Buying Vintage Home Décor Style and Ideas

Determining the style of décor for your home is a big decision and you must decide whether to use new decorating items, vintage home décor or antique home décor items or a combination. It depends on the look that you’re trying to achieve and the amount of money you want to spend.

One practical advantage of purchasing and decorating with vintage items is that they increase in value every year. While the items may or may not need to be insured, they will retain their value and remain an asset. These items can become a family heirloom to pass down through generations and if maintained, allowing for minimal wear and tear, sometime in the future these pieces will change from vintage to antique status.

Decorating With New Items

The extent of the project and the number of rooms undergoing transformation will determine if new or vintage items should be used. New items can be inexpensive to very expensive, but the cost should be significantly less than purchasing a vintage item that is over 75 years old. Reproductions of popular pieces are readily available and this is an important element to consider when deciding new versus vintage. If you are purchasing a piece or pieces of vintage décor and they are very expensive, you may need to consider insuring each piece.

Where To Find Vintage Home Décor

The types of vintage décor that can be used for decorating your home ranges from art deco prints, depression glass vases, porcelain figurines, stoneware pottery and wooden sculptures, to vintage perfume bottles, 1950′s kitchen canisters, wooden napkin holders, vintage business signs, furniture and cuckoo clocks, to name just a few. These items can be found at online stores specializing in vintage décor items. Other sources to consider are online auction sites, eBay and in some instances, local thrift shops. Neighborhood yard sales can sometimes produce a vintage piece at a bargain price. A good professionally run estate sale is also a good place to pick up vintage décor at reasonable prices, but keep in mind that prices can vary depending on where you purchase the pieces.