Repositioning Antiques

I love antiques, and our home has a mix of antiques with some traditional furniture. It is possible to mix old with new, and that makes a room more personal rather than having a room that looks like a showroom. However, sometimes with antiques they just aren't as useful as more modern furniture. So, why not find another purpose, or reposition it somehow? We used to have a beautiful tall antique coat rack in the entry hall. It was beautiful, yes. But as kids grew a bit, and with lots of kids coming to the house, what we really needed was a coat rack and a place to sit down in the entry way. We moved the antique coat rack to a basement hall, which looks great there. Then, we brought in a bench as well as a coat rack/shelf to put above the bench. So, we're still using the antique rack, but in another area of our home.

Another antique item that is being used differently then it's intended purpose is a set of seven antique stained glass windows. I would love to have them as actual windows in our home, yes. But, what I did was hang each one on a wrought iron curtain rod in various places on our living room walls. They also draw your eye upward toward the vaulted ceiling. The windows really are the only piece of art we need there, as they are quite a focal point, and our butter yellow walls peak out from underneath.

Enjoy incorporating antiques into your home, they are timeless.