How to Decorate With Vintage Style
Vintage Style is an eclectic and casual way of decorating. It combines antique fabrics, collectibles and inexpensive flea market treasures to decorate every room in your home. Vintage Style can be adapted to any style of house, from a New York loft to an old country farmhouse. Mix old and new elements to create a vintage style all your own. Does this Spark an idea?
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Instructions
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Living Room
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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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Pair a comfy new sofa with older styled chairs. Toss on a patchwork quilt as a great throw blanket.
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Create a wall mural of old mirrors in various shapes and sizes. This also helps reflect light in small spaces.
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Mix and match styles, such as pairing Chinese lanterns with French toile throw pillows.
Kitchen
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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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Pick up an enamel and chrome table and chair set. Remember the kind your grandmother had in her kitchen?
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Hang curtains with a vintage print from the 1930s or 1940s, such as red cherries on a periwinkle blue background.
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Display a collection of inexpensive cut glass dishes or old milk bottles on a hutch or shelves.
Bedroom
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Pair an old metal or wood bed frame with a new mattress for comfort.
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Mix and match bedding from various eras, such as paisley quilts and chenille bedspreads.
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Paint old, dark furniture with a wash of white to brighten them up.
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Add various boudoir accessories, such as perfume bottles, silver makeup trays, strands of pearls and antique costume jewelry.
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