i received a sweet email this weekend from Christine Doobinin, head of decorative home at Urban Outfitters. christine’s charming home is featured on the urban outfitters blog, sharing all of her vintage collectables, and her oh-so-enviable portrait painting collection. Christine has been collecting, and taking inspiration from vintage style for over 25 years, and As... 
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hello, and welcome to fab friday. at least we all had a short week, right? i thought you might enjoy a bit of down time this weekend in your very own kitschy little bathroom, and so i recreated this one from country living magazine for you. wasn’t that nice of me? enjoy your bath. i think you should add bubbles. 1. Vintage oil painting portrait of Great Aunt Ruby from... 
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martha stewart has a gift wrapping challenge going on, and when i saw the something’s hiding in here submission, i about flipped my lid! these lovely ladies are the most clever bits of vintage-inspired diy wrapping paper i’ve seen in a while, and you know i love my vintage portrait paintings. so these, well these are right up my alley. shauna & stephen from... 
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i’ve seen the work of creative stylist marcus hay around for a long time. you probably have, too — in magazines like real simple and food and wine. his work can be simple and quite lovely, but i especially love some of his more eclectic interiors, like these displaying lots of vintage accessories, and always a favorite of mine — the vintage portrait paintings.... 
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