Playing with contrasting shapes, Sarah created a chic coffee
table vignette using curved accents, including a vintage silver tray and a faceted black vase, to temper the sharp edges of the surface.
Not exact matches
Always
use a basket or tray on a coffee
table when creating a
vignette.
They are great stacked in a
vignette, or you can also see how I
used them on my dining room
table.
I actually covered two old hardback books with burlap to
use in my coffee
table vignette.
The runner and the basket are the same ones I
used in my Summer Dining Room
Table vignette (here).
If you are setting up a
vignette on a console
table or mantel, layer your items front to back from the wall and
use varied heights to make the composition more interesting.
You could
use the insert to lean against a wall on top of a
table or dresser to add texture to a
vignette.
The coffee
table vignette was also bugging me, although this version
uses many of the same elements.
I changed up the tray
vignette on our coffee
table and made two spring banners
using scrapbook paper and twine.
We
used the same pillows, accessories, wall art and coffee
table we already had on hand in the living room but changed out the
vignette on the coffee
table and rug in order to give it a fresh look.
Either a lighthouse or red lanterns are both excellent choices to
use as the focal point of a small
vignette tablescape on the serving
table.
Hopefully you'll take away some general techniques for styling and tips for how we achieve our end results, as well as specific ideas to
use for your own
table - top
vignettes.
Yes, you can
use them in a great
vignette on a mantel, or coffee
table.
I
used your idea of adding pinecones for my kitchen
table vignette along with some scattered acorns, which were all gathered together in a wicker basket with assorted pumpkins.
After Kelly had watched me assemble many a
vignette, she went out to a
used bookstore and bought a bunch of coffee
table books to
use as pedestals.