Vintage or contemporary home decor, which is your style? Would you stick to the classy design that characterizes the vintage style or the freshness that accompanies contemporary decor? In this article, we provide you more insight into the two designs.
Vintage Interior Designs
Vintage designs go way back to the 1940’s. It is the glamour that represents this era after the World War II. Vintage style creates a warm, cozy and romantic atmosphere in your room. These interiors look like scenes from 1940 movies like “The Grapes of Wrath,” “Ministry of Fear” or “30 seconds from Tokyo.” It is classy, glamorous and easy to enact in your home. Check out a few tips to give your room that vintage look:
Colors
Vintage colors are mostly white, grey, blue or neutral. Don’t use very bright colors or else your room will lose the ambiance. Vintage-styled walls have timber panels, the walls are floral-patterned papers and floors are made of dark wood. Carpets and rugs are usually used to define the sitting area.
Decor
Television sets were very popular in the 1940’s, a concept that has taken center stage in modern designs. Television sets have currently evolved to the Plasma, LCD and LED but they date back to the era after the second world war. Side boards, cabinets, room dividers, shelves – are all from this era. Vintage-styled furniture is made of wood and cushion.
Accessories
For the antique look, go for candlestick, wooden wall or the rotary dial telephone, the grandfather clock, German Cuckoo or the pendulum clock. The beauty of the room could be accentuated by the long, drooping chandelier that appears to be falling onto the table. Vintage is simply classy.
Contemporary Interior designs
Contemporary home designs are the opposite of the classy, glamorous look of vintage homes. They are very common these days. This style makes good use of wide windows which allow connection with the environment. It uses glass, vinyl and concrete which sometimes gives the home an industrial look.
Colors
Contemporary colors are bright – yellow for the walls, green for the cabinets and red for the roof. Such homes have concrete or tiled floors; wooden panels are almost absent.
Decor and Accessories
Furniture is plastic or leathery and is themed with the colors of the room. To avoid over-crowding, decor pieces are almost absent in the contemporary styled homes. Modern designed homes pay attention to the shape of the room and proper lighting with large windows which give the room a bright look. The windows or glasses connect occupants of the contemporary home to nature and the environment.
So which style will you go for – vintage or contemporary?
Photo credits:
Sherry Zaruba
Jean Carr
Alice T. Chan