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simply
speaking
by Joe Snyder
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step two: create
a coherent
style
Once you’ve taken the time to make plans, it’s a lot a easier to
see which furnishings will be most essential to helping you create that
home of your dreams. Now you’re ready to move on to the next step –
shopping. Nothing can ruin a room faster than to have too many styles in
a close proximity – an ornate antique next to an ultra-modern coffee
table, or an expensive cherry bookshelf with maple picture frames on it.
If you move into a new flat and insist on filling it with furniture for
the sake of coziness, the least you can do for yourself is maintain
similarity within each room. Regardless of the size of your budget, it’s
a good idea to keep the items you do buy of similar styles, colors, and
appearance. Choose a style, then stick with it.
step three:
add small
personal touches
Don’t get me wrong: I
don’t advocate a completely dull, sparse existence. Objects such as
books, CDs, and photographs – items that all of us already have –
these items carry with them the ability to add life and personality to a
room. The fact is that our books, CDs, and picture frames will
inevitably end up somewhere in our home; and it’s the personal objects
we own and display that speak volumes about who we are. We’re all
interested in what our friends read, what music they listen to, and what
they find memorable enough to warrant framed photographs in their homes.
This is why it’s so essential to display these objects with thought
and care.
Keeping the entirety of your CD collection on the same rack or shelf,
arranged either all horizontally or all vertically, may well be the
easiest way to keep track of them and note their quantity at a glance.
But by no means is this the most visually interesting way to display
them to guests. Similarly, lining up your books in a neat vertical line
on a shelf serves no aesthetic purpose and will certainly annoy your
guest, who’ll have to turn his or her head sideways to read the titles
of your books. Books are a treasure, and we do them no justice when we
cram them so tightly into our bookcases that we feel no desire
whatsoever to dig out a tome from the unsightly mess.
keep
wandering this way!
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