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Vintage style in the interior leaves the same pleasant and long-lasting aftertaste as expensive vintage French wine. It’s not for nothing that this style trend and a drink made from grapes have a lot in common. The word “vintage” is translated from French as “old wine.” But if the owner of vineyards in France takes out drinks aged many years from the cellars, then fans of vintage style in interiors look for antiques in the attics, inherited from grandmothers.

Interior design in vintage style does not accept remodeling. Exclusively natural materials, noble patina, antique or artificially aged furniture, shelves with books like in a second-hand bookstore and an abundance of cute trinkets with history - all these typical vintage elements make you feel like a resident of the twentieth century. The vintage style interiors are very cozy. They usually appeal to girls, so this style trend can often be found in design projects for bedrooms and offices intended for young ladies.

If you intend to give your interior a touching charm with a touch of antiquity, then it will not hurt you to master the basic rules for creating an interior in vintage style. In our today's publication we bring to your attention modern ideas for decorating vintage spaces.

Wallpaper and wall decoration in vintage style interiors

When describing interior decoration in vintage style, it is important to say that here preference is given to natural materials. Plastic, an abundance of glass, cold nickel-plated steel - all these elements characteristic of modern design projects in a vintage space can easily disrupt the harmony of the composition. When selecting finishing materials for a vintage-style interior, it is important to decide what you want to focus on: furniture, decor, textiles or walls. With bright furniture, a plain finish looks better. And, conversely, if you choose wallpaper with an expressive pattern, then it is better to show restraint in furniture and decor. Otherwise, there is a risk of overloading the space with details. In the interior of apartments and houses in vintage style, wallpaper with patterns borrowed from Art Nouveau is very common. Here you can also find floral patterns and images of birds.

1. Wallpaper with a large pattern in the spirit of Art Nouveau

In the picture: Wallpaper with a large pattern in the interior of a children's bedroom

The interior of the bedroom in vintage style is complemented by wallpaper with a large pattern borrowed from Art Nouveau. The pattern of Roman blinds in a blurred green shade “echoes” well with this pattern. Often in vintage-style interiors, such wallpapers are very contrasting in color. They like to be combined with a striped pattern.

2. Wallpaper with a floral pattern in the interior of an apartment in vintage style

In the picture: Wallpaper with a floral pattern in the bedroom interior

In a vintage-style interior, you can often find wallpaper with a floral pattern. This decoration guarantees a light spring mood. In the vintage bedroom design in the sketch above, tree branches with orange flowers and blue birds in the wallpaper pattern attract the main attention. With such bright painting, the furnishings of the room should be as simplified as possible. Therefore, the room is furnished with a very laconic bed, an armchair with a “carriage” tie and an elegant console made of dark wood.

3. Panels in wall decoration in a vintage interior

In the picture: Bedroom interior with wood paneling

A vintage style interior is characterized by a very classic finish. Therefore, in addition to wallpaper, wooden panels are also often found here, which are usually used to decorate the lower half of the wall. A tall wardrobe, which can be either antique or artificially aged, goes perfectly with light panels in the interior of a vintage bedroom. The ceiling solution is also laconic. Wide white cornices, complemented by stucco, help visually increase the height of the room. In this interior, the designers of Olga Kondratova's Studio placed the main emphasis on the decor of the bedside area with a royally elegant headboard, cascading silver lamps and a bright poster.

4. Vintage style interior with wood trim

In the picture: Wooden trim in the interior of the office

As we mentioned above, natural wood is one of the most common materials in the decoration of vintage interiors. Therefore, wooden walls are very common here. This is especially true for the interiors of houses. In the office design in the sketch above, a work area with a strict classic table and a relaxation area are organized. Shades of wood and a beige-coffee palette, which serve as the background, are diluted with green accents in the form of checkered curtains and sofa cushions. Textiles add coziness to the interior composition.

5. Finely patterned wallpaper and wood paneling

In the picture: Wallpaper with a small pattern in the interior

The combination of white wood panels and light wallpaper with a small pattern creates a neutral, but at the same time very effective background. This decoration in a vintage style bedroom interior emphasizes the classicism and sophisticated luxury inherent in the composition. In this case, designers use purple textiles in the form of bedspreads and pillows as accents. Since the wallpaper already has a small pattern, it was important to stick to monochrome solutions for the remaining design elements. Otherwise the space would be overly congested. Therefore, in addition to the walls, we find small patterns in this design project only on curtains with tiebacks.

6. Floral wallpaper and wood paneling

Pictured: Vintage bedroom design with floral wallpaper

Who said that a bathroom must be tiled? In 2016, bathrooms are often decorated no worse than living spaces. If taking a bath is a real ritual for you, then why not create an elegant boudoir instead of a bathroom? Vintage style with its attention to detail will help you cope with this task brilliantly. A vintage clawfoot bathtub, which you probably saw in European films telling about the 40s–60s, a vanity unit equipped with numerous drawers for storing small items, a mirror in a golden baguette - and the boudoir interior is almost ready. For greater resemblance to the interiors of the middle of the last century, the floor can be covered with tiles, the layout of which alternates black and white polyhedrons. The wall decoration combines white wood panels and wallpaper with a floral pattern. This design brings the bathroom as close as possible to the living rooms. A lush bright bouquet in a vase “supports” the floral motifs set by cappuccino-colored wallpaper.

Color scheme in vintage style design

Vintage style in the interior is most often characterized by pastel colors. The colors here seem to have faded over time, slightly muted. In this regard, vintage is very close to Provence. As a rule, beige shades and natural wood tones are used as the background color scheme. Bedrooms are often decorated in peach, soft pink, blurry turquoise or pistachio tones. Vintage living rooms, thanks to the abundance of cute “doll” decor, as well as the active use of white and pink tones, often look like cakes decorated with bright butter flowers. However, in the vintage style in the interior of the apartment you can often see more saturated shades of young wine, deep eggplant tones and even lush green tones.

7. Purple and green shades in a vintage interior

Pictured: Dining room design with purple and green accents

Chesterfield armchairs and classic upholstered chairs add nobility to the interior of the dining room with bookshelves. A light “touch” of vintage style is found in the beige chest of drawers, stylized as an antique. A wooden floor, without which it is difficult to imagine a real vintage interior, and café-au-lait walls form a neutral color base. The beige background emphasizes the depth of lilac accents, close to the shade “Dark Byzantium”. Dark green chairs also serve as color accents, helping to define the dining area with a massive round table.

8. Wine shades in a vintage interior

In the picture: Bathroom design in wine shades

Did we tell you that vintage style and wine have a lot in common? And this similarity lies not only in the etymology of the word “vintage”. In recent years, so-called “wine shades” have been conquering not only fashion catwalks, but also interior showrooms. Tones of Beaujolais, young wine, pinot noir - all these concepts are familiar to both winemakers and interior designers.

Of course, not all wine shades are suitable for a vintage-style interior. In order not to make a mistake, it is best to focus on the tones of old or mature wine. The bathroom interior shown in the sketch above serves as an example of the successful inclusion of an active wine shade in a vintage composition.

9. Vintage interior with eggplant accents

Pictured: Vintage style attic design with eggplant accents

Another color that easily “gets along” with aged furniture and decor covered with a noble patina. In the interior of the attic living room shown in the sketch, eggplant shades of upholstered furniture are used as color accents, diluting the beige-brown palette.

Vintage decor

As you know, vintage style in the interior involves the use of a large number of accessories. Vintage postcards, black and white photographs in small frames, slightly faded with time, flowers in vases, potbelly stoves, lamps in cute lampshades with lace and ruffles - one vintage room can accommodate all these elements. If you still have furniture from your grandmother, then it can be restored, giving it the aged look required by vintage. Gramophones, gramophone records, and old books are also useful when decorating a vintage interior. The main thing in this matter is to observe moderation and remember that vintage includes items whose age ranges from 30 to 60 years.

10. Textiles with a floral pattern in a vintage interior

In the picture: Design of a light kitchen with textiles with a floral pattern

Floral patterns in a vintage interior can be used not only in wallpaper, but also in textiles. Flowers always add coziness and femininity to a room. Therefore, the design of a kitchen-dining room with a corner set, thanks to the Roman curtains with a floral pattern, as well as white pillows with ornaments, acquires a special charm and charm.

11. Shelf with decor at the head of the bed

In the picture: Interior of a vintage bedroom with a shelf with decor at the head

A decorative shelf is convenient because it takes up virtually no space, and therefore can be easily placed even in a small room. If in modern and classic interiors it is enough to purchase a couple of candelabra or vases as decorative accents, then in the case of vintage, you are free to decorate the house with what is sweet and dear to your heart. On a decorative shelf you can place vases, paintings, fresh flowers, and many photographs at the same time. This is exactly what the designers of Olga Kondratova’s Studio did when creating the presented bedroom interior in vintage style.

12. Aged furniture in a vintage style interior

In the picture: Kitchen design in vintage style with antique furniture

A vintage interior is unthinkable without furniture with slightly peeling paint in places, with small chips, scuffs and scratches. In this case, the more objects in the house that seem to have been brought from the attic of my grandfather’s Soviet dacha in the Moscow region, the better. The interior of the kitchen-dining room shown in the sketch with blue accents is furnished with an antique wooden buffet, a chest of drawers, which has diagonal cells for wine bottles, and built-in open shelving for books and decor. Such furniture, combined with classic chairs with armrests, brings the house closer to the interiors of the apartments of the wealthy Soviet intelligentsia. Concrete and wine-colored brickwork, which inevitably refer to an industrial loft, do not introduce any dissonance into the vintage composition. After all, having originated in the middle of the last century, the loft direction quite organically fits into the concept of “vintage”.

13. Forged elements in a vintage interior

In the picture: Bedroom design with artistic forging

The forging technique today is used not only in modern interiors, where it is extremely important to provide staircase railings, parapets and balustrades with elegant, intricate lines, but also in design projects designed in vintage style. Thus, the design of a bedroom with a cradle for a newborn, thanks to the forged headboards, acquires special artistic expressiveness. It is the forging in this case that gives the bed a vintage look.

14. Books in a vintage interior

In the picture: Design of a living room with a library

It's hard to imagine a vintage house without books. After all, the vintage style draws inspiration from the interiors of the last century, and then no one was interested in portable electronic gadgets. Almost every apartment had, if not separate libraries, then at least shelves or cabinets with books. Built-in bookshelves won't take up much space in your home; they can be placed behind the sofa and even in the hallway. In the example under consideration, the designers of Olga Kondratova’s Studio equipped a high shelving unit in the living room adjacent to the bedroom, separated from the common space by a transparent partition. The impressive dimensions of this design with open shelves allow you to place a very large collection of books.

15. Designer lamps in a vintage style interior

In the picture: Living room design in vintage style with a designer chandelier

If you decide to decorate your interior in a vintage style, this does not mean at all that all furnishing elements must have a rich history. In vintage spaces, laconic modern upholstered furniture in neutral gray, beige or protective shades also looks quite harmonious. A fashionable designer chandelier will not disturb the nobility of the vintage composition. Thus, the golden ceiling lamp in the sketch above looks very contrasting against a muted beige-coffee background.

16. Collage of sketches

In the picture: Attic design with sepia collage

The vintage-style attic interior is complemented by a collage of pencil sketches. Vertical mirror inserts on both sides of the entrance to the minibar, due to their reflective properties, enhance the effect of this decor, demonstrating the work of thought of an architect or draftsman. Please note that the proposed collage of sketches does not contain bright colors. The palette of this decor is monochrome. The sepia tones of the sketches are quite consistent with the vintage “mood” that dominates the attic interior.

Antiques in a vintage style interior

Vintage, as we said above, is considered to be something over 30 years old. The designers set the upper “age” limit for vintage items at 50–60 years. Thus, furniture and accessories whose age exceeds half a century are already considered antiques. Is it possible to use antique items in a vintage style interior? Certainly. After all, it is often difficult to determine which specific era an item belongs to. Therefore, even if your chest of drawers moved from the “vintage” category to the antique category 10 years ago, this does not mean that it will certainly disrupt the harmony of the vintage space.

17. Antique chair in the bathroom interior

In the photo: Bathroom design with an antique chair

The vintage style bathroom interior in the photo above, thanks to the active use of textiles, looks not so much like a bathroom, but like a living space. An antique chair adds coziness and charm to this space. A bathroom furnished in this way is quite capable of replacing a boudoir.

18. Interior of a vintage kitchen-dining room with antiques

In the picture: Design of a vintage kitchen-dining room with antiques

Dinners and lunches in such an environment will definitely make you forget about the existence of a TV in the house. The fireplace is conducive to long gatherings, and the round table with soft beige armchairs is conducive to relaxed communication and friendly tea parties. An antique sideboard, in which you can store silverware and collectible porcelain, and a pair of classic chests of drawers placed on either side of the fireplace, enrich the neoclassical interior with vintage motifs.

19. Vintage bedroom interior with secretary

In the picture: Bedroom design in vintage style with a secretary

In the interior of a beige-green bedroom with wallpaper with a large pattern characteristic of vintage style, a small office area is organized. Only instead of the usual desktop, the designers decided to use a classic wooden secretary. An antique armchair with armrests is the best complement to antique furniture that dates back to the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.

20. Antiques in the design of a vintage kitchen-living room with a fireplace

In the picture: Design of a kitchen-living room with antiques

Vintage style in the interior of a kitchen-living room without antiques would hardly look so organic. Walls made of untreated brick, an antique sideboard and furniture with antique facades, a domed hood in the style of a home - almost every element of the furnishings of this house can “boast” of a rich history.

Decorating a vintage home interior with your own hands is not an easy task and requires certain knowledge. The term “vintage” was first used in winemaking to refer to wines with a long aging period. Later, this term began to represent an interior created with the participation of things from previous generations that looked original and original. The items should reflect the fashion trends of a certain era.

Such a thing in the interior design of rooms is an accent; the rest of the furnishings are played around it. This style does not accept design boundaries; it leaves a lot of space for creativity and self-realization. A real vintage item is two decades or more old. However, artificially aged furnishings are also suitable for this style. If we consider the choice of style, then it can be any that was once relevant in a particular era. Vintage can be a complement to styles such as country, Provence, and boho.

Interior design principles

Before figuring out the basic principles on which this style is based, you should define the concepts of antique and vintage.

Antiques are understood as a certain value of cultural heritage, while vintage is a simple piece of furniture, very simple and dear to the heart, allowing you to decorate your home without special financial costs.

When intending to renovate an apartment, you should focus on the principles that are characteristic of the vintage style in the interior. To realize the design idea of creating a warm country atmosphere with a cozy vintage feel, you must adhere to the following postulates:

The design should be distinguished by unique furniture with a touch of wear, while original things from the 20-30s are appropriate here. of the last century, as well as pieces of furniture stylized after them.
When creating a background by wallpapering or painting the walls, pastel colors of materials are selected. A small pattern may be visible on the wallpaper. For example, some manufacturers have entire collections that are ideal for creating antique interiors.
The set of accessories should also be borrowed from ancestors. The main condition is that candlesticks, boxes, vases, and dishes are in good condition.

Texture of materials

Combinations of materials such as wood and wrought iron, ceramics and copper elements fit perfectly into vintage country decor. Moreover, each of these materials goes well with finishing fabrics. It is not difficult to age such materials, but there are no things that have been aged by one’s own hands that could reflect the historical spirit of a particular era. When creating a special atmosphere, you can fit into it special objects with a long history, which will add zest and special chic to the home decor. If vintage is combined with country style, then flowers will be the best accessory in interior design. Here we can talk about seasonal flower arrangements in vases, bouquets of wildflowers. Flowers such as roses should be present here first of all. Wicker baskets or ceramic vases are excellent replacements for containers for dried flowers. The berry and fruit decor with insects looks good. Each element should be distinguished by its simplicity, and all together they should have a romantic look with slight negligence.

Wallpaper selection

As noted above, a well-created background is the basis of a vintage style design. Preferred wall cladding options:

Pastel paint finish;
Pasted wallpaper.

Wallpaper suitable for recreating the style can be considered in three options:

contrasting with the patterns, and plus striped trim;
wallpaper with a patterned design (intertwined plant branches, floral motifs), which look from the walls as if they were somewhat faded under the influence of sunlight;
canvases based on the Japanese model, where images of birds or pinkish floral patterns are abundantly visible.

In modern interior design, vintage style dictates its own rules when decorating walls - glued wallpaper should not look provocative or attract the attention of visitors to the room. On the contrary, elements of furniture should become catchy, together with individual accessories that are appropriate for the style direction of interest.

Furnishings

When decorating the inside of a house in vintage country style, the main emphasis is on the furniture. The country interior is no stranger to those things that live in closets and closets. A sideboard, a mirrored dressing table, a chest or box, a dining table, screens and other similar things will come in very handy here. Suitable decor can be carved wood or brass overlays.

When decorating the interior, you need to try to avoid a “museum-like” appearance, when all the furniture is selected in the spirit of the times before last. It is important not so much to recreate a single style, but to create an interior that would give off a feeling of comfort and warmth. This does not require much effort, since the style is multifaceted. Using vintage furnishings, both from the attic and from a thrift store, and newly made ones, but with the addition of signs of wear, the interior will look somewhat chaotic. The harmonious arrangement of furniture elements will eliminate this nuance.

Floor and ceiling design options

When planning a vintage style in the interior, experienced designers attach importance to surface finishing. The issue of ceiling and floor cladding does not go without careful consideration.

When finishing a floor with a vintage ceiling, the use of synthetic materials, also made of plastic, is prohibited. The situation does not prohibit the use of modern textures in design, but subject to their deliberate aging.

For floors, you can choose laminate, but the best option here is a plank floor. Despite the fact that the board has a whole set of advantages, this option is not entirely suitable when decorating a high-status interior. Then the palm goes to ordinary parquet. If only both materials looked older than their actual age, that is, as if they had already been used. Although in fact they use new material.

For a country-style ceiling, several coating options are suitable - whitewash, paint or wallpaper. They go well with a stucco frame that shows cracks, small chips or unevenness.

Game of shades

When choosing textile decor, it is important to remember that vintage design does not accept too bright or too dark shades. The principle of color design is the same - creating an airy and light space. With an understanding of this principle, textile decor is selected to match the wallpaper, floor and ceiling. To prevent shades from merging with each other, it is necessary to adhere to the rules for compiling color variations.

Vintage style is characterized by a restrained range of colors. When decorating the interior, a light color scheme is selected (shades from white and light pink to bluish, lilac and greenish, coupled with gray). The inclusion of brownish shades in the design is not excluded. However, a combination of contrasting colors is not welcome here. Compositionally, it looks like this: several additional color solutions are added to one base color in small quantities (mostly related colors), while the design should not stand out visually.

DIY Vintage Style

Furniture in country design is usually made of wood and can be upholstered in silk, cotton or damask plush. At the same time, the sofa and armchairs have small and compact dimensions. The optimal solution here is decorative tables and large chairs. If we are talking about arranging a vintage living room decor with your own hands, then the optimal solution is to place a huge glass table with a luxurious large-sized sofa.

Decorative items such as carpets, wallpaper, paintings, curtains, antique accessories, musical instruments, fluffed pillows, and watches are also appropriate here. All of them are selected for country design with a touch of modernity, hinting at a comfortable and cozy lifestyle. The prevailing colors are pink, white, purple, yellow.

Even seemingly insignificant little things can fill the room with a completely unusual atmosphere: a patchwork quilt, an old fan, black and white photos with frames, a wooden chest of drawers with handles, industrial-style task lighting.

Kitchen and bedroom decor

The ideal area of the home to concentrate antiques is the kitchen. Silverware, ceramic dishes, and a stainless steel teapot will find their rightful place here. From household appliances, old coffee grinders will fit well here; they will be complemented by a set of sieves, linen napkins, and lace tablecloths. The presence of such items in a country interior will provide the atmosphere with a special charm and give the room some zest.

If you intend to combine several related styles in the interior (for example, country, vintage, retro, etc.), including modern specially aged items in this design symbiosis, you need to start with the details. From such as bedside tables, a coffee table, a chest of drawers, inherited from a great-grandmother. In the bedroom you can put a plasma TV in a niche in a vintage design.

Modern beds can easily fit into a country-style interior. After all, it is almost impossible to find well-preserved pieces of furniture now. Excellent decor for the bed - pillows with covers showing faded patterns on the textiles.

Beauty and elegance can be created in your home using vintage style. It is a reflection of the sublime and aesthetic, soothing and modern, embodied not only in the furnishings, vintage furniture, and decoration.

Vintage things - little things, accessories, textiles and decorative items - better than others will convey the unforgettable history and relevance of all the characteristic features of that distant era, even today, in modern interiors, apartments, houses.

A little history

What is vintage style, and what does it mean? Inspiration from old and new is what this chic and unique interior style represents.

The vintage style is quite young, it came to us from beautiful and unique France ten years ago and translated from French means “aged wine.”

Interior in vintage style, photo

It all started when the American architect Patrick Willis presented to the general public in 2002 an original house consisting of five-walled rooms (or honeycombs), emphasizing the nobility of old furniture in a modern interior. This vintage style was quickly picked up by the French, providing it with worldwide recognition and popularity.

This fashion trend, used for interior decoration, represents a harmonious unity of classic and modern style.

The main thing about vintage is antique lampshades and dishes, paintings and furniture, thanks to which a quiet and charming atmosphere of old times is created.

Modern designers, taking into account fashion trends, create luxurious furniture sets “to resemble a rarity” using a huge range of decorative elements.

Vintage is characterized by the fact that old things take on new life, creating an unforgettable picture of sophistication and luxury.

The most suitable option for a vintage-style interior are items that were produced more than three decades ago.

Remember! When decorating a room in vintage style, use exclusive and original items, rather than ordinary used items.

Characteristic signs

Considering the romance and sentimentality of the vintage style, the audience of its fans is growing every year. Not all of us have antique items, but true connoisseurs of this style do everything possible to purchase the necessary items and accessories to decorate their home in an antique style.

Vintage has become fashionable and popular. It is in demand by many who want to create a vintage interior in their home without using conventional factory furniture sets.

Thanks to its respectability and unsurpassed quality, the vintage style in the interior attracts the attention of people of different age categories and tastes. Any premises can be decorated in this style, including residential buildings and offices of high-ranking personalities, restaurants and banquet halls.

Attention! It is advisable not to use vintage style in small rooms, as this design takes up too much living space.

The main idea of the vintage style is the use of outdated, outdated, recycled furniture, which is repainted, varnished or supplemented with new parts. Antique, expensive and museum furniture are not used in the above style.

Vintage style renovation

The characteristic features of the style place special demands on the design of ceilings, floors, wall decor and the design of the room itself.

Floor. Tile and parquet boards are recommended for the floor. All others will not fit. Alternatively, you can try using old boards for the floor, although it is clear that parquet will look more aesthetically pleasing. Parquet boards should be worn and look as if the floor has been used for at least 30 years.

The tiles will fit perfectly into the interior of the bathroom, kitchen and toilet. It can also be aged. A vintage kitchen definitely contains tiles.

Vintage style in the interior, photo

Ceiling. The ceiling surface should be painted. Stretch ceilings and suspended structures with spotlight LEDs would be inappropriate here. The ceiling is often decorated with stucco to give the room a special charm.

It’s great if small cracks appear in the paint: it means everything turns out as required by the vintage design. The cracks should not be too large: this is just stylization.

Walls. Decorating interior walls in vintage style is done mainly by gluing wallpaper.

You can, as an option, choose a light paint – painting the walls is appropriate if there is vintage furniture in the room.

Vintage interior, photo

When choosing wallpaper colors, give preference to contrasting prints. The walls look impeccable in a pink and pastel palette.

Note! Vintage is characterized by the presence of plant and floral patterns, so choose wallpaper of the appropriate type.

Coverings in oriental style with Chinese or Japanese designs are also suitable. Various themes are welcome: leaves, twigs, butterflies, flowers are the best choice. To create the appropriate atmosphere, choose a larger pattern pattern.

Antique wallpaper for walls, photo

Vintage furniture and decor

There are no clear time boundaries in this style. The interior should approximately contain furniture from the 19th-20th centuries. However, older items would also be quite appropriate. In the living room and bedroom you can place century-old wardrobes, patinated chests of drawers and other rare things. So, you can buy new tables, but you should additionally artificially age them.

The main feature of vintage furniture is its “wornness”, “scuffiness”. If you have really real vintage items, be it a worn leather chair, an antique chest, a sideboard or a chest of drawers, you just have to correctly and successfully arrange them in the interior and already adjust the rest of the design to the existing furniture in the room.

Vintage furniture, photo

If you don’t have vintage furniture, you can buy new or order, but “antique”.

For other examples of using vintage furniture in the interior, see the photo gallery below:

Materials and interior details

Among other materials, wood, wrought copper, and ceramics are very popular in vintage interiors. They should all look aged. A touch of patina is the most valuable thing that such things have.

An interior decorated in vintage style would be incomplete without some details. For example, this applies to dried flowers. Vintage rooms are specially decorated with dried flowers. All kinds of seasonal flowers would also be appropriate.

The design of bouquets and vases is somewhat different from the usual: it is preferable to play on contrasts by placing both large and small flowers in one vase. It is better if the bush is a little disheveled and careless: the flowers should not stand strictly.

Advice. Metal vases are perfect for flower arrangements; crystal vessels can also be used.

Another distinctive feature of the style is the barely readable inscriptions on objects, as another indicator of antiquity. You can purchase such items in special shops and on the market.

Vintage is a design style that develops gradually, so don’t rush things. If you can create a provincial country or high-tech look by simply visiting a store, then creating a full-fledged vintage interior will take time.

You can find one thing in a store, another in the market, and a third you can ask from friends. Over time, the decor will become complete and will look harmonious. You won't be able to create a flawless design in one day.

By the way, the presence of many different cute little things also contributes to the creation of vintage. Things dear to the heart have never been acquired quickly, have they?

To create a vintage style in the interior, many things “migrate” from the attic to the room, where they find a new life in a new environment.

Vintage is a way to give a second life to things. In vintage design, many items have already served their purpose, and it is possible and necessary to give them a second life. Just think about where and what things would be appropriate. If an item does not fit into one of the rooms, perhaps it will find a place in another.

Vintage in the interior

Today, antique vintage in the interior is becoming increasingly popular and productive in the fashion world. Vintage furniture has a shelf life of 20 to 100 years.

This style is distinguished by its democratic value and allows for a harmonious juxtaposition with household items and modern furniture.

How to decorate your home in vintage style? Where to begin? The first step is to decide on the topic and period. Each owner selects these factors according to his tastes and interests. It could be classics or collectibles from the 50s and 60s of the last century.

Living room

Vintage in the living room is used quite often today. This style should reflect a certain period. For example, in the living room you can install a leather sofa from the 1930s or use bright plastic furniture from the 1960s.

Original items from yesteryear are complemented in the interior with modern items, while maintaining the chic and attractiveness of the room.

Accessories are of great importance, without which it is impossible to create the planned project. To more fully and correctly create a vintage interior in the living room, you should study the era that you decided to display in this room.

Upholstered furniture made of wood, which is durable and reliable, is considered an excellent offer.

Vintage things, photos

Embroidered napkins look amazing on the backs and armrests, and embroidery on the upholstery of chairs or armchairs is a wonderful addition to them.

Advice. You can decorate a table or bedside table in the living room with knitted or embroidered napkins.

Interior in old vintage style, photo

Photographs, pictures, toys, small items from the 40s to the 60s of the 20th century will highlight the exclusive image of your room.

For other ideas for decorating a vintage living room, see the photo:

Bedroom

To decorate a bedroom in vintage style, you should adhere to the basic rule - combine incompatible things, i.e. create a harmonious unity of what at first glance seems impossible.

A chic bed with wrought-iron backs, a mirror framed in an unusual frame, a wooden box upholstered in fabric by the bed, a chic floor lamp or a fabric lampshade - all this will help create a vintage-style interior in a room where an atmosphere of calm, tranquility and privacy reigns.

A wicker chair in which you can read a book or just relax will be a great addition.

See the photo gallery for vintage variations in the bedroom interior:

Kitchen

Simplicity, light colors and attractive elegance - this is how you can characterize the interior of a kitchen decorated in vintage style. The room breathes coziness, it’s pleasant to be in it and devote energy to creating special culinary masterpieces.

A light touch of antiquity allows you to create a special design for such a kitchen. Nostalgia, memory of the past, tribute to ancestors and respect for them are literally in the air, mixing with the aromas of delicious dishes.

Vintage interiors are created by those who always remember their roots and honor the memory of their great-grandfathers.

Vintage kitchen, photo

The main palette is light; Floors made of tiles or natural wood can be dark. Decor - lamps, paintings, scales - is required. Light colors will be ideal for small kitchens with insufficient natural light.

The pastel palette includes white, shades of beige, milky, creamy can visually make the kitchen lighter, brighter, warmer. Milk and cream add tenderness and elegance to the interior.

Kitchen in vintage style, photo

It is possible to use natural wood furniture surfaces of dark brown or chocolate color. It is better to choose furniture with patina so that such a rich shade looks more organic.

Interesting ideas for decorating a kitchen in vintage style - pictured below:

Hallway

“Shabby elegance,” as a characteristic feature of the style, is also present in the hallway or corridor. Old pieces of furniture, rare accessories and trinkets that create a slightly casual, with a touch of nostalgia, romantic atmosphere.

The choice of vintage furniture for the hallway pleases with a huge selection, thanks to which you can easily maintain and maintain the unity of style in any of the rooms of the apartment or private house.

Such a setting in the hallway will help you feel the spirit of that time and plunge into the chosen era. It is preferable to avoid large and bulky cabinets. A more suitable furniture option would be a soft pouffe and a wrought-iron hanger. You can leave a small cabinet, decorated with carvings and retaining traces of time on the surface - cracks and small abrasions.

Advice. Avoid bright and flashy colors: they will be clearly unnecessary in the corridor and hallway.

Complete the decor with a small painting on the wall or use a beautiful handmade panel.

How else can you decorate the hallway and corridor in an old style - see the photo gallery:

Vintage style bathroom

Vintage is also luxurious in the bathroom, and the design will not interfere with the small size of the room, although this direction requires freedom and space.

In a spacious bathroom, it is better to abandon the classic (along the walls) arrangement of plumbing fixtures. Let the bathtub become the main element of the design composition: it can be installed in the center.

An exquisite bathtub with forged legs - graceful, with handrails - looks aristocratic and stylish. Tiles with a worn effect, a little gilding in the decor - and now you are already in the bathroom of the late 19th century.

Attention! Do you have a small bathroom? It’s not scary, you can enjoy comfort even in a small room. Take ideas for expanding space using visual methods - a traditionally light palette will increase the volume.

Laying tiles on the floor is diagonal; this will also have a positive effect on the perception of size. Unfortunately, it is not recommended to use a shower stall. If you don’t have enough space, you can replace the bathtub with a stall, but add accents: use small tiles and copper-look taps.

How can you decorate a vintage bathroom? See examples in the photo:

Vintage style is popular not only in residential areas. Today it is also used for furnishing hotels, restaurants and banquet halls, boutiques and shops.

The main advantages of vintage are extravagance and elegance, theatricality and frivolity. Thanks to it, a play of objects and things of past years is ensured, emphasizing the stylishness and unsurpassedness of modern premises.

Read about how to decorate: we offer practical advice on choosing furniture, textiles, color schemes and additional decorative accessories.

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There are no specially established rules for decorating rooms in vintage style. He is characterized by complete freedom of decisions and flight of fantasies.

Vintage style uses natural materials, including wood, ceramics, linen, natural fabrics, metal and brass. Stretched stretch ceilings create the perfect picture in combination with parquet or ceramic floors, stylish wallpaper, photographs, ancient sculptures, paintings, and decorative pillows.

When creating an atmosphere of vintage style with your own hands using wallpaper rather than furniture sets, you should select canvases in delicate and light colors with a floral pattern or with a contrasting ornament.

Lighting is also important. Vintage light should be warm and dim. An excellent choice would be lampshades and floor lamps, table lamps and crystal chandeliers.

Advice! You should not clutter the room with all kinds of old furniture and accessories. The combination you choose should have a sense of proportion and be tasteful.

Using vintage pieces is a great way to combine a love of the past with modern room decoration. The popularity of vintage style is growing every year. Vintage decor is the best way to add a piece of the past to a boring and unattractive room, giving it a sophisticated and graceful appearance.

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If you intend to give preference to the vintage style in your interior, you should be patient. Because in order for the image of a room to turn out true, sometimes it takes quite a long time to select the necessary furniture, fabrics and decor, because vintage things are very characteristic and cannot be found in ordinary stores.

A distinctive and primary feature of the vintage style in the interior is that the objects in the setting belong to past eras: the 20th, 19th centuries, and sometimes older. At the same time, the imprint of time and long-term use of objects should be clearly felt, for example, in the form of cracks and scratches, chips, patina and unclear, faded shades.

In general, vintage, as a style for decorating rooms, may also be of interest to you because it does not require significant investments, unless, of course, you purchase expensive antique furniture. Otherwise, the cost of purchasing finishing materials will be moderate, and some items can be purchased at thrift stores, flea markets, or simply found in a friend's attic.

Features of vintage style in the interior

When choosing a vintage style, you need to know that some modern techniques for decorating a room are completely unsuitable here. For example, you should avoid suspended or suspended ceilings, wall panels, laminate, stone or linoleum.

Easy surface finishing

Flooring in the vintage interior of any room it should be represented by either parquet, wooden boards, or tiles. At the same time, it is important that these materials look worn, having been used for several decades. Today, many specialized stores of construction and finishing materials can offer a wide range of similar artificially aged coatings.

Walls It is best to paste over paper wallpaper in light shades with floral patterns, large flowers, birds and foliage patterns, or simply paint them with neutral paint.

Ceiling it is necessary to level and paint; decoration with stucco elements is encouraged - they very characteristically reflect the meaning of the vintage furnishings.

Aged furniture

It is neutral surfaces that serve as an excellent basis for the use of unusual, retro or antique furniture. By the way, there will be tall cabinets with carved decor, patinated chests of drawers, wrought iron couches, shelves with openwork slits, coffee tables with a copper frame, massive wooden tables with cracks on the surface and elegant Viennese chairs with peeling paint here and there.

Since we live in the 21st century, iconic streamlined plastic chairs from the middle of the last century can be called vintage, as well as such retro pieces of furniture as low cabinets on thin legs, laconic sofas raised above the floor, and floor-standing shelves.

Faded colors and patterns

Throughout the vintage interior, a special harmony should be felt due to restrained color combinations. Basically, it is better to use light colors of fabrics, wallpaper, and wood. The colors should look faded, pale: shabby blue, light pink, unclear yellow, beige-gray.

The same applies to those designs that are present in designs, textiles, on decorative objects and surfaces: if the inscriptions are barely noticeable, the ornaments and patterns are withered, almost pastel.

For the Vintakh style, it is incredibly appropriate to use rough surfaces in the interior, deliberately aged, as if demonstrating their true nature. The wood should be used in its natural form, roughly processed with traces of knots and cracks. Wooden furniture can be painted with neutral paint in one layer so that the pattern of the species is clearly visible.

It would be good if the interior included copper objects, forged lamps with patina, antique ceramic dishes, silver, and crystal.

The upholstery of upholstered furniture can be deliberately worn velvet or faded linen, and chests of drawers and sideboard shelves can be decorated with unforgettable napkins using the macramé technique.

Pay attention to mirrors: do not buy new ones; you may have a copy with characteristic black spots on the amalgam, in a carved frame covered with a touch of patina.

Decorative objects from the past

The issue of decorative design in a vintage style needs to be treated with some care, but not to overdo it with the number of items. The room should not look like a branch of an antique shop - everything in moderation and with taste, approach the matter creatively, purchasing only those items that you like and will not clutter up the space of the room.

Hang an antique cuckoo clock on the wall, place it on the floor, or attach a laconic mechanism in a round black frame to the sofa.
Use dried flowers: immortelle, clematis, spikes and prickly inflorescences. Place a couple of vases with dried bouquets on the chest of drawers and coffee table.
Arrange a series of family photographs of different generations, and we are sure that there will be yellowed black and white photographs in the house.
Decorate with retro posters with advertisements of old films, food products, theater posters from the 50s.
The sofas can be covered with an openwork woolen bedspread, several sofa pillows of different textures can be laid out, and a carpet with a geometric pattern, similar to those that were previously customary to hang on the walls, can be laid on the floor.

Vintage items in a modern interior

Even if the interiors in your home are already completed and made in modern styles, they can be complemented with vintage accent pieces to make the atmosphere of the home look more cozy and lived-in.

IN kitchen, hallway or hallway The easiest way would be to decorate the wall surface with a colorful poster - a playbill in the spirit of the 40-50s, put a table lamp or floor lamp with a cone-shaped lampshade, or complement the decor with a forged wall shelf.

IN bathroom The central decoration of the interior can be a vintage dressing table or a cabinet under the sink with a characteristic patina.

It’s not always appropriate to use overtly aged items in a nursery, but you can use furniture of a certain shape in a retro spirit, for example, put a bed with an iron headboard and footboard, cover the bed with an openwork bedspread and lay a soft grandmother’s rug woven from rags on the floor.

For modern living room in a restrained, elegant interior, the best addition would be an antique chest of drawers, a coffee table or a massive mirror in a carved frame above the fireplace or sofa.

Image bedrooms It will become more spiritual and exotic if, for example, you complement the interior with a Chinese screen, an elegant pouf or a Windsor chair near the dressing table. Also, the corresponding message will be carried by a floor lamp on a carved wooden support, and a lampshade with a slight ruffle.

A term that comes from winemaking and denotes good aging, today it is often used to describe interiors that have an antique feel. This design does not lose its relevance: at all times there have been people who sought to arrange their lives in the same way as their ancestors. Antiques and antiques were used in the room, which have always been in value, because they convey mood and traditions from generation to generation, symbolizing the connection of centuries. However, the design of such products is also impressive, because for our time these are completely unusual shapes, lines, and decor.

Due to the fact that vintage items look different from what we are used to seeing modern furniture, design in this style is considered extraordinary. Products that were fashionable in their time today tell about the tastes and preferences of the time when they were made. Their shapes and character allow us to draw conclusions about the culture, art and fashion trends of past centuries.

But the reason for the popularity of the vintage style is not only the non-standard nature of the furniture used. This design is devoid of the fuss in which modern people are accustomed to living. The atmosphere in the room with antique objects is measured and calm. This is exactly what people strive for when they decorate their houses and apartments with antiques. Even the presence of several objects in an ordinary modern room will give the interior a completely different character. But the design maintained in a single composition will be more harmonious and balanced.

Vintage interior color palette

Vintage style interiors usually use interesting combinations and color schemes. Natural wood is widely used here. Moreover, it is usually quite rich, since only expensive types of wood have always been used in the production of such furniture. And their shade is usually bright and warm.

The following palette is appropriate for decoration and other details:

Despite the cold spectrum, gray-blue colors are one of the most harmonious solutions for decoration in vintage style. Such shades often look like they are worn out from long-term use of furniture. When paired with natural distresses, gray-blue tones will really look vintage. Most often, a similar range is used in a style with its pastel faded shades, in which vintage interior items are also appropriate.
In shades of gray and green, a vintage room will also look a little shabby from time to time. Of course, you shouldn’t get carried away with such a range, because gray shades can visually make the green dirty, which will give the interior not a vintage charm, but a touch of dust.
Light shades of beige are appropriate in a wide range: from cream to café au lait and mocha. These are elegant colors that are usually used not in a distressed look, but in the shapes and lines of a vintage design. They can be complemented with gold, as in classicism, or with bronze, patina, or pearl plating.
Pastel pink will also be harmonious with vintage style. But it is usually chosen to decorate the bedrooms of young ladies, young ladies and married couples, but in this case pink is complemented with dark - stronger shades, such as black, dark gray, chocolate. Then the room will be organically perceived by both women and men.

General characteristics of the style

Vintage is difficult to single out as a design direction in which everything is always clear and unambiguous. This is not minimalism, in which there is no place for decor, and not technological hi-tech with its independent dynamism and subordination to equipment and comfort. Vintage is far from traditional classics, in which everything is geometric and correct. It cannot be placed within the framework of rustic styles, such as, Provence,.

You can find in it features of Art Nouveau and Baroque, a little Gothic and. Shabby chic, on the contrary, borrows vintage items from ancient styles, because the design itself was invented by one person, and not by the era and development of culture. Of course, vintage does not have a philosophy behind it, like modern or classic, but it allows you to connect the past and present, and does this by using beautiful and sophisticated interior items.

The main feature of the vintage style can be called increased comfort. As a rule, antique things evoke nostalgia, pleasant memories, and sometimes sadness in people. Therefore, in such an interior no person will remain indifferent. Of course, if the space is cluttered with furniture, then you can forget about comfort, but with proper arrangement of the room it will always be pleasant to be here.

The center of the composition often becomes one single thing. This could be a bed in the bedroom, a chest of drawers or an antique chair in the living room, a dining table in the dining room or kitchen.

The furniture should be shabby or its shape should indicate its “antique” origin. Of course, elegant interior items can also be shabby, but it all depends on the general mood in the interior. If you are trying to recreate a luxurious royal boudoir, then you should not use overtly shabby items.

In this style it is impossible to determine time boundaries: it could be an interior of the 16th-18th centuries, or maybe the beginning of the 20th century. Everything depends on your taste and capabilities.

Vintage can be thematic - in the style of jazz, hippie, rock and roll. Each of these types of music had its own era and peak of popularity. Therefore, the interior should be furnished in the traditions of that time. Of course, this all relates to the 20th century, but in general the design will be recognizable, because then completely different interior items, shades and shapes were used. For example, in the kitchen of that time you can see a pale blue or red refrigerator. It will be small but streamlined.

The room can be completely decorated in the same style, or it can simply be decorated with several vintage items.

A characteristic feature of antiques is the signature of the authors. This could be a factory stamp, a barely readable inscription on a table top, on the end of a sideboard, etc.

Finishing of main surfaces

If you decorate the room completely in vintage style, then it is important to take into account the finishing features, because a hundred years ago there were no LEDs and suspended ceilings, laminate and linoleum. Everything was simple and natural, which is what should be followed when arranging an interior in vintage style.

Ceiling

The ceiling, as a rule, is simply painted white. There is no place for stretched canvases or spotlights. However, you can “outwit” the composition with matte materials and appropriate lamp design. But stucco remains more appropriate.

Floor

Traditionally, the floor is laid with wooden planks in simpler interiors, parquet in noble premises, tiles in the kitchen, bathrooms, and hallways. Modern parquet can look quite varied, but it always looks expensive. But you need to choose boards that are worn.

Walls

Walls can be varied. Most often they are covered with wallpaper. But if in the aristocratic version of the vintage style these are textile materials, then in a simpler interior ordinary paper strips are used. The pattern of these imitates brickwork, whitewash, the texture of stone or wood. You can choose a small floral pattern or a large classic ornament.

The walls can be painted or paneled at the bottom, leaving wallpaper or paint on top. It all depends on the character and mood of the situation.

The choice of color and pattern depends on many factors. For example, in the Provence style, the wallpaper will be exclusively pastel in color and with small flowers. The interior is closer to classical and baroque and can use large floral or ornate patterns, as well as stripes. The design of the mid-20th century will “prefer” graphic contrasting solutions - black and white tiles, or rather its imitation, geometric patterns. Industrial can also be vintage, in which case the brick walls will remain. But most often vintage is wallpaper with flowers or stripes.

What materials to prefer

In general, the finishing of the main surfaces determined the use of natural wood, paper or textile wallpaper, and paint. But these are not all the materials used in vintage style. In addition to the above and ceramic tiles, interior items, as well as decoration, can be created using forged parts, copper and bronze elements, natural stone, and precious metals.

Furniture

Despite the fact that furniture should be visually worn out, its shape, materials, and decor can be vintage. It doesn't have to be peeling paint or scuffed surfaces. This is necessary for simple rustic rooms, but in luxurious interiors it is better to abandon such “aging”.

Almost every room made in vintage style has an original shape and finish of a chest of drawers or chest, bureau, sideboard or dressing table. It is precisely such items that most often retain a touch of antiquity, because they are simply absent from modern catalogs of furniture factories.

A leather sofa or chair with curved legs would be harmonious. But this is not that soft corner that testifies to the wealth of its owners, but wooden furniture, only part of which is upholstered in leather.

Most often, antique objects have round shapes. It's not just the curved legs, but the entire body. For example, a chest of drawers or a chest may appear “inflated” due to the curved shape of the frame walls. At the same time, wooden objects almost always have carved and applied decorative details. All lower parts of the furniture are also decorated with graceful cutouts. Usually they go symmetrically from the middle to the corners. Such decor can be seen both in wooden products and in the decoration of bathtubs, in stone masterpieces of the past, in the frames of mirrors and paintings.

Wooden furniture is usually varnished or painted. In vintage style they rarely remain simply polished. Moreover, craquelure would be appropriate here - a mesh of cracked paint through which another layer is visible. Decoupage on vintage furniture will look beautiful.

You can make one yourself. Turning an ordinary old table into an antique one is also quite simple: just lay ceramic tiles, broken into irregular pieces, directly onto the tabletop. It will look like a cracked ceramic surface. All this can be covered with twine or trimmed around the perimeter with lace. You can do the same with a number of decorative details.

Decor

The decor is primarily furniture with its curved shapes, overlays, and carvings. But, of course, other details will be mandatory in a vintage-style interior:

Crockery is often used here as decoration. It is displayed in cupboards, on open shelves. The plates can be decorated with decoupage or painted. The dishes can also be antique - thin and elegant, or, on the contrary, rather rough ceramic.
Vases, figurines, table and grandfather clocks, paintings - a standard set of quite familiar things can look in the spirit of antiquity. These elements can also be worn, aged, or painted using the craquelure technique.
Fresh and dried flowers will always be appropriate in any vintage-style room, even in the bathroom.
Textiles are necessarily used in every room. It's not just the traditional shape. Here you need napkins, tablecloths, curtains on furniture, lace instead of glass in the buffet - you can find a lot of options for using handicrafts or purchased fabrics.
Decorate the room as much as possible. It is decorated with an exquisite portal, which can be quite massive in a spacious room.
Candlesticks made of heavy metal, bronze lamps, forged chandeliers are another trend in decorating a vintage interior.
A samovar, ivory items, an iron, a spinning wheel, etc. will not be out of place.
Old yellowed photographs of grandmothers and great-grandmothers will decorate the room and create the right atmosphere.
The curtains here deserve special attention. These can be heavy curtains, as in classicism, or light linen or chintz curtains, as in Provence or country. If we talk about classic models, they should be decorated with lambrequins, tassels, and ruffles. Ruffles can also be used on light natural curtains.

Implementation of style in individual rooms

Vintage style kitchen

The kitchen is most often decorated in a vintage style, because by default it is the most comfortable room in which every person likes to spend a lot of time, not to mention the housewives who cook here for their beloved family, talk with girlfriends, sit over a cup of coffee and a book , and sometimes they work. It is not surprising that every housewife wants her kitchen to be especially cozy. The aroma of the dishes and the heat from the hob will make it so, but still a few details in a vintage style are the optimal solution for a harmonious interior. But there is one difficulty: there is usually a lot of modern technology, which is not so easily combined with antique furniture.

Furniture

Coping with the introduction of the latest technology into an antique setting can be quite simple: by building it in and placing it inside cabinets. In addition, you can find refrigerators and stoves stylized as products from the mid-20th century.

The features of a vintage kitchen can be defined quite easily:

The palette of such a room will always be quite bright. This is not classical restraint; cheerful shades are more appropriate here: delicate and glamorous pink, noble and calm blue, appetizing green or orange. Colors should be rich and rich. There is no need to choose formal furniture in sophisticated colors; it is better to choose active and positive shades.

There is always a lot of decor here. These include carved overlays on the facades of the furniture, and the elegant shape of the dining table, and curtains, and napkins, and paintings. You can also use a portal around the hood and stove, which, by the way, will allow you to hide modern equipment. If you have space for an antique buffet, you should definitely put decorative dishes in it.

The finishing of the main surfaces in the kitchen can be completely different. The floors must be easy to clean, so they are covered with ceramic tiles with an anti-slip coating so that you can move safely. The floors are ordinary white - painted or bleached. The first option is preferable, since whitewash will quickly crack under conditions of high humidity and constant temperature fluctuations.

Walls

The main wall decoration is usually done in fairly bright colors. This can be a plain bright surface, but it is advisable to place excessively acidic shades in one area - in the dining area, on the apron, in the corner behind the dining area. You can choose rich wallpaper, with a fairly clear pattern - stripes, diamonds, checkered or striped, floral or polka dots. By the way, it is polka dots that will look most harmonious in a vintage kitchen.

You can support the pattern on the wallpaper with the help of appropriate decor - a teapot, plates and other dishes with polka dots, flowers, stripes.

The decoration with images of products - typically kitchen themes - will look funny. These can be sweets, dragees, lollipops, cakes, fruits.

The work surface apron is usually covered with ceramic tiles. In the spirit of antiquity, a small mosaic, a medium-sized piece of material in black and white contrast, in a blue and white palette, and bright shades will look.

Bedroom

In the bedroom, vintage will also be harmonious and interesting. A room for sleeping and relaxing can be quite romantic, gentle, and peaceful. Here you need to abandon the bright color scheme in favor of a balanced, restrained palette. The walls can be painted or wallpapered. In the bedroom, neutral tones for the walls with the inclusion of unobtrusive patterns are appropriate. But you can choose something quite dark. Blue and natural wood are considered optimal. The first one relaxes, and the second one creates a favorable atmosphere conducive to peace and quality rest. Using natural solid wood will create a healthy microclimate in the room, especially if you choose coniferous species that release phytoncides into the air.

The interior of this room should be quite soft, even if a couple lives in it, and not just a woman. This is necessary for comfort and quality of sleep. To add dynamism and masculine notes, you can use graphic details: darker picture frames, a modern flat-screen TV installed in a regular rectangular niche.

In the bedroom, vintad is often similar to the shabby chic style, which is distinguished by openwork and an abundance of small decor. In the bedroom you can devote a whole rack to little things. This can be both decor and functional items.

Bed

Of course, the center of any room is the bed, and a vintage room is no exception. The sleeping bed should be carved, with bent legs, and a carved back. It is optimal to choose a fairly massive and large bed, otherwise the interior will be simple. The canopy looks beautiful, made in the same palette as the rest of the decoration. Drapery is a traditional decoration of ancient settings, so it is appropriate here too. It is not necessary to cover the canopy, but it gives the room intimacy and comfort.

The bed must be supplemented with a bench at the feet. Entire sets can be made in the same style - dressing table, cosmetic table, bureau, floor hanger-hanger. Such furniture is made from natural solid wood, but can be painted in pastel or neutral colors. In this case, copper, bronze, and gilding are used for finishing.

The headboard of the bed is a separate decorative element of the bedroom. There can be carved patterns, stucco molding, or simply figured details with soft upholstery. In general, in the bedroom you can give free rein to your imagination, because it is not customary to allow guests into this room, so in this room you can put any furniture, choose any decor exclusively to your taste.

Bedroom decor

It would be appropriate to use a lot of small pillows, frills, and openwork lace here. They can even be placed on furniture to give it a special mood. A mirror is a detail that is usually present in the bedroom so that the hostess can try on outfits right here. Antique frames are usually a separate interior decoration. These are carved, gilded baguettes, massive or elegant. The mirror itself has interesting shimmers, because the early technologies for manufacturing such products differ from modern ones.

There must be boxes and perfumes on the table. It is better to put the cosmetics themselves in the drawers of a dressing table or bureau, and beautiful items for storing jewelry and costume jewelry, as well as bottles of eau de toilette, can be so diverse and original that they will become a real decoration of the interior. Here you can use photographs in beautiful frames as decoration.

Living room

This place is intended for receiving guests, and therefore the most expensive, beautiful pieces of furniture that deserve everyone’s attention are usually used here. One object becomes the center of such a room. This could be a large antique table, a leather sofa or an exclusive chest of drawers. Of course, it is necessary to maintain the composition of the style, but the background details can be simpler than the main accent. There are other patterns in the design of the living room.

Choose shades that are comfortable enough to perceive - muted colors of any palette. Of course, there may be bright accents and details, but the basis should be a shade that is pleasing to the eye. It can be creamy, creamy, beige, light brown, blue-gray, pink or green in pastel colors. Shades of orange, purple, and yellow are also appropriate in the living room. Dark tones can be used in details to add clarity, graphics, and restraint.

Wallpaper should be chosen with images of small flowers, birds, butterflies. Coverings with large flowers are also applicable.

It is best to cover the floor with parquet or sanded boards. Vintage, in keeping with the mid-20th century style, can be styled with black and white vinyl floor tiles. You can, of course, use stone if you want to realize the ancient interior of an aristocratic palace. As a rule, today lightweight artificial materials are used with the organization of floor heating, since stone is a rather cold option for a living space.

An interesting solution for the living room would be to install a fireplace. It can be left brick in a simpler interior or decorated with antique facing stone in a more luxurious design. The vintage character of the furnishings is also emphasized by the stoves, which used to be heated with wood, but today they are often connected to the gas supply system. Such stoves were located in every room. They were made from fireproof glass blocks, each of which was a decorated element. As a result, the stove turned out to be quite openwork, because, in addition to the pattern on the glass, the blocks were of different shades. In old houses from the 17th to 19th centuries you can still see the original stoves of that time. Today they are becoming an exquisite detail of a vintage interior.

The living room must have a sideboard or buffet with dishes for entertaining guests. In such an environment, it is advisable to use sets with tureens, gravy boats, and decorated dishes that are outdated today. You can find antique utensils just for dinner parties.

Bathroom

The interior of the bathroom can also be decorated in vintage style. This is another room for relaxation and intimate procedures, so it is important to pay attention to the little things that will suit your taste. But first it is important to determine the finishing materials.

The floor and walls are usually covered with ceramic tiles - this is the most practical and durable solution. The tile is resistant to moisture and high temperatures. The color palette of the bathroom can be anything - just like any other room. The floor can be made dark - black, chocolate, gray.

Bathroom walls can also be dark or patterned on a neutral background. It is then important to choose rugs that match the pattern. It will be interesting to look at bright tiles in certain places - near the sink, the bathtub itself, or in the decoration.

For a harmonious composition, it is necessary to select suitable mixers. They can be made of copper, brass, bronze. But even more important is their shape. These are completely unusual curved spouts and antique valves.

Characteristic furniture is also appropriate here, if space allows. For the bathroom, you can choose a chest of drawers for towels, hygiene items, and underwear. A bureau would also be appropriate here – for creams, shampoos, toothbrushes. You can find beautiful hook hangers, organizers, etc.

But the center of the bathroom, besides the bowl, becomes the mirror. It should be dressed in a luxurious frame - carved wood or plaster with stucco.

The bathtub itself can be of any size, but rectangular shapes are inappropriate here. It is better to choose an oval or even a round bowl; you may prefer an imitation of a steel font. It is optimal to place it in the center or on the podium. A luxurious solution would be to arrange a bowl in the form of a swimming pool - with a recess below the floor level and finished with mosaics.

Additional decor can be handrails, which are made from the same metals as faucets. These can also be forged elements.

Hallway

A vintage-style hallway will force you to give up comfortable and spacious wardrobes. A wooden or forged hanger would be more appropriate here. These can be decorative details with carved decor or ornate forged decorations. Instead of a regular pantry or compartment, you can put a cabinet with glass inserts in the facades. But you should not choose doors with mirrors. They can be placed separately - in beautiful, characteristic frames.

In the hallway, like in any other room, there should be decor. Usually it is placed on open shelves where small things are stored - keys, combs, etc. Here you can put a beautiful figurine, lay out a crocheted napkin. Flowers in a pot would also be appropriate.

An important component of the hallway interior is lighting, because there are usually no windows here. In vintage style, a variety of sconces of the appropriate design will be harmonious.

Finally

Vintage can be quite balanced or bright, peaceful and extravagant. It all depends on the nature of the furniture used, its design and time of manufacture. Vintage style is multifaceted and varied, so there is always room for experimentation and individualism. Such interiors can be simple or luxurious, elegant or kitschy. It is important to remember a sense of proportion, and then the vintage style design will always be harmonious and comfortable.

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