Vintage Scandinavian furniture is minimalist furniture par excellence. They are characterized by clean lines, natural materials, functional design and bright colors and are the perfect example of a style that is essential, yet warm, cozy and welcoming.
Here are our design tips for decorating a minimal home with vintage Nordic-style furniture!
How to decorate home in minimal Nordic style with vintage Scandinavian furniture
When one thinks of Scandinavian style, wooden furniture, soft wool blankets, and a bright, enveloping atmosphere where white and its shades dominate. This idea is not entirely true, since the 1950s and 1960s Scandinavian style has in fact been characterized by vibrant design and also by the presence of warm colors and materials other than wood.
It is true, however, that the Nordic style involves large and bright spaces, the use of a few functional and well placed pieces of furniture and the choice of pieces with clean lines. All this, however, without being aseptic, each room should in fact be warm and cozy, with a personal style, and this is possible thanks also and above all to decorating with vintage furniture of Scandinavian design.
Vintage Scandinavian furniture has a minimalist and timeless design. They are rare, sometimes unique pieces that make any room more welcoming and enchant with their beauty and charm. They are the perfect elements to give the right warmth to the room and to furnish in a basic but functional way.
Casafika's advice: little furniture but functional
When you want to furnish your home in minimal and Scandinavian style, the advice is to opt for a few pieces of furniture. In this case, vintage Nordic furniture is perfect, because it has an essential style, but is extremely functional.
Our advice is to choose furniture elements that are multifunctional and have a folding or extending design, ideal for fitting into even the smallest spaces and furnishing a minimalist home in perfect Nordic style.
You can choose, for example. vintage extendable oak tables, space-saving but perfect for comfortably accommodating the whole family, folding tables for use only on special occasions, or bedside tables with multiple shelves to keep the room tidy.
In this way, ample space, coziness and perfect harmony will always be guaranteed in the home.
Furniture with something to tell
Choose vintage Nordic-style furniture to furnish your home in hygge style allows you to enrich your decor with their timeless beauty.
Each piece of vintage furniture with its signs of time and details impossible to replicate has a story to tell, to which we can add pieces of our own creating something unique.
Choosing to buy vintage Nordic-style furniture also means owning a piece of history and culture, a rare or even unique piece of furniture that is hard to find on the market. In perfect hygge style.
Lots of light and bright lamps
A Nordic-style home cannot lack light, both natural and artificial. Every space should be bright and perfectly lit, to make the room feel larger and cozy at the same time.
Minimal style involves the use of hanging or wall lamps in particular, to take up little space and make the room even more functional. Such as the vintage wall lamp in Scandinavian style or the “Bumling” lamp by Anders Pehrson, which with its vibrant yellow color makes any room warmer, livelier and more welcoming.
In large spaces, however, you can also choose floor lamps, which are perfect to match with sideboards and chests of drawers, TV cabinets or even bookcases. In our selection of vintage lamps there are minimal models such as the Semi 47‘vintage pendant lamp, ideal for the living room or bedroom, and also more distinctive models such as the vintage metal lamps with a bright red color, perfect for adding character to any room.
Combinations of wood and other materials
The minimal Scandinavian style involves a lot of wood furniture, but among the vintage Nordic-style furniture and furnishings there are plenty of pieces made of other materials that go well with natural wood.
Some examples? Metal lamps, such as Anders Pehrson’s “Bumling” model, which is silver in color and perfect to match with a wooden armchair or TV cabinet.
Then there are the mixed-material pieces, which evoke a more modern, industrial minimalist style, such as the teak and metal wall bookcase, ideal to enrich with books, candles or plants to make the atmosphere hygge and cozy.
