Go Vintage In Your House Decor
Give your room decor a face-lift with a collection of vintage finds. The trick to making this work is to maintain balanced theme styles. By keeping the number of styles that are used to a minimum, your guests will feel welcome rather than overwhelmed. At the day’s end, you will have a room that is distinctive, fun and comfortable.
Choose a decor style for your room
While this may seem contradictory, choosing a style will help you decide on how to decorate your room so that it looks organized. Your favorite things may include elaborate pieces or carved old wood. If you want your room to be daring, go for the glam vintage decor finds, such as a padded bed headboard, chandeliers and silver lamps. Old French furnishings with elaborate carvings look smarter, though. Basically, combine styles to avoid creating a room that is too overbearing or pretentious. Do not be afraid to put an old vintage pottery jar in your bedroom. Bring all the modern amenities in the room to add balance and comfort. Hang a mirror over a distressed modern vanity for a nice contrast.
Find a bed
Go on a search for vintage finds, including the antique iron bed, or French bed. You can also buy linens with high thread count for the best experience. You can express your creativity with interesting iron or wooden bed headboards and even add that sense of vintage luxury by getting a canopy bed. Moreover, a duvet with intricate details will add warmth to the bedroom.
Mix and match
Look for the furniture that adds to the ambiance of your room. Because this aspect can be eclectic, you do not have to pick a cabinet to match your bed. If the bed is iron, you can find a comfortable and distressed antique rocking chair that brings the look together. As mentioned before, you do not want your room to look overwhelming so you are allowed and it is desirable to look for pieces of different styles, and even eras, which would look good together. If you already have perfectly good cabinets and dressers, you can make them match your bed and other vintage elements by some simple DIYs – distressing them, painting them in some other color or adding or drawing details yourself.
Pillows are the easiest way to decorate
Use pillows in bedroom, living room and kitchen to achieve more vintage-like aesthetics. Look for textured fabrics to add dimension to your rooms. Velvet, silk and terry cloths are vintage finds, and contribute to the interest and uniqueness of the room.
Group vintage hangings on the wall
If you have an old hat, a vintage smoking jacket and a picture of an old pipe in an old frame, it is enough for a collection. Jacket can be hanging on a hanger made of antique wood and a hat can be hung on a nail. Look for embroidery and stitched work to make another structured parts of your wall groupings. Again, if you fancy that glam vintage vibe, led wall lights and signs would be a perfect addition to any room. The best thing is that they look unexpectedly good matched with some more modern furniture, as well as distressed and antique one. Everything is in the way how you handle the details and paying attention to not go overboard.
Go wild with the decor ideas
When it comes to decorating your home in vintage style or with some simple vintage decorations, there are many possibilities and the important thing is to listen to your own preferences. If you like when something stands out, you can always use an old chair and add a bit of striking color for seating and back part while leaving the rest untouched. Do not forget to ask your older family members for some of their old stuff such as cutlery and photo frames as well as old photos. Even if these elements might be broken, torn or rusty, they can look perfectly synchronized with the rest of your modern day necessities.
Remember to keep your collectibles under control. Too many trinkets and baubles will make the room feel suffocating more than comfortable. Display your favorite pieces and spread them out, giving your guests plenty of space to relax and enjoy the ambient.
Exclusively Written for Homes Re-Imagined, LLC by Diana Smith