5 Ways To Add a Touch of Antique to Your Home

Sometimes the difference between a nice room and a beautifully decorated room can rely on a single statement piece or eye-catching element. Adding a great antique or vintage piece to your kitchen is an excellent way to create this missing element. Whether you have to scour the Internet or venture into your local antique shops on the weekends, these five pieces are worth easily adding to your décor.

Butcher’s Block

If you have the space and money for a large antique purchase, an old butcher’s block is a handsome, functional buy. Butcher’s blocks give you added counter space, which is always needed by active cooks. Many antique stores carry antique butcher’s blocks made from old, well-worn wood and frequently imported from Europe.

Antique Water Pitcher

Water Pitchers are a wonderful, antique touch for a kitchen because they can do so much more than simply pour the water. Pitchers are great for holding cooking utensils or acting as vases. They can even be a work of art on a countertop. Pitchers come in all shapes, sizes, and designs, so it should not be too hard to find a vintage pitcher to fit your kitchen’s style. If your taste is sophisticated and antique, look for a ceramic pitcher featuring painted, rustic scenes. You might also opt for a silver pitcher. For those with a more retro yen, mid-century pieces are funky and fun.

Spice jars

In the modern era, spices are typically kept in the containers they are bough in from the store, or, for ingredients like flour, in simple, large airtight containers. If you want a bit more pizazz or a stylish way to keep these kitchen staples, then thank generations past that produced beautiful ceramic spice jars. The jars can typically be found in sets and are painted with designs and labels. They are an amazing way to store the frequently used spices out in the open.

Drawer Pulls

Next time you are browsing an antique store or consignment shop, keep an eye out for drawer pulls. You may be able to find them unattached to a piece of furniture, but you can also make an offer on just the piece’s drawer pulls. Elaborate iron pulls or pretty, painted knobs can easily be switched out for the pulls you already have in your home. It is a simple touch of the antique.

Mirror

If you have a small kitchen or a kitchen that shares space with other living areas, then a mirror is a good addition to your walls. Because of the way mirrors reflect light, they create the illusion of a much bigger space, which is nice for small rooms. Hanging a mirror with an antique frame is a beautiful piece for a wall, because an elaborate or fun frame makes the mirror a work of art.