The Bachman's Fall Ideas House Part One...

Last week we went to the Bachman's Fall Ideas House in Minneapolis!  This is the third seasonal house this year~ I have done a series of posts from the spring and summer houses~ there are links on my sidebar, if you would like to visit those, too!  I am breaking this house into two posts~ general decorating ideas, and the second post will be fun seasonal ideas!  I had some camera trouble so all my photos did not turn out, but I was able to get lots of their creative ideas!  This big wall clock was in the dining room and was made of salvaged picket fence and metal pieces~ so graphic...

How about this fun family message center?

I LOVE how they used rolling pins to hang art!

Burlap coffee bags became easy graphic valances...

and this vintage file drawer became a soap holder with a hook for a guest towel.

Vintage washboards were used to deliver a message...

and old insulators were used for creative towel hooks!

Old gears, pulleys, etc, made fun wall art!

 In the living room, there was this fun bar made from a machine shop cabinet...

I love how they faced the shelves with old yardsticks!

They covered the fireplace wall with tar paper and wrote a fall poem in chalk!

 

 An old bed spring served as a great backdrop on which to clip artwork...

and look at this fun frame idea!

This creative take on a bus/subway sign, was my favorite idea!  I love how an old ladder was used as a display base for the signs...LOVE it!

Globes always make great graphic design pieces...

A pallet was used as a TV wall mount and storage...

and rolled newspapers make a funky table base!

The whimsical boy's room had an automotive theme~ look at this fun headboard...

Car door and window handles were fun on the dresser...

and the gas pump nozzle was a decorative hook!

One more idea... from the upstairs bathroom~ this big scale holding TP!

There were lots of fun and funky ideas in this house!  In my next post I'll share the whimsical seasonal ideas!
Until next time...
Linda