GET PERSONAL
Personal items like photos, travel souvenirs and family heirlooms create character.
there are stories to the things that are in your house rather than ‘I just went to Homesense and picked it up on Thursday’ — which is a fun thing to do, though, so I think there’s a balance.”
if something is happening on one side of the room, try to balance it with something on the other side of the room,” she says. “So let’s say you’re going to do a bold feature colour on one side of the room. On the other side, you need to do something to balance that out, whether it’s an ac- cessory or a fabric or a piece of art or something that has that colour in it.”
that you have this picture of your dog,’” Dyck says. “It introduces who you are and creates a story.” Personal items like photos, travel souvenirs, family heirlooms or other objects you love can be integrated into your overall home design to give it a unique yet cohesive feel. “Mix some of those old and newer pieces to create character,” she says. “It’s more fun if
DON’T: LEAVE YOUR DÉCOR UNBALANCED
Design rules dictate that balance is very important. “I always talk about
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