Vintage Interior Fixtures ‘Can Create A Unique Home’

Vintage Interior Fixtures ‘Can Create A Unique Home’

Most homeowners want their property to stand out from the rest, but knowing how to achieve this can be difficult, especially if you are short on time and are not blessed with a particularly imaginative or creative mind.

However, the key to making your home truly unique is to incorporate some vintage fixtures and fittings in it, from Victorian coving in London to old-fashioned pieces of furniture.   

Interior design author Keeley Harris believes that every property can be jazzed up by featuring items from the 1920s to the 1970s, as long as they pick the “good design and stand-out style from each of these decades”, instead of choosing the unattractive pieces.

“Your home should be where your heart is; somewhere to invite your friends and family to enjoy life’s milestones. Opting for vintage can create a look as unique as you; so not just a functional space, your home can, and should, reflect your tastes and style perfectly,” Ms Harris told Yorkshire Life.

The Style Me Vintage writer, who also runs an interiors store Discover Vintage in Garforth, said the Art Deco period (1920s-30s) and Mid-century Modern era (1950s-60s) are the most popular.

When it comes to properties, Georgian houses are the most popular, according to a survey by Anglian Home Improvements. The residences, dating between 1714 and 1830, are distinctive with their tall ceilings, three or four storeys, sash windows, and central front door.

They are followed in popularity by Victorian properties (1830 – 1901), which typically have a narrow hallway, stained glass windows, bay windows, fireplaces, coloured brickwork, and a front door to the side of the façade.