A home that feels lived-in and inviting always has one thing in abundance: vintage pieces. In fact, the answer to a characterful home lies in one easy tweak: adding at least one thrifted piece to every room.
While it can be tricky to decipher how much of a room should be vintage, adding at least one thrifted treasure to your schemes is an unparalleled way to make a home feel instantly more eclectic and personality-filled.
'Imagine if our rooms all looked the same!' says Laura Keeler Pierce of Keeler & Co.' While designing, I'm constantly asking what will make a space feel more rooted, more personal. In a kitchen, it might be a collection of old berry bowls. In a bedroom, it may be an antique bench or a painted chest, or the old, chipped stoneware dish that holds jewelry on the nightstand. Living rooms come alive with Canterbury racks filled with dogeared magazines or botanical prints passed through the generations. Pieces don't have to be valuable if they carry meaning – and charm! These are the pieces that create the tension between old and new, and that's where a house begins to feel truly timeless and just like home.'
