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It's all too easy to get to the decorating stage of a renovation – or finishing unpacking the boxes in your new house – and think you've reached the final straight, but as anyone who has moved into a furnished rental flat will tell you, it's the little, personal touches that make a house a home. Beautifully-built shelves can only take you so far – you need to fill them up with charming objets, books and art to transform the space.
Our decoration editor, Rémy Mishon, offers the following advice: “Multiples of anything will look impactful and intentional and will help to avoid making your shelves look bitty. This can be applied to a huge number of things: sets of glasses, a family of ceramics, block-print blocks in different designs, shells in different shapes and sizes, off-duty candlesticks of the same material, vintage toys from the same set.”
These objets add unexpected texture, depth and visual interest to an otherwise blank canvas. Ultimately, they have the ability to move a space from impersonal to personal.
