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<\/a>Pinterest — got to show some vintage love!<\/p><\/div>\n
Naturally, I am delighted by the current yester-yearly leanings. I have, however, \u00a0never been one to be governed by popular trends. I grew up in the 1990\u2019s \u2026 probably one of the most \u201cmodern\u201d and \u201candrogynous\u201d eras in all of history. Girls wore \u201cDoc Martin\u201d boots (with short dungarees); overly feminine skirts and dresses were frowned upon and to admit you liked the colour pink was social suicide! Black, white and the occasional touch of blue were the tones of the times.\u00a0 Phrases like \u201cless is more\u201d and \u201cminimalist\u201dgoverned the decorating scene.<\/p>\n
The cast of Beverley Hills 90210 pretty much had the 90’s look “sorted”<\/p><\/div>\n
In spite of my \u201cbadly timed\u201d teenage years \u2013 I have always had a love for antique treasures. This was probably because I had some good inspiration… My grandparents had an amazing house in Hilton (in the KZN Midlands) which they built themselves using salvaged pieces from demolished antique buildings. They had crystal chandeliers in the lounge, refurbished yellow-wood flooring, huge old hardwood doors, even stained glass windows! The home was literally overflowing with English porcelain, figurines, EPNS cutlery, statuettes and amazing old furniture.\u00a0 My granny (at nearly 92 years of age) still has a (slightly smaller) home full of such delights.<\/p>\n
To add to this, my father and mother have always been avid collectors of vintage treasures (they even had a brief stint running an antique shop in the picturesque village of Robertson in the Western Cape).<\/p>\n
I read Jane Austen; knew all the words to \u201cSound of Music\u201d and collected pretty ornaments and china from church fetes and charity shops. Nothing much has changed\u2026 actually, I may have forgotten some of the words to \u201cRaindrops on Roses\u201d\u2026. (at least I now have the luxury of being able to “google” those).<\/p>\n