Displaying your treasures well will add interest and individuality to your home. First you must decide what it is you want to put on display. You should exhibit items that are close to your heart – perhaps you have inherited some beautiful china, or you have collected silverware over many years. Here are some suggestions of ways you could display items in your home:
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• If arranging a small display of items always group things together in odd numbers and in different sizes. For example a round fat shaped teapot, with a small cup and saucer and a tall thin vase.
• Coloured glass looks best when displayed on window cills or near a natural light source as it sparkles to show its colours. Remember though that this also helps us to see any dirt or smudges on the pieces!
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• If you have an odd number of identical items, place them at regular intervals along a shelf or coffee table to create a modern simple display.
• Display medium sized pieces at eye level, and small or large pieces below eye level. Very large pieces can look good placed on the floor, next to a fireplace perhaps.
• Leave enough space between pieces –don’t try to cram too much together in your display.
• If displaying lots of items on a long shelf think about balancing the display. Put the largest item at the centre, and try to group items symmetrically to each side.
• Pictures look best grouped together unless they are very large. Please see my separate tips sheet on displaying pictures.
• Don’t place tiny items individually on a shelf –they will always look better grouped together and placed on a table below eye level.
• If you are planning to buy new items to display in your room, think carefully about their size and colour in relation to the room. Small items will look lost in a very large room and will not make the impact you may be hoping to create. Equally very large items will take up too much space and appear over dominating.
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