How to organise your home using antiques

Vintage pieces offer all the storage solutions you need, from shelves for your miniatures to cabinets for your linens

Published: January 7, 2019 at 10:00 am

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Think creatively when organising your hallway. Make use of plenty of hooks, store coats in attractive vintage trunks and arrange different-sized crates on top of each other for a cool and practical industrial vibe.

An exposed brick hallway with hooks and antique trunks used to store winter coats and blankets — - -

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In a bedroom, make use of your surfaces by adding attractive pieces that double up as handy storage for jewellery, scarves and other treasured objects.

A vintage drawer unit on a dressing table used to store make up, jewellery and scarves — Sectional archive drawers £995, Eyespy. On drawers: vintage glass hand-engraved chemist’s measure from £10, Nineteen; silver beaded perfume bottle London (1919) £19, Focus On The Past; silver rimmed glass perfume bottle £39, Focus On The Past; flowers in jug canvas, and scissors, both stylist’s own. Victorian pine miniature chest £190, Focus On The Past. In chest: scarves, stylist’s own; agate necklace £20, Focus On The Past. On chest: books and postcards, stylist’s own; glass silver band perfume bottle £28, Focus On The Past; Bequai mirror cabinet £39.95, Nkuku; Lisner brooch £8, and vintage brooch £6.50, both Focus On The Past. - -

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In a corner of your living room, set up a quiet, calm area that’s perfect for study. Incorporate vintage task lamps, large wall maps and a metal filing cabinet to create a space that’s a pleasure to spend time in.

A vintage orange wire tray atop a green metal filing cabinet. — - -

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In your kitchen, turn a simple shelving unit into an eye-catching piece. Choose your favourite wares, from ceramic bowls to kilner jars, to display all manner of cupboard staples in an appealing manner.

A vintage shelving unit is used to display copper pans and jars of larder essentials in a kitchen. — - -

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Every family bathroom needs a cupboard for towels, toiletries and other sundry items. And if it has glass doors, that’s an even better excuse to treat it as a cabinet for your collections.

A glass-doored vintage display cabinet is used to show off towels, toiletries and plants in a bathroom. — - -

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Do away with convention in a bedroom and replace bedside tables with a tall locker unit. Add plenty of rustic touches with a metal bed, vintage Anglepoise lamp, and an oversized initial.

A grey vintage metal locker is used as a bedside table to a distressed metal bed. — - -

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If you own a large collection of small curios, you’ll need a clever way to display them. Step forward the printer’s tray. With its many sections of varying sizes you can store all manner of sentimental objects, from vintage condiment pots to old Cluedo cards, via shells, badges, toy cars, passport photos and more.

An antique printers tray is mounted on the wall and used to display a collection of small curios — - -

All prices and product names correct at time of publication.