Few things are more vintage and prettier than an old house restored to have the best services, but without changing its old appearance. Lovers of this stylistic trend can make it even more authentic if the architecture and details help to get that old look.

Let’s see it with some examples. If you restore an old house you have to put a totally new plumbing system to avoid leakage problems, but you can put taps with aged look and a color that imitates the brass to look like another time, although working as well as the current.

The same happens with the electrical installation. One of the characteristics of the old installations is that the cables were external and visible. This was even more noticeable in the light switches, round and with the cable in sight. You can imitate something similar using high quality and very safe rustic braided cable. The cable can remain hidden in most of the installation and be seen only in the specific places that we want to highlight.

If the floors of the house are made of wood, they must be restored by changing the old wood that may be damaged by another one in good condition. But the new wood can be given an aged look so that everything looks old, even those planks that have just been placed.

The walls with stone coating are very nice, but if they are used leaving the stone visible only in certain areas imitating chipped, the result will be more authentic. Of course, we must always leave the original beams in sight whenever possible. If it is not possible, aged-looking beams can be placed to decorate.

Once the house has been completely restored, always keeping the original elements that can be preserved, it is time to decorate it. If there were still old furniture in the house it is always worth trying to restore them because they will give the house a very special personality.

In case you start from scratch with the decoration you can use second-hand shops or retail pages to find the style of furniture that best fits with the time of the home, always prior restoration so that everything is comfortable and can be used without problems.