How to Make Vintage Work in Your Home
Do you love the vintage look and wish you could make it work in your home? With “granny chic”, “maximalist” and “colour drenching” styling all being very popular trends in 2025. You can make any of these looks work if you’re determined enough. Even if your home is a new build, you can make vintage work for you. Here are some tips to help you along:
Look on Sites Like Pinterest to Help You
It can be difficult to know where to start when you want to change the look of your home and include a vintage influence. At times like this, it calls for Pinterest! Looking on Pinterest will give you a ton of inspiration, and you’ll be able to mix and match different bits to create the ideal look in your home. Make a note of things you’d like to change as you go along to make it easier when you go shopping for stuff. Make a Pinterest board of your favourite looks too so you can look back on them if you need to.
Shop in Vintage/Antique Stores
It goes without saying you should shop in vintage/antique stores if you’re trying to make vintage work in your home. Here you should be able to find some unique things that nobody else has – not to mention you’ll be able to tell people that your decor is really ‘vintage’! Just be sure you shop with reputable retailers so you know the items you’re buying are legit. Find out more by doing lots of research!
Mix Modern and Vintage
It’s a good idea to mix modern items in with your vintage style to add a twist and keep things fresh. After all, you don’t actually want to make people feel like they’ve gone back in time when they enter your home and you don’t want your home to look like a 60s/70s throwback (even though 70’s influences are huge right now). You still want it to remain looking modern, except with character and vintage flair. Otherwise, it might look like the set of a film. Just like people who wear vintage shouldn’t go the whole hog, because it’ll look like a costume. You need to be smart about the ratio of the items you use.
Make Unusual Items Work for Different Purposes
I love it when people use unusual items and repurpose them. For example, using an old fruit crate as a cool coffee table! There are lots of things you can do to make your home look unique and carry that “old world” feel all the way through.
Show off Your Personality
Make sure you still show off your personality with the decor of your home. Include things just because you like them and use your imagination. This is your home and you want it to reflect that in your decor!
Fake it
If you love the vintage look but prefer new things, you can always buy vintage-inspired pieces to add to your home.
I hope you love these ideas and that when you start decorating you find it easy to get that vintage feel you’ve been hoping for. If you’ve found any tips that work for you that aren’t in this guide, please leave a comment. Thanks for reading, and have fun decorating!
