What the heck is a Vignette?

A vignette [vin‐yet] is a fancy smancy name used by home decor folks to describe a way of grouping items together.  A vignette is a small picture. By definition, it's limited. While it implies something that is purely decorative, it doesn't have to be. It can be functional as well.  One of my functional vignettes is a simply made over tiered basket I turned in a coffee station for my kitchen counter.

Designers state a vignette should contain a minimum of 3 items.  So let's take a tour around my house and see what we can find in the form of a vignette.  Keep in mind, most of the items I decorate with are Goodwill, junk or yard sale finds!  It doesn't take a lot of moolah to get a little fancy going on.

This is my coffee table at the moment. A few old books minus their slip covers adds more touches of color under an adorable wire acorn I picked up at Big Lots.  My yard sale wooden tray holding a doily and a fake pumpkin I made last Fall.  Added a few pine cones.  I SO want to paint this coffee table black!  The weather hasn't been cooperating on the weekends when I've had the time.  So I am hoping it's my next 'big' project.

I just have a feeling my table would pop in black against my hand me down cream sofa.  Too much wood in the living room at the moment.

Back in search of vignettes...

My last years find at the antique market, a tiny table in my living room under my old window.  Used an old wooden bread bowl/tray handed down from my mom to layer it a bit.  Couldn't find the right size empty frame to pop behind it.  So I will be Goodwill hunting for one soon.  The 'newest' items on the table are my adorable little bird picked up at a local Real Deals store on sale and that tiny green bottle, a junk store find for 49 cents.  The other old jars belonged to my Dad.

More pine cones on my mantel along with Hobby Lobby clearance decor items, the other Goodwill mini bird cage and a large birdcage I found a few weeks ago at a yard sale for $4.  Birds inside were $2 for the pair.  You can decorate on the 'cheap' with a bit of creativity and an open mind about 'junk' finds.

Top of my frig.

My sewing machine 'side' table in my kitchen a few weeks ago.

Why yes, that is the same pumpkin that is now on my coffee table.  I love changing things up!

My side table today.  The white pitcher and bowl were a yard sale find, $2. The plate stand is from the Goodwill, $4.  Dollar Tree tiny pumpkins and sunflowers. The pumpkin on the top plate is real from the grocery store.

Books give height to objects.  The clock atop my entertainment center.

A bathroom vignette?

Or maybe a yard vignette....

My daughter and I saw this on our drive home today.  Just had to stop for a photo. See the tiny tractor? Click on the photo to enlarge.

Hope you enjoyed the vignettes in my home.  If you want to know more and see others please visit Funky Junk Interiors for her Saturday Nite Special on vignettes.  There is a lot of beautiful decor going on over there!

Since several of these 'spots' in my home have morphed into new looks, I'm also linking in a Between Naps on the Porch's Met Monday.