Vintage style became popular back in the 90s. In general, "vintage" is the term winemaking, meaning aging wine, and later good aging. This style implies original things of the previous generation, but the thing must not be younger than 30 years and older than 60. The main feature of the vintage style is the originality of a thing or object and originality. The subject should clearly show the “squeak” of fashion and the style of the time when it was created, and also be an expression of the fashion trends of its era. The main direction is fashion, mainly clothing, and vintage has become popular in home interiors. To create such a style, it is important to turn to the history of fashion trends of the XX century.
Most often, people living in big cities who are tired of the modern fast-paced rhythm of life resort to this style. Such people want, at least when they come home, to feel peace and tranquility.
Design of apartments in the style of "vintage"
Among the existing styles of interior design, the "vintage" style has the most immense scope for imagination. You can enter into your interior any antique object, if you want to, giving the housing a feeling of living, comfort, antiquity.Important for this style is the possession of a thing or object of a bright, expressive "character". Having indulged in a flight of fancy, you can transform your house or apartment with the help of not only old objects, but also new ones, simply made in antiquity. They are given the appearance of attrition, roughness, and, of course, habitability. A vintage-style interior can take you back to the past, for example, forcing you to relive the Soviet era, or fill your house with a noble sophistication. You can recreate the idyll of hipsters, feel like the kings of jazz or rock and roll. The main thing is to approach the matter wisely and without fanaticism. You don’t need to fill up the rooms with old things or objects indiscriminately, you can put as much furniture as you want, and as you wish, it’s just either objects old or old, or they look like this.
If you do not have an antique or antique item, as mentioned above, you can order a new thing, but in a vintage style. Either go to flea markets, turn to auctions or antique shops, however, in the latter prices are very gorgeous. By the way, it is not necessary to use many objects, you can ennoble the interior with just one, but bright enough, which will immediately attract all your attention and become the main focus of your style.
Vintage style kitchen
Vintage kitchens are considered the most complex in terms of design, since it is not very easy to combine the views of antiquity with the latest technology. It is important to "make friends" of decorativeness with functionality, without losing style. It must be remembered that vintage style is cheerfulness and originality. Shades need to choose bright, juicy, "smart" and even "funny." The interior of the vintage kitchen should be colorful, rich, and the decor should be plentiful.
On the kitchen in vintage style, not only walls and decor should be bright and juicy, but this also applies to furniture and household appliances. An interesting fact is the admiration of the Italians refrigerator "ZIL", they find its design original and concise. You can take advantage of such a design solution, the main thing is to correctly enter each item into the interior.
Wallpaper you can choose any color, most importantly bright, even, say, acidic. It can be monophonic, or with a pattern, so that it is somehow cheerful, funny, and even primitive. Suitable wallpaper in a flower, polka dots, cell, diamond, square or strip. Still preference is given to wallpaper "edible" themes, such as sweets, cakes, lemons, apples and other fruits. And also teapots, plates and the like patterns. Or just paint with bright paint. Rustiness is the hallmark of vintage style, this is its charm. As already mentioned, the decor should be plentiful, you can decorate the kitchen with a variety of items, both small and large.
Tile for such a kitchen it is better to choose small-format, in one tone or multi-colored. The floor can be made of large tiles. The most popular in ancient times was considered a staggered floor of two colors, you can choose black and white tiles, blue-white and other colors, there are no restrictions here, it all depends on your desire and imagination. At your discretion, you can choose not only a "chess" pattern of the floor, but also a zigzag, striped, in the form of a Christmas tree. And if you don’t want to see tiles on the floor at all, then you can lay a bright linoleum on which there can be any geometric shapes. After all, the floor, like the walls, should be cheerful and joyful.
Vintage bedroom
Vintage bedroom It should be soft, tender, charming and even romantic. For the interior of a vintage bedroom, you can, as was done in the old days, paint the walls with paint, but you should not choose the color that is flashy, bright and, especially, acid. Although these tones are characteristic of ancient eras, they were not used for the bedroom. After all, juicy shades still adversely affect the dream, it will not work out to relax and rest in the bedroom, where the walls are still full of joy and fun. It’s best to choose a paint or wallpaper soft, bed tones, such as: white, peach, light gray-blue, light purple, ivory, can be slightly decorated with pink decor.
There are options for wallpaper specially created in vintage style, they imitate vintage fabric wallpaper, or gilding, bronze, can look like scuffs.
The interior of your vintage bedroom, you can create as you like, without limiting your imagination and imagination. Even an ordinary bed can be converted to suit the chosen style, for example, it can be a forged metal headboard at the head. If you hang a metal chandelier, you get a set of beds and chandeliers and will look very harmonious. The canopy also belongs to the vintage style, choosing a light lace fabric to it, you can easily achieve the desired result, you can even attach to ittasselsas it was done before. Although you should be careful about using a canopy, if you have a small bedroom and there are already quite a lot of objects in it, then such an element of decor can take up too much space, and the room will look overloaded. But if at the same time you would still like to use a canopy, then you can buy not a big one, but a small one and hang it not over the whole bed, but only over the headboard, while the canopy fabric should be very light and light in color. By the way, the tassels in the case of a small canopy should then be attached to the curtains, be sure to hang the tulle, this will also emphasize the vintage of your bedroom.
Put another emphasis on the pillows, they can be with frills, with ruffles. If there is somewhere an old grandmother’s dressing table, then it is perfect for your bedroom, but you can also order a special one, which gave the look of antiquity. And if you're lucky, somewhere in auctions or flea markets, you can find an old mirror framed by a carved wooden frame and floor to ceiling height, then your interior will definitely be filled with a sense of antiquity. Although such a mirror can be made to order, only the price will not be small, the frame will be the most expensive, because manual woodcarving is very much appreciated now.
You can complement the picture of the vintage bedroom with crystal perfume bottles, candles in candlesticks, porcelain dolls and even an old card on the wall. Also inherent in the vintage style are knitted wraps, tablecloths with embroidery, old plaids, blankets sewn from shreds. Photos within the framework perfectly complement the style, they can be placed on shelves, tables or hung on the walls.
Furniture in such a bedroom should be with fabric upholstery, an important addition will bewicker chairs black or white. The furniture should be arranged using symmetry, and so that the interior is completely close to the natural old, the furniture symmetry should be in harmony with the decor symmetry.
Vintage style living room
Creating a living room in vintage style, it is important to withstand everything in a single stylistic direction of your chosen decade. If you want to put, for example, a leather sofa with a high back, which was in fashion in the 30s, then the rest of the interior should also be matched to the style of the same 30s. If you like the plastic decor of bright juicy colors of the 70s, then, accordingly, the rest should also be combined with the direction of that era.
The general color of the living room in vintage style is customary to choose soft muted shades, but it will not be a mistake to complement it with bright decor, for example, plastic in juicy colors, pop art style posters. The most suitable colors for the vintage living room: white, dull pink, beige, pale purple, pale blue, light green, soft yellow and orange. A brown and gray palette can be a great shading contrast. Although the vintage style for the living room does not like a sharp contrast, it is better to use one color for the background, and complement it with similar shades.
The wallpaper with a flower pattern, with the image of birds, butterflies can be organically looked.
For gender it is good to use artificially aged parquet, ceramic tiles made from antique with a look of attrition are also suitable.The option of flooring from massive boards of light color is possible.
The fireplace in the vintage living room will look very elegant, this attribute will certainly give the look of your room in the style of the old era. Above the fireplace you can attach a shelf where vintage souvenirs will be placed. The brick and stone of which it is made looks very beautiful and old-fashioned. fireplaceand if you add its texture to the original forged grating, the spirit of antiquity will envelop both you and your guests. And put a rocking chair in front of the fireplace, this will harmoniously complement the style.
You can also place an old sideboard in the living room or order a new one, but in antiquity, be sure to place some old grandmother's service or something similar in it. The chandelier should be hung old, metal, large. Chandeliers with candlestick shades are perfect. The walls can be decorated with paintings in gilded frames.
Furniture and textiles can be decorated with catchy geometric patterns. Also, old household items that previously were not anything remarkable can serve as original decor elements. But now they can give your living room a refined and natural vintage style. Such items may be: an old Singer sewing machine, a samovar placed on a white tablecloth and next to it are old cups and saucers, as it was before, in ancient times. It will fit perfectly into such a living room piano, which can be really antique or antique, it will create an amazing vintage effect of the room, and playing the piano is always beautiful.
Of course, not everyone has old or antique things and objects that could emphasize a vintage style. Therefore, now many people simply age things and objects by hand, this, of course, creates the necessary image, but not a single artificially aged thing will have the highlight that truly ancient objects possess. These items keep the memory of past days, can fill the room with the spirit of their era.
What else is a hallmark of vintage is the flowers. Place a vase of flowers in your vintage living room and you will immediately be enveloped in romance, grace and tenderness, which characterizes the vintage style. Flowers can be any, for example: seasonal or dried, wildflowers and roses. Vases can be ceramic, a basket wicker from a vine is suitable. You can decorate such bouquets with artificial berries, fruits or insects. Do not forget that the "vintage" style is built on simplicity, lightness and some kind of negligence.
Vintage bathroom
If you are choosing a vintage style when repairing your home, then the bathroom is no exception. For a vintage bathroom, you should identify the three initial finishes: floor, wall, andceiling.
Modern designers prefer cherry-golden hues and beige-brown with bronze accents. But you have the right to choose any color at your discretion. The floor can be made of large ceramic tiles, for example, a dark chocolate shade. If you choose brown tones on the walls, an addition in the form of a strip of border of beige color is possible. The ceiling can be left just white. Well suited for decoration mats of large pile of water-repellent material in light beige color.
In general, any bathroom in a vintage style can be a real work of art. You can give the look of antiquity using tile with a pattern, gold pens, or thin gold tiles. In addition, if you skillfully distribute lighting throughout the room, the atmosphere of warmth and comfort is guaranteed. The interior of the bathroom can be supplemented with glass doors, halogen lamps above the mirror. By the way, here you can also put flowers, they perfectly emphasize the style of the room.
If you have enough space in the bathroom, then it is better to put the bathroom in the middle and choose, for example, an oval shape with graceful handrails. The outer walls of the bathroom can be decorated with various patterns, of course, in a vintage style. Above the bathtub in the center of the room, and against the wall, you can hang a canopy. Do not cling to the generally accepted foundations that a canopy is an accessory to the bed in the bedroom. Before, they were generally hanged over the throne of kings. Therefore, it is worth noting that the canopy over the bathtub made of light snow-white matter will look exquisite and emphasize the vintage style. And then it is also desirable to hang a long tulle or curtain on the window, or both in the same design as the canopy fabric, in order to achieve design compatibility and harmony.
Another element of the vintage style will be a wicker laundry basket, its color is also best to choose a light shade, because if the whole interior is selected taking into account the combination of colors, then it will be cozy and comfortable in such a bathroom.
If you have a huge bathroom room, or you can make a bathroom large, but don’t know how to build its interior, there are a lot of interesting ideas. For example, you can put the bathroom in the center of the room and cover it in a circle with decorative stones, either large or small - at your discretion. You can also put dressers made in vintage style instead of shelves in a large bathroom; hang a large chandelier on the ceiling.
A large mirror in a wooden frame is perfect, only it is best varnished in order to protect it from moisture.
Spread the candles throughout the room, this will fill your bath with comfort and warmth, and bathing by candlelight is an incredible pleasure, and in ancient times, when there was still no electricity, they bathed in the candlelight.
Hallway in vintage style
Hallway - This is the part of the house where we get right when we go. And if you decide to make your home vintage, then the hall also does not need to deprive attention. Almost from the threshold you can immediately go back to antiquity, plunge into the atmosphere of peace and unity. The style should be complete in everything, that is, all rooms, without exception, should reflect the style you have chosen.
Large roomy cabinets for hallways had not been used before, most often they made small forged hangers with elegant weaving. Or wooden hangers. If this is not enough for you, then, of course, you can put a cabinet, but it can also be made vintage, for example, with openwork doors, also worn or with cracks. It is best to place the mirror not on the cabinet doors, but on a separate wall and frame it with a wooden frame. On the shelves lay openwork napkins on which to place decorative figurines or figures.
Walls soft shades, paint with plain paint or wallpaper, also plain or with a floral print. You can decorate the walls with bricks, but do not forget to give it a shabby look.
The floor is better made of wood parquet or large tiles, also of a calm color, “flashy” shades are not peculiar to the hallway.
Of course, if space permits, you can decorate with flowers. It can be metal flower stands in pots. Walls can be decorated with framed paintings or photographs. An interesting and unusual vintage decor in the hallway can be deer horns, which can also be used as a hanger.
On the walls you can hang small floor lamps, for example, on the sides of the mirror.
Vintage furniture
The main feature of vintage furniture is its "scuffed", "worn out". If you possess truly real vintage objects, be it an antique chest, chest of drawers, a worn leather armchair, sideboard and so on, then you just need to correctly and organically fit them into the interior and already fine-tune the rest of the design for these things. But if you do not have vintage furniture and there is nowhere to buy it, then you can order or buy new, but made antique. Once again, pay attention to the fact that the item that you purchase should not only be made in the style of the past era, but it is imperative to have the same "scuffs" and "worn out" look, this makes the thing vintage.Antique furniture will fill your life with a special aura of mystery, sophistication, give a feeling of durability and unhurriedness.
Nowadays, there is a huge number of technologies that can make, for example, a unique antiquity from an ordinary stool, an old shabby door or a worn sideboard. Here are a few of these techniques: painting of various types, vintage decoupage - when pictures are cut out and pasted from paper onto objects, there is also a craquelure, that is, the effect of cracks, shabby (creating the appearance of wear). It is not necessary to contact this question with professionals; you can master these techniques yourself. On your walls, clocks, vases, furniture, figurines, you can apply a noble trace of aging to give the room a vintage style.
Even an ordinary rustic table, which is made of boards, can be attributed to the vintage style, you can not process it at all and then its beautiful wooden texture will set the style. And you can trim it slightly with sandpaper, stain, put a copper candlestick or lace tablecloth, which is knitted by hand and then the era of antiquity will already be in your room.
Once again, we draw attention to the fact that the vintage style loves symmetry, for example, put a sofa in one part of the room, and the floor lamps are the same on both sides of the table on both sides of the table. If you have a fireplace, then next to it two identical armchairs or rocking chairs will look good, which is more related to the vintage style and reflects the old era. By the way, symmetry also visually lengthens the room, making it seem to be wider. And light shades give the room a spacious look.
Vintage Decor
Decorating vintage rooms is a snap. Vintage decor can be some figurines, a grandmother's tea set, an old music box, a metal or crystal candelabrum, copper or bronze door handles, a samovar, a cuckoo clock, an old chest and even posters in the style of past eras. All this will help you fill your home with the spirit of the past. Also, vintage decor are paintings painted in oil, watercolor, ivory. Even an old coal iron or spinning wheel will be a great decor in this style.
If you have old photos of your grandmothers and great-grandmothers, any fashion magazines, newspapers, then you can choose a guide and decide on the right textile. Various old photographs in frames, postcards, which can also be considered vintage, can also be used.
Thick draped curtains made of heavy fabric can also be an element of vintage decor, or light with frills, introducing romance and coquetry. Undoubtedly, curtains with tassels or lambrequins will look elegant in vintage style. Lambrequin is a special type of horizontal decorative drapery that complements the curtain composition, located in the upper part. Although lambrequins can decorate not only curtains, but also the opening of the window, and even the door, placing it across the entire width of the cornice. Lambrequin for curtains is most often made of dense fabric; it can be decorated with flounces, tassels, fancy cutouts, for example, teeth. Usually this decor element is placed on top of the curtains, attached to the same curtains, but you can also to the cornice. There is an option for placing lambrequins over paintings or a bed, but this is already considered a canopy.
In order not to turn your house or apartment into a museum, do not clutter up the premises with a large number of objects or decor. Let it not be all the furniture, but only some part of it, or several decorative elements. This will add vintage, and will not look ridiculous and depressing.
The most important thing is that the interior is created with love, thinking through the design to the smallest detail.
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