5 Vintage Style Design Elements For An Antique Style Living Room

Choosing to decorate your living room in a vintage style is perfect, as vintage-inspired décor stimulates a feeling of nostalgia and relaxation for you, your family, and your visiting loved ones. Here are five vintage-style design elements for an antique-style living room that will not break the proverbial bank.

Antique Fireplaces

As the kitchen is the heart of the home, especially when cooking for your family or regular guests, it is important to carry the feeling of vintage decadence throughout the entire house, including your working kitchen. Antique fireplaces framed with brass details on the mantlepiece are a beautiful and traditional way of incorporating brass fixtures into your home décor style. Having decided to invest in an antique fireplace, it is strongly advisable to consult with a reputable and professional supplier, such as stonewoods.co.uk, who will be able to advise on the best design to suit you and your home. Some fantastically effective ways of incorporating some brass detailing into your kitchen include installing brass covered taps and plug chains, microwaves, kettles and toasters with brass detailing and piping or investing a brass light fitting as a kitchen centrepiece.

Window Dressings

The absolute beauty of dressing your windows is the simultaneous aesthetically pleasing visual element combined with the practicality and privacy of covering your windows which is especially important in the living room.
Perhaps understandably, the best choice when wanting to dress your living room windows in a vintage, antique style is for cream, antique lace perhaps with some subtle bear cream, antique lace perhaps with some subtle beaded or applique detail.

Wooden Flooring

Vintage wooden flooring is the ideal way to add a touch of glamour to a room. In an ideal world, especially if you are a true vintage and antique enthusiast, you would be able to afford to source authentically vintage wooden panels and antique timber. Nowadays, however, the sheer range and quality of vintage-style wooden flooring mean you can still furnish your living room with the look without having to break the proverbial bank.

Velvet Chairs and Furnishings

There is nothing more ostentatious yet simultaneously understated than a velvet-covered chair. Velvet chairs bring a sense of glamour and character to a room, and if choosing to invest in a velvet chair, opt for darker, richer colours like burgundy or emerald.

Alternatively, if you are considerably invested in the feel and design aesthetic of velvet, consider reupholstering your dining room chairs in a deep, rich burgundy for a truly luxurious feel to your future dinner parties and family meals.

Vintage Lamps

Once you have taken care of the major furniture pieces and flooring of your new, vintage-inspired living space, it is time to choose some carefully selected period pieces of home décor to complete the aesthetic. Think vintage spotlight or Edison lamps combined with a soft, rustic chandelier as the main ceiling light.

Adding these suggestions to your living room will give it a great vintage feel and make it a more luxurious place to be in. When doing this style change, it’s a good idea to implement as many of these features as possible, as only having one might be jarring with the rest of the room.