Look around, and you’ll see high wasted jeans, chunky sweaters and scrunchies on kids, teens and even adults. No, you haven’t unwittingly stumbled into a DeLorean and traveled back in time to the 90s. As with all fashion trends, these looks have simply come back around.

A current trend that revels in the past and present is the vintage style furniture and vintage home décor. What exactly is vintage furniture and home décor? Unlike antique furniture, which must be at least 100 years old, the term “vintage” can be used to describe anything that is from an earlier generation. In furniture and home design, it is used to describe any trend that heralded from past generations, like the mid-century modern furniture that is popular again today.

However, you don’t have to spend hours at a flea market to find designer-approved, retro furniture and other pieces. Today, you can find vintage-inspired furniture and décor that offers the comfort of old-is-new-again design, with current styling and convenience that really is the best of both worlds. Learn how to incorporate these retro-feel pieces in your home, without making your home look or feel dated.

Start at Ground Level

There are many ways to add vintage-inspired allure to your home. One oft-overlooked element that can have the biggest style impact on our homes is the floors. When it comes to vintage flooring, wood is one of the key players. It adds a warmth to your home that never goes out of style and is nearly impossible to replicate with other materials. You can create a base for your entire design scheme by starting with beautiful wood floors, whether you refurbish the original wood floors that have been lying in wait under old carpet for all these years, or choose new wood or wood-look LVT floors with a warm, distressed and retro appearance.

While you want to show off your new-old floors, you can actually enhance the overall appearance and add seemingly decades-old warmth to your home with the addition of a new area rug. It’s also a great way to update your floors if you don’t have the time or money for new or refinished wood or other hard flooring. A vintage style area rug can even be placed on top of carpet for a cozy and layered look.

Get the best of both worlds by choosing a new area rug that pairs retro motifs with contemporary treatments—and results in a surprisingly versatile rug. Vintage rugs can carry a beautiful warmth and feeling of comfort that’s hard to come by with modern designs. These rugs vary greatly in style, from Oriental designs to the softs shag carpets of the 60s. For an extra dose of comfort and texture, get on the rug-layering band wagon by layering a vintage-inspired Oriental rug or another rug of your choice over a larger wool or natural-looking rug.

Add a Statement Sofa

Your living room sofa is likely one of the biggest furniture investments you’ve made for your home, and, for good reason. The sofa is a spot that you can sink into and relax on after a long day. It’s also a place where we seat guests and entertain. You can make a big, vintage style statement in your home with a sofa inspired by past decades’ designs. However, that doesn’t mean you need to spend hours browsing through thrift stores and flea markets; or spend your money on recovering an old sofa and trying to get the perfect look. Instead, you can purchase a new sofa that offers all the comforts of modern furniture, with a vintage-inspired look. These sofas may pair old styles with modern details for a look of the past that still feels current.

There are many options for retro-inspired sofas. Try a 60’s style, mid-century modern design by choosing a sofa and/or loveseat with retro features, such as crisp tailoring, subtle button tufting, menswear inspired fabric and flared peg legs. Alternatively, you can make a more opulent, luxurious looking statement with a velvet or velvet-look upholstered sofa. While velvet has been around for centuries, it is heavily associated with several design movements (think crushed velvet of the late ‘60s and early ‘90s fame), and can bring a vintage feel to your home. Make sure your velvet sofa takes main stage by choosing a color that truly pops, such as a rich blue or opulent green. Curved sofas can also make a stunningly vintage statement in your living space, while modern styling can make them feel right at home amongst your contemporary furniture and home decor.

You can complement your vintage-inspired sofa by choosing a matching accent chair, or go for more of a Boho look by mixing and matching pieces and even design decades. If you are just getting your feet wet with vintage-inspired design, you can opt for just the accent chair to bring a hint of ages-past style to your otherwise up-to-date furnishings.

Old School Dining and Design

A great dining table is the center of any dining room, and you can bring a sense of nostalgia for a simpler time as well as a reminder to slow down and smell the dinner, with a vintage-inspired dining table. There are many options for retro looks, including a table with a worn-in white paint finish that brings character to your space and blends with a wide range of casual styles, including farmhouse.

If you are looking to bring just a hint of the past to your dining space, consider refreshing your space with new dining chairs in antiqued-like traditional style chairs with vintage Edwardian styling, or heavily distressed finish chairs that work for any casual style dining space and leave the room, and your guests, with a satisfying and lasting impression. A vintage-inspired sideboard can also add just a touch of the past to your contemporary dining room, as well as handy storage and display space that never goes out of style.

Bright Ideas with Vintage Style

From grandiose chandeliers that can make a retro focal point in your room to smaller but fashionable pendant lights, new light fixtures that beckon back to styles past can bring character to your room, as well as the light you need. You can also enhance the lighting and ambiance in your living room, bedroom or other room by adding vintage-esque floor and/or table lamps.

Décor from Decades Past

Whether you are all in on distressed wood floors, a vintage area rug and statement sofa, or just dabbling with adding a few appropriately antiquated pieces to your home, vintage-inspired wall art and other accessories can bring a warm and balanced look to your design. Look for pieces that bring your personality to the space, as well as rustic and warn appeal. An old logo and design from a favorite sports team will always look at home on the wall of your casual style family room, den or man cave; while vintage pop art is a perfect fit for game rooms. Consider dated-yet-darling food and drink enthused wall art for your kitchen or bar area, and bring a sense of tradition and past to your home office with a vintage feel wall clock.

What’s old is new again with these vintage-inspired ideas. They are also surprisingly versatile and easy to incorporate into your current home design.