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Step 1
Incorporate the original features of your living room into your decorating style. For example, a beautiful old fireplace can be the inspiration for the rest of your furnishings and decorations.
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Step 2
Pair a comfy new sofa with older styled chairs. Toss on a patchwork quilt as a great throw blanket.
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Step 3
Create a wall mural of old mirrors in various shapes and sizes. This also helps reflect light in small spaces.
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Step 4
Mix and match styles, such as pairing Chinese lanterns with French toile throw pillows.
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Step 1
Swap existing appliances for vintage models from the 1940s and 1950s. Many companies reproduce these styles, however they are much more energy efficient than the original.
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Step 2
Pick up an enamel and chrome table and chair set. Remember the kind your grandmother had in her kitchen?
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Step 3
Hang curtains with a vintage print from the 1930s or 1940s, such as red cherries on a periwinkle blue background.
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Step 4
Display a collection of inexpensive cut glass dishes or old milk bottles on a hutch or shelves.
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Step 1
Pair an old metal or wood bed frame with a new mattress for comfort.
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Step 2
Mix and match bedding from various eras, such as paisley quilts and chenille bedspreads.
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Step 3
Paint old, dark furniture with a wash of white to brighten them up.
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Step 4
Add various boudoir accessories, such as perfume bottles, silver makeup trays, strands of pearls and antique costume jewelry.
