Decor from old items

Old items are widely collected for home decor

Old items sought

After a stressful working day, Nguyen Tuong An returned home, and turned on the Model 2971 Electro Brand cassette radio to listen to music.

The music from the cassette radio helps Tuong An remove his fatigue, and it is the old items he collected to decorate his living space that relax An's eyes after many hours of working on the computer.

Tuong An said, "Those collectibles are really valuable because just looking at them for a moment helps to forget the pressures of life."

In modern life, many people are in the habit of returning to nostalgia, and old items give them that feeling.

Nguyen Cong Danh, 31, said the age of technology makes it easier to find old items. On Facebook, there are websites to buy, sell, collect, and exchange old items. The price is not too cheap, but not too expensive. When passionate, a collector is ready to pay for an item of millions of dong, which is necessary for a certain position of his house.

“I have gone to work, saved money, then gradually collected the items I liked to decorate the house corners for 3 years of pursuing that passion, I have an old radio with a wood shell, a shelf for cassette tapes, a few old phones, a vintage (classic) lamp …, " Cong Danh boasted.

There are quite a lot of old items many people love to collect, mostly antique salon tables and chairs, old bookcases, cassette radios, vintage lights, dial phones, antique watches, and typewriters…

Ms. Nguyen Thi Huong Tra, who has just collected a set of tables and chairs, said during the subsidy period, wood tables and chairs were known as high-class furniture that only moneyed families could afford them.

This is a vintage decoration that is of not only display value but also use value. It makes a difference. The old tables and chairs create a strange and unique living space while bringing sophistication, elegance, and warmth.

Creative from each idea

Finding a satisfactory old item is one thing; bringing it home to decorate is another, requiring the collector to be creative from each angle. Tuong An said that before bringing old items home, it is necessary to shape the design corner of the house. Some items have to be gradually collected, and space must be reserved to complement the missing items in the collection of old items.

Many young people love to decorate their living spaces with old items

Historical hallmark in a modern house through the appearance of old items creates a highlight for the living space, reflecting each person's personality. In this day and age, many people desire to create their own identity and express their "ego" not only through their dressing but also in their living space. To ensure artistry, many people go online to research the ideas of the display to create living spaces to their taste.

“Old-style items appear mostly in Art & Crafts interior styles (using a lot of wood and handcrafted items), decoration of Art Deco, Art Nouveau (new art) or Clasicism quite fond of old items because of their sophisticated beauty, meticulous decoration, and cultural hallmarks in each item," Cong Danh analyzed.

Nowadays, there remain many ideas to recycle old wood furniture into new excellent furniture. Collectors of old wood items turn old wood doors into shelves, recycle old wall photo frames into mirrors or turn old photo frames into small and pretty trays to hold fruit or sundries instead of a plate, etc.

With a little bit of ingenuity and creativity, many new items for home decor can be created from old items without costing too much.