THE TERM "VINTAGE" IS PROPERLY USED TO DESCRIBE SOMETHING AS NEWER THAN "ANTIQUE. "  SINCE "ANTIQUE" HAS BEEN REDEFINED "FROM 100 YEARS OLD" IN RECENT YEARS TO BE " AT LEAST 50 YEARS OLD."  THAT LEAVES OBJECTS AND STYLES FROM THE YEARS 1958 FORWARD TO BE DESCRIBED AS VINTAGE. IN JUST TWO YEARS, ITEMS FROM THE 50'S WILL BE OFFICIAL CONSIDERED "ANTIQUES!"   "VINTAGE, RETRO AND STYLE"  THE 50'S="CHIC"; THE 60'S ="FUNKY"; THE 70'S ="MOD." 

NOW IS A GREAT TIME TO BE COLLECTING FROM THIS ERA. CONSTRUCTION OF THE ITEMS ARE GENERALLY FROM SOLID WOODS AND QUALITY VENEERS. WITH PRICES STILL REASONABLE. YOU CAN HAVE A LOT OF FUN PUTTING TOGETHER A GREAT-LOOKING AND FUNCTIONAL "PAD" FOR LESS THAN THE PRICE OF NEW, PERHAPS POORLY MADE FURNITURE. 

START WITH A ROOM AND, BEFORE LONG, YOU MAY GO FOR YOUR ENTIRE HOME DECORATED IN THIS DISTINCTIVE RETRO-STYLE! MANY YOUNG, STARTING OUT COUPLES ARE GOING FOR IT SINCE THE LOOK APPEALS TO THEIR SENSES AND THEIR BUDGET.  RETRO IS BEING IN. 

FOR HIGH-STYLE, KEEP IT FABULOUS DECORATING WITH VINTAGE GLASS OR CERAMIC, POTTERY VASES, VINTAGE LAMP-DISTINCTIVE HANGING LIGHT FIXTURES, GEOMETRIC PATTERNS, LAVA LAMP, VINTAGE STONEWARE, VINTAGE CAPODIMONTE, SOPHISTICATED BRONZE NUDE LADY, ANTIQUE TELEPHONE AND DISTINCTIVE WALL HANGINGS. 

TO LIVE AUTHENTICALLY, LOOK FOR MUGS, PLATES, WOODENWARE OR TIN SALT AND PEPPER SHAKERS OR CANISTERS, COFFEE POTS, TEAPOTS, SUN WALL CLOCKS, EARLY TUPPERWARE, EARLY CORNING WARE, HARD SIDE LUGGAGE, FONDUE POT, COLORFUL DIAL PHONES, MACRAME ITEMS, RIBBED SOLID COLOR BEDSPREADS, AND DON'T FORGET THE OWL, HOW TO DO BOOKS OR VINTAGE STORY BOOKS, AND MINIATURE SHOES. GROUP VINTAGE ITEMS AS A COLLECTION OR PLACE HERE AND THERE, TO SPARK A SENSE OF THOSE YEARS!