An original and elegant laundry corner? Let's add some vintage touches
When changing or renovating a home, a very common wish is to create a laundry room/corner. This is a space to store laundry, hang up clothes to dry, and, of course, a place for the washing machine, dryer, and everything needed to deal with laundering.
However, these spaces, although functional, often risk becoming very messy and unattractive. So, how can we make them look and feel decent again? Well, let's check out 14 ideas to achieve this goal and that hark back to bygone times:
1. Colors and furnishings
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To give a room a vintage feel, the choice of colors is crucial. Shades of brown, beige, and various light sandy tones provide a retro feel that will quickly transform the space. Furnishings such as a wicker basket, dried flowers, and vintage-styled floor tiles will complete the picture perfectly.
2. Pastel environment
Choosing light pastel tones, perhaps in shades of pink or lilac, could be the right way to stylishly decorate your laundry corner. A touch of elegance will come from the choice of elements to be deployed and displayed, such as a group of transparent jars containing laundry essentials.
3. Stripes and simplicity
In this example, simplicity and minimalism take center stage. These two elements, when combined with other details, will give life to a decidedly old-fashioned feel to the space.
4. The wonders of green...
Yes, green in all its shades and nuances is a color that works well if we want to give a sense of elegant antiquity to our laundry area. Combining it with flowers and perhaps some gold fittings and fixtures will finish the look.
5. Tiles and lots of wood
The contrast between the light tiles and the dark wood, both of the shelves and the objects on them, will create the right tonal balance to make the laundry area feel decidedly vintage.
6. Vases, containers and dried flowers
It takes very little to give a space this vintage style. Decorative items are often essential, especially if the desired result is to look old-fashioned. Check out here what can be achieved with the simple use of brown jars and a few dried flowers... wow!
7. Just change the shape of the sink...
Yes, of course, in the laundry room, there must be a point where we can handwash clothes or where water is needed in general. A sink becomes indispensable, but what shape should we choose for our vintage laundry room? Here's a clear and striking example: square shapes are highly suitable for this purpose. The contrast with brass fittings is truly unique.
8. A sign from a bygone era
In olden days, it was not uncommon to find signage advertising a business, and laundries were no exception. Why not bring this detail into your home? A simple sign, perhaps framed or mounted to the wall, is enough to achieve a great look.
9. Some details on the walls
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Putting items on the walls, like pictures or drawings of old washing machines or vintage laundry shops, could be ideal for achieving a style change with little effort.
10. Wallpaper
Wallpaper was very popular in the past, so choosing it for the upper part of the walls (or even for the entire room) will create a unique, vintage atmosphere.
11. Patterned wallpaper
Make any laundry room feel cozier with a patterned wallpaper that will put a smile on your face (even when you're doing the washing).
12. Rough-cut beams for the ceiling
Let's not forget about the floors, the walls, and also the ceiling. The ceiling is also crucial for decorating a room, and, in this case, choosing to use exposed raw dark wood beams that majestically overlook the room can only make our laundry room look and feel more unique.
13. Objects left casually lying around...
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Sometimes we enter rooms and notice objects that seem to have been casually left there, put down without much care or attention. To embellish a room, in some cases, it is precisely the placing of common items in a "disordered" way that gives the space a lived-in feel.
14. We transfer the detergents
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Not much space to "play" with? Well, let's focus on the detergents. Simply by transferring these from their ordinary plastic bottles to charming glass bottles will be an easy-to-do change that will give a vintage charm to your laundry corner.
Have you seen how many simple ways there are to transform your laundry? It will take very little to make it unique, elegant, but above all, vintage-feeling. After all, isn't that what you wanted all along?
