Displaying Collections: Blue & White Plates

This past fall our Dutch Colonial Kitchen renovation project was featured in the October Style at Home magazine (photographed for the magazine a year earlier.) One of the more decorative features of the space that I haven’t shared was a collection of vintage blue and white plates displayed on the wall. The collage was created using a variety of pieces that both the homeowner and myself had found at various antique shops and auctions around Nova Scotia including the South Shore, Shelburne and Yarmouth.

Photography by Janet Kimber, for Style at Home Magazine.

Photography by Janet Kimber, for Style at Home Magazine.

We installed them on an expanse of wall that spanned between two doorways, directly opposite the kitchen island and they create a beautiful backdrop to the deep navy and white kitchen scheme. The plates are complimented by the historic mouldings and original wood beam ceiling of this heritage home which were restored during the kitchen reno.

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As seen in Style at Home Magazine, October 2019.

As seen in Style at Home Magazine, October 2019.

I’ll upload a digital copy of the full feature in the coming weeks, but you can link to the magazines website feature of the story here, which showcases some of the images from the issue.

View the feature on the Style at Home Website, titled “Heritage by The Sea”, here.

See previous post on this project here.