One of the fastest ways to bring warmth to your home is to fill it with history. Family heirlooms are a wonderful way to celebrate your roots while decorating with items that create personality in your living space. From antique cameras to vintage photos, your family’s treasures can create an intimate, interesting home décor style.
Out in the Open
Displaying family heirlooms on bookshelves and other easily accessible areas of your home may make you a bit nervous—especially if they are fragile—but can create an interesting juxtaposition between the old and the new in your home. If you’re worried about little ones knocking items off of shelves, try this decorating style with items that aren’t breakable and/or easily moved, such as old keepsake boxes, coat racks, etc.
Behind Closed Doors
With the right curio or bookshelf with glass doors, you can keep your family heirlooms front and center while protecting them from kids, pets, and anything else that may cause them to take a tumble. Putting your family keepsakes behind glass protects them from dust and creates a chic, elegant display that will draw the attention of visitors, ensuring that your family heirlooms (and your taste in furniture) are admired and appreciated by all of your guests.
Open Shelving
Open shelving is extremely trendy right now, and for good reason. You can use metallic shelving to display antique heirlooms in a way that creates textural interest. Additionally, a wood shelf with a distinct grain can highlight the warmth that your family heirlooms bring into the room. No matter what material you choose, an open shelving display will bring a flair of modern design to your home that can be very interesting next to the keepsakes these shelves hold.
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