If you saw my vignette post a week and a half ago, you might have read that I LOVE creating vignettes (you can see that post HERE). I also love giving my readers tips and hints on how to create their own visually appealing displays. So, here I am again, with another vignette and more tip sharing.
Let's start with TIP #1, which is to have a focal point or visual centerpiece. Oh, and what a center of attention this vignette has in this Victorian style, vintage, dried flower art. This piece was thrifted, but came in a cheesy, thin frame with a plastic bag over the top of it.
I cut it down, because it had too much white background, to fit in this thrifted frame. I got this frame for a great price because of the chipped area on the bottom. I simply used antique gold Rub-n-Buff to cover the chipped part and to tone down the shiny gold on the frame. There was an oil still life that came with the frame. I will sell it unframed as it is an amateur painting and I like the casual, less important style that leaving a canvas unframed speaks to. I used glass from another thrift store frame.
Tip #2--repeat colors and materials. The green is repeated in the candle, the velvet interior of the jewelry box, the moss, the green in the round frame, and the green glass. Gold is repeated in the frame, the oval planter, and the gold roses on the front of the box. Vintage lace is in the artwork, draped on the lid of the box, and under the other objects. Tip #3, remember asymmetry, odd numbers, and triangles are more pleasing to look at and displaying the repeated elements this way is helpful.
Tip #4, to help curated items from looking too cluttered or disjointed, create mini vignettes within the larger display.
Tip #5 Don't place everything at an angle. One corner of a rectangular space is great with an angled display, but then use a more square or straight on placement on the other corner. Also, don't just place items in the middle of the display space or an even number of items in the middle. The green glass sits on a leather bound book for more height.
Tip #6 is to juxtapose different themes or eras. Don't decorate too matchy, matchy. The Victorian art and old lace could have gone over the top really quickly with other frilly, gilded, flowery items. The rustic barnwood and chippy metal shelf grounds this vignette. Simple tulips rather than something more complicated compliment the dried flowers rather than compete with them. The greenery in the glass jar is funky. The jewelry box is from the sixties rather than the Victorian age.
The vintage art decoupaged on a simple piece of plywood doesn't take your eye away from the ornate, gold frame, but rather harmonizes with the rustic wood shelf and the flowers repeated in the art. Tip #7--do something a little unexpected or out of the norm and HAVE FUN! The round frame with only the green background paper that came with it is a little unusual. But add color and a layers and height without being distracting.
As I started, I so enjoy curating beautiful and vintage items and putting them together to create vignettes. I do not keep most of these that I share in my home, but rather use them to share newly thrifted items that will be for sale in my pop-up shop. I am proud to say that EVERYTHING you see in this display I sourced second hand.
Which tip helps you or do you love?
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