A vanity gives your bedroom a place to get ready and select accessories and make up.
A bedroom vanity gives your sleeping quarters an element of romantic whimsy and a functional place designated for fix your hair, put on make up and try on accessories. Bedroom vanities generally consist of a mirror, often attached to a small table containing a couple of drawers, and a stool or small bench. Selecting a vintage vanity instantly adds a period atmosphere to your room. There are several vintage styles of furniture for you to choose from. Does this Spark an idea?
Victorian-Style Vanity
Victorian vanities are largely made of wood in ornate styles that are certain to attract attention and add a definitively old-fashioned feel to your room. Vanity styles in the mid-Victorian period from around 1845 to 1865 were wooden--rosewood, mahogany or walnut were the most common. Vanity tables had cabriole legs and the wood often displayed detailed carvings of leaves, flowers or fruit. The tops of the vanity tables had round or oval shapes. Victorian-style vanities toward the end of the Victorian period from approximately 1860 to 1880 consisted of the same types of wood as used earlier but included chestnut as well. You can expect a vanity from this period to have turned and fluted legs, intricate carvings and crests and possibly marble tops. Elaborately carved brass or bronze drawers pulls also abounded in this style.
Art Deco Vanity
Art deco furniture features clean lines, a minimal amount of added adornment and often geometric shapes. According to Victoriana.com, "This furniture style was derived from an historic Paris exposition in 1925 that celebrated the marriage of art and industry in rejection of art nouveau." Vanities of this style consist of a range of materials such as high-polished wood or stainless steel. Such vanities often have sensuous curves in the legs and corners of the table, and the frame of the mirror and scalloped surfaces that make strong yet subtle lines and ridges. Such vanities may also contain carvings or inlaid designs of starbursts, sunbursts or chevrons. All in all, this style of vanity has a very glamorous look and feel to it.
Mission-Style Vanity
The Mission-style of furniture emerged out of the English arts and crafts movement at the end of the 1800s. The style embraces simplicity, celebrating the beauty of straight lines and no excessive adornments. Mission-style vanities possess tables and stools with very straight, bare legs and sharp, right angles made out of dark wood. Square spindles and an emphasis on flat planes are also present in this decor style. The tables and chairs of vanities of this style often contain supporting spindles that make bold, yet understated parallel lines.
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