We tell how to issue an interior in a trendy vintage aesthetics: about choosing finishing, furniture and decor.
Vintage style in the interior today is chosen both industry professionals and apartment owners. This is not only beautiful, but also eco. To find the second life can beds, cabinets, coffee tables, chairs and armchairs - in short, almost all furniture. We tell about the features of Vintage style.
All about the vintage interior
Features styleFinish
Principles of choice of furniture
How to enter retro things in the interior
Decor and accessories
Features of the direction
Almost all modern projects, especially for Western designers, can be called vintage. Professionals have long been actively involved in vintage things in design. They can take 80% of the interior, and it does not look excess. What's the secret?
First you need to determine what we mean when we talk about vintage. These are the products of production of the XIX-XX century, in a broad sense - in general, all retro, in a narrower - cult, designer. But you should not confuse them with antiques - it has a collectible value, which the attached documents are talking about.
The modern vintage style apartment can be framed in both one vein, for example, in Scandinavian, and be eclectic - in this case, things are presented in the interior of different countries and times. There are no clear rules here. As not and strict proportions, it is impossible to say that the vintage is considered to be a design consisting of mostly from the releasing.
Add religious objects can be gradually. Especially when you are afraid to turn a house in a grandmother's chest. The easiest way: to purchase a chest of drawers or a couple of chairs, and make accent on them. It is more difficult to work with stylization, for example, under MID-Century Modern, which includes the selection of the situation, and the finish, and the elaboration of lighting scripts.
The main principles of vintage stylistics in the interiors
- Do not choose fakes and artificially form an image. If plastic is used, then it should be a thing of the 70s, when the material was at the peak of popularity. It is not necessary to resort to artificial formation, stylization with the effect of antiques, patina and scuffs - such techniques will rush into the eyes. From the idea of the transformation of items with their own hands, it may not be necessary, but only if you are confident in your abilities.
- In order not to turn the house into an inappropriate mix of things, select the items of one era. Analyze what style is you closer: discreet MID-CENTURY or bright 80s?
- It is not necessary to fully furnish the apartment with appropriate furniture, retro is perfectly combined with modern products.
- Such a mix modern textile and finishing.
- Do not get involved in accessories, decor and details. Laconicity and simplicity will help to avoid chaos, and "museums".
Style finish vintage in the interior of the apartment
In fact, it does not differ from modern. The design of walls and gender in basic colors is a beautiful background for stylization. Moreover, light finish, provided bright furniture, even better. This combination looks more expensive. Carefully with wallpaper with a print - this option is worth using if the soft furniture does not take the pattern, but the cabinet is simple. Choose geometric prints on the wallpaper, it will remind the left era of the 60s and 70s.
Since natural textures are preferably preferred in such a selection - the solution that will look best. Analogs in the form of a porcelain book or laminate is better not even considered. The ceiling, as in other directions, should not be decorating at all. White matte coverage will be appropriate anyway.
Principles of the selection of vintage furniture
The most popular today is the Soviet items of the mid-20th century, they fit perfectly into the so-called MID-Century, to which the modern style is. Scandinavian furniture of the 20th century is easy to integrate into the Scandinavian style, and even with a mass market like IKEA, it will coexist harmoniously - the whole thing in a single DNA.
Of course, do not forget about the cult furniture from designers. These are things that are produced in constant form: Chairs and Chairs Vitra, Eams, Arco, Desk, Akari lamps and many others.
The easiest way is to find Retomlebel and Soviet copies of grandmothers, on flea markets and on the websites by resale things. But, acquiring used things, keep in mind that they have a transformation. At a minimum, you will have to restore them: to a soft furniture to replace the upholstery, in the case - to update the varnish or replace the accessories.
It is more difficult to find foreign copies. European items can be found on Ebay or Etsy sites, but do not advise you to buy expensive models there. This is rather an option for things that have no value. But the design items are better to search for intermediaries and agents who will be able to conduct an examination of authenticity. Such things are inherited.
How to enter rigs in the interior
If you are just watching retro decoration, we advise you to start with accents. First you need to understand what a vintage thing will be the key in the room. In the living room it can be a pair of chairs, a large chest of drawers or a servant. The chairs are easy to highlight with a bright upholstery. Moreover, you can not follow the style of that era when they were made, and try more original reception on the combination of textures. For example, mix the mid-1960s with its elegant strict lines with modern geometry.
As to a major chest, the Soviet classic of the 1960-1970s remains the most popular. These are thin legs, clear lines and forms - the design is consonant with a modern style.
In the bedroom, the accent is a bed or chest. Smaller items: dressing table and bedside tables. You can not search for two identical bedside tables, and pick up models from different manufacturers. They will unite the stylistics, although it is not necessary if you are ready for experiments with eclectics.
In the kitchen, the table is usually an emphasis, usually massive, of wood, it can be supported by chairs. A more modest option is just chairs. Pay attention to such a reception as a combination of different models in one dining group. They can combine stylistics or coloring. In the photo the combination of vintage and modern items in the interior of the apartments looks very fresh and not trite.
Decor and accessories
The easiest way to introduce retro in the interior of any room is to use accessories. But it is important to acquire genuine things, and not stylized under them. Vases are one of the favorite elements of interior stylists. Use not Soviet crystal, it is unlikely to surprise someone, and, for example, a white matte biscuit porcelain. It was especially popular in Germany in the middle of the last century. Many factories have already collaborated with artists and designers and produced entire collections.
Another object that is able to decorate the cabinet shelves is a candlestick. Close to the brass models. They can be entered into more romantic design, neoclassic and even Provence. Such candlesticks should be sought in flea markets. In the 20th century, India and Pakistan were the main manufacturers of accessories.
Finally, the emphasis, which should not be ignored - the lamp. It may be an outdoor model or a more modest desk lamp. They are able to complete the design and add it the raisins if you choose them in the appropriate stylistry. What is interesting, the Soviet models of the second half of the XX century often copied the design of foreign ones. Consider this when searching for such a lamp. Great, if you manage to find a European or American script.
