories and pieces of furniture that successfully imitate the old look, but are actually completely new. There are many manufacturers who specialize in this.
Vintage decoration on the garden bench
A vintage birdhouse with a rusted tin roof paired with a planted bucket brings a touch of nostalgia to the garden. They look particularly stylish on a garden benchuntreated woodarrange. Our tip: If you build a garden bench yourself, do not seal the wood with varnish. Then, over time, a gray patina forms that goes well with the old look of the decorative pieces. If you can't find an old birdhouse, you can buy a new one and sand the paint off the edges with sandpaper. This is how you can successfully fake the vintage look.
Design a vintage garden: plant zinc buckets
Old zinc buckets can be staged effectively both as soloists and in combination with other zinc buckets. You can pierce the zinc vesselsand in flower potstransform. Simply place flower pots in the containers and plant seasonal flowers in them. In the vintage garden, native varieties and field flowers in particular cut a good figure. Roses, hostas, tulips and violets add color and structure to the flower pot. For hanging geraniums that require a little more soil volume, there are zinc tubs that our grandparents used as animal troughs 50 years ago. Incidentally, zinc items are ideal for use outdoors because the metal has corrosion protection and can therefore easily withstand rain and snow.
Vintage garden: planting teapots
For a long time, teapots from grandparents had to live in the garden shed or garage. Now that's over, because vintage-style tea and watering cans are now a delightDecorative pieces in the gardena great popularity. Planted and staged on a wooden ladder, the colorful teapots attract everyone's attention. The cheerful arrangement takes up very little space and is therefore a good choice for allotments without a terrace. And best of all: Each teapot is unique in the garden and can be easily displayed on the garden table. It is precisely the variety of colors and shapes that make the decoration particularly attractive.
Vintage garden decoration: zinc vessels and old bicycle
A disused bicycle can become an art installation in your own garden. Planted with flowers with small blossoms and painted white, it looks good leaning casually against a tree next to the terrace. Planted zinc and wine vessels as well as a bird bath round off the vintage garden decoration. That's how it worksHouse entrance effectively in the sceneset. The decoration can also decorate a flower bed and also looks great on the edge of the lawn. When placing vintage pieces, the most important thing is that they look as natural as possible. So it's like they've been there for several years.
Create a herb garden in old drawers
Drawers of a chest of drawers or a vintage coffee table can successfully replace the flower boxes. Paint the drawers with a wood glaze and decorate them with cheerful motifs. Simply create a template first and then transfer it to the drawers. What can you use the drawers for? They are ideal as a replacement for the toolbox or can be used as flower boxes. For example, you can create a herb garden there.
Bicycle rim and bed headboard as decoration for the flower bed
Let your creativity run wild, because old objects can now fulfill a new function. The iron bed headboard becomes a trellis for ivy or vines, flower seeds are hung on old bicycle rims and the watering can serves as a garden sculpture in the middle of the flower bed.
Watering cans and buckets made of zinc with a used look
The most popular vintage garden ideas include arrangements with zinc watering cans and buckets. They can be combined as desired, for example with an old wine crate or with lanterns. The metal scores not only with its insensitivity to rain and snow, but also with its low weight. But not all zinc is the same: While in the 1920s and 1930s many household items such as teapots, buckets and even tubs and gutters were made from zinc, in the 1950s people began to make items from a mixture of steel and zinc. This mixture is sensitive to water and the surface may rust after a few years of outdoor use.
To protect containers made of galvanized steel from the elements, you can seal the surface with paint. Then buckets etc. are even suitable for planting, but only with ornamental plants. Crops could be contaminated by zinc. But if you don't want to miss out on the vintage look, you can plant vegetables, herbs and fruit trees in plastic or clay flower pots and then simply place them in a zinc bucket.
A vintage decoration gives the garden character and creates atmosphere on the terrace or balcony. For this purpose, old furniture is repurposed and displayed together with accessories from the flea market. In the photo gallery below you will find many more suggestions for vintage garden decorations that you can also make yourself. Be inspired and transform your garden into a real oasis.
Paint an old chair in a strong color and plant plants
Planted teapots and wine boxes form an attractive ensemble
Ornamental grasses, seasonal flowers, a wreath of willow branches and lots of zinc containers complete the autumn decorations in the garden
Old teapot and teacup as an art installation in the garden
Wooden ladder, old teapots and tone-on-tone accessories such as clay pots, birdhouses and decorative figures
You can spice up corners in the garden with vintage decorations
Seasonal flowers are a real eye-catcher on the wooden ladder
Zinc buckets decorate the side table on the terrace
A bird bath made of natural stone and a vintage bird cage form an attractive duo in the garden
Rust and signs of wear make vintage accessories so attractive
Drawers from an old desk replace the flower boxes on the balcony
Old tin cans can be planted and decorate the stairwell
Flower bed with a difference: seasonal flowers in zinc pots and a teapot as an accent
Wooden buckets, wine barrels, wheelbarrows: old objects take on a new function in the vintage garden
Recycled wood can be used to make charming signs, signposts and wall decorations
Old doors and wooden blinds as wall decoration on the house facade
You can also hang flower pots on old doors
You can also use wooden blinds as trellises for climbing plants
Rusted bicycle rim as a rustic accent in the flower bed
Build and decorate your own lantern from recycled wood
Planting bird cages with succulents: step by step instructions for hobby gardeners
Decorate wooden stairs with old photos and vintage vases
Vintage metal garden decoration
Vintage rusted metal lantern
Vintage garden decoration ideas with zinc vessels
Old toolbox is repurposed
Make your own bird feeder out of an old teacup
Charming country-style garden with birdhouses in the middle of the flower bed
Flower bed with field flowers next to the terrace with zinc pots and a bird house as decoration
