Antique or vintage décor imparts a sense of age that is inviting and comforting to see. But unfortunately, many vintage styles were weeded out of our homes for many years as new practicalities required changes to be made.

The vintage design style has passed the test of time, though and is now making a comeback, with real (or faux) vintage items returning to our homes with beautiful results.

With so many options available such as floral designed ceramic handles and bronze effect handles or brass and iron hinges to choose from, there is an antique design to suit every taste. Today, we’re discussing some of the changes you can make to bring vintage beauty back to your home without sacrificing your lifestyle.

Faux-Vintage Design

Faux-vintage refers to a product made in the present day but is created to seem like an artefact or antique from the past. Owning genuine antique decorations is a beautiful thing, and if you can employ historical items, we recommend it, but by their nature, they are difficult to come by.

Investing in a vintage look also doesn’t mean travelling back in time to the 1800s. A great alternative is to find suppliers of faux-antiques or faux-vintage products. Any modern supplier will create their products with higher-quality materials than were available in the past and with better manufacturing processes for a superior choice. Choosing faux can give you the aesthetic quality you are looking for with a product designed to satisfy the demands of contemporary customers.

Blending Vintage And Modern

There are many misconceptions about best employing a vintage look to your home. Firstly there is a belief that you need to be a purist, only choosing items from the same era or culture. Whilst being a purist is a perfectly good choice for your style, it will limit your options and later lead to problems.

There are no rules to building your vintage style in your home, and you are free to choose whichever items appeal to you the most, but we recommend a balanced selection. Focussing your choices on a limited number of eras or cultures will help tie your whole aesthetic together and bring the room alive with vintage beauty.

On the contrary, the most livable vintage homes are blended with modern conveniences to create an outstanding balance of form and function.

Repurpose Existing Features

When you want to include some retro antique beauty in your home, there is no need to commit to an entire vintage restyle of their lives. Large-scale changes are great if that’s what you want, but we recommend starting with minor modifications.

Try experimenting first and explore what appeals to you. Something as humble as a cabinet hinge may make a significant difference to your space. By exchanging your shiny steel hinges for antique hinges that have been designed with a faux vintage look, you can bring a lot of subtle beauty to the cupboard they are attached to. This is especially important if the door itself is aged (naturally or purposefully), as the shiny new hinges will draw your eye away from the unit itself.

Carousels and Pullouts

Another great way of bringing a vintage aesthetic into your home is to hide your modern touches. The kitchen is a great place to implement this. By installing faux-aged cabinet doors with antique cabinet handles in your kitchen, you can create a beautiful image of a classic kitchen from a bygone era that has a modern kitchen with everything you need ready to use.

Installing a kitchen carousel in the awkward corner of your kitchen will not only help add additional storage space but can easily be hidden behind your vintage style with an antique handle like our Edwardian lattice knob.

Vintage Decorations

A low impact way of bringing a sense of history into your home is with vintage wooden components. At Hart Wholesale, we sell a broad range of these faux-vintage wooden components made from pine and other materials that can be installed in any room.

Our carved ornate finials are a versatile dash of elegance for the bedroom or garden. Finials are decorative accents added on top of spires or domes. Still, for the average home, they can be installed on gateposts at the four corners of a master bed for a sense of that four-poster bed look you’ve always wanted without having to splurge on a brand new bed frame.

Our Capital Pilaster is an extra-large decoration that can be installed on top of a vertical wooden beam or simply installed in the corner of a living room. Made to resemble the classic pilasters seen on buildings like the White House or Buckingham Palace, the mixture of curves and hard corners portray a sense of artistic strength and history without taking space in the room.

How Hart Wholesale Can Help You

With speedy delivery available, you too can enjoy adding a beautiful vintage flair to your home. Here at Hart Wholesale, we stock a large variety of antique and vintage handles, hinges and decorative items available on our online store.

We supply a broad range of styles and textures to match any improvements you have in mind. So contact us today, and we’ll answer any of your questions on how to improve your home with some vintage beauty.