The manufacturing of furniture has evolved over time. Modern-day furniture has become easy to assemble, cheap, and easily replaceable as they are manufactured in bulk. Whereas antiques are furniture pieces that are 100 years old or older and finding them can be difficult and expensive. Changing the interior of your home can be an exciting task especially if you have the desired look and feel for the room you are changing. A great trend for interior design is using antique pieces, however, there are many things you need to take into account when wanting to do antique interiors. Not all antique pieces fit together, and some rules need to be considered when trying to re-decorate using antiquities.
Antique Interior Designs
Before you start buying antiques or even crafts that imitate antiques, you should do your research on which style and era you would want to use. Antiques and relics can be found out of any period such as the Victorian, Edwardian, English, and French era. Hang original paintings instead of printed ones this gives the room character and helps save antique artwork. Another element that will give an antique feel to the room you are revamping is the use of worn rugs and vintage materials such as keeping original wood floors or doors.
Using Antique arrangements can help add to your antique interior design, furniture made from natural wood, oak, and mahogany with detailed artwork. Old cabinets, chests, and trunks that have classic knobs and handles can enhance the antique look of the room. Owning indoor plants as well as using vases and porcelain elements is another antique interior idea to consider when re-decorating. If you are living in an old-style home, keeping the original light fixtures and old electric appliances gives any room an antique feel.
Antique Interior Design Rules
One of the rules you should keep in mind when going the antiquing route is The 80/20 Rule. When using antique imitation crafts to achieve the antique interior. This means that when decorating with antiques out of different time periods, using 80% of one era can be combined with 20% antique pieces of another era to complete the room. This rule has a common element of using 80% of the Victorian era furniture colours such as blues, browns, oranges, and even purple which gives structure to the room while combining 20% of another era to enhance the 80% of the antiques used.