Coming in for a landing...

Coming in for a landing…

We are blessed to live in beautiful homes here in The Trails. Homes where we can make our decorating dreams come to fruition. We know what to do with the kitchen, family, room, dining room, etc., but what on earth do you do with your landing areas? Or those large niches to show case your extremely large piece of art, but who has a 6 foot family portrait to fit in there???

Seriously – and if you put something up there how in the world do you dust it? It can be a veritable nightmare in your dream house.

Here are some pointers:

<>Go big or go home. A couple of little small artificial plants only draw attention to the gargantuan area of no use.
<>If you don’t have a “thing” big enough to fill the space just leave it empty for now in time you will find the right object or objects to take care of this decorating dilemma.
<>Don’t place too many things in this dust catching space. It will be harder to dust and putting it back just the way you had it, well…you get the idea.
<>Don’t let it bother you if you haven’t got something up there. If you are a compulsive space filler (like me) then you just have to reason with yourself and let it go…for now. Otherwise, you spend your time arranging and re-arranging filler that is going to have to come down later anyway.
<>When shopping look for a large trio. You can then place then to one side for an asymmetrical balance and you can be done!

You may or may not want to go for a lot of color. The more color you put there the more the eye is going to be drawn upward, if you choose to place colorful objects in the space, make sure you have some art or wall hanging in the transition area so your eye doesn’t have such huge jump.

Hope this helps when trying to fill your space. Good luck and happy shopping!