The right accessory can complete the look of any room while adding style and finesse to your space. To achieve a designer aesthetic, follow these foolproof tips:
**Choose a Color Scheme**
The key to successfully coordinating a variety of accessories is color. Elements like a pom-pom pillow, blanket, modern painting, graphic fabrics, and even a Jeff Koons-inspired balloon dog can introduce playfulness and vibrancy to a girl’s bedroom. An analogous color palette featuring pink, purple, and orange unites these different elements.
**Layer It**
When decorating with flowers, black-and-white photos, or candlesticks, layering creates depth. Incorporate small lamps, mirrors, or metallic items into the display for an added touch of glamour.
**Create Negative Space**
While it’s fine to be bold with layering and mixing colors, textures, and finishes, be sure to leave some negative space. This allows your vignette to breathe. For instance, a saturated abstract painting, vibrant arrows, gilded candles, and colorful prints can come together beautifully on a mantel, thanks to the white framing and walls, as well as a clear vase that offers visual pause.
**All in the Groupings**
Group similar items for a maximum impact. In an open shelving unit, for example, homeowners can showcase souvenirs from their travels. Each collection—woven baskets, beautiful pottery, glass orbs, and decorative books—occupies its designated spot on the shelves. A cohesive look is achieved through a simple color scheme of turquoise, brown, and black.
**Stick With One Finish**
Keep it straightforward by selecting one metallic or color you love, and group various accessories with that finish for an impressive display. Use different shapes and sizes, such as a statue, vase, and candlesticks, to maximize visual interest. Search your home for accessories you already own to create a free collection.
**Throw a Book at It**
Never underestimate the power of a good book in decorating. Stack them horizontally to add height, set them vertically to create boundaries, or use a colorful book cover facing out as artwork.
**Power in Numbers**
Whether you have been accumulating items for years or inherited a collection, gathering your favorite pieces in one place creates an instant eye-catching display. A lineup of globes atop a bookshelf is much more striking than a solitary globe.
**The Right Proportions**
Choose accessories that match the scale of the rest of your room. A tiny piece of art on a large wall can make the artwork appear even smaller. In a color-filled living room, the proportions stay balanced with a appropriately-sized painting and an area rug that defines the seating area. The vibrant hues in both pieces help tie the space’s color scheme together.
**Fashion the Framework**
Trays are a versatile setting for grouping accessories, as they define a specific area. Apply the same combining principles—varying heights, shapes, and colors—to create an engaging vignette.
**Vary Height**
Select accessories of differing heights to encourage the eye to move around the display rather than skim past it. Remember that artwork on the wall can also serve as part of your vignette when arranging accessories.
**Mix It Up**
Incorporate a variety of textures and finishes when arranging accessories. In a living room, for example, smooth wood, woven ottomans, and knitted pillows can create a visually interesting display.
**Symmetry in Tones**
Introduce warm accessories into a cool-toned room or vice versa. Artwork can blend seamlessly with the wall by pulling in cool colors while being offset by warm oranges and browns. Wooden horse statues can further complement the cool green of eucalyptus branches.
**Bring the Outside In**
Use plants and fresh flowers to infuse life and energy into your composition. They can provide an essential burst of color and texture to the overall design.
**Spotlight Accessories**
Lighting plays a crucial role in every design. In a dining room, industrial-style fixtures can highlight and contrast wonderfully with black-and-white photography. Natural accessories, such as hydrangeas and a bowl of moss, harmoniously complement weathered and woven furnishings.
**Balance Without Symmetry**
Artwork makes a great addition to any vignette, but it doesn’t need to take center stage. Asymmetrical designs tend to be more interesting. When offsetting artwork, choose other elements—for instance, vases filled with tall flowers—to create balance in the space.
Choose a Color Scheme
The key to making an assortment of accessories work together is color. A pom-pom pillow and blanket, a modern painting, graphic fabrics and even a Jeff Koons-inspired balloon dog bring playfulness and vibrance to this girl’s bedroom. An analogous color palette of pink, purple and orange unite the different elements.
Layer It
Whether decorating with flowers, black-and-white photos or candlesticks, layer the elements to create depth. Add in small lamps, mirrors or metallic items throughout the display for a hint of glam.
Create Negative Space
Yes, you can go bold when layering and mixing colors, textures and finishes. Just be sure to leave negative space so your vignette has a little breathing room. A saturated abstract painting, vibrant arrows, gilded candles and colorful prints combine seamlessly on this mantel because white framing and walls, as well as a clear vase, give pause to the arrangement.
All in the Groupings
Group similar items for maximum impact. Open shelving in this entryway is filled with souvenirs from the homeowners’ travels. Each collection, from the woven baskets and pretty pottery to the glass orbs and decorative books, gets its own designated spot on the shelves. A cohesive look is achieved through the simple color scheme of turquoise, brown and black.
Stick With One Finish
Keep it simple. Select one metallic or color you love and group a variety of accessories in that finish for an impressive display. Make sure to use different shapes and sizes, like this arrangement of a statue, vase and candlesticks, to maximize the visual interest. Scour your home for accessories you already own to create a collection for free.
Throw a Book at It
Don’t underestimate the power of a good book, especially when it comes to decorating with one. Stack them horizontally to add height, set them vertically to create borders or even use a colorful jacket cover facing out as artwork.
Power in Numbers
Whether you’ve been accumulating for years or inherited a collection, gathering your favorite pieces together in one place creates an instant wow-worthy display. The line of globes atop this bookshelf makes for a more eye-catching exhibition than if one solitary globe was in attendance.
The Right Proportions
Choose accessories that match the scale of the rest of your room. A tiny piece of art on a large wall simply makes the art seem smaller. This color-filled living room keeps its proportions in check with the just-right-sized painting and an area rug that defines the entire seating area. The rainbow of hues in both pieces ties the space’s color scheme together.
Fashion the Framework
Trays are a versatile setting and a smart way to team up accessories since they encompass a defined area. Stick with the same combining rules — varying heights, shapes and colors — to create an interesting vignette.
Vary Height
Choose accessories with differing heights to encourage the eye to move around the display rather than glossing past it. Artwork on the wall also acts as part of your vignette, so keep it in mind when arranging your accessories.
Mix It Up
Use a variety of textures and finishes when arranging accessories. Smooth wood, woven ottomans and knitted pillows are used in this living room to create an intriguing, textural display.
Symmetry in Tones
Add warm accessories to a cool-toned room or vice versa. The artwork flows easily with the wall since it pulls in the cool teal color, but is offset by warm oranges and browns in the prints. To further reflect the styling, wooden horse statues balance out the cool green eucalyptus branches.
Bring the Outside In
Use plants and fresh flowers to bring life and energy to your composition. They are often all you need to add a burst of color and texture to the overall design.
Spotlight Accessories
Lighting is key in every design. In this dining room, industrial-style fixtures highlight, as well as provide the perfect contrast, to the black-and-white photography. Natural accessories, like hydrangeas and a bowl of moss, are right at home amidst the weathered and woven furnishings.
Balance Without Symmetry
Artwork is a great addition to any vignette, but it doesn’t have to take center stage. Asymmetrical designs are the most interesting. When offsetting the artwork, choose other elements, like vases full of tall flowers, to create balance in the space.
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