The vintage style for your home, much more than a matter of taste
The word vintage has been on trend for a while. It can refer to various aspects of beauty, ways of being, writing or speaking, or even decorating or dressing. Vintage: "it is said of a style of clothing, furniture, etc. that recovers or imitates fashionable models, fabrics, etc. from past eras: a vintage enthusiast; a vintage-style shirt..."
The trend of decorating in vintage style has been going on for decades and combines a particular retro, chic, and refined taste. To decorate with truly vintage pieces, those from past eras, you would need a well-stocked wallet.
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What is the vintage taste?
But vintage is a style that goes beyond mere aesthetic and antique taste. It's not just pure antiquity or modernity; it's more about the contemporary reinterpretation of fashion trends, details, or elements from the past.
Vintage brings back forgotten items, outdated styles, and forgotten shapes and colors. It's not just a passion and knowledge of the old; it's a way of reinterpreting an old reality in a completely new way, skillfully combining it with contemporary styles and objects.
The final effect of vintage decoration is something innovative and refined, something never seen before but with a skillful antique touch: a particular creative and beautiful elaboration in any field, whether it's fashion, hairstyles, or home furniture.
Tips for decorating your home with pure vintage class
In our interior design guides, we have suggested how to decorate in minimalist style, how to decorate your home or office in industrial style, and how to choose furniture and objects in a pure ethnic style. Today, we recommend how to decorate with vintage and retro taste.
The starting point could be to recover some objects from flea markets or from old relatives. But if you don't have these opportunities or can't find what you're looking for, you can choose from the many contemporary and new objects and furniture specifically created to give your decor that vintage effect.
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The first tip is to clearly decide which era you want to evoke with your decor. The 50s? The 70s? The 20s?
Each era has its own guidelines.
How to decorate in the 50s style
To create a 50s effect, for example, choose curved and rounded lines, bold and intense colors (yellow, red, blue).
Another idea is to decorate your walls with posters and paintings, perhaps choosing Old Style advertisements, such as those from Coca Cola.
Alternatively, you can select cute retro items, such as the Ariete vintage toaster: functional, beautiful, and distinctly original and characteristic.
How to decorate in the 70s style
If you want to be inspired by the magical 70s, you could opt for the use of wallpaper in one or more rooms of your home.
Alternatively, if you don't like wallpaper, you can choose paintings with geometric and psychedelic patterns.
These same patterns should be repeated in the choice of upholstery, from sofas to cushions to curtains, and in the home linens, where repeated geometric shapes and flowers in a pure hippie style should dominate.
Rugs are also essential to bring back the 70s, as well as a velvet sofa, ideal for the living room.
Check out our rugs section and Wall Decor to find the items you need to complete your vintage style!
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To decorate according to the roaring 20s, choose elegant and severe shapes that convey luxury and recklessness. Curved leather sofas, glossy lacquered wardrobes in white or black, thick curtains in intense colors.
Other slightly kitschy items should not be missing, such as furry pillows, fringed rugs, imposing vases, statues, and busts. It's a somewhat challenging style but with a definite très chic effect.
The colors of the interior design style
The number one rule is to define the style you want to evoke, in order to create harmony between the furniture and the decorative accessories used without creating confusion.
Another essential rule is to follow some guidelines regarding wall colors. Here are some interior design tips regarding colors:
- 1920s: a palette of neutral colors, with white and black as preferred shades, combined with softer colors.
- 1950s: a palette of delicate colors, such as mint green, pink, apricot, cream, or Tiffany blue, works perfectly.
- 1970s: a palette of vibrant colors, such as orange, fuchsia, color blocking, as well as animal prints and optical patterns.