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Rotating Display

January 16, 2013 By Merri Cvetan Leave a Comment

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Whether you have a bookshelf, fireplace mantle or little ledge, displaying your collections can be a challenge.  And if you’re anything like me, you change things up, rearrange and re-do more than once a year!  Follow a few simple rules and you can create beautiful displays in your home.

Look at the shelf as a blank canvas.  You’re the artist and you can “paint” anything you want.

  • A great display takes into consideration scale, height and balance.
  • Odd numbers always look better than even numbers.  Gather 3, 5 or 7 similar things.

These little majolica vases have the same dark red glaze. I already had the two decorated ones when I found the small one at Goodwill.

 

  • A variety of heights makes a more interesting display.  Use props to create different elevations.  I love little wood boxes just for this purpose.

 

 Books are also great props.

  • Contrast and Repetition.  These books are similar in size, but each has a different binding and color.  In fact, with the expectation of one, they are all Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (can you guess what my favorite book is?)

  • Consider line when making a display.  Incorporating horizontal and vertical, straight and curvy lines keep the eye moving.
  • Think texture.  The vases are high gloss ceramic, the box has an earthy, rough hew and the books are a combination old and new.

Continue to rearrange until you get a display that is interesting and pleasing. When you need a change, do it over again!

 

 

 

Filed Under: Interior Design ~Chic Tips, Re~Style ~Chic, Room Service~Design Tips Tagged With: Bookshelves, Display, Furniture arranging; space planning; design on a budget; no cost decorarting;, Interior Decorating, Interior Design, Interior Design ~Chic Tips, Shelving

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