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Mid-century living room set for New Year's Eve with a bar cart, gold-rimmed coupes, balloons and tin noisemakers

15 Vintage New Year’s Eve Party Ideas, and a Bar for 12 at $17 a Guest

A vintage New Year's Eve bar for 12 guests came to $204.48 at median eBay prices this fall, about $17 a guest. Buying coupes in sets instead of singles saved $202. 15 party ideas, priced.

Victorian-style parlor with a tall tree of paper cornucopias, glass ornaments and electric candle lights beside a velvet settee

Vintage Holidays & Seasons

15 Victorian Christmas Decor Ideas, and the Candle Tradition to Leave in the Past

Antique tree candle clips still sell, at a median of $15.49, but NFPA says candles started 11% of home Christmas tree fires. 15 Victorian Christmas ideas, priced, lit the safe way.

Grandmillennial living room at Christmas with a chintz sofa, skirted table, bow-trimmed tree and blue and white jars

Vintage Home Decor

15 Grandmillennial Christmas Decor Ideas, and the Whole Look for $373 Secondhand

Grandmillennial Christmas decor looks inherited, but its ten defining pieces cost $373.19 together at median eBay sold prices this fall. 15 ideas for every room, with what each piece sells for.

Brick house porch at dusk lined with glowing blow mold Santa, snowman and candle figures in light snow

Vintage Collecting & Thrifting

15 Vintage Blow Mold Christmas Display Ideas, and What a Porch Full Costs

A vintage blow mold porch of Santa, a snowman and two candles came to $174.99 at median eBay prices this fall. 15 display ideas, what each figure sells for, and why the cord gets checked first.

Four Christmas trees styled by decade in one room: a feather tree, a fir with colored lights, a pink-lit aluminum tree and a tree with big bulbs

Vintage Holidays & Seasons

15 Vintage Christmas Tree Ideas by Decade, and Why the 1950s Look Costs Four Times the Rest

A 1950s aluminum tree and color wheel cost $281.29 at median eBay prices this fall; a 1970s big-bulb tree came to $70.98. 15 vintage tree ideas, decade by decade, with NFPA's tree fire data.

White mantel with cedar garland, red velvet bows, brass candlesticks, a gilt mirror and knit stockings above a low fire

Vintage Holidays & Seasons

15 Vintage Christmas Mantel Ideas, and the Three-Foot Rule Your Stockings Break

NFPA says to keep anything that can burn three feet from a fireplace, and the building code lets a mantel sit 12 inches above it. 15 vintage mantel ideas, with what to do on fire nights.

Christmas village of glittered houses, a church, bottle-brush trees and a mirror pond with skaters under a tree

Vintage Collecting & Thrifting

15 Vintage Christmas Village Display Ideas, and Why the Cardboard Houses Cost the Most

Cardboard putz houses had the highest median of the four village types we priced, $38.00 per listing. 15 display ideas, with what each type sells for and how to light a paper village.

Long farmhouse table set for eight with floral china, pressed glass goblets and a cedar and magnolia runner

Vintage Holidays & Seasons

16 Vintage Christmas Tablescape Ideas, and the $328 You Save by Buying Settings in Lots

A vintage Christmas table for eight came to $228.65 at median eBay lot prices this fall. Buying the plates, goblets and napkin rings one at a time adds $327.68. 16 table ideas, priced.

Open wooden kitchen shelves displaying colorful stacked vintage-style glass mixing bowls above a cream range

Vintage Home Decor

18 Vintage Kitchen Decor Ideas, and What the Whole Look Costs Secondhand

The whole vintage kitchen in this guide costs about $506 secondhand at median eBay prices. 18 ideas, every thrifted piece priced, and the Pyrex rules to know before you bake.

15 Vintage New Year’s Eve Party Ideas, and a Bar for 12 at $17 a Guest

15 Vintage Christmas Kitchen Decor Ideas, and the Whole Look for $133

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15 Vintage New Year’s Eve Party Ideas, and a Bar for 12 at $17 a Guest

15 Victorian Christmas Decor Ideas, and the Candle Tradition to Leave in the Past

15 Grandmillennial Christmas Decor Ideas, and the Whole Look for $373 Secondhand

15 Vintage Blow Mold Christmas Display Ideas, and What a Porch Full Costs

15 Vintage Christmas Tree Ideas by Decade, and Why the 1950s Look Costs Four Times the Rest

15 Vintage Christmas Mantel Ideas, and the Three-Foot Rule Your Stockings Break

15 Vintage Christmas Village Display Ideas, and Why the Cardboard Houses Cost the Most

16 Vintage Christmas Tablescape Ideas, and the $328 You Save by Buying Settings in Lots

18 Vintage Kitchen Decor Ideas, and What the Whole Look Costs Secondhand

15 Vintage New Year’s Eve Party Ideas, and a Bar for 12 at $17 a Guest

15 Vintage Christmas Kitchen Decor Ideas, and the Whole Look for $133

15 Victorian Christmas Decor Ideas, and the Candle Tradition to Leave in the Past

15 Grandmillennial Christmas Decor Ideas, and the Whole Look for $373 Secondhand

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