I’ve had a run of projects recently with clients possessing the most wonderful antique and vintage pieces. At times like this the question, “can you work with these?”
is music to my ears. “Why yes I can”. Building a design scheme around vintage, retro and antique furnishings is one of my most favorite types of projects.
I literally have to contain my excitement. I really enjoy having design perimeters especially when those perimeters happen to include a circa 1950 glass top cocktail table with a gilt “sheath of wheat” base, an Edwardian rotating bookcase, or a Curtis Jere’ raindrop mirror like my most recent design projects.
Why Blending Antiques, Retro and Vintage Furnishings with Modern Day Furniture Eras Works
Other Decor that Works Well with Antiques, Retro and Vintage Furnishings
- Traditional style fabrics
- Trendy fabrics
- Trendy colors
- Modern lamps
- Modern rugs
- Antique trunks
- Quality pots, ceramics and jardinière
- Baskets
- Modern throw Blankets
- Throw pillows in traditional style fabrics
- Potted plants and topiary
Coordinating New Fabrics with Antiques, Vintage and Retro Furnishings
Placing Antiques, Retro and Vintage Furnishings
Shiree’s Style Sheet
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When furnishing a home with antiques, try working in some trendy fabrics and accessories to bring them up to date.
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Mixing traditional and contemporary pieces is easier if you find a common denominator such as color and fabric styles.
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The term antique as applied to furniture is defined as being at least 100 years old, while vintage is defined as at least twenty years old.
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To collect artwork, research, evaluate and buy pieces that attracts your eye. Choose each individual work in a way that forms meaningful groupings, also called collecting.
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Serious collectors agree, don’t decorate your home around your artwork and don’t collect artwork around your décor.
That’s it for today!
I hope you find all my ideas super helpful! I love sharing with you. And if you’d like to dig deeper into this topic then check out my free download “The Functional Home Blue Print” where I go further into each of the zones, plus I cover the biggest, most important zone of them all: the kitchen!
Here’s that link again.
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