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Snippets
from around the house today and a dirty little secret. Vignettes are my visual jam but I am no good
at creating my own. This is due in part
to the reality of sharing space with a very inquisitive 4 year old. She simply cannot resist fiddling with
things, especially shiny ones. And who can blame her? So when I land
on a little display that is visually appealing to me, it is usually dismantled
as I am walking away. Can’t tell you how many times I have found one of my brass
animals in P’s laundry bin. But the other
very real part is that I have yet to master the wizardry behind vignettes. And by wizardry, I mean the nebulous mix of
mathematics, scale, and visual instinct.
I use the rule of 3s often as a starting point, but I am never any good
at following rules. So I usually fiddle
and piddle until my eye tells me something looks good – which works for me
about 75% of the time. But I’d like to
be a yo vinny pro. Someone
who can walk up to a bookshelf and in a handful of minutes, rearrange it into a
thing of beauty. So I am setting out to
train my eye and perhaps I will do a regular feature where I dissect a vignette
for its successful elements. For today,
I will leave you with this lovely little vinny.
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What do
you think works here? For me, I like the contrast of textures. The counterpoint of the wood against the rough architectural finial things. And that modern piece in that gilt frame?! Yep. Oh and hey, rule of 3s in action. Do you follow a vignette formula or do
you arrange by instinct? Or combination
of both?
All photos and layouts by mrs. V unless otherwise noted
kisses, mrs. V
