Modern Vintage Style: Using Vintage Pieces in the Contemporary Home

In Modern Vintage Style, Emily Chalmers—interiors stylist and owner of hip boutique Caravan—shows how using vintage items in a contemporary context can introduce humor, flair, and personality to a home.

Think antique and brand new, machine-made and handcrafted, shiny smooth and distressed, plastic and porcelain, all mixed up in a fresh, original way. Decorating should be fun and inspiring, so there are no style diktats; no “this-must-go-with-that”. Modern vintage is all about trusting your instincts and taste and using a bit of imagination in seeking out the right items to create a perfect balance of old and new. In the first section of the book, Inspirations, Emily offers up imaginative and varied examples of furniture, lighting, textiles, decorating, and collections & display. In the second section, Style, she shows you exactly how to pull the look together, applying her decorating philosophy so you can cook & eat, live, sleep, and bathe in tune with Modern Vintage Style.

Emily Chalmers is a interiors stylist and author who excels at using more dash than cash to create inspirational interiors. Her work has appeared in several magazines and newspapers and she now happily combines work with play running her destination design store Caravan in London. She is the author of the bestselling Flea Market Style�

ALI HANAN is a connoisseur of flea-market style, who lives in London. She has written for several leading interiors publications, including Elle Decoration and Livingetc. She is the author of several interiors books and co-author of Cheap Chic (Ryland Peters & Small).�