How to create displays with vintage advertising signs

With beautiful fonts, colours, shapes and sizes, vintage signs add character to any space

Published: October 1, 2018 at 8:36 am

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You don’t need a lofty warehouse apartment to decorate with signs. Be confident with your choices – as long as you love them, they will create an eye-catching display that’s sure to be a talking point.

An array of vintage signs leant against an exposed brick wall alongside black leather Chesterfield sofa.
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A drinks trolley and a selection of glassware cries out to be given its own dedicated area in your kitchen. Juxtapose a few neon lights with an ornate chandelier to ensure cocktail hour never looked so tempting.

A vintage drinks trolley surrounded by neon lights and decorated with vintage glassware.
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Arrange signs based on a theme, such as street signage, to make a strong style statement.

An arrangement of vintage street signs against a dark grey wall.
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A utility room, corner of the kitchen or cloakroom is the perfect place to display vintage signs, both on the wall and propped against it. Choose signs that relate to items on display to add a sense of cohesion and inject a little humour.

An array of vintage signs in a utility room decorated with white metro tiles.
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For a kitchen or dining room, you’ll find plenty of options for vintage signage that tie in with a food and drink theme. Some of them are even in pleasingly unusual shapes too – like the Nectar Tea sign here.

A playful selection of food-themed metal signs
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Antique trunks make fabulous bedside tables and are often sturdy enough to hold all manner of decorative pieces. Neon lights keep the look modern and up to date and add a counterpoint to the antique brass bed and street sign.

An industrial bedroom with a copper bed frame and a vintage trunk as a bedside table. There are heart-shaped neon lights on the wall.
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Team oversized light-up letters with a collection of vibrant vintage signs to bring drama and interest to a dark or unused corner of your home.

Oversized light-up letters spelling out LOVE. The O is perched on a pink velvet cocktail chair.
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Turn a utilitarian bathroom into something altogether more exciting with a vintage bench and signage to create a quirky railway waiting room vibe.

Green vintage signs bring personality to a utilitarian bathroom.
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