Stylish Vintage Kitchen Ideas

vintage kitchen
Photo: Charles Walton IV, Ralph Anderson

These vintage-inspired kitchens get a pop of personality with salvage finds and nostalgic details.

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Cozy Vintage Kitchen

Vintage Style Kitchen
Photo: Laurey W. Glenn

Give your kitchen a down-home, authentic feel by incorporating nostalgic style elements.

Our first kitchen features a small but efficient island that holds refrigerator drawers and a bookcase for cookbooks. Painted deep gray to contrast with the lighter color of the cabinets and topped with marble, it feels vintage and perhaps even original to the house.

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1930s Throwback Kitchen

Style and Sensibility
Charles Walton IV, Ralph Anderson

This small, 1930s kitchen returns to its retro roots without sacrificing modern space and functionality. The center island replaces enough counter space to fit a clothes washer and dryer in the room. Details like the farmhouse sink and green glass tile add throwback style.

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Rustic Lake House Kitchen

Rustic Lake House Kitchen
Photo: Helen Norman

To complement the rustic wood wall, Designer Richard Tubb chose freestanding restaurant-grade stainless steel cabinetry and enlisted blacksmith Darren Hardman to craft a custom steel island. Open shelving confines dishware to the essentials, while a row of bare Edison lightbulbs provides general and task lighting.

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Farm-Fresh Look

Farm-Fresh Look
Photo: Erik Johnson

New cabinets made with recessed beaded-board panels reflect the simple, homespun character of this kitchen. The butter yellow farmhouse sink completes the look.

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Classic Materials

Classic Materials
Photo: Laurey W. Glenn

The builder of this home made classic choices such as the white subway tile, the vintage-style hardware on the cabinets, and a mahogany top on the island.

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Salvage Finds

Salvage FindsKitchen
Photo: Roger Davis

Some of the best treasures in this kitchen are found objects. The homeowners used old ship lights for a chandelier in the kitchen. Shrimpers' rope accents the edge of the countertop that is supported by columns found at another old house.

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Retro Pops of Color

Retro Pops of Color

These fresh white cabinets are a beautiful background for retro laminate countertops and a vintage-inspired stove.

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Charming Farmhouse Kitchen

Charming Farmhouse Kitchen
Photo: Helen Norman

Typically used for barn roofing, the kitchen's corrugated material adds authentic farmhouse charm for only about $15 per sheet.

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Delicious Design

Delicious Design
Charles Walton IV

In this new kitchen, intersecting timbers cross the ceiling to capture vintage character.

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Cottage Kitchen

Cottage Kitchen

Nothing adds vintage, cottage appeal to a space like beaded board. Pair with warm wood, dusty green, and crisp white to complete the look.

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Personalized Taste

Personalized Taste

From the salvage wood walls to the bevy of vintage trinkets, this kitchen has big personality.

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Antique Texas Kitchen

Antique Texas Kitchen
Photo: Tria Giovan, Styling: Matthew Gleason

Adding to the overall mix of styles and time periods in the kitchen, a vintage-inspired iron chandelier hangs above the sleek center island. Hand-scraped wood flooring by Shaw Floors is made from recycled materials and mimics the look of antique wide-plank floors.

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Historic Appearance

Historic Appearance

To achieve vintage charm with modern function, choose state-of-the-art components designed, whenever possible, in turn-of-the-century style.

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Details With Character

Ideas for Southern Homes: Kitchen Cabinet Details
Photo: Erica George Dines

The inset cabinets and bin pulls add to the old-house aesthetic of the room. The homeowners decided to splurge on details in the kitchen and family room because they knew that they would spend most of their time in that area.

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Nostalgic Addition

Nostalgic Addition
Photo: Erica George Dines

The antique rug adds a sense of history to the brand-new room.

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Vintage-Inspired Accents

Vintage-Inspired Accents
Photo: Annie Schlechter

To keep the room from feeling too flat, add color and texture with accessories such as curtains and a jute rug. The vintage look of the house is reinforced with a new tongue-and-groove wood-plank ceiling and a trio of oversize globe lights, a splurge item.

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Punchy Pastels

Pool House Kitchen
Photo: Evan Sklar

A mint green refrigerator (bigchill.com) and Moroccan tiles on the floor and backsplash (mosaichse.com) add a nostalgic punch of color to this kitchen.

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