Antique stores are filled with beautiful furniture and accessories. However, the numerous objects can feel overwhelming if you’re just shopping for a few decorative items for your home. But worry not, it is possible to give your home vintage flair without turning it into a museum. Here’s how you can make vintage features part of your stylish décor.
Stylish Decor: How to Add Vintage Flair to Your Home
Choose a Focal Piece of Furniture
The downside of vintage furniture is that it is hard to find a set. However, you can use that to your advantage. Simply add a single piece of vintage furniture to your living room or lounge and transform the space. Once you see how it blends in with the rest of your furnishings, you’ll realize it’s all you need. After you position the vintage piece, complement it with modern furniture. Choose contemporary furniture with simple colors and patterns to make it stand out.
Simple features can give your home a warm vintage atmosphere
Image via: Ada’s House
Stick to Your Style
It is important to stay true to your style when giving your home vintage flair. Don’t think of vintage style as a separate thing from your style, add features that reflect your personality. People with the best vintage-style homes focus on an era, a hobby, or a designer. Be creative and use your imagination and you’ll be sure to create a unique style.
Embrace Color
Modern homes are all about minimalism: simple forms, clean lines, and neutral color schemes. However, when neutral colors are used extensively, they make a place unappealing. Bring in color to your home with a bright and warm vintage piece. Decorate a wall with patterned wallpaper to enliven a room without changing the entire color. If you are not a fan of colorful walls, add color in small ways. Get flowery throw pillows, vases, or rugs.
Add color with vintage wllpaper
Image via: Casa Desobra
Don’t Forget the Exterior
For your home to be truly beautiful, it must have seamless style. The exterior must reflect the interior. Remove the digital doorbell and replace it with a marine bell. You can also place a rusted cartwheel in the garden. Use vintage outdoor furniture to create a cohesive look. Get wicker pieces and tie the indoors and outdoors together. For a great style statement, pair the seating with a modern glass table.
Don’t forget to give your outdoors a dash of vintage
Image via: Fazook
Some people wish for gorgeous homes, others make their homes gorgeous. If you want to give your home’s stylish décor a unique touch, look to vintage style. Vintage decorations are simple but they will steal the show in your home.
How do you inject vintage style into your home?
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A great post. I agree choosing a focal piece of furniture is key, often people fill a room with so many vintage bits that it’s hard to pick out the beauty.
Great advice! I love, love, love the wallpaper in the photograph of the desk area, especially w/ the lovely blue baseboards.