People shopping for decor in an antique shop - Jeremy Poland/Getty Images One minute, thrifters are enamored with an heirloom from decades past. Next, they've decided it's antiquated, and not in a good way. Oftentimes, a eureka moment follows, and savvy shoppers realize that the trinket in question was fashionable all along. Take, for example, a vintage gilded mirror,a piece that Nate Berkus referred to as "timeless" on Instagram.