Kitchen lighting ideas are a key factor when designing a vintage kitchen.
A mix of wall lights that offer downward task lighting and beautiful pendants that provide wider lighting is the most effective way to achieve this.
There are plenty of different vintage lighting designs available that will imbue your home with a heritage feel, but if you’re buying an antique, make sure you do so from a reputable company that restores reclaimed lights to today’s safety standards. Skinflint (opens in new tab), which provided the vintage Czech pendant light above the sink in this Midland Architecture (opens in new tab) kitchen design, is one such company.
When curating your vintage kitchen, consider the tonality of the materials. With solid floors and lots of cupboards, the kitchen can feel quite cold, the opposite of the welcoming atmosphere that a vintage scheme tries to give – that’s where freestanding kitchens come in.
“Matching dark antique woods with light cabinetry is a great way to add depth to your kitchen’s color scheme, where the warm, richer accents contrast with cool neutral tones,” advises George Miller, home designer at Neptune (opens in new tab) “A a good example would be to include an old vintage chest of drawers or pantry in a modern kitchen. This will create a stylish modern feel that builds on traditional country kitchen ideas.
