Styling ideas for vintage wallpaper and floral vases

Beautiful ways to display your eBay or car-boot finds

Wallpaper

Vintage wallpaper has a multitude of uses and comes in such gorgeous, joyful designs; it’s well worth looking out for it at fairs and in shops. Use it to line the drawers of an old chest, wallpaper the back of a glazed cabinet for interest, as wrapping paper, or frame sections to hang on the wall

Sourcebook

• Vintage wallpaper: Hadrian Decorative Salvage (@hadriandecorativesalvage)
• Wooden chair: Try your local large car-boot fair for an abundance of wooden chairs
• Chiffon lampshades: For similar, try Arthur Swallow Fairs (asfairs.com) or Etsy
• Vintage bed sheet (used as backdrop): It’s worth looking in charity shops or on eBay for old linen

Vases

I always love vibrant, hand-painted vintage crockery, and I especially love vases with floral motifs. Brighten up a mantelpiece or a side table with a group of three mismatched vases in different heights and contrasting designs.

Sourcebook

• Tall vase: Antiquity has a lovely selection of vintage floral homeware, including vases and paintings
• Medium vase: Ardingly Antiques & Collectors Fair (iacf.co.uk)
• Small vase: Norfolk Antique & Collector Fair (norfolkantiquefair.co.uk)
• Florentine tray: The Urban Vintage Affair has an amazing selection of beautiful Florentine trays (theurbanvintageaffair.com, @the_urban_vintage_affair)