Vintage Cottage Weekend: Blooming Seed Box Display

Hi Friends, thanks so much for coming by our (Amber and my) new weekend get together where we are sharing our thoughts, ideas and inspiration for vintage cottage living and decor. 

A few weeks ago for a birthday outing we made a visit to a longtime well established nursery here in town. I was on the hunt for some Spring flowering bulbs to cheer up the house while it's still been mostly cool and rainy. That first weekend I styled the flowering bulbs in a vintage metal lunch hamper that I found last winter. I really enjoyed that spring-y grouping and they looked so pretty, but thought I might see what kind of display I could put together in an old seed box.

This is my old Mandeville Seed Box and I chose it because it's not as "busy" visually as some of the other's I have. Basically it has a neutral background where the pretty blooms can show off. Below are a  few pics from Wickmans' Gardens earlier this month. We had fun browsing the plants and seed varieties in the shop at the front of the store. We also were able to visit with Miss Figgy the "shop cat". I would have taken her home but she's a bit of a celebrity fixture.

Just had to share those adorable kit kat photos!

I'm here in the Hearth Room on the old family sideboard that we've carted around through a dozen or more moves since we found it in my dad's storage back when we first got married. If you're new here you've probably missed when I finally decided to paint this piece white. It was a pretty piece of furniture before but not something I wanted to use. (that dreaded orange oak finish) When we moved to this house 3 years ago, I finally had room to actually use the sideboard. So it's here upstairs next to the kitchen where I use it for vintage kitchen linens storage.

I love it's beautiful back piece that has the original beveled mirror and quaint little shelf; just perfect for displaying small collections. Right now my antique pottery crocks are out, and two of my fois bois vintage pitchers.

My long time affection for vintage garden goods causes me to try to incorporate something "garden-y" in many of my seasonal vignettes, especially in the Spring Garden Room where the light is always good. The Hearth Room lighting isn't optimal for plants, but this display will work for a bit since the blooms are starting to be past their prime.

Here's the display from a couple of weeks ago in the metal hamper.

Flowering Bulbs Spring Vignette

DIY Seed Box for Spring

Here are some pics from a St. Patrick's Day/Spring post at our previous home. I used this little green vintage box with some seed graphics on the inside lid. No plants in this one, but some fun green items to decorate the baker's rack like green transferware, flower pots, seed packets, and old gardening tools to celebrate the start of Spring.

Using old seed boxes in decor can be fun and versatile. They can be garden related or used as a box or tray to corral dishes, ephemera, garden tools, vintage garden pots. etc. Don't just save your seed boxes for spring, they can be used throughout the year for fun displays.

Don't have a Seed Box...?

you can DIY your own vintage box!

Don't forget to Pin the fun!

Hope you're having a wonderful weekend.

thanks so much for coming by to visit.

Be sure to run by Amber's blog to see what beauty she's creating 

this week for Vintage Cottage Weekend.

Notes of Spring in the Music Room

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