One year ago, almost to the day, I snagged a beautiful swan chair at a local estate sale -- for only $35! Unfortunately, the seat needed to be recaned. Fast forward to this year and the beginnings of a restoration for this awesome Hollywood Regency Swan Chair.

As explained in my prior estate chair reveal post, my husband agreed to help me figure out a way to "fix" the seat of the chair that needed to be recaned. Due to the exorbitant cost of sending it out to be recaned, he instead went ahead and crafted a new seat altogether -- solving the seat problem and saving a lot of money in the process. 

However, even with a new seat, I'm left with two different restoration dilemmas and I need your help!

Welcome to my salt cellar reveal! You'll never guess what type of new-to-me salt cellars I found.

Yes, they're actually in the shape of elegant swans! 

Welcome to Thrifted vs. Styled! Today's edition features thrifted vintage brass French horn decor that has graced my Christmas mantel for the past few weeks. 

While the holidays have come to a close, I hesitate to put away this vintage brass decor since the display has become one of my favorite holiday decorations that can be enjoyed throughout the winter as well.

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Have you ever been surprised by a Christmas wreath? It’s probably a rare occurrence but I can say that I have! A few years ago I came across a magazine tutorial for a Christmas wreath actually made out of cookie cutters and I absolutely fell in love with it. I also knew I had to make it. So today, finally, I'm sharing my step by step tutorial on how to make a cookie cutter Christmas wreath. 

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