Last week I talked about three design blunders to avoid. One of them was to hang your artwork closer to your furniture than the ceiling, helping it to relate as a grouping. Today, I thought I would share how to do this as one of our Moments.
I started with this tall cabinet and took an inventory of the accessories I had. To give some additional height to our arrangement, I added a stack of baskets for texture, and contrast of textures.
Next, I added a grouping of medicine bottles I picked up during our trip to China. This adds the smooth texture and some pattern and color.
Sitting on top of the baskets are my Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus figurines from South Korea. This accessory, repeats the green that I have scattered throughout the space.
To help fill and balance the vignette, I have placed a Feng Shui compass opposite the baskets.
Finally, we add the artwork to bring they eye up the wall and create a Moment that is polished.
What do you think, do you struggle trying to tie your artwork to your groupings? How do you bring your artwork into your vignettes?
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One thing that I found interesting in this vignette is how you echoed the thick wood of furniture with the chunky baskets. And by using five bottles instead of just a couple, or one, they claim their own space. I don’t know if I’m describing that correctly, but I do see what you did. The color of the Korean family of Mary, Joseph and Jesus is wonderful. I’ve never seen a set like that. It looks like they have flowers painted on them. I see why pottery goes well, too. I have daily angst trying to arrange the things in the shop, nothing seems to go with anything, but the artwork is one thing I don’t have a problem with. That may be because I think art comes first…it is the rest of the things that drive me wacky. Like right now, I have a mid-century modern dresser in the shop. I flat out do not have any art work that goes with it because I am matching eras in my mind when I look around for things. I tend to think I should match eras because 1950’s frames have sharper corners and are plainer than say, Victorian, and they compliment the dresser. It is usually a nightmare, and then sometimes it all works out perfectly. I use to wonder why some shop owners had all pink, white and pale blue furniture, artwork, fabrics, etc. and now I know why. If a shop sticks to three basic colors…life is a lot easier! Should I only carry white and black furniture? No, that would limit my other finds to red and yellow for accents. Ahhhhhhhhhhh! Maybe sometime you will talk about mixing eras and styles?
Thanks so much for the help!
Ginene, I love your comment! I think that is what a lot of people struggle with. Furniture/artwork/accessories either don’t match color-wise or style-wise. You CAN mix all of the above successfully. For example, do you have a really colorful Victorian piece of art that echoes the furniture color in it? That is a way to tie the two together.
The contrast of really ornate Baroque frame/mirror could also look really stunning next to a clean lined mid-century dresser. Sometimes contrasting style and colors really sets the two pieces off, versus if you used all mid-century pieces, nothing stands out as a statement. I love eclectic interiors. They gives such a comfortable, lived in look and gives you the ability to add such a variety of things/styles. I imagine with the store, you could do this quite successfully. I look forward to hearing your experience mixing styles and color!