Vintage style home decor ideas
The Vintage Style Home Decor Guide
One of the fun things about decorating your home is choosing your interior design style. Whether you want to go with traditional or contemporary, rustic or modern, your style can say a lot about who you are and how you want to express yourself. Sometimes, however, it’s about more than just finding a style that fits your personality—it’s about taking care of an older piece that means something to you.
If you have an item in your home that has been passed down through the family or is just something that you’ve always loved, but it doesn’t quite fit your current aesthetic anymore, don’t get rid of it! Try one of these vintage decor style ideas we’ll share below!
How to Decorate Vintage Style
If you love the qualities of vintage, antique items, but you want a bit more modern style in your home, you’re in luck. Here are ways to decorate with vintage pieces while still maintaining a clean, contemporary look.
Don’t Clutter Too Many Vintage Pieces
One of the most common mistakes those who love vintage decor make is over-cluttering with these pieces. If you have too many vintage items in your home, it can be outdated or even messy. Instead, pick out only a few pieces with special meaning to you and use them as accents throughout your home.
Mix Vintage with Neutral Colors
You can also use neutral colors to offset the aged look of your vintage items. For example, if you have a table with a lot of character and history, paint the frame a neutral color like white or gray to create some contrast and balance the look of your home decor. You could also paint other furniture in your room a neutral color so that everything doesn’t stand out as much because it’s all vintage.
@lizlinkletereventsTraditional Vintage Decor
Traditional vintage decor is the most common type of vintage decor, and it’s designed to give the viewer a sense of nostalgia through the use of familiar images and objects. This is the style that most people are familiar with when they think about decorating in a vintage style, even if they don’t know exactly what it’s called.
You can achieve a traditional home decor look by incorporating items from your past or your mother’s or grandmother’s past into your home design.
If you plan on using a traditional vintage style in your home, be prepared to dedicate a lot of space to this particular project. There are many different options available for designing a traditional vintage-style room. For example, some people choose to use antique furniture in their rooms, while others prefer modern furniture. Some people even combine both styles for an eclectic look that combines old and new elements.
Mix Antiques with Contemporary Pieces
Many interior designers now use vintage items as accents for more modern rooms. A mix of antique and contemporary furniture creates an eclectic look that’s great for those who like both styles but don’t want their homes filled with antiques. Try using vintage items as conversation starters around the living room—an old clock on top of a bookshelf or a set of antique dishes displayed in the dining area are both great ways to start a conversation about your home’s design aesthetic, whether it’s meant to be casual or formal!
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interiorsWhere to Buy Vintage Furniture & Decor
When you’re looking to add a little vintage flair to your home, you don’t always have to seek out the antique shops in your town. Instead, you can take advantage of online shopping from the comfort of your living room. Here are some of the best sites for finding vintage furniture and decor on the web.
Chairish
Chairish is a marketplace for anyone interested in buying or selling used furniture and decor. You can enter the item you’re looking for or your location to find furniture near you, including items listed as local pickup only. But if it’s easier for you to shop online, Chairish also has an impressive selection of items available for purchase via their website and app.
1stDibs
If you’re looking for a wider selection of vintage and antique furniture, 1stDibs is one of the most comprehensive websites available. 1stDibs is also unique because they sell vintage and antique products wholesale and retail, so there’s no need to worry about minimum order sizes when placing purchases through their site.
One Kings Lane
You can’t go wrong with One Kings Lane. They have an incredible selection of high-end vintage pieces that fit any style and budget. And they have great customer service, making them perfect for a first-time vintage furniture buyer.
Revival Rugs
Revival Rugs is a more specialized site—they deal strictly in beautiful rugs from around the world. Their wide selection is well organized by color, pattern, and price range, making it easy to find exactly what you’re looking for.
Everything But the House
If you’re looking for quantity over quality (and don’t mind some hunting), Everything But the House has a huge selection of vintage finds at super low prices. It’s great for those willing to put in the time to find the perfect piece or two!
Rejuvenation Antiques
Rejuvenation Antiques is a team of artisans, designers, and craftspeople who sell timeless American lighting, hardware, and home accessories for years.
Craigslist, Etsy, Facebook Marketplace & eBay
You can find lots of vintage home decor and furniture from peer-to-peer marketplaces such as Craigslist, Etsy, Facebook Marketplace, and eBay.
Prices will be much lower on these sites, but you have no protection in case the seller isn’t forthcoming and honest. So tread cautiously when working with these sites. Anyone can sign up and create a listing. There is no due diligence involved from the marketplace!
Many vintage home decor shops are composed of a team of artisans, designers, and craftspeople who have been making timeless American lighting, hardware, and home accessories for years. Vintage decor retailers are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest quality products and customer care.
Vintage home decor is all the rage. But with so many different styles to choose from, it’s hard to know where to start. This guide aims to simplify this process by offering inspiration and ideas for everything from choosing the perfect color to selecting vintage pieces that will truly stand out.
20 Vintage Décor Ideas for Any Style Space
Interior design trends come, go, merge and evolve. The final design really lies in the eye of the beholder.
Nothing could more true than when it comes to vintage home décor. Someone’s “junk” could be another one’s treasure. This “junk” can transform your home décor and create a timeless architectural interior, with a history so rich it may never go out of style.
Vintage décor can take many forms, both in the materials it can be derived from and the design elements it can create. It is also extremely versatile, adapting itself to the setting in which it is installed. Add something as simple as a vintage chandelier, wallpaper or a refurbished piece of furniture to see what it can do to your room.
1. Apothecary/Glass Bottles Serve Many Purposes
Walk into any general store or antique shop (maybe even the barn you might have your property) and you are sure to find vintage glass and apothecary bottles that used to house herbs, medicine, milk, wine, or any variety of contents. Now you can use bottles to decorate an end table, store knickknacks, book ends, or to serve as a flower vase – just to give you some ideas in case they weren’t already flowing into your head.
Traditional Dining Room by Sacramento Interior Designers & Decorators Kerrie L. Kelly
Eclectic Living Room
Despite their vintage origins, glass bottles fit into a variety of decors, from eclectic living rooms to a modern entry.
2. Vintage Ladder Turns Towel Rack
Metal ladders have quickly replaced traditional wooden ladders, unless perhaps you need something small for an interior painting job. But there is no need to throw that old wooden ladder out. Turn it into a decorative storage device. Use it for blankets in the living room, hand towels in the kitchen or bathroom, or for scarves in your closet.
Shabby Chic Spaces
3. File Storage Stores Dinner Plates
The term file storage today less about storage compartments, and has now become synonymous with information technology and companies like Carbonite. Even though you may not have files to store, if you can find a vintage file sorter like this, use it to creatively organize things like dishes or linens.
Traditional Kitchen by Los Angeles Interior Designers & Decorators Jennifer Grey Interiors
4. Nesting Nooks Stores A Plethora of Goods
When was the last time you saw a nesting nook? If ever you come across one, it’s a great addition to a rustic, or industrial inspired kitchen. You can easily store hand towels, dishes, pots and pans. Or add it to a child’s room to store to store toys, books, and bedding.
Rustic Dining Room by Stonewall Media & Bloggers Buckets of Burlap
5. Postcards Decorate Walls
Vintage postcards are certainly worth holding on to especially if they have sentimental value to you. Keep them on display in a picture frame or other display to add décor, and give your room a conversation piece.
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6. Typewriters Create Conversation
Danielle Steel, George RR Martin, Quentin Tarrantino…these Are just a few writers who rely on traditional typewriters to create their epic stories http://mashable.com/2014/02/15/modern-writers-technology/ and while you may not be writing a novel, you may still want to pick up that vintage typewriter.
Who knows you might revert back to “olden days” in a new study, or just add an interesting touch to the playroom.
Home Office by Other Metro flickr.com
Or use it as storage.
Eclectic Dining Room
Either way it makes for good conversation.
7. Vintage Fan Adds More than Cool Air
Have a lakeside cottage or an urban industrial flat? You’d be surprised where a vintage fan can fit in with your décor. It’s practical on hot days, decorative when it is not needed, and easy enough to store if you tire of it.
Eclectic Living Room by Vancouver Media & Bloggers The Locker
8. Silver Candlesticks
Dress Up an Accent Table Vintage silver candlesticks harken you back to a time when homes were lit exclusively by candlelight. Although it was a bit inconvenient by today’s standards, there is a hint of romance in that kind of life, and many may wonder what it was like to live during a simpler time. While we haven’t yet perfected our time machine, you can add a touch of history to your home with some candlesticks of your own.
Modern Living Room by Allenhurst Interior Designers & Decorators David Schaf Interiors, LLC
9. Phone a Friend
Like the fan, or vintage typewriter, who wouldn’t love an old vintage telephone. Your children may not know what to do with it, since they can’t put it in their pocket or use it to get on the internet, but it still would make a fun accent to your room.
Eclectic Home Office by London Artists & Artisans Rossana Novella
10. Clocks Tell Time in More Ways Than One
You rely on the clocks in your home to tell the time today, but vintage clocks can also remind you of all the time that has passed. Why not track down a vintage candle clock from 10th century Japan to adorn a Feng Shui Décor, a highly prized banjo clock to hang in a ski lodge, or a simple vintage alarm clock. The craftsmanship and mechanics of your clock (whether it is working or not) are sure to add a nice touch to your room.
Rustic Living Room by San Francisco Architects & Building Designers John Lum Architecture, Inc.
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11. Photographs Tell a Story
Do you have old black and family photos? Take them out of the photo album and put them in some decorative frames to put them on display. Everyone, especially little ones, love to explore their family tree.
Eclectic Bedroom by Dallas Media & Bloggers Jamie Laubhan-Oliver
If you are looking for more vintage knickknacks check out this blog post from Houzz.com.
12. Maps Help you Explore Indoors
Is there a favorite place you have visited? Do you love to sail?
Find a vintage map of your favorite place to explore and decorate your walls with it, whether as wallpaper, or as a framed centerpiece of the room.
Craftsman Home Office by Seattle Architects & Building Designers Bosworth Hoedemaker
13. Vintage Cans & Equipment
Upcycle old vintage cans and industrial equipment into some new home décor.
Use them as coffee tables or end tables. Or clean them out and use them for storage in a pantry, playroom or mudroom.
Eclectic Family Room
Looking for more vintage furniture ideas, check out this link from Houzz.com
14. Tables
Sure it is easy to find a table for your home today, but wouldn’t an old vintage table bring so much character to your kitchen or dining room. A Mexican grain sorting table tells a story about a different way of life.
Farmhouse Kitchen by Berkeley Interior Designers & Decorators Lane McNab Interiors
This industrial table can serve as a kitchen island, countertop, prep station, or buffet, and you can imagine what purpose it used to serve, in its previous life.
Baled Hay from the Farmhouse Collection from Carlisle Wide Plank Floors featuring Prefinished Oak Flooring and Distressed Wood Flooring
15. Vintage Posters
Like your postcards, or maps, vintage posters are a great way to decorate a room, especially if you have a particular theme in mind. This kitchen has a modern farmhouse feel, note the rooster poster in the background.
Traditional Kitchen by Atlanta Architects & Building Designers Harrison Design featuring Carlisle Distressed Wood Flooring
Get some Vintage posters for the race car enthusiast in your family.
Eclectic Kids
If you have a media room or home theatre add some vintage movie posters to the walls.
Contemporary Home Theater by Eagle Home Builders CHC Mountain Structures
As the iconic wood flooring company we would be remiss if we did point out some of the spectacular ways that wood floors can transform your space. While they do require a bit more of an investment than an antique bottle, they are well worth it. Although you can get distressed wood flooring to look old, you can also get the real thing – authentic antique flooring from buildings that are hundreds of years old. It doesn’t get any more vintage than that.
Eclectic Bedroom by Carlisle Wide Plank Floors
17. Old Books Tell Stories
Your old books and magazine can serve so many purposes if you want your room to have some vintage inspiration.
Pile them up as a small end table
Industrial Living Room by Salt Lake City Photographers Lucy Call
Or if you can bear the thought of taking them apart (or maybe you found them that way) why not decorate the walls of a favorite room.
Eclectic Entry by London Interior Designers & Decorators Avocado Sweets Interior Design Studio
Or you can use books for a more traditional purpose and fill your bookshelves. You can buy vintage books by color from cmopanies like Booth & Williams, as seen below.
Traditional Books by Suwanee Interior Designers & Decorators Booth & Williams
18. Lighting
Vintage lighting can be procured from old homes, factories, industrial buildings, or salvaged from demolition sites. Hang them as pendant lights for a creative touch above your island, vanity or dining room table.
Industrial Living Room by Other Metro Furniture & Accessories worksberlin original vintage industrial furniture
19. Vintage Suitcases Settle Down
There is a certain nostalgia that comes with holding a vintage suitcase in your hands.
Where has it been, who used it, what was stored inside? While you may not know the answers to all these question, you can create a new history for these iconic travel companions and settle them down into your home decor. Use them as end tables.
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In the general home Décor of your home.
Rustic Hall
These vintage suitcases also maintain their original purpose – storage. In this case, temporary storage for an event.
Farmhouse Spaces by Philadelphia Media & Bloggers Sara Bates
20. Upholstery & Fabric
Whether it is a vintage print, or a worn out burlap sack, you can use old fabric a variety of ways. Add personality to an old headboard with burlap fabric.
Contemporary Bedroom by Los Angeles Photographers Erika Bierman Photography
Add it to a frame and put it on display.
Traditional Living Room
You can find some lovely vintage fabrics and make curtains or reupholster furniture piece, especially if they are in need of a makeover.
Eclectic Bedroom by Santa Cruz Media & Bloggers Shannon Malone
And we are probably cheating with this one, but this Anthropology sofa, while not vintage, does feature an appealing vintage print that would go well with your other vintage decor.
Sofas
Next time you see a yard sale or an antique shop, you might want to pop in and see what you can discover.
Vintage style in the interior (51 photos) - a combination of well-forgotten old and cozy luxury
What is vintage?
Today, the phrase “vintage style” is used mainly as a designation for something old, but at the same time of high quality and beautiful. In fact, the original meanings did not concern beauty or decoration at all.
Vintage (from the French vintage) - a good vintage wine of a certain age. The English call the process of grape harvesting the same word.
In the context of fashion, style, design, old, well-preserved things are called vintage (however, the reference to aged drinks is also preserved here).
It is the age, or rather the age, of objects in vintage style that distinguishes them from retro. The second word is called a modern antique imitation. By the way, the era is another difference between vintage and retro styles. In a general sense, vintage is older, covering the pre-war period (late XIX-early XX), retro - post-war, i.e. second half of XX. They also look different: vintage is still a more classic style, while retro has developed along with bright art deco and modern modern. nine0005
Style features
Vintage interiors have special differences that together form this trend.
Antique Details
Vintage furniture and other furnishings from the past always have an interesting story behind them that is passed on to the surrounding space. Perhaps that is why vintage interiors in houses seem more lively, cozy, elegant, in contrast to the plastic fashion of the 2000s.
Natural materials
Since there was no artificial plastic or other analogues before the war, the interiors were filled with real wood or wicker, forged metal, and natural textiles.
Antique Items
No need to deliberately change items to vintage style, but worn antique items are required. At the same time, a shabby look is given not to a new, but to an initially old object - often during the restoration, furniture or decor returns functionality, after which the artist adds a “bloom of time” using paint and a brush. nine0005
Check out a selection of remodeling ideas for Soviet furniture.
Color palette
You can't call vintage "flashy": calm, neutral colors are used in interior design. White, beige, gray, colored light pastel.
Delicate shades in the decoration must be diluted with floral motifs: floral print fabrics are used for upholstery or decorative textiles (pillows, bedspreads, curtains), wallpaper is glued to the walls. nine0005
There shouldn't be many flowers, their task is to set accents.
Which finishing materials are better to use?
To understand how a vintage interior should look like, it is enough to carefully consider the photos of the rooms.
Ceiling
Standard white - whitewashed or painted. Stucco molding is used for decoration: cornices, rosettes, moldings, bas-reliefs.
Walls
For decoration use paint or glue wallpaper. Monochromatic colors in light colors predominate. Often decorated with horizontal moldings at a level of 100-120 cm from the floor. Wallpaper is acceptable with a simple print - horizontal (stripes), floral.
Floor
Oddly enough, it is he who creates the vintage atmosphere. It is lucky if the apartment has old parquet - it is enough to scrape it off, re-coat with a protective agent and you can use it. If imitation is required, look for tile or laminate with scuff marks. nine0005
The photo shows a light ceiling finish and moldings on the walls
Recommendations for the selection of vintage furniture, appliances and sanitary ware?
To make the vintage in the interior of the apartment authentic, you will have to go around all the flea markets, flea markets in the city, spend a lot of time searching for the necessary details on ad sites and in groups of like-minded people.
But it's worth it!
Furniture
Characteristic features common to all vintage style furniture:
- Strength. Wooden cabinets, chests of drawers were made from solid wood.
- Decorative. Products were decorated with carved details.
- Epoch. If in doubt whether the individual elements will fit together, see the production date. Things made at the same time harmonize perfectly.
So that the apartment does not look like a museum, choose 1 main detail in each room, and choose the rest for it:
- vintage in the bedroom is guaranteed by a wrought iron bed; nine0094
- in the kitchen, a wooden sideboard, sideboard is appropriate;
- a vintage style living room will complement a massive chest or rocking chair.
The photo shows a vintage desktop
Equipment
Since the main modern technology was born after the middle of the 20th century, there are no vintage products in principle.
So instead of styling a modern fridge or stove, just make it look discreet. nine0005
In the kitchen, a built-in is appropriate, in the living room the TV can also be hidden behind the doors - otherwise the plasma panel can destroy the whole perception of style.
Sanitary
Fortunately, furnishing a bathroom and a toilet is not difficult. Manufacturers have separate "vintage" lines, which include:
- foot baths;
- metal enameled or porcelain sinks on figured bases; nine0094
- toilet bowls with high hanging tanks;
- carved shaped faucets.
A mirror in a beautiful copper frame and matching accessories (brush holders, papers, shelves) will complete the atmosphere.
What decor and textiles can be used?
Adherents of vintage style interiors should not neglect small things like decor. Decorations transform the space, set the mood.
Excellent options for the direction:
- porcelain tea set;
- napkins, tablecloths with delicate embroidery;
- family photos in beautiful frames;
- metal figurines;
- wall or table clock with Roman numerals;
- black and white cityscapes;
- curtains with frills, ties;
- antique candlesticks.
Lighting options
At the time of the origin of the style, artificial lighting only came to houses. The light was dim, incandescent lamps interspersed with candles - so the overall picture can be called shaded.
If the task is to match absolutely, focus on a soft, warm, diffused glow. No white spotlights.
Pictured are vintage lamps
Chandeliers either with printed fabric lampshades or chic wrought iron ones with “glass holders” reminiscent of candlesticks. One point per room will definitely not be enough, so floor lighting (floor lamp with frills), table or wall lighting (sconces for candelabra) is added to the ceiling lighting. nine0005
How does vintage look in the interior?
The vintage style living room resembles a hall, or more precisely, a room in a rich house, intended for receiving guests. If possible, they put a fireplace and a lot of seating: sofas, couches, armchairs, ottomans.
A vintage bedroom should evoke a feeling of softness from the threshold: a high featherbed with beautiful linen, a canopy around the perimeter, a bench at the foot.
Pictured antique bedroom furniture
The vintage-style kitchen resembles a classic one: light (white, cream) furniture with carved decor, beautiful dishes, delicate floral textiles.
Children's rooms deserve special attention: rooms can look solemn and resemble the bedroom of a royal person, or they can be restrained - with wooden furniture, light walls, toys in muted colors.
Pictured is a nursery with vintage details
Vintage in a modern apartment is a controversial choice. But if you really like the atmosphere of the pre-war era - embody it!
| « Back 06/28/2016 23:48 Vintage style in the interior - ideas for a vintage interior with your own hands. Looking through the history of styles that at different times had an impact on interior design in general, furniture design and other interior details in particular, it is easy to trace one trend that occurs at the peak of the change in stylistic and interior preferences of a particular society (in different countries - in different ways ). This tendency to change opposites, when not just one stylistic direction, transforming and developing, grows into something new - but changes significantly or, in general, exactly the opposite. nine0005 For example, the serious and canonical style of Classicism, when everything was in accordance with the law and nothing superfluous, was replaced by lush and bright Baroque with its gold, curlicues, sparkle of crystal and softness of velvet. Baroque, having calmed down a bit in Rococo, in which it practically abandoned gold and dissolved the bright blue color with delicate pastel tones, gained militancy in Empire, and returned to Classicism, only in its simpler and "poorer" version with the prefix Neo-. Strict geometric shapes and ornaments of solid Art Deco gave way to sinuous contours and floral patterns of a lighter and freer Art Nouveau. nine0266 And then, completely, the violent "bourgeois" spirit of interiors, where leather and fur, natural dark wood, bronze and marble, get tired of all these signs of wealth and dissolve in the desire for a quiet and clean Minimalism, in which there is only the necessary and does not smell of luxury ... Today, interior fashion includes both gold and gloss, patina and "shabby", monochrome and a riot of colors, high-tech and ethno, a palace and a factory, plastic and wood, a fresco and a mirror, West and East... Everything depends on the preferences of certain people or a social group, it depends on who and what has already managed to "get enough" and what to get tired of.
A few years ago, the popular glossy and lacquer surfaces of floors and walls, today have been replaced by their "grandfathers", worn out like wrinkles with cracks and bumps, dull and washed out, as if they had seen everything in their long life. So, one of the recent interior trends is the love for "traditions of the deep antiquity". VINTAGE is in fashion! Vintage style in the interior! Surfaces, textures and coatings, interior items and details should seem to be similar to those inherited from our great-grandmother-noblewoman (or merchant's wife, at worst): aged and cracked, brushed and worn, patinated and scratched, etc. .
The explanation for this, most likely, lies in the desire to join a certain history, to return and preserve family traditions, and for most of us - to create this history from scratch, with our own hands, adding to it at least a fraction of "pedigreed" aristocracy and "ancestral spirit" . Do-it-yourself vintage style in the interior - how and from what can you create something new, but with a touch of antiquity, which in the course of life over the years will acquire its own good history and a halo of real vintage value? It must be remembered that, like a person, not every object or material is capable of aging beautifully and at the same time becoming more attractive and valuable, being relevant and in demand. Applicable to the interior, materials and details, their components and forms, must be traditional (in the sense of historical traditions) and kind of timeless: solid and durable, made from natural, and not newly invented, materials using traditional (or old) technology, only with the use of manual labor (down with conveyor stampings!), Carrying some kind of creative idea or legend laid down by the master.
If the tree is natural and solid, and not veneer, and even more so all kinds of laminates, chipboard, fiberboard and others like them. And, preferably, hand-crafted wood...
As decor, use old and antique interior items and household utensils - decorative cages, old mirrors, vintage bottles, openwork lampshades, antique wooden, clay or porcelain dishes, lace and textiles with embroidery or cloth, large antique clocks, old mannequins and suitcases, decoupage decor and shabby chic decorative accessories. nine0005 So that the house does not turn into a repository of unused and unnecessary antique or "antique" things, and the "withered" or "rusted", "cracked" or "crumbled" interior did not let its owner feel like a ghost, a museum keeper or a native Cuban Everything needs to be balanced. Let it be like a subtle and slightly perceptible aroma of expensive perfumes - and vintage interior items, vintage decor, vintage furniture will give your interior the charm of antiquity and elegant charm. nine0005
For your inspiration in creating a VINTAGE interior with your own hands, I made this great collection of ideas! Your Elena Crassula. 
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