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2013 is a great time to break into the trend of curating your own collection of home décor, accessories, and furnishings. What does that mean? Modern homes have become much like art galleries or museum exhibitions, containing priceless artifacts and unique family treasures alike. Home curators choose to exhibit valuable pieces as well as meaningful items such as family heirlooms and portraits.
Select furniture and décor that define your overall theme, approach, or design aesthetic. Each room increases in value and meaning because of such personal choices. To curate a room or design space, start with one large or central piece of furniture. Take the living room for example: central pieces like a coffee table or sofa can inform your decisions for carpets, lamps, curtains, etc.
Limed Oak Mirrored Coffee Table
Touches of elegant ornamentation are an excellent choice for adding opulence into any design situation; however, remember that simplification is among a designer’s best tools. Less is always more when it comes to elegant décor and furnishings. Again the best advice is to start simply with one major theme, color, or pattern and build outward, piece by piece.
Gilded Glass Art Deco Drum Table
Consider the gilded finish and gold-leaf detailing on the Art Deco coffee table in the room featured above. The designer chose a palette of earthy and bright yellows, all of which coordinate with the coffee table and one another while retaining their own simplicity and uniqueness. Simplification is an extremely difficult aspect of a designer’s job. Removing the wrong piece can wreak havoc, and a “busy” room is achieved easily by adding too much furniture and décor.
Keep elegant, ornate, and exquisite designs simple in order to avoid common pitfalls and faux pas. Choose a specific color or piece of art, and go from there. Above all, remember to have fun. It is your collection after all.
Royce Gilded Ornate Crowned Vanity Mirror