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Miyerkules, Hunyo 3, 2015
New York Times Best Seller!
25+ Free Printable Vintage Aquatic Images
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Hello Remodelaholics! It’s Brynne from The Gathered Home, back with June’s roundup of awesome printable vintage images for you!
I shared 25 vintage bird images with you in April, and 25 gorgeous floral images in May – this month, I’ve pulled together over 25 beautifully detailed vintage aquatic images, from colorful fish to anemones to sea shells!
Free Printable Vintage Aquatic, Ocean and Sea Images
I know I’m always thinking of the ocean in the summertime, what about you?
You can add a little coastal flair to your decor with these fun sea-themed images, whether you switch out a few prints on a gallery wall or decide to display one in a much larger format! (Check out my tutorial here to learn how to prep a vintage image for large format printing!)
To download and print, click on each link to visit the original source for each image.
1. Red Octopus via Bibliodyssey
2. Gothic Fish via Vintage Printable
3. Conch Shells via Biodiversity Heritage Library (I, II)
Visit this Flickr album for over 40 other shell illustrations.
4. Crab via Bibliodyssey
5. Fish from “Natural History of Carolina” via Bibliodyssey (I, II)
20 other highly detailed illustrations in this Flickr set.
6. Coral via Biodiversity Heritage Library
I love the colors in this one!
7. Zoophytes via Bibliodyssey (I, II)
Visit this Flickr set for even more cool educational-style charts like these!
8. Hogfish via Vintage Printable
Doesn’t this guy look so cheerful? I love him.
9. “La Monde de la Mer” via Biodiversity Heritage Library (I, II)
10. Cephalopods via Bibliodyssey
11. Coral via Vintage Printable
12. Golden and Bronze Carp via Biodiversity Heritage Library
13. Parrot Fish via Bibliodyssey
This little guy is one of 16 gorgeous illustrations of East Asian marine life.
14. Colorful Fish via Bibliodyssey
15. Jellyfish via Vintage Printable
16. French Fish Images via Biodiversity Heritage Library
Find over 100 colorful fish images in this Flickr set!
17. Sea Anemones via Vintage Printable
18. Tropical Fish via Bibliodyssey
19. Neapolitan Cephalopods via Bibliodyssey
20. Dolphin Fish via Vintage Printable
21. Starfish via Biodiversity Heritage Library
22. Shells via Bibliodyssey
23. Anemones via Bibliodyssey (I, II)
24. Goldfish via Bibliodyssey
Visit this Flickr set for 20 other vintage fish engravings.
25. Whale via Vintage Printable
I love the yellow background! I think this one could be really fun enlarged!
Who’s ready to start printing?
If you need some inspiration on ways to use vintage aquatic images in your home, you’re in luck because I’ve rounded up some ideas for you!
1. Display an enlarged vintage image in an educational chart format. You could even design your own chart in a photo editing program by compiling different vintage images with labels!
(via Weekday Carnival)
(via Hviturlakkris)
2. Pick one gorgeously detailed image to use as a focal point. The rest of the room doesn’t need to be in a typical lodge or cabin style, either – I love how unexpected the fish is over this mantel, but the colors work perfectly in this room.
(via House Beautiful)
3. A gallery wall is always a classic choice. Group similar images – the collections I’ve shared above are great for this! You can even unify your favorite images with a little basic photo editing (using a program like the free Picmonkey)- make them all black and white or sepia toned for an interesting look.
(via Bungalow Blue Interiors)
(via HGTV)
I hope you enjoyed this month’s collection! What themes would you like to see in upcoming months?
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Don’t forget to check out the entire free printable art collection here
and channel the coastal feel with more beachy inspiration:
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Lunes, Hunyo 1, 2015
Eight Elements of Perfect Rustic Kitchens
Sick and tired of slick, white, modern, minimalist, streamlined kitchens? (Or maybe you never liked them in the first place?) If the kitchen is the heart of the home, shouldn’t it be cozy, homey, warm and inviting? If that’s your … Continued
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Dream Bathroom vs. Simple Refresh
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How to make your home smell nice without Glade
Whether it’s from our cooking, the footwear of teenage sons or our beloved pets, our homes can be subject to quite the range of smells that can stick around. It’s no surprise that scented sprays and blocks clog up the shelves in our supermarkets and bring in a healthy profit for the businesses that make them. Many of the neutralising sprays do a good job of masking unwanted smells in our homes, but they can sometimes leave scents lingering. Scent blocks and plug-ins can work well, but they are all too often created to pump out the same familiar smells, which can at times resemble anything from toilet cleaner to a major spill at The Body Shop.
The best solution to making your home magnificent is to find scents that you like and then seek out a way of introducing them, or something very similar to them, into your home. Estate agents always recommend freshly-brewed coffee or baking bread as the smells that people like most in the home, but if you don’t want to be tied to the cooker all day then you will have to think a little harder.
One efficient way to get a strong scent into your home is to use joss sticks, smudge sticks or incense sticks. This means that you will be burning a scented oil dipped stick or piece of wood. Or it could, in the case of the smudge stick, be a bundle of dried herbs or leaves. You can either burn these and wave them around the room or, in the case of joss sticks, simply leave them to safely burn in a holder.
The smells can vary from rose to sandalwood, but do tend to lean towards Eastern scents and they can usually be bought inexpensively from department stores or even local Asian shops, where they may be cheaper. Do look out for ones that use all natural products, as ones using chemicals can release toxins that can be harmful in a similar way to passive smoking.
Another product that you can burn with pleasing scents are, of course, candles. They tend to be fairly subtle in smell and you can burn them in the background to both neutralise smells and give a pleasing scent to your home. These have the advantage of being something you can use over and over again, simply blowing them out when a pleasing scent has filled your home. The main stumbling block with candles is that they can get to be an expensive habit. Cheap ones can be purchased from supermarkets, but candles with strong and distinctive scents start at around £10 and can go as high as £100.
Reed diffusers and other diffusing products have become more popular in recent years, as they can look attractive and be very effective too. Reed diffusers work by releasing scent from a set of sticks or ‘reeds’ that are dipped in a perfumed oil. Once again, these productsvary greatly in price. The manufacturers of plug-ins have caught on to the trend and now make their own bargain basement products, but better looking models cost upwards of £20. You can buy attractive diffuser bulbs that can be refilled with scent and designer versions can cost as much as you are willing to spend.
Image source: Burrs & Berries via Flickr
Those who prefer their scents to be totally natural should stick with either indoor plants or cut flowers. Not many indoor plants will give a scent all year round, but those that flower can look good as well as giving your home the great scent you desire. Cut flowers will make an instant impact, with lilies and roses providing great, strong scents that are long-lasting.
Of course, the drawback here is that the cost can be outlandish. Unless you are good friends with your florist you will have to spend at least £20 a week to get a good room-filling scent from flowers. Beautiful as well as gloriously natural scents. But just make sure that your bank balance will allow for it.
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