Here at Remodelista we’re fully celebrating the antique and the secondhand. As we write in our new book, Remodelista: The Low-Impact Home, “Keeping things in circulation is the most impactful way to recycle. So before investing in something new, browse the vast world of well-made used goods.”
Old things as holiday gifts? Absolutely. What we’re after are items that elevate daily life: keepers that are useful and beautiful, and, we hope, will someday get passed on to the next generation. Many of the items shown here are one of a kind; if they happen to become unavailable, join us in the hunt: Etsy, eBay, Craigslist, Buy Nothing, and the many online shops with vintage listings make it easy to flea market from home. Here’s a sampling of what’s on our own wish lists.
![\2\20;it\2\17;ll never happen, but i would love this midcentury a 17](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/abstract-painting-midcentury-from-homeandfound-london-733x916.jpg)
![thanks to her swedish grandparents, julie is forever hunting down nordic classi 18](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/dala-horse-sweden-viborg-1970s-from-dalahorsesweden-etsy-733x733.jpg)
![our resident ironstone collector, justine, wants an antique platter with flow b 19](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/antique-ironstone-with-flow-blue-edging-via-etsy-thejerseycow-justine-733x640.jpg)
![\2\20;we give our boys each a christmas ornament every year, with the in 20](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/vintage-dresden-parrot-ornament-etsy-via-farbovanyfox-733x977.jpg)
![i have a midcentury slag glass bowl from a friend\2\17;s parents that lo 21](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/mandarin-slag-art-glass-candle-stick-holder-1930s-sunnys-pop-1-733x734.png)
![fan recently wrote, \2\20;new enameled pots are so expensive. i\2 22](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/1960s-dansk-kobenstyle-fondu-pot-kangaroomodern-733x567.jpg)
![for the scandi household, julie would love a vintage georg jensen tanaquil sala 23](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/vintage-georg-jensen-tanaquil-salad-servers-via-hedgehogandowl-etsy-733x602.jpg)
![justine has plans for this set of three vintage libbey smoke glass sake cups; \ 24](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/vintage-libbey-smoke-glass-sake-cups-via-etsy-hanbantheshop-justine-733x733.jpg)
![annie reports, \2\20;my mom inherited my grandmother\2\17;s and m 25](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/vintage-butter-pats-4-via-etsy-marybethvintage-733x550.jpg)
![my friend meg friend surprised me with the observer\2\17;s book of trees 26](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/white-space-press-observers-books-via-etsy-mg-733x733.jpg)
Peruse all of our Holiday Gift Guides here.
For inspiration on living with vintage finds, see:
- Artist Residence: Patricia Larsen Used Salvaged Materials to Reinvent her Mexican Casa
- Calm and Collected: At Home with the Duo Behind Aesthetic Movement
- Kitchen of the Week: A Mexico City Makeover in Apple Green
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