These days, the thought of using a phone to call someone when you could just send a text can seem like a radical act. And using a landline at your house or apartment to make that call is almost unheard of. However, if you’re the kind of person who gets a kick out of catching up via curly cord rather than video chat, there is no shortage of handsomely designed landline telephones to buy online. We scoured the web for the nicest-looking landline phones for every style of home décor (and every type of call), from classic rotary-dial models to ladylike vintage sets and even a few novelty phones (including one shaped like a pair of cartoon lips). So whether you use them to talk or as a design element, these 11 landline phones are guaranteed to start a conversation.
For business calls taken in your home office
For swapping recipes from the kitchen counter
For calling friends from your dorm room
For international calls to family back home
For giving or receiving relationship advice
For making customer-service complaints
For long-distance heart-to-hearts
For gossiping in the bath à la Miss Piggy
For ordering art supplies from your studio
For urgent calls at work
For making last-minute dinner plans from bed
