Vintage design brings an idealistic nostalgia for a time past, allowing us to remember the good and temporarily forget the bad. Adding vintage touches to your home can bring a sense of tranquility and character; things need not always be sleek and modern. And remember: you’re decorating a home, not a museum period room, so don’t be afraid to mix and match styles and inspirations across time and place. You can buy vintage-inspired goods—new objects that look old—or hunt through thrift shops, garage sales, and online re-sale retailers for those objects that come with the wear, tear, and love of age.
These easy and affordable home decor ideas will help add a bit more personality to your home, and they fit with nearly any existing design scheme:
On the kitchen counters:
Instead of buying expensive flour and sugar containers, consider using Mason Jars. They are inexpensive, easily reusable, sanitary, and even when brand-new, remind of a pre-industrial time. Just because canning food is no longer a necessity doesn’t mean these jars have gone out of style. Each size jar can serve a different purpose. The four-ounce jar is perfect for salt and pepper—just poke a few holes in the lid. The quart-size jar can be used to hold flour, sugar, or coffee. Half-pint and pint sizes can be used to hold vitamins (just be sure to use labels!), fruit, like cherry tomatoes, or other supplies you need on hand in the kitchen, like rubber bands and bag clips.
On the mantelpiece:
Old records make a great mantelpiece decoration. Do you or your parents have a stack of records stuffed into storage, but no record player? Put those old sleeves to good use as living room decoration. With the covers facing out, fan them across your mantelpiece, and keep your favorite—either musically or aesthetically—out front. These make great conversation pieces as well! Your visitors will soon remember their love for the Beach Boys, or their favorite Monkees album. You’ll be back in the Sixties in no time.
On the walls:
Wall stickers with old-fashioned images, like an alphabet train for a child’s bedroom or an image resembling a midcentury beer advertisement for a recreation room or kitchen add unique pizzazz to your space. The newness keeps the room looking sleek and up-to-date, while the imagery adds that vintage personality. Wall stickers, also known as “wall transfers” or ” wall decals“ are easy to apply and you can choose what size and color best suits your space. By using a range of retro wallart2u deisgns, you can easily create an athentic feel for your walls.
If you immediately think of lace, frame doilies and hang them on the walls as art, or adhere them to single-color coasters for a new effect. If you like the wear and tear of old things, consider painting and distressing your furniture. Think outside the box and reuse outdated items you already own in new ways: luggage can become both storage space and décor, or an old pasty blender can be a mail sorter. The possibilities—and the products—are truly endless when adding a nostalgic, vintage touch.
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Author Bio
Alison Evans is a Home décor Enthusiast, and has written this article on behalf of her Wall décor website – wallart2u.com.
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