Vintage Home Office Decor Tips and Ideas

A love of all things vintage has definitely taken over the decor on my home. My home office is one of the last places I incorporated a vintage look. I wanted the vintage décor to be functional as well as visually appealing. I found this was not hard to accomplish at all. It was important that my home office be appealing as well as functional, so I tried to incorporate vintage furniture and accessories that would work for me in my home office.

Vintage Message Centers

Every home office needs a message center. Somewhere you can tack up to do lists and bills. This was one of the first vintage inspired home office projects I tackled. Shutters make a great vintage message center. You can find new or old shutters easily at the flea market, at Lowes, or even Home Depot. Cut out a sturdy piece of cardboard or lightweight sheet of wood cut to the same size as the shutter. Gently tack it to the back of the shutter. This will keep your reminder notes, mail, and photos from sliding through the vintage inspired shutter message board. You can lean a row of three shutters on the wall behind your home office desk and start inserting everything from photos and inspirational ideas you cut out of magazine. For added stability or to get the vintage shutters off of your desk screw them into the wall. You could also use picture-hanging wire to hang them. A row of three vintage shutters gives great visual appeal to your home office.

A vintage chalkboard is a great way to incorporate this old fashioned look into a message center. You could hang it centered over your home office desk and then flank it with a vintage shutter on either side. It would create a great faux window look. To top the look off install a shelf directly below the vintage chalk board and shutters. Use flowerpots in a row on the shelf filled with pens and other office supplies to keep your home office organized and pretty.

For a more finished vintage inspired message center cover a corkboard with a vintage tablecloth or vintage fabric. Fabric glue the vintage fabric to the back of the corkboard for permanence. You can hang this as is in your office or finish it off by framing it out.

Vintage Desk Ideas