Your Home: Vintage Color
Create new fond memories in your bathroom, kitchen, living room and more with snaps of retro color
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Many people like vintage-style interiors because they are light, airy and unfussy. For some, this look gives their home a touch of romance. And for others, it takes them back to a simpler place in time. With a vintage look you'll often see a combination of whites and off-whites (which provides that light and airy feel), but you can also incorporate pops of color into this style to create a look that is unexpected and personal to you.
Embarking on a bathroom remodel? Why not go for an Art Deco feel? Pair up pretty pastel tiles with black ones to create a sophisticated space.
Here, a vintage metal chair adds a pop of radiant red to this workspace. You can find vintage office chairs at your local thrift store or on eBay.
by Jeanette Lunde
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Add color and pattern to your space with an upholstered piece topped with a patchwork quilt and pillows.
One statement piece in a vibrant hue can add energy and interest to your vintage-style space. Think about how you can repurpose that great furniture find. Here, a hutch is used to house books.
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| Accessorize your vintage kitchen with colorful teapots, bowls and wares from the thrift store. In this space, a checkered tablecloth also adds to the accent colors. See more photos of this cottage |
by Kasey Buick
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If you've decided to paint your vintage space, look for colors that are soft and muted, such as this bluish gray.
by Dreamy Whites
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A casual floral arrangement is a great way to quickly and easily add color to a space. Whether you're having a small lunch with friends or a large celebration, your guests will appreciate seeing fresh, colorful flowers.
by Beach Vintage
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I love vintage posters. Many are bursting with amazing color combinations that can really brighten up an entire room. Look for one large poster or arrange a group of smaller ones. You can find a large selection at Allposters.com.
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| Another fun, whimsical way to add color is with vintage wallpaper. You can also use contact paper or scrapbooking paper and apply several pieces to create a collage. More: Vintage Modern: What Does It Mean? So Your Style Is: Eclectic |
Comments
Denise Vilim Not sure if it has an official name, but I love that 1950's light green-with-a-hint-of-blue color. It's similar to the tile color in the first photo, but with more blue and more muted.
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Laurie at Bird in Hand VTG It's amazing how current these colors look! The beauty of vintage, too, is the quality that just isn't found these days without a very high price tag. Great feature.
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dirtysock Many of the homes up here in western PA built between 1930-1960 still have that same bathroom in image 1. It looks cool in that little picture, but in person its atrocious lol. I have remodeled two of them - one blue and one pink. I will say they are well made and built to last.
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benfield4 Our first home a 1953 vintage brick rancher had a bathroom similar to picture 1. Mint green with the black border but they were plastic and falling off the wall. So it all ended up being taken down. The look was cool but it was dated and with other previous updates to the bathroom did not fit in. My grandparents had a similar look to that but with thick pink ceramic tiles and a black border. It was amazing that that tile being of 1950's vintage was still in great shape when they passed on in 1993. I do wonder how long that tile would have lasted.
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loraj99 Its Tiffany Blue
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mainstreetschool We just bought a 1932 brick, full of tile. The kitchen servants hallway are teal ceramic with black trim. All bathrooms are such unusual colors that I am having trouble finding towels to go with the colors. The entire first floor is colorful tile. It is a challenge, but I am trying to maintain as much of the vintage fixtures and decorating around the tile. The pedestal sinks are just like some seen in Houzz. Loving it
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dehingst Mauve. I have a guest room done in mauve with antique furniture and lamps. Looks fab!
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tigermom654 My upstairs bathroom looks just like photo 1. Question: Do we just go with a white waffle weave shower curtain or do with go with a black and white graphic?
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lynne217 I love this yellowish color (started with a shade from Restoration Hardware and then added a hint of brown/amber glaze to it) and use variations of it in most of the first floor rooms of my 1930's cottage type home. 
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Barn Light Electric Company We love this look too, check out some of our vintage inspired shades. 
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Suzanne Topham OMG! The bathroom photo at the top is the image of the one in my great-grandmother's Tudor-style house, built in 1929. To me it's like seeing a ghost. What a perfect expression of that style.
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