Designerz Central has brought several tips for making effective use of decorative shelves.
Wall art is very important when we talk of home decor. Walls of your home can be decorated with such a grace and style that they take hold of every visitor and thus become the most distinguishing feature of your home. But over decoration is a true abuse in the field of home decor.
Today’s discussion is to draw a wedge line boundary between a graceful decoration and an abusive decoration as far as the use of decorative shelves is concerned. This is important for everyone to know where does over decoration start so that it can be avoided.
Over decoration is considered to be a sin when to talk of wall art. And following are the seven deadly sins never to be committed.
- Big and wide decorative shelves on a small wall with a low ceiling look the worst. They add up a narrow impact to the volume which already is not spacious. There should be no wall shelves in narrow and small rooms initially but if necessary, the wall shelves should be sleek and look slim. Moreover, they should not be covering a major portion of your wall. One such shelf should be considered more than enough in such a room and to balance out the decorative shelves, the other walls should be kept even simpler.
- Decorations placed on wall shelves if don’t make sense and are irrelevant to the context in which they are placed, they are sure to look bad. For example, a book rack in a dining area or decorative shelves containing picture gallery placed near entrance.
- Wall shelves stuffed with junk or the decorations which are not worth showing off are absolutely not recommended in wall art. Just installing decorative shelves is not enough. What matters the most is the way these wall shelves are maintained. Make sure that whatever is being showed off represents your style.
- Decorative shelves which are brimful with the decorations don’t give a pleasant effect. The decorations oozing out of these wall shelves are sure to appear disturbing and unpleasing to human eye because of the imbalance. Moreover, there should be a specific theme for decorative shelves. If a shelf shows off crystal collection, it should be just crystal collection. A blend of various themes means a total collapse of the decorative image.
- The size of decorations placed on wall shelves if isn’t in a symmetry then it is a sin in wall art. The height of different objects placed should be comparable otherwise an imbalanced look would be a result.
- If the wall is of light colour, the decorative shelves should not be of light colour as well and vice versa. For white walls, the best recommended options of decorative shelves are hanging shelves in which screws and brackets are invisible.
- The design and material of decorative shelves if collides with the rest of the theme of room, it will definitely not look good. Wall art means to decorate walls in accordance with the fixtures and other placements of the room. If not so, they will be a big misfit. For example, there should be glass shelves near glass windows or doors or if there is a traditional theme followed for certain interior, the decorative shelves should also be wrought accordingly, having a relevant material.
Designerz Central wishes that everyone enjoys a luxurious and stylish living!