{"id":21106,"date":"2021-07-10T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-10T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thepaintedhinge.com\/?p=21106"},"modified":"2021-07-15T10:25:00","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T17:25:00","slug":"how-to-upcycle-victorian-spandrels-for-decor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepaintedhinge.com\/2021\/07\/10\/how-to-upcycle-victorian-spandrels-for-decor\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Upcycle Victorian Spandrels for Decor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hey friends! Today I am so excited to join the Lifestyle Of Love blog hop hosted by Cindy at County Road 407<\/a>! A Lifestyle of Love is a group of super talented ladies that get together every other month to bring you beautiful vintage and farmhouse decorating ideas using antique and repurposed goodies!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This month’s theme is architectural salvage! I love architectural salvage used as decor and frankly I wish I had a whole lot more of it in my home! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So you might be asking yourself – what the heck is a spandrel? I never heard of that name before I wrote this post. I knew what<\/em> these were – part of a decorative trim mounted under the beam on victorian style porches – but I had no idea what their proper name was. Before I wrote this post I called them “victorian porch running trim” and that’s what I Googled in an attempt to find out what they are actually called. Luckily that was enough info for Google to return this super helpful diagram of a victorian porch from vintagewoodworks.com<\/a>. As you can see in the diagram, the piece *below<\/em> the spandrels are what is called the running trim. So even though I was using the wrong name for them, it was in the ballpark enough for me to find the right one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n*
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Why was it love at first sight? Because I knew they would work perfectly above the windows in our dining room. I had searched everywhere before I came across the spandrels, but as soon as I saw them I knew the search was over!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Initally I wasn’t exactly sure how I was going to use the spandrels over my dining room windows. Do I rebuld them? Or leave them as is and find a creative way to hang them? I tried the latter and could never get it to work, so I decided on rebulding them. My hubs helped me cut and put together everything until we had two spandrels roughly the same size. I wish I would have documented the process, but at the time I wasn’t planning to use this as a blog post. I should know better than that by now! \ud83d\ude01<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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I hung them up over our dining room windows, and even though I really liked them, the green on them overpowered the rest of the room. I decided to paint the green part a more neutral color. The paint and color I used is Ivory Tower by Retique It Chalk Furniture Paint by Renaissance Furniture Paint. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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I was totally in love when I hung them up after I repainted them! I know some people would have left them green, and if you’re one of those people that’s okay! I loved the green color too, but it just wasn’t working for me when veiwing them as a whole with the rest of the room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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I hope you enjoyed how I upcycled these victorian spandrels to use as decor for my dining room! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Next up on the hop is Common Ground<\/a> – you will love how Debra incorporates architectural salvage in her home! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here’s the entire Lifestyle Of Love lineup for this month!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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