Wally’s Workshop

One of the biggest home improvement dilemmas is how to set up your supplements, whether it be a bookcase, shelf, or table top. Here is a three step system that will transform your tedious places into charming vignettes!..

1. Harmony and Contrast.
When arranging a space with accessories, one has to keep in mind that the most significant affair to avoid here is boredom! This has a lot less to do with the objects you choose than how you choose to display them. To keep an arrangement from putting the neighbors down for their afternoon nap, remember to keep a balance of harmony (things that feel like they go together, like similar colors or styles) and contrast (things that spice things up by being different, smooth against texture, round against straight line, eta) You want a bit of both in your arrangement. Perhaps you could make concord by duplicating a square shape or the color purple, and then add contrast by sitting a smooth candle stick next to a rough basket.

2. Scale and Shape.
Make sure that the items you are using fit into their fresh houses, scale you don’t want one tiny paperweight on a large kitchen table, and you want to steer clear of using a huge ceiling high arrangement of flowers on a tiny end table. Most people tend to use things that are too small for their surroundings however. If you have small accessories you would like to display, but need to give them more advance in the arrangement, try grouping them on a plate or a fabric covered box. You can also give them height by perching them, top stacked books or baskets.

3. Layer and Soften.
Once you’ve chosen your objects for the space following the innovation preceding, now it’s time to layer and soften. Start with a larger, taller piece slightly off center, this will be the specifying composition in your arranging. Now work to the outer edges in layers. Add a taller background layer, a middle sized medium height layer, and your tiniest objects in the front. Keep the eye moving up and down as it purveys the arrangement from left to right for interest. Add some fabric or twisted ribbon to soften the edges of the shelf or table, to bring in color, and to highlight certain objects.

Above all, keep trying new combinations of items until you get an arranging that solves for you. Use things in unusual ways. Tuck flowers or a live plant into an arrangement that seems too static. Even professional designers will occasionally be surprised by trying things in a new way! And remember, if your home accessories still looks cluttered and lost, chances are you are trying to display too much. Develop a prop box or closet where you can keep some of your treasures, and switch them for a couple of times a year to make a fresh look without spending a dime!…

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