Trend Alert: Vintage Inspired Lighting

Do you prefer a timeless look in your home? Part of this will be not changing light fixtures every couple of years because you’ve grown to dislike them after a while. Vintage Inspired Lighting brings a timeless charm into modern and contemporary spaces. These light fixtures don’t need to be extremely ornate or like something you’d find in your grandparent’s house – Vintage Inspired Lighting is taking the interior design industry by storm!

This Trend Alert focuses on Vintage Inspired Lighting as we share our top design tips and considerations to take into account when considering vintage inspired lighting in your home. Let’s take a closer look!

Why we love vintage inspired lighting!

We love vintage-inspired lighting because it adds a timeless look to any space. It’s also a really diverse style of lighting that can be used throughout the home! From intricate and statement chandeliers to frosted glass wall sconces – there’s something for everyone and any application.

Vintage inspired lighting typically takes design cues from the mid-century modern and art deco eras. This means light fixtures that include intricate glass, intricate details, and frosted or tinted glass. The metal for these fixtures are typically brass but there are chrome and nickel options on the market too.

How to use vintage inspired lighting 

Adding vintage inspired lighting into your home is relatively straightforward! 

Instead of choosing a simple and modern table lamp, consider a mid-century inspired one! And where glass or exposed bulbs come into play, choose a frosted or fluted glass design instead. Alternatively, simply choosing a more ornately detailed chandelier, ceiling light, or wall sconce can help to embrace vintage inspired lighting in your home.

Over the kitchen island, choose a linear fluted glass light fixture to embrace the Art Deco look.

What to watch out for with vintage inspired lighting

As with any interior design trend, there are some considerations to take into account when thinking of using vintage inspired lighting in your home…

While it may be tempted to completely embrace the vintage inspired lighting look, too much of the same style or type of lighting can look unbalanced and dated. Look to use a combination of vintage inspired pieces with more contemporary ones to ensure a modern and up-to-date look is achieved.

With some Art Deco inspired light fixtures that feature fluted glass, some unwanted shadows may be created. To counteract these, make sure there are recessed lights in the ceiling to mask any shadows.

Ways to make vintage inspired lighting last in your home

Vintage inspired lighting can last for many years in your home!

The most important thing is to choose fixtures that you absolutely love! And those that are more on the timeless side so you don’t grow tired of them in a few years’ time. Choose a few vintage inspired light fixtures that work with modern and contemporary pieces to help weave the style into your home.

We love designing all areas of the home here at Innovatus Design. Please don’t hesitate to reach out if you have a bedroom design question or would like help with your remodel! We work in person in the greater Chicagoland area and offer virtual design services across the U.S.!

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