When you are choosing and displaying the finishing touches in your home you can breathe a sigh of relief because you know you are on the home stretch of your decorating project. However, even when you are creating the final unique displays which differentiate your home from a furniture show room or a display home, you need to make sure that is really what you are doing.

Therefore, try and avoid repeating three in a row…of anything, a shape, an item, as this gives any display a very formal feel and is not going to give your home the relaxed and friendly feel you were after. However to avoid this can be as simple as choosing three of the same colour photo frames in different colors, or throwing three of the same colored cushion onto your couch, but each in its own shade.

Having said that, using odd numbers when you are creating a display can help ensure it doesn’t look too uniform and rigid. Choosing differing heights and styles in your vignettes adds important interest and contrast.