Creative Ways to Use Vintage & Antique Accent Furniture in the Bathroom
Creative Ways to Use Vintage & Antique Accent Furniture in the Bathroom
Have you ever wondered about using vintage and antique accents in the bathroom? For decades standard design advice suggested purchasing your high priced luxury bathroom from a big box store. I'm happy to say that you don't require a huge budget to achieve a meaningful transformation. Looking to the past for inspiration and historic beauty with the help of curated items can transform your space. Let's face it; The bathroom is an important room. It is a space that is used often, it starts each day and ends each day. The bathroom is the perfect location for the warmth of aged wood, the delicate texture of lace, and the charming history of vintage items. By layering a few key accent pieces you can blend everyday functionality with serious design drama.
Here are four clever ways to rethink vintage accent furniture.
The Plant Stand: Taming the Awkward Space -
Bathrooms are notorious for having weird and unusable gaps --- between the vanity and the wall, the toilet, and tight corners. Plants are a great idea but bringing plants into the bathroom can be a location challenge. The solution; A tall, slender plant stand that takes up minimal floor space while drawing the eye upward. 
"This particular slender plant stand with it's warm wood patina was a recent find. We knew it would be perfect for this tight corner. In our shop, Randomly Beautiful Collectibles llc, we are always on the lookout for pieces with this small narrow footprint because they solve such specific design dilemmas." RBC
Other solutions; Ceiling hooks or vintage plant poles can give additional living space to your plants while bringing a high end luxury feel to your space. High-humidity loving plants (like the trailing Pothos shown) soften the harsh bathroom lines. Use the lower shelf of the stand to display a beautiful object or to hold a spare roll of toilet paper.
2. Vintage Accent Table: Drama Meets Function
Bringing a piece of furniture traditionally meant for a parlor or living room creates instant design drama.
An ornate accent table can turn a functional item into an elegant focal point, providing space for storage and show. Use vintage glass trays or mirrored trays to protect the furniture and bounce the light into the room. The top tier stays elegant displaying your favorite items while the lower tier adds functional storage for everyday items like cotton swabs, bath salts or a stack of clean towels.
3. The Low Step Stool: The unsung Hero of Functionality
When creating a functional storage space going vertical is the answer. These high locations can be a challenge to reach. The solution, a sturdy low wooden stool adds grounded warmth to the floor while serving multiple purposes. it's not just for reaching high plants for watering; it can also hold a book, a candle or bath towels near the soaking tub.
4. Vintage Shelving: Breaking the rules of design
Don't get bogged down by what a piece of furniture used to be. Vintage decor is all about reimagining. Shelves don't need to match in wood tone or style to look wonderful together. Best of all they don't even have to be hung "properly." Taking a corner shelf or a piece with unique framing and hanging it horizontal creates a perfectly flat, secure ledge for an orchid pot and a glass terrarium. It turns a standard wall into an art installation.
"The fun part about sourcing for Randomly Beautiful Collectible llc is finding items that can be turned upside down or reimagined --- Like using this vintage corner shelf horizontally."RBC
Embrace the Imperfect
At the end of the day decorating with vintage is all about breaking the rules and letting your personality shine. A bathroom doesn't have to be a seamless suite of "matchy matchy" color coordination to feel cohesive. In fact; it is the mismatched wood, the warm patinas, and the reimagined use of vintage accents that make the space uniquely curated and personal.
A Note on finding Your Own Pieces:
If your feeling inspired but don't have hours to spend finding your perfect vintage piece, we are here to help. That's exactly why I started Randomly Beautiful Collectibles llc. We offer our services to find your something special, we do the hunting, cleaning and curating for you. Let us know your hearts desire and we will do our best to bring it home to you. Contact us Today!