Hi Everyone,
Kara has been really great about
keeping our online presence going. I
keep promising her I will be better about posting on Facebook and doing some
blog posts. So I decided that I would
start posting design tips that everyone can do and may need a little help
with. For starters lets talk basic rules for decorating a console table.
3 Tips for Decorating a Console Table
Console Tables are great pieces of
furniture to add to your home. They can
create an entry, add dimension behind your sofa, or fill in that blank wall you
just can’t figure out how to style.
Today I will demonstrate three
different ways to decorate a console. As the base of these designs I'll use this
great little table and beautiful Blue Heron Painting the girls got in while
Kerry and I were playing in Ireland and Scotland. The main colors we are using here are coming
from the Painting. We have various
colors of blue in the bird’s feathers along with some red accents. The black lines in the picture are balanced with
the black console. We will pick up the
white in the frame and background in our accessories. When putting colors and accessories together
it's important to create balance from top to bottom and side to side. If
something doesn’t look quite right it is probably because the balance is
off. (Another Blog Post)
1. Move My Eye Left to Right
In this picture the items on the
table are in an Asymmetrical arrangement.
Your eye starts out focusing on the tall oars on the left side. It will
then flow across the painting and down to the picture frame and canoe. Your eye then picks up the antlers on the
bottom shelve as they bring the white down from the picture creating balance in
the vignette. Can you see how the colors
in the painting are picked up by the accent pieces?
2. How About some Symmetry
In this arrangement the identical tall
candle sticks on either side of the table create symmetry. Instead of your eye flowing from left to
right your eye focuses on the whole arrangement. The blue orbs in the middle pick up the blue
from the painting. We also created
symmetry and balance in the design by adding the white shore birds on the
bottom shelf bringing down the white from the painting and tying in the bird
theme.
3. Creating a Collected Look
Because the heron is a lake bird,
we can add a collection of boats and still be cohesive in our design. We will combine our collection with an asymmetrical
design with the tall sailboat on the left and then flowing to the right with a setof wooden sailboats. The large canoe on
the bottom carries our boat theme down and the colors in the canoe balance with
the painting.
These are three fun ways to
decorate your console table. You can also
apply these tips to your fireplace mantle.
I hope you try some of these tips
in your house.
~Lori
Is there anything you see you in
these pictures you just fell in love with?
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