As the new year is just around the corner, you must think about giving a new look to your home. This is the perfect time to make necessary changes in your home decor. Since the new year comes right after the Christmas, you need to make some serious changes in the way you have decked your house. It’s important to shift your Christmas gifts to a new place before you welcome another precious year in your life.
Whatever decorative changes you have made for the holiday season need to be converted into something more interesting. And the way you deck your house now should give a feeling of new year celebrations.
You should add some new pieces of furniture to your living room and some vibrant colors to your bedroom. In addition to that, if you do not want to splurge, you can be a little creative and re-arrange your furniture.
However, if you are ready for some sort of experimentation you can easily provide a perfect vintage look to your house. That means, rather than visiting your nearest furniture store or ordering something online, it’s better to think about a vintage look. All you have to do is bring back the unique patterns and elegant furniture pieces of bygone years. In addition to that, you can paint a few parts of your house with bright colors.
Creating the perfect vintage look for your home is all about finding the right style. But once you have decided what you love, here are a few tips to help you achieve the perfect vintage look in your home:
Let The Light In
Just because you are choosing a vintage style doesn’t mean your home needs to be dark and old fashioned. In other words, giving a vintage look to it doesn’t mean it has to look lifeless. While decorating every nook and cranny of your house you should only think about how to make them look even more striking. Therefore, you can opt for bright colors, bold patterns, and vintage light fittings to illuminate your rooms.
Try fitting lights inside old jars to give your room that classic look without breaking the bank. You can even find light bulbs that are of a more yellowish tone than LED lights to give your room a cozy and stylish look.
Install Some Vintage Fittings
Things like furniture, curtains, and cushions etc., are not enough to give an entire new touch to your house. You should also think about replacing your fittings when it comes to adding that ultimate vintage touch to it.
Cast Iron Radiators, light switches and light fittings are easy to install and can make a huge difference in terms of the overall look of your room. Cast Iron Radiators like those from AEL Heating can be vintage, Victorian or bohemia in appearance. Therefore, they can easily serve your purpose.
With light fittings try retro chandeliers or lamp shades that add an additional charm to your room. Many charity shops or vintage antique places have lamps and lamp shades from decades ago. However, if you polish them a little bit they will look really stunning in your lounge, bedroom or kitchen.
Recycle Your Furniture
If you are planning to buy furniture, but have a really limited budget then it’s better to call off your plans. Rather than spending huge money on buying new furniture, you can cover the existing pieces in patterned fabrics. This move is enough to give your furniture a vintage look. This will give your chairs and sofas a 70s look, thereby making them a perfect fit for the living room.
Fasten the throws or fabric to the bottom of your chairs with patterned ribbons to make sure they don’t fall off and look great as well.
Choose a range of colors and patterns to suit your style and then make your home the perfect little vintage paradise.
Mirror, Mirror On the Wall (or the floor, or stood up in the corner)
Mirrors are a perfect vintage accessory for any room. Whether they are bold, painted in metallic or subtle and retro, they can make your room seem bigger. In addition to that, they also add depth to your interiors and make them look remarkable. Buy them from the nearest shop in order to avoid the breakage.
If you don’t fancy having a mirror on the wall you can find some great vintage standalone mirrors. The best thing about standalone mirrors is you can move them anywhere whenever you redecorate your room.
Whichever items you pick, the vintage look is all about reliving the bygone years through your decor. Hence, go for the right style or create your own in order to add that perfect vintage charm to your house.