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GUIDE TO PRIMITIVE LIVING....COLONIAL HANDBOOK!

by: tpcm_inc ( private ) Top 10000 Reviewer
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~Guide to Primitive Living~

 

 

~The Quiz~

Are you a prim luver?????

If you answer yes to these questions, then you MUST be a luver of  all things Primitives!!

~Questions for you~

Do you love that time worn look??

Does wood that is weathered and chippy, look like something you would have???

Are ordinary candles just no longer acceptable???  Must they be aged or grubby??

You know what grubby, grungy and distressed means???

Do you love the look of early americana or colonial??

Does rusty cans, aged paper, stained muslin~~~make you dream of days long gone???

Antiques vs modern furnishings???

 

What is Primitive?????

Primitive is an Early Americana/Colonial look & feel.

It is warm aged fabric, linens softened by age, tattered rag dolls, feel of antique wood beneath your finger tips, rusty old things from days past, the smell of bakery scents in the air~just as if Grandma herself was baking, it is that warm cozy feeling you get when you see something that is old and loved!!!!

How do you like your candles???

Imagine candles, worn with time~ lumpy, handpoured, spiced tallow tapers~~~ready to light your primitive home. 

Grubby candles~super lumpy & bumpy, loaded with spices! 

Grungy candles~aged look, spices throughout and smooth.

 

~Primitives in the home~

Needful things

Here are a list of things you can purchase right here on ebay~things for your to decorate your home with and create your primitive world.

Warm Bakery Scented Fixins

Aged & Grubby Candles

Bowl Fillers...piled high in baskets, bowls or tucked into niches

Old Antique Dough Bowl..load with apples or fixins!

Old Antique Trencher....rosehip fixins, grubby candle display

Handmade quilts piled high, displayed in armoires or baskets

Dried sweet annie & other natural greens/flowers...fill baskets, old antique crocks and more

Old Slipglazed Crockery

~Pewter~

want fancy???  Go with Wilton Armetale *Queen Anne* pattern

want plain or colonial???  Go with Wilton *Plough Tavern* pattern

Handblown  Glassware

Wood handled pewter flatware

Flow Blue Soup Tureens

Pewter Goblets

Pewter Antique Pitchers...fresh flower display

Handstitched Wall Art

Aged Dishtowels

Revere Lanterns and Tart Warmers

Grapevine Wreaths, Door Toppers and Wall Art

Colonial Prints~ add a matte black frame and bubble glass

Soft Ivory Ruffled Bedsheets

Colonial inspired print bedding

Deep Colors, Jewel Tones and Earth Tones

Stenciled Walls

Colonial Floorcloths

and so much more.......

 

See all the primitive world has to offer...search ebay *primitives*

 

 

 

 


Guide ID: 10000000001862540Guide created: 09/14/06 (updated 09/29/08)

 
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