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Focus on Style: Making Shelves Beautiful

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Designers have a way of pulling things together and making it look so easy. In the next few posts, I am going to focus on small things that you can do to achieve beautiful spaces  in your home.  It’s up to you if you want to say you hired a designer or brag that you did it yourself!

A great example of something that is harder than it looks is display areas like shelves and hutches. How can you do it on your own? It’s really quite easy with these few simple rules.

#1. Don’t get crazy with color.

I love color. I really do. The trick to pulling color off is to stay within a color scheme.  Choose the color or couple colors that you want to use and stick to them. You can use a variety of items, and it will look amazing if you follow this rule.

#2: Keep balance in proportion.

Whether you want to display individual items with plenty of space, or cram all the goodies together, just keep it balanced.

#3. Collect.

I have never liked interiors that appear to be so “perfect” where everything seems to have been procured in one shot.  It adds character and authenticity when things are collected and added to over time.  If you are in a hurry to get it done, look around and find things from many different places. Never open up a magazine and buy everything on the page.  Get one thing from here, one thing from there. Vintage and antique finds are critical to attaining the character that makes a home feel warm and unique.

#4. Uniformity is unique.

Use sets and pairs of items. You can mix it up by throwing in individual pieces, but keep a fair amount of the space uniform.

Go ahead, find that bookcase, hutch or cabinet and turn it into a stunning showcase.

I would love to see some pictures! Email me at inspire@jaclynehrlich.com to show off what you have done or to get some more tips. Have fun!

xxj

Pictures by Country Home Magazine.



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