There’s a new trend taking the interior design world by storm: Grandmacore aesthetic. It’s actually an ode to a time where our grandma’s were the main designers. Similar to cottagecore, but grandma core is made up of vintage, florals, wood, whimsical design, and lace. This style making a huge come back because what’s not to love about grandma’s?
What is GrandmaCore?
Grandmacore is not just a design, it is a lifestyle. It’s about the beauty in everyday, feminine, and a slower paced life where baking, gardening and taking care of yourself and you home were the main priority.
In this article, you’ll find the top ways to integrate grandma core into every space of your home, whether it’s kitchen, bedrooms, living rooms, or bathrooms. You can add elements of this vintage style by integrating them into scandi or modern design too!
Florals Everywhere Signify a Love of Gardening
The central style that sets grandma core apart is florals. And you can’t have too many florals. You can put florals on your wallpaper, on your couches, on your rug, on your throw pillows. The type of floral that is characteristic for grandma core is small scale floral in a vintage style print. Usually it’s a print all over on a creamy background, with a repeat pattern.
Plaid is Back
If floral patterns are too feminine for your style, you can also add grandma core style with plaid. I would say that plaids are more like grandpa core 🙂 Plaids are designed tastefully on couches and on wallpaper. These types of patterns can be in so many different colors. They can be blue and white in the boys room or they could be beige and red on the couch.
Wood accents to warm up the space
Warmer tone woods make a home feel very cozy. Mid-tone wood looks best for grandma style. This is usually in a coffee table or a bookshelf. You can also mix and match warm wood types with the floors and furniture. Avoid light tone words that look more coastal or nordic style.
Ornate furniture
Add furniture with different design details like scallops curves or ornate cut oats. These are traditional for a vintage grandma style. Most often they are paired with floral or plaid print furniture.
Don’t forget the Lace
Lace is really important way to add interest and texture to your room. You can add lace curtains, table, runners, or even lace throw pillows. To make it even more delicate, the lace can also be embroidered. Lace adds beauty and charm to grandmacore style.
Café curtains
A café curtains hung in a window is a great way to add privacy and style. These café curtains are usually in a soft lease design or they could be applied or a floral. Cafe curtains can also be used to hide items below a pantry counter or laundry machines.
Layers of vintage artwork
Grandma Core is all about collections and a great style with grandma. Core is layers of artwork. You can pick scenery, portraits, florals, nature. Whatever it is, be sure that the art style is soft, like a hand drawing or watercolor. Avoid modern bold shapes.
Animal sculptures and interesting shaped vases
Grandma core embraces animal figurines or lamps. Think about adding interesting collections in a bookcase. These trinkets are found at vintage stores and bring so much joy. Part of the joy is the hunt to find them!
Fine China and tea cups
The art of beautiful tea parties is something that is resurfacing with Grandma core. Think about setting a little breakfast table with a lace tablecloth, beautiful China and a vase of flowers to enjoy with your company.
Collections of tin
Grandma core collections consist of different types of tins- both tea and coffee tins, and spice tins. But the one commonality that they have is a beautiful vintage artwork on these. They are not just functional, but they are also aesthetic and should be displayed on a kitchen shelf or on the countertop.
A simpler way to display pantry items is to use jars of different sizes and shapes. As opposed to modern style where a pantry is organized with the same style of containers, grandma core is all about the collection of jars.
Layers of Soft Fabrics
Grandma core is all about layering soft fabrics. Forget about heavily textured throw pillows or curtains. Choose fabrics like sheers for curtains, ribbon, lace, and crochet for bedspreads
Modern Grandma Core Kitchen
If you want to transition your existing kitchen into a modern take on the granny style, add a vintage runner, and hand made pottery. In this kitchen, the shape and style of the kitchen hood has a curved vintage feel.
Clawfoot tubs in vintage bathrooms
This claw foot tub is a beautiful way to add grandma core to your bathroom. The legs of this tub are characteristic of a grandma core bathroom. Adding layers like the vintage artwork and wood shelf brings the bathroom design together.
Grandma Core Style is hip again!
I hope this article gave you lots of ideas on how to integrate grandma core aesthetic into your design! If you loved this article, make sure to pin it!
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