Text by Claire Pool
Unique pieces with intricate details bestow a hint of history and vintage air to any cottage space.
Whether they’re mingled with modern décor or styled together for old-fashioned ambience, treasured heirloom accents create a lovely effect. Enhance your home’s vintage style by displaying a patinaed mantel clock for eye-catching drama or a collection of antique books that has more than one story to tell. Gilt finishes add subtle shine to precious trinket boxes and frames surrounding delicate artwork.
Soft dabs of color and freshness cast intrigue to this vintage vignette. From pale pink to blush, English garden roses gathered in crystal bud vases are a sweet-scented addition. Beloved linens edged in lace and soft ribbon twined around books continue the feminine feel of the scene.
![“I think my own personal style is a bit of French design [and] a little bit of English, but I just love that overly collected, curated, layered space that looks lived in and comfortable,” Paige says.](https://thecottagejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Photo-May-05-2022-2-46-08-PM_OTR-feat-218x150.jpg "Designer Paige Kontrafouris Layers Her 100-Year-Old Home with Collected Treasures")
