It’s very easy to get overwhelmed when it comes to mixing different looks in your home. If you do it right, mixing modern furniture with vintage looks can look very stylish and can create interest in your home that usually contains modern furniture. A rocking chair (Dutch: schommelstoel) or a chaise lounge (Dutch: Chaise longue) can be modern furniture that will take your interior to the next level.

 

If you’re thinking about adding some vintage-style pieces to your home and combining them with your modern furniture, we recommend that you consider some of our simple tips for mixing modern furniture with a vintage look, or when you’re two mixing different styles.

Scale Proportions When Combining Modern Furniture With Vintage Styles

Manage the ratio of the two different styles, keeping in mind your end goal and how you want your modern furniture to match your new vintage style pieces. Do you want to lean towards more modern or more vintage? If you’re leaning towards more modern furniture, consider adding some vintage-style accessories and accents. If you’re leaning towards more vintage, add some modern accessories.

Mixing Modern Furniture and Vintage in Your Home

To maintain a cohesive look throughout your home, you need a good balance between vintage and modern furniture. For example, if your office space is mostly vintage with a touch of modern furniture and accessories, then you might want to consider doing the opposite in your living room. This would mean that instead of a touch of modern, your living room would be mostly modern furniture with a touch of vintage style. Many interior designers suggest that 80% of your room be in one style and the other 20% in the other.

Bring your modern furniture together with vintage colors

The easiest way to combine your modern furniture with your vintage pieces is to bring everything together through color. For example, if you have vintage accessories or modern furniture, you can bring the looks together by taking a color out of your accessories and buying furniture in those colors – or a similar tone. An example of this could be pulling a color out of a painting or vintage vase, if the pieces have a green cast to them then bring those colors to the fore in your modern furniture.