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Pick three objects from one room and arrange them on a bare shelf or table or console. It doesn’t need to be a lot—just a vase, a small bowl, and a stack of books. Arrange them once and don’t try…

Negative space is not just the bare space on a surface, or a portion of a shelf or table, where decoration hasn’t yet been placed. Rather, negative space is an essential element of small-scale compositions in a home. The bare…

Put three items that are approximately the same height next to each other on a shelf and the whole group can appear quite uninteresting, even if they have good color and material harmony. There isn’t much for the eye to…

When you are creating a small home arrangement, picking out a single object that stands a bit taller than the rest makes the entire design easier to see. It doesn’t have to be the biggest or most expensive item. A…