In our last article we discussed some of the keys to decorate
keys to decorate a vintage room
a trend that, as we have already explained, is still going strong in interior design this 2015. After the first installment, in which we talked about the need to reinforce the brand image through decoration, as well as the importance of making the design become part of the leisure experience of the bar, restaurant or cafeteria, we continue our Decalogue on this subject. A promise is a promise!
We delve, in this line, into the keys to decorate a vintage room with an eclectic personality. With these five new decotips to underline the character of the business in question we complete this practical guide:
6. Just like at home
By recovering furniture with history, vintage decoration looks to the past to bring the essence of yesterday to the present. And it does so in a way to make you feel ‘at home’, to evoke the home through furniture and decorative elements ‘close’, somehow endearing or simply unique for having survived the passage of time, which ‘load them with memories’ despite being alien to the customer. As we mentioned in the previous post, this look at yesterday coexists with contemporary elements or is modernized in the case of recovered furniture (vintage) or inspired by another era (retro pieces), so that past and future meet again to reinterpret each other and together.
With this dialectic – which combines antique with modern designs and/or contrasts classic and contemporary – the aim is to recreate an atmosphere that is easy to connect with, creating an affinity with the client through a decoration that is as personal as it is cosmopolitan. Ultimately it is about creating a comfortable, cozy and comfortable place where everyone feels ‘at home’. This is why sometimes ornaments and furniture that are not usually contextualized in a bar, café or nightclub are used, as they are more appropriate for the home or any other space due to their ability to inspire intimate ‘bonds’.
7. Create several environments
Not only in vintage premises, but also in those of any other style, differentiating environments helps to provide services in a more specialized way, adapting the decoration to the use of the space in question. Small recycled side tables small recycled tables combined with pouffes, retro or vintage sofas and/or Louis XV style armchairs can decorate the part dedicated to coffees, cocktails and drinks, for example. For this same area, some people opt for high stools in a modern style.
modern or industrial
or industrial style combined with tables at the same height. In the area dedicated to enjoy the gastronomic section in its different aspects, elegant wooden tables can be placed with vintage, retro or industrial chairs. Or a mix of hospitality furniture in different styles.
We already mentioned in the previous article that the creation of a common nexus linked to a theme (musical, cinematographic, recreational, sports, etc.) can help to combine different styles. The restaurant Trece, which is also a fashion showroom, is a good example. This maxim is also valid for unifying environments and spaces.
8. Unique, reclaimed, recycled pieces
Unique, recovered and recycled pieces are part of the leitmotiv of vintage aesthetics. Its use also underlines the personality of the space, creating a singular place.
Pallet sofas, recycled tables
recycled tables, elegant chandeliers, design pieces… the possibilities are many when it comes to enhance the character of the vintage room.
9. Walls with personality
In his taste for the past, the vintage style has rescued from oblivion lost currents of yesterday, which have resurfaced with strength from his hand. This is the case of wallpaper, which has been a trend for a few years now. Also this 2015. The vintage aesthetic does not only use wallpaper to give personality and style to the walls: antique mirrors, paintings, posters and vintage or retro advertisements serve the same purpose. The moldings and exposed structures -such as beams, pipes and exposed brick- the wooden planks or the slate on some of the walls give an industrial air that combines perfectly with the vintage style.
10. Classy and stylish lighting
Candles, candelabras, lamps of different styles, industrial aesthetic bulbs… will give a chic touch to the vintage place, achieving a classy lighting.
Bonus Track. Let the place speak about your brand
In general, but mainly in franchises and stores of the same chain, the ideal is that the decoration of each café, restaurant or hotel reinforces the brand image. In this way, the design is unified, anticipating what awaits the clientele. Becoming a trusted business, where even before entering, the potential public senses the delights that await inside becomes a very desirable goal.
In order for the store to show its seal, the identity that defines it and differentiates it from the rest, it is best to associate it with corporate colors, the brand itself and a very specific aesthetic that somehow summarizes its specialties, either directly or indirectly. To have
franchise furniture and customized furniture for the hotel and catering business
always helps to conquer this goal. That is why in Fiaka Ambient we have specialized in services such as these to decorate
100% personalized premises
.