Vintage Christmas Treasures: Decorating with Thrift Store Charm

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If you love decorating with vintage and unique finds, here are 7 Christmas treasures you should always buy at the thrift store.

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Vintage Crocks Crocks are another great buy when you are thrifting around. I buy all different sizes too. You can use them to hold Christmas greenery and mini trees. And you can use them later as a vessel for plants and flowers.

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Thrift Store Baskets It doesn’t matter if they are large, small, or something in between. Grab whatever baskets you can. For Christmas decorating purposes, they look amazing filled with winter greenery and make great planters if you add a plant dish underneath a container inside.

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Dough Bowls Never pass up a good dough bowl. There’s so much you can do with them. From displaying them with Christmas greenery, pinecones, and ornaments to adding flowers, potpourri or maybe some candles, vintage wood dough bowls are a great find.

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Vintage Tool Boxes and Picnic Baskets Makes a great vessel to hold Christmas greenery, plants and flowers. I've them both as a gorgeous table centerpiece for years!

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Metal Pails, Bins and Buckets Old rusty or painted metal pails, bins and buckets make GREAT planters for all kinds of Christmas greenery and mini trees vessels.

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Vintage Tins I love pretty vintage cans. They look so pretty displayed on their own. And even better with some pretty Christmas greenery, plants or flowers in them!

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Vintage Watering Cans, Jugs and Milk Bottles Old watering cans, jugs and vintage milk bottles also make great planting vessels for Christmas greenery, plants, and other decor.

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