Vintage Vernacular: Creating an Inspired Story with Gold Accent Tables and Vintage Style Furnishings

There’s a phrase, “everything old is new again,” that suggests the cyclical nature of trends in fashion. This adage is certainly true in design, and right now retro trends in furniture and interiors are hot in a big way. It is easier now more than ever to draw inspiration from modern and classic styles to create a truly inspired lifestyle story. Developing a unique vintage vernacular will help any designer create eclectic spaces of timeless elegance and wow-factor impact.

Vintage style furniture from the mid-century is especially “in” right now, with the 1970s (and even the 1980s) gaining in popularity. Gold accent tables are also high on the list of what is new and trendy. The idea is to find what fits a particular design style, and to choose the patterns, colors, and finishes that resonate with vintage style furniture in a sublimely modern way.

Happily, the matched look has long been replaced with “whatever works.” Decorating a room with a mix of furniture styles, colors, textures, patterns, and accessories offers a wonderland of possibility in retro designing. There’s palpable satisfaction to be derived from jumping in and making the most of this latest trend, especially in mixing vintage style furniture with gold accent tables and transitional room elements.

Vintage style furniture, accessories, and lighting fixtures can come together in a plethora of ways: luxurious, stylish, romantic, glamorous, nostalgic, lush, cozy, homey – the sky’s the limit. The palette of possibilities to choose from is only limited by the imagination. Vintage style allows many different elements to come together to create a modern interior that is strong in character, yet never too overwhelming. The end-goal is always an intensely warm space with personality. The ultimate purpose in creating a showpiece, after all, is to complete a “home.”

Distinctive Interiors Are Created with Attention to Detail

Paying attention to detail requires more than choosing vintage style and modern elements to create a vintage vernacular story. Thoughtful creations should banish chaos and reflect a well-considered trend-plan to be:

• Compelling/statement-making
• Distinctive/unique
• Adaptable/versatile
• Stylish/sophisticated
• Fearless/eye-catching
• Diverse/eclectic

Thinking in conceptual detail is a great way to start forming a vintage vernacular story. In striving to achieve spaces that are harmonious, impressive, beautiful and trendy, the specific elements inevitably will fall into place. The end-result should be an interior that adds value to any home decorating project.

Transitional and Vintage Style Furnishings Are Perfect Complements

Transitional furnishings – the midway point between traditional and modern/contemporary styles – provide a great deal of leeway in letting trend-conscious imagination and talent go to work without limits. Taking full advantage of the trends of combining vintage style furnishings and gold accent tables, can make for a truly fresh approach to designing.

When transitional pieces are combined with vintage style furniture and gold accent tables, the effect can be spectacular. Transitional and vintage furnishings complement each other perfectly and, with creative imagination, can transform any room into a masterpiece. Here are a few ways to conceptualize and execute stylistic trend triumphs:

• Freely mix and match furniture pieces, finishes, accessories, lighting, materials and fabrics;
• Combine natural materials such as brass, wood, ceramics, and wrought iron with expressive textures and neutral colors; and
• Consider the look of repurposed, recycled, and even distressed elements for contrast to more modern furnishings and elements.

Recycled and reclaimed materials offer a marvelous chance to be environmentally trendy and go green. It is definitely possible to help the environment and add beauty at the same time. Certain woods are scarce or endangered, such as rosewood and chestnut, and can only be found as reclaimed pieces. Recycled wood pieces are rich in character and quality and show a high level of durability and strength. They also tend to have a singular and unique appeal, not to mention a tremendous amount of character.

Gold Accent Tables and Gold Accessories Enhance Vintage Style Furniture

Gold furnishings are in-in-in right now, and what better way to create an elegant interior than with a gold accent table. Accent tables are a necessary and exquisite way to complement transitional furnishings and add pizzazz to design. Without them, interiors would look unfinished, incomplete. Accent tables are versatile pieces that can anchor a room, provide a through-line to an inspired design story, and create the perfect balance of space management. Gold accent tables are especially on-target to fulfill all these functions and add a high level of interest and elegance to the vintage vernacular story. When looking for the perfect gold accent table to fit trend design concepts, critical considerations should include:

• The appropriate proportion and size of the table – neither too large or too small
• Subtle and simple versus bold and high-impact
• How well the table adds depth and contrast to the room
• Whether or not there will be room for decorating, such as placing a vase, photograph, or other accessory
• How the accent table will or will not steer traffic flow

Gold accessories are perfect to pick up and enhance gold accent tables. Hints of gold strategically placed throughout the vintage vernacular story complete and add another layer of elegance to any room design. Gold is a gilt and glamour favorite. Here are a few ways to add a surefire level of sophistication to on-trend room designs:

• Choose select accessories, such as a 1960s-inspired sunburst mirror – a very hot item in today’s decorating toolkit;
• Be daring with an accent wall of gold paint or gold-inflected wallpaper;
• Select curtains, area rugs, and other fabrics that have a hint of gold in them;
• Place gold or gold-themed throw pillows on sofas and chairs;
• Frame photos and artwork in gold;
• Hang a few gold sconces to add an element of strategic glitz; and/or
• Place a gold room divider as a feature of sophisticated interest and focus.

Fabric Can Unify Vintage Style Furniture and Gold Accent Tables

Fabrics can be the ultimate unifying element to tie a vintage vernacular story together. Trend-favorites, such as nubby yarns, chenille, jacquards, mohair, velvet, and linen, are highly valued for beauty as well as for the feeling of luxury and comfort they evoke.

Mother Nature continues to trend as a popular theme, especially with stylized birds, branches and leaves, but vintage patterns can supply an absolute playground of design options. Big, bold geometric shapes, such as circles, ovals, and squares, offer a lot of punch for accent. Fabrics in the 1960s and 1970s were about bold, bright graphic prints – such as the iconic Lilly Pulitzer florals. And of course, denim was a big trend of the 1970s. In the psychedelic disco era large geometric repeats and Eastern-inspired patterns were the rage, yielding to floral patterns later in the decade and a passion for chintz. These fabrics and patterns are only a sampling of the many available to choose from to complete a fabulous vintage vernacular story.

Thoughtful Lighting Design Enhances Vintage Style Furniture and Gold Accent Tables

Lighting can have a powerful impact when designing with vintage style furniture, gold accent tables, and other gold elements. Lamps are a perfect place to start: gold on gold – a gold lamp on a gold accent table can make an incredible statement of glamour and elegance when well considered (it’s important to avoid a descent into tackiness!). Lampshades can add amazing contrast and a golden glow to the vintage vernacular story. Trend favorites include a gold lampshade or a neutral lampshade against a gold base; or, the drama created by opting for a dark/black lampshade with gold lining on the inside of the shade.

Lighting can be drawn from vintage or transitional styles. For instance, a 1970s metallic arc floor lamp or 1960s aluminum into wall and pendant fixtures are only two examples of the many choices available.

As to lighting fixtures, both vintage and transitional styles can add impact to a room. Fixtures entirely finished in gold or with gold accents are options, depending on the purpose of the room, functionality, and how the fixture will integrate with the other design elements chosen. Adding high-quality lighting to achieve perfection in specific tasks or for artistic accents, such as back-lighting, is yet another way to beautifully define a vintage vernacular story. A variety of styles in pendants and chandeliers are a great way to add a point of focus to a room; options abound in creative inspiration for incorporating these fixtures.

The Latest Color Trends Can Define Vintage and Transitional Decorating

Designing with vintage style furniture combined with transitional styles calls for a special approach in achieving a sophisticated balance of elegance and innovation. Since gold accent tables and extra gold touches in lighting fixtures and accessories make an inherently very strong statement, neutral or pale colors may be the wisest choice to showcase the room’s overall décor.

The classic neutral transitional style color palette is generally centered on colors, such as taupe, tan, and vanilla. Darker colors, such as dark brown, grey, and black, are used to add depth to the overall design. The vintage vernacular concept can look absolutely smashing with textured, exotic materials. Mixing in gold, silver, mirror, and finishes with a high sheen can also create drama. Vintage furnishings, especially gold accent tables, mixed in with transitional elements in this way provide high-impact elegance to any room.

For a bold, out-of–the-box approach to the vintage vernacular design story, color authority Pantone does it right. The company announced two colors as their 2016 Color of the Year: pastel pink Rose Quartz and powder blue Serenity. Designers have already given the concept a thumbs up, discovering that these pale colors work very well with warm metallic accents, such as brass, copper, rose gold, and gold. Working with these pale colors when planning vintage and transitional pairings, especially with gold accent tables and other gold design elements, can yield a surprising elegance.

Why Gabby Is The Choice for Vintage Style Furniture and Gold Accent Tables

What sets Gabby apart from other home furnishings manufacturers is our inspired incorporation of new, unique materials into our designs and continuous research to ensure a high-level of innovation. Gabby is committed to trend-driven product development and maximum customer satisfaction.

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