Sarah Wilkie
How to shop for vintage
Top tips for Easter Entertaining
How to style your coffee table
Welcome to our blog post - How to style your coffee table.
Aside from the sofa, the coffee table is probably our favourite piece of furniture for the living room. It's the ultimate finishing touch and can be used in so many different ways. When it comes to styling a coffee table, the table can be placed either centrally amongst seating or up against a wall. The most important thing to consider, is what you're going to put on it! From your most treasured coffee table books, to candles and of course, cups of tea and coffee! Read more
Our favourite places to shop for vintage and antique furniture
We always get asked for our top recommendations for places to shop vintage so we’ve pulled together our top six favourites. They’re all absolute gems, packed full of personality and well worth the visit to shop for vintage furniture and accessories. They also all have beautiful Instagram accounts to swoon over so make sure you give them a follow and share the love!
Home Barn's 2019 vintage interior trends
We hope you enjoy home-barns-2019-vintage-interior-trends.
Hot off the heels from our trip to Maison&Objet Paris, one of the world's biggest interior design fairs, we’re full of fresh ideas after spotting some exciting trends. There were some definite themes to the things that caught both of our attention, and they will be popping up in some of the vintage furniture and accessories we’ll be stocking at Home Barn this year.
Our guide to buying the perfect dining table
As it’s such an important buy it’s worth investing the time and money to find the perfect one. So what do you need to look for? From craftsmanship to materials and size, we’ve pulled together this blog post to guide you through all the options to find the perfect dining table for you and your family.
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Styling your Christmas dining table
Gifting vintage this Christmas
Here’s some of our Home Barn favourites for gifting vintage this Christmas.
How to use vintage furniture in a modern home
One of the things Sally and I get asked most is, ‘can I add vintage furniture to my home even though my house is modern?’ The answer? Absolutely! We’ve got some great top tips on how to start with vintage furniture that we wanted to share with you.
Bring out the best in your books: How to style your shelves to suit your space
It’s no secret that the Home Barn team are avid bookworms. Yes, we love a good read, but we also just love styling up stacks of books on shelves or using collections of vintage books to jazz up a dull space. We’ve got some finely honed tips on how to display your books to help breathe some new life into your well-loved covers that we want to share with you.
Summer Entertaining Season - Outdoors And In!
There’s something so wonderful about how the summer makes us increasingly more social. It’s probably because the sun lifts everyone’s spirits so instead of closeting ourselves in our homes to avoid being grouchy with the outside world, we actually like being around people! Indoors or outdoors, it’s worth getting yourself prepped for the influx of guests that will no doubt be gracing your home and luckily, we have just what you need to help with that. Here are some of our top tips: