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Article Twelve: Principles of Design 101B - Unity Part 1
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From my last article, I know you'll look at furniture sizes a little differently. Today, our featured Principle of Design is unity. I'll present unity in two articles - unity of harmony, which we'll cover now and unity of rhythm will be covered in my next article. This quick guide, along with my other articles, will give you a new way of looking at tea sets. |
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An example of disharmony, that decorators disavow, is the placing of an elegant silver tea service within a casual eating area - it clearly doesn't fit. Some might think that changing the hardware on the cabinets to nickel-plated, would "tie in" the silver finish of the tea set to the room - but it won't.
Color and texture are not the problems in this case, line is. The formality of the tea service's lines, are just not harmonious with the casualness of the eating area. What would work with our lovely tea service? It would be much more at home in a Victorian-influenced formal dining room setting. This is called establishing unity through line or achieving unity of line by putting the tea set in with similarly formal and elegant furniture. Remember, lines can be curvy. |
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Experiment with relating room elements to each other. See you in part 2. Happy Home Staging and Styling. |
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