Take a pinch of antiquity and stir in modern interior? History has not preserved the name of who first tried this recipe, but this is how a new style with the beautiful French name “vintage” was born. Previously, this word meant exclusively aged wine, which had been waiting in the wings for decades. Now the term has spread to the sphere of design of both interiors and clothing.

But simply taking an antique object and incorporating it into a ready-made composition will not work. Vintage involves creating a single image, a complete picture, where things from a past era will take center stage.

How to create a real vintage style interior? What little and important things are worth knowing about? And is it difficult to maintain this unusual style?

Features of vintage style in the interior of an apartment

Transforming your apartment and creating a magical place even in a small area that will help you escape from the hustle and bustle and stress of work is a dream that can easily come true. Vintage style will not deprive you of all the benefits of civilization in the form of the latest sound systems and plasma TVs, "" and a regular coffee machine. But it will allow you to change the overall feeling, the atmosphere reigning in the apartment.

It is worth noting that the rules for interior design are quite vague. You can show your imagination and create something unique. And yet there are some characteristic features , by which you can easily recognize this style. Among them:

• usage original items, preserved to our times, as well as artificially aged things;
• recreation of a specific era;
• special attention to the color palette,
• variety of accessories.

The advantage of this style is that if you wish, you can get the necessary items completely free of charge from friends and acquaintances who want to say goodbye to “junk.” You can also look for interesting things in the markets, look for advertisements in the “give away for free” section. Of course, you will have to work on such decorative items to bring them into decent shape. But still, not a single artificially aged thing has the spirit of the times. Real relics of the era you have chosen will create an indescribable atmosphere, on which the perception of the interior largely depends.

It is worth remembering that vintage style appeals to different time periods, but still limited to the period from the end of the 19th century to the 80s of the 20th century. Of course, mixing items from different eras will not achieve a positive result. That's why create interesting interior so difficult. It may take many months to find and prepare all the pieces of furniture and accessories.

Primary colors in vintage style

Since the entire interior should reflect a journey through time, designers recommend choosing restrained, slightly “shabby” pastel colors. Soft pink and beige, light yellow and dirty blue- these shades will look great as a background. Drawings of other (often contrasting) colors are welcome, but they should also have a slight touch of yellow, a little faded, worn out with time.

Calm colors will allow you to enjoy the interior and draw attention to carefully selected accessories. However can also be used bright colors , which will stand out like a juicy spot against the background of pale walls. Pieces of furniture, individual or luxurious, for example, will fill the room with amazing charm and a feeling of luxury.

Selecting a specific color range depends on the period, which was taken as a basis. The bright fifties love contrasting and. But the end of the 19th century was characterized by cold shades and floral patterns.

Decorating rooms in vintage style

For the design of whatever room you undertake, in advance decide on the era. All items must correspond to a given period; this is the only way to create a complete picture.

Vintage style bedroom

Try to pay a lot of attention to such an important room. Vintage allows you to include a luxurious bed in the interior large size, but she must have. Most often, forged backs are found, but you can also find an example decorated with wood carvings.

Light colors will look great in the bedroom and will create not only an atmosphere of coziness and comfort, but also a romantic mood. Add A little pink color and beautiful ruffles - perfect bedroom for a young girl.

If you want something less feminine, then you can abandon the frills and give preference to laconic and thoughtful details. Light wallpaper with a barely noticeable pattern, beige or light brown furniture, shabby parquet flooring - such a simple, but at the same time cozy image is ideal for the bedroom.

A special chic that will appeal to many antique lovers - canopy over the bed. You can choose a beautiful thin lace fabric or make it from dense fabric in a rich and deep dark color.

Be careful, this decor item is not suitable for small rooms. A canopy conceals space, so only a spacious bedroom should be decorated this way.

It would also look appropriate to display bottles of perfume, frames with photographs, porcelain dolls and other little things that correspond to the chosen era.

Living room in vintage style

If you like experiments, then the living room is perfect room to make your fantasies come true. Traditionally used for finishing delicate colors : blue, pink, beige, light green. But in this room you can give yourself free rein and use bright and rich colors, which were popular in the seventies. If you focus on this era, of course.

Ceilings are usually painted in a light tone, recessed lights should be avoided. But a large one in the form of candles or (depending on the time period) will come in handy.

If there is one in the living room, then this item can set the tone for the entire interior. Complement the comfort and warmth of real masonry with a fluffy carpet, and decorate the shelf with various souvenirs and photographs. The finishing touch will be a rocking chair. Such a living room will attract a checkered blanket, delicious tea and an interesting book.

Vintage style kitchen

The problem of the contact between past and present in this room is especially relevant. The designer's task is to combine modern technology with objects from a bygone era. This may seem like an impossible task, but there are several possible solutions.

The simplest, but rather expensive option is purchase equipment that is similar in appearance to that which was used in the selected period. Italian designers, for example, admire the ZIL refrigerator and consider it almost a style icon of its era. There are stylized coffee makers, ovens and even hobs. But such equipment costs much more than similar “modern” ones.

Second option - hide all equipment. Built-in ovens, microwaves and dishwashers will help you forget that you are in the 21st century, but continue to enjoy all the benefits.

You can also try "adapt" existing technology to new requirements. A regular refrigerator will look less modern if you put a typical 60s print on it. And openwork napkins will hide the microwave oven from prying eyes.

Vintage style bathroom

You can create a luxurious bathroom in small apartment, but still vintage style requires space. If square meters allow, then abandon the classic arrangement of plumbing fixtures along the walls. Samu the bathtub can be moved to the center of the room and make it the main element of the composition. An elegant bathtub with handrails on forged legs will look not only stylish, but also aristocratic. A little gilding in the decor, tiles with a worn effect - and the interior will take you to the end of the 19th century.

But also small space will allow you to enjoy comfort. In this case it is better stick to traditional light colors, to . We recommend laying the flooring at an angle; this will also have a positive effect on the visual perception of size. But shower cabins, which save space so well, are not welcomed by the vintage style. If you don't have enough space, you can, of course, replace the bathtub with a cabin, but in this case you will have to work hard and add accents. For example, use taps “copper”, small tiles and even laminate that imitates natural wood.

Hallway in vintage style

Do not underestimate the importance of the hallway, because it is where you begin to get to know the house. A vintage-style interior will help you immediately plunge into the chosen era and feel the spirit of that time. First of all you have to give up large and bulky cabinets. A forged hanger with a soft pouf is a more suitable piece of furniture. However, you can leave a small cabinet if it is decorated with carvings and also retains traces of time (scuffs and cracks).

Try to avoid bright and flashy colors; they will be unnecessary in this room. But panels or small paintings on the walls will only complement the composition.

Combination of vintage style with other interior styles

Designers rarely use one “pure” style when working on an interior. And vintage easily finds a suitable “partner”. It can be elegant and restrained or loud and defiant pop art, nostalgic or rich. Everything, of course, depends on the chosen period. It is worth paying attention to what trends were relevant during this period. You can combine vintage only with the style that was at the peak of popularity in the chosen era.

Vintage style furniture

The peculiarity of all items suitable for this style is their wear. And it doesn’t matter whether the chest of drawers is really 80 years old or whether it was created a year ago and specially aged. Of course the shape of the furniture must correspond to the chosen era. Carved headboards and legs, chairs upholstered in velvet refer to the end of the century before last, and plastic chairs on one leg - to the middle of the past.

The color of the furniture, the upholstery, the materials used - all this will help emphasize a certain period of the last or the century before last.

Apartment decor in vintage style

Accessories in this style play almost the most important role. These can be numerous, pompoms on tulle curtains and porcelain figurines of angels. But bright posters are also appropriate, geometric patterns, strange decorative things made of plastic.

In order not to make a mistake in your choice, carefully study the era you like, identify iconic objects, distinctive features, and only after that start creating your original interior.

If you intend to give preference to the vintage style in your interior, you should be patient. Because in order for the image of a room to turn out true, sometimes it takes quite a long time to select the necessary furniture, fabrics and decor, because vintage things are very characteristic and cannot be found in ordinary stores.

A distinctive and primary feature of the vintage style in the interior is that the objects in the decor belong to past eras: the 20th, 19th centuries, and sometimes older. At the same time, the imprint of time and long-term use of objects should be clearly felt, for example, in the form of cracks and scratches, chips, patina and unclear, faded shades.

In general, vintage, as a style for decorating rooms, may also be of interest to you because it does not require significant investments, unless, of course, you purchase expensive antique furniture. Otherwise, the cost of purchasing finishing materials will be moderate, and some items can be purchased at thrift stores, flea markets, or simply found in a friend's attic.

Features of vintage style in the interior

When choosing a vintage style, you need to know that some modern techniques They are absolutely not suitable for decorating the premises here. For example, you should avoid suspended or suspended ceilings, wall panels, laminate, stone or linoleum.

Easy surface finishing

Flooring V vintage interior any room should be represented by either parquet, wooden boards, or tiles. At the same time, it is important that these materials look worn, having been used for several decades. Today many specialty stores construction and finishing materials can offer a wide range of similar artificially aged coatings.

Walls it's best to paste over paper wallpaper light shades with floral patterns, large flowers, birds and foliage patterns, or simply paint them with neutral paint.

Ceiling it is necessary to level and paint; decoration with stucco elements is encouraged - they very characteristically reflect the meaning of the vintage furnishings.

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Aged furniture

It is neutral surfaces that serve as an excellent basis for the use of unusual, retro or antique furniture. By the way, there will be tall cabinets with carved decor, patinated chests of drawers, forged couches, shelves with openwork slots, coffee tables with a copper frame, massive wooden tables with cracks on the surface and elegant Viennese chairs with paint peeling off here and there.

Since we live in the 21st century, iconic streamlined plastic chairs from the middle of the last century can be called vintage, as well as such retro pieces of furniture as low cabinets on thin legs, laconic sofas raised above the floor, and floor-standing shelves.

Faded colors and patterns

Throughout the vintage interior, a special harmony should be felt due to restrained color combinations. Basically, it is better to use light colors of fabrics, wallpaper, and wood. The colors should look faded, pale: shabby blue, light pink, unclear yellow, beige-gray.

The same applies to those designs that are present in designs, textiles, on decorative objects and surfaces: if the inscriptions are barely noticeable, the ornaments and patterns are withered, almost pastel.

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For the Vintakh style, it is incredibly appropriate to use rough surfaces in the interior, deliberately aged, as if demonstrating their true nature. The wood should be used in its natural form, roughly processed with traces of knots and cracks. Wooden furniture You can paint it with neutral paint in one layer so that the pattern of the rock is clearly visible.

It would be good if the interior included copper objects, forged lamps with patina, antique ceramic dishes, silver, and crystal.

Upholstery upholstered furniture can be deliberately worn velvet, or faded linen, and chests of drawers and sideboard shelves can be decorated with unforgettable napkins using the macrame technique.

Pay attention to mirrors: do not buy new ones; you may have a copy with characteristic black spots on the amalgam, in a carved frame covered with a touch of patina.

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Decorative objects from the past

Question decorative design in vintage style you need to be quite careful, but not to overdo it with the number of items. The room should not look like a branch of an antique shop - everything in moderation and with taste, approach the matter creatively, purchasing only those items that you like and will not clutter up the space of the room.

1. Hang an antique cuckoo clock on the wall, place it on the floor, or attach a laconic mechanism in a round black frame to the sofa.
2. Use dried flowers: immortelle, clematis, spikes and prickly inflorescences. Place a couple of vases with dried bouquets on the chest of drawers and coffee table.
3. Arrange a series of family photographs of different generations, and we are sure that there will be yellowed black and white photographs in the house.
4. Decorate with retro posters with advertisements of old films, food products, theater posters from the 50s.
5. The sofas can be covered with an openwork woolen bedspread, several sofa pillows of different textures can be laid out, and a carpet with a geometric pattern, similar to those that were previously customary to hang on the walls, can be laid on the floor.

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Vintage items in a modern interior

Even if the interiors in your home are already completed and made in modern styles, they can be complemented with vintage accent pieces to make the atmosphere of the home look more cozy and lived-in.

IN kitchen, hallway or hallway The easiest way would be to decorate the wall surface with a colorful poster - a playbill in the spirit of the 40-50s, put a table lamp or floor lamp with a cone-shaped lampshade, or complement the decor with a forged wall shelf.

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IN bathroom The central decoration of the interior can be a vintage dressing table or a cabinet under the sink with a characteristic patina.

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It’s not always appropriate to use overtly aged items in a nursery, but you can use furniture of a certain shape in a retro spirit, for example, put a bed with an iron headboard and footboard, cover the bed with an openwork bedspread and lay a soft grandmother’s rug woven from rags on the floor.

For modern living room in a discreet, elegant interior, the best addition would be an antique chest of drawers, coffee table or a massive mirror in a carved frame above a fireplace or sofa.

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Image bedrooms It will become more spiritual and exotic if, for example, you complement the interior with a Chinese screen, an elegant pouf or a Windsor chair near the dressing table. Also, the corresponding message will be carried by a floor lamp on a carved wooden support, and a lampshade with a slight ruffle.

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Today, old things are at the height of fashion. Of course, not spoiled, torn and unusable, but those that are well preserved remain of high quality and stylish. Vintage is a word translated from French meaning “old wine that has been stored in a cellar for a long time.” This is how the style in clothing design and interior decoration began to be called. Vintage style in the interior is extremely popular today. Vintage items preserved from the time of our grandmothers, like wine, the taste of which only improves over time, acquire greater value every year, you begin to treat them with great respect and even with some trepidation, and the room decorated with them is so original that it evokes the admiration of many people.

Don't mix antiques and vintage. In the first case, these are original antique objects, and in the second, things can be created.

By choosing a vintage style interior for your apartment, you will add coziness, comfort, and warmth to it. In such a home you won’t want to break dishes and scream; it will be filled with a special calming energy. After all, as you know, the interior influences our consciousness and behavior.

The main features of the vintage style

Vintage items are furniture and interior items that are more than 20 years old. But most of all, vintage-style interiors love things from the 20s and 30s of the 20th century, when materials such as plastic and synthetics were not yet widespread.

Vintage style in the interior emphasizes antiquity and unique things.

Advice: don't use modern ones finishing materials and structures (laminate, linoleum, suspended ceilings) to create a vintage room, they can ruin all the charm of such an interior; The use of modern materials is allowed, provided that they are artificially aged.

The following features of the vintage style are distinguished:

• use of shabby furniture (chests, shelves, sideboards);
• saturating the interior with various decorative objects of the past (vases, candlesticks, boxes), they must be intact;
• color palette – delicate pastel shades, floral prints;
• natural materials for finishing walls, ceilings, floors; You can’t use synthetics and plastic;
• deliberate carelessness in the interior (a blanket thrown on the back of a chair, photographs in aged frames, tall floor vases and small table vases - all this is arranged haphazardly, without any principle, but does not create chaos, such “order” looks natural).

Wallpaper

Color is the basis of any interior. Vintage tends towards pastel colors, but there are interiors with rich colors, which are achieved through the use of a special type of wallpaper.

Wallpaper in vintage style is characterized by patterned ornaments (flowers, intertwining branches). Vintage wallpaper looks as if it has faded slightly with age. There are three types of such wall coverings:

• wallpapers with a contrasting pattern in the Art Nouveau style are used in addition to them;

• wallpaper with bright Japanese motifs; such material has a background of rich color, and it depicts birds or flowers;
• wallpaper with small or large discreet patterns, designed in pastel colors.

In a room decorated in vintage style, it is customary to cover all the walls with wallpaper, but what should catch your eye, first of all, is the furnishings, not the wallpaper.

Ceiling

Vintage ceilings are painted, whitewashed or wallpapered. Cracks and slight unevenness on the surface give a special charm to the interior. Stucco molding is often used in vintage style.

Floor

As flooring V living rooms use parquet or leave a simple plank floor.

A bathroom or kitchen can be decorated with antique-style floor tiles.

Furniture for a vintage room

All furniture must be made from natural materials(wood, wrought iron, copper, brass) in combination with unusual fabrics. These should be items “with history.” Small scratches, chips, and abrasions will only add zest to the vintage interior.

Furniture in a vintage room should be arranged symmetrically. Place two armchairs, place a sofa between them, near the armchairs - two identical bedside tables with identical lamps or two floor lamps, a long coffee table - near the sofa, such an arrangement will visually lengthen the room, pastel colors will increase the area of ​​the room.

Vintage loves large number accessories (framed photographs, ceramic figurines, candlesticks, mirrors, shelves).

Advice: choose plain light wallpaper if you plan to decorate the room with a large number of accessories; against the backdrop of bright contrasting walls, the decor will simply get lost.

Vintage style color palette

Vintage is a light and airy style. He doesn't like dark and bright colors. The color scheme is ashen, pearl, lavender, beige tones, the colors of young greenery or ashen rose, as well as their shades.

Decorate the walls with pink wallpaper, and use materials in the color of young grass, sky blue or ash rose as upholstery for furniture or cabinet fronts; such spring interior will fill the room with fresh energy.

Vintage textiles

All vintage style textiles should be made from natural materials (cotton, silk, chintz, calico, linen) in pleasant pastel shades.

Advice: To prevent the room from merging into a single spot, play with contrast, decorate the walls with light or small floral wallpaper, and choose textiles with large patterns in brighter colors, and, conversely, combine wallpaper with large bright flowers with plain textiles.

Vintage is a romantic, warm and cozy style. The room doesn’t have to be completely vintage, you can just add some accents. But the vintage style does not combine with high-tech, minimalism and oriental styles.

The word “vintage” has French roots and translates as exquisite, aged wine...
In relation to interior design, this is a peculiar mixture of ancient and modern styles, implying their harmonious interaction. The main rule is no frills and maximum comfort.

Vintage: history of style

As an interior style, vintage first appeared in America at the end of the last century. Its founder was Patrick Willis, an ambitious and talented architect.

By own project he erected original house, and was already preparing for the presentation of his creation. But, as often happens with creative people, V last moment I realized that there was not enough money...
Then the resourceful young man went to the nearest sale, where he bought outdated furniture and decorative trinkets for next to nothing. He furnished the room with them.
The name of the new design concept was announced to journalists and critics who arrived at the event - vintage. I liked the idea and the reception took place.
Currently, the vintage trend, both in interior design and in clothing, is at the peak of fashion and enjoys maximum popularity.

The main idea of ​​the style

The main idea of ​​the vintage style is the unobtrusive introduction of antique objects and decorative elements into the everyday interior. In fact, it is not far from classicism, with some shades of retro and Provence. But the influence of modernity cannot be ignored. Therefore, in the vintage design of space there is always a place for new, practical designs and materials.
The main thing is their external correspondence to a certain era, causing slight nostalgia for the past.

Features of vintage style in the interior

The irreplaceable attributes of vintage style are real antiques or antique-style items. They give the interior a special coziness, romance and at the same time serve as a kind of indicator of taste and elegance.

One more important feature What prevents vintage style from being confused with retro or Provence is that it belongs to a specific era. This is exclusively the 19th-20th century. Anything older is a completely different story.
At the same time, it is necessary to maintain a reasonable balance between the past and the present.

Interior decoration in vintage style

When decorating a room in vintage style, due attention should be paid to materials and finishing.
The ideal solution for the ceiling would be white paint, whitewash or light plaster.
The most authentic solution for wall decoration would be wallpaper (plain, striped or floral), plaster or paint. It all depends on the placement of accents.
If the key element in the design of the room will be rare furniture, a neutral finish is preferable. In the case of a modest setting, walls with bright pattern and corresponding decorative elements.
The floors can be covered with large tiles with a worn effect, parquet or parquet boards.

Color palette

To create a vintage style in a room, calm, unobtrusive colors are preferred: white, beige, ash pink, pale blue, greenish, light brown.

The presence of floral motifs is mandatory. They can be anywhere: on curtains, wallpaper, bedspreads, napkins or tablecloths.

Lighting

Artificial lighting for a vintage style interior should not be too bright. A multi-level arrangement of sources of warm, diffused light is welcome. In addition to a chandelier with a spectacular fabric lampshade, these can be floor lamps with fringe or frills, antique table lamps, bronze or copper lamps.

Vintage style furniture

Regardless of the basic decoration, style cannot be created without furniture. To match the vintage trend, it must be antique or antique-style. It’s not bad if there are traces of abrasions or small cracks indicating the past. But at the same time, the furniture must remain durable and aesthetically pleasing.

The most prominent representatives of vintage style furniture are:

• carved wooden dressing table;
• "grandmother's" chest;
• "country" buffet;
• sideboard with an exquisite pattern;
• rare chest of drawers;
• rocking chair

Another important point is that all pieces of furniture must, to a certain extent, be in harmony with each other and belong to the same era, but museum-like appearance is unacceptable.

Decorative elements in vintage style

Decorating a room in vintage style will be incomplete without using decorative elements. They must be carefully selected to prevent the space from feeling like an exhibition or simply cluttered. The most common items that match the vintage style:
▫ antique watch;
▫ carved boxes;
▫ porcelain dishes;
▫ original candlesticks;
▫ embroidered tablecloths;
▫ knitted napkins;
▫ delicate curtains with cutwork embroidery;
▫ rag dolls;
▫ copper figurines;
▫ black and white photographs in frames.

A mandatory attribute of vintage style is a bouquet of dried flowers in winter and fresh flowers in summer.
The most popular materials are copper, ceramics and wood.

Vintage style in the interior - photo

In general, a vintage style interior is perfect solution for creative and self-sufficient people who respect simplicity and practicality. It fills the room with warmth and comfort, allowing for slight negligence and allowing the use of ancient and modern objects at the same time. This is a free style that allows you to fully express your taste and respect for history.