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Antiques can be a creative addition to your home, and there several different themes antiques can go with when it comes to choosing your home decor. Use these helpful hints to learn how to incorporate antiques into your home's interior design. Image via www.createinspireme.blogspot.com Blend styles It takes some practice, but antiques tend to look best when they are in company of other antiques. Find pieces that compliment each other's style. The pieces may be very different, and that contrast may be what makes it work so great! Use contrasts Contrasting antiques is a strong home decor technique. Mixing and matching darks with lights, print with solid, and sharp with smooth will make your antiquing a success. Vintage inspired home decor Along with your antiques should come other home decor that is vintage inspired. Vintage inspired means that the decor is not actually vintage, but instead appears to follow trends from years passed. For ins...

If you're an antique lover, you'll love this post! Antiques and bygone homefeatures are on there way back in, and they're going to be trending all year long. Check out some neat home features that are considered bygone, but not for long! Telephone Nook A way of the "good 'ol days," the phone nook is a classic bygone that folks seem to really like. Of course, you could use this small space as a closet, but why not spruce it up with a decorative chair and end table to enjoy a conversation with someone you love who is far away? Image via www.houzz.com Dumbwaiter It certainly isn't a nice name, but the dumbwaiter is a bygone home feature that can be an attractive attribute for any modern home. As the name entails, it was used by waiters or butlers to transport goods to another part of the home, but multistory homes could benefit from this feature, too! Image via www.houzz.com Mailbox Hooks Remember snail mail? Yeah, me ...

If you've ever noticed the exquisite architecture that older, antique furniture has, you know how beautiful it truly can be. Unfortunately, a lot of antique pieces have a great silhouette, but really lack in color concepts and print. For instance, it's pretty common to see Victorian furniture have tons of detail and craftsmanship, and then the fabric ends up being ugly and just too much. Heavy floral patterns are typical.  Luckily, we've found a way to incorporate the architecture and wash out the heavy, over-bearing prints associated with such furniture. You'll need White latex paint (satin, eggshell) Textile or fabric bottles of paint Bristle paint brush  Small tipped paint brush for details Mixing container and stirrer  Spray bottle of water 100 grit sandpaper Your piece of furniture Image via www.inmyownstyle.com Directions  Mix the two paints together in your container Spray to lightly dampen fabric before working Appl...