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5 SIMPLE DECORATING IDEAS - PART 2
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Sep 10, 2025
✨ Ready for more home styling inspiration? In this video, I’m sharing 5 MORE simple decorating ideas that will make your home feel cozy, stylish, and pulled together—without spending a fortune. We’ll cover: ✔ Layering textiles for depth and comfort ✔ Using mirrors to brighten and expand spaces ✔ Styling with candles & lanterns for instant ambiance ✔ Decorative trays to create mini-vignettes ✔ Picture ledges for flexible wall displays These simple decorating ideas are easy to try, budget-friendly, and perfect for giving any room a fresh new look. 👉 Watch until the end to get inspired for your next decorating project! | CHAPTERS | 00:00 Intro 00:49 Layer Textiles 02:36 Mirrors 04:24 Candle & Lantern Clusters 06:18 Trays
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Hi, it's Lindsay Diane from
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dianecor.com.
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In this video, we're going to talk all
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about simple decorating ideas. Now, I
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did a version of this video last year
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called five simple decorating ideas, and
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it got a really great response. So, I
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decided, let me follow up and give you
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five more simple decorating ideas. These
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are things that anybody can do. Usually,
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you have all of the items you already
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need in your home. They're easy, quick
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to execute, and they can really make a
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big difference in your space. So, let's
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get started with five more simple
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decorating ideas. I will leave the link
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for the original video in the
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description box below if you'd like to
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watch that after this one. Let's get
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started. Number one is to layer
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textiles. Think about your furniture and
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think about adding even just one
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additional layer to it. So your sofa for
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instance, go ahead and add on a nice
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chunky knit throw blanket, something
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with a little bit of texture to it. You
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can also layer in pillows. Add
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decorative pillows that are varying
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sizes. Maybe cluster three together on
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one corner of the sofa and three
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together on another corner of the sofa.
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You can even do this with rugs. If you
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have an overall neutral rug, you can
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layer it with something that's a little
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bit more patterned or something that has
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a really great texture. We see this a
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lot when people want to use like hide
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rugs. So, things that have a nice
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organic shape. So, whether it's a faux
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cow hide or a faux bare skin rug, you
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can layer in textures in the bedroom as
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well. You can add a throw blanket to the
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end of the bed or a quilt. You can also
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layer in some decorative pillows. This
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is a great opportunity to add in some
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new textures, some new patterns, or some
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new colors into the space. You can add a
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layer of textile to a console table by
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adding a table runner across it. Of
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course, you can do this with the dining
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room table as well. You can add a layer
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with chargers or place mats. So, think
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about layering in some textiles into
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your home. You can even use small
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pillows layered onto dining room chairs
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to give them just an extra styling. So,
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this is a really easy, simple way to
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decorate. Think about adding in just one
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additional layer of a textile to really
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change up the look of your space. Number
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two is to use mirrors as decor. Do not
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limit yourself to the use of mirrors in
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a bathroom or in a closet or a bedroom.
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Think about bringing mirrors into some
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of your main spaces in your home and use
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them as decor just as you would a piece
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of wall art. So, beautiful round arched
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or vintage mirrors can double as art
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pieces. They can create focal points on
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walls without adding clutter. Mirrors
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are also an amazing tool to help bounce
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natural light around. They can also make
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a space feel bigger and change your
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experience of a space. altogether
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because they are reflecting things that
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you don't normally see. So, let's say
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you used to have a large oversized piece
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of wall art and you swap it out for a
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mirror. Well, hey, now your space may be
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brightened up a bit. Now, when you turn
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that corner, you're seeing a whole
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different uh scene because you're seeing
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maybe your dining table reflected in
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that mirror or maybe you're seeing your
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front door reflected in that mirror. A
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mirror is a really dynamic accent to add
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into a space. For smaller rooms or
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narrow entryways, a wellplaced mirror
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can open up the space. While in living
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areas, you can group multiple mirrors
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together to create an eye-catching
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gallery effect. There are just so many
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things that you can do with the mirrors.
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Small mirrors can even be used on
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bookshelves or picture ledges or even
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just on a console tabletop as decor. and
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they can be used in conjunction with
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other pieces to create small vignettes.
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So, if you have mirrors, think about
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using them as decor instead of just as
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sort of like a functional tool to, you
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know, see your outfit and put your
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makeup on and things like that. Number
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three is to cluster candles or lanterns.
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Now, h creating a little cluster of
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candles or lanterns together creates a
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really beautiful ambiance in your
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hallway, your entryway, your dining room
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table, even your coffee table. The key
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here is to choose pieces that have
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varying heights and sizes. This creates
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a really dynamic look. So, let's think
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about candles. If you cluster together
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three or five candles, you've got a
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couple of, you know, um, taper candles
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that are on candle six or you have a
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couple of pillar candles or you have a
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few tealight candles all sort of mixed
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together in a little cluster in a little
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vignette. You can put them on a tray.
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You can just put them on a console
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tabletop or you can spread them along
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and have several of them spread them
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along a long dining room table as a
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centerpiece. It's a really, really
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beautiful look and candles are
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inexpensive. Whether you get the faux
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candles, frankly, now the faux candles
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are an amazing option because they make
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them so that they flicker and glow. They
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look just like real candles. A lot of
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them have a wax outer coating so they
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feel like real candles, too. You can
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have the faux candles. You can get real
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candles. You can get these from Dollar
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Tree. You don't have to spend a lot. You
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can find pillars. You can find tapers.
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And you can find tealights all at Dollar
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Tree. You can also find the faux version
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of each of those at Dollar Tree as well.
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So, you don't have to spend a lot on
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this idea. They are a really great way
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to not only create a dynamic look with
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their heights and sizes, but they're
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also create a great look in the evening
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time when they're illuminated. So,
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candle clusters or lantern clusters are
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a great way to decorate your space.
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Number four is to use a decorative tray
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specifically for mini vignettes. Now, in
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the first edition of this video, the
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five simple ways to decorate, we talked
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about vignettes. These are clusters of
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items together, usually in groups of
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three or five. And they may have stacks
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of items together, but generally you
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have items of varying heights. Maybe you
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have a stack of books and you have a
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candle or you have a little figurine.
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These little vignettes are meant to be
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grouped together. They're multiple small
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items that are grouped together to
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create a larger decorative focal point.
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Basically, trays help define a space and
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they let mini vignettes feel curated
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instead of just little trinkets that are
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clustered along a dresser top or a
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nightstand. So, think about using a tray
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to decorate. This is a very simple
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decorative accent. They come in again
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all different shapes and sizes just like
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mirrors. In fact, you can use mirrors as
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trays as well. But think about a tray.
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You know, you can have a wooden tray,
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you can have a round tray, you can have
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an oval tray, you can have a rectangular
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metal tray. There are so many different
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finishes available for trays. You can
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find one in any shape or size you can
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imagine. So, think about using these in
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your home to help cluster some mini
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vignettes so that you can create little
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decorative moments in places where it
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would otherwise look clustered if you
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put all these little small things on a
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tabletop or a surface. So, for instance,
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if you had a candle and, you know, a
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book and a little figurine and you try
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to put it on a small ottoman or a foot
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stool, it's it's going to look silly
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without something to anchor it. This is
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where the tray really comes into play.
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Now, you do not have to put a vignette
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on top of a tray. It's just a tried
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andrue method for decorating, but you
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can let the tray stand alone if you
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really want to, or you can have one
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singular item on that tray. Number five
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is picture ledges. Now, picture ledges
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are very, very versatile. They are
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skinny, they are unobtrusive, and you
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can put them in just about any place in
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your home. Picture ledges work well in
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small spaces like bathrooms and hallways
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or above sideboards. They create both a
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vertical interest and a flexibility
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because they will hold a variety of
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things. A lot of times when we think of
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picture ledgers, that's all we think of
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is pictures. But you don't have to just
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use a picture ledge to create a gallery
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wall. You can use this to display
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collections. You can use it to display
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books. You can put together little
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vignettes that are themed along a
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picture ledge. You can also use a
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picture ledge behind a sofa in lie of a
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sofa table. So it will create a sort of
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um horizontal plane that defines that
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furniture area without it being an
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actual tabletop that is sitting behind
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the sofa itself. You can mix in artwork
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with small sculptures, vases, candles,
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and books to create a dynamic layered
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look with picture ledges. Of course, you
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can use photographs or you can use
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different types of artwork. This is a
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really great tool to decorate with,
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particularly when you have pieces that
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are of varying sizes. Now, of course,
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everything is going to be sort of a
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shallow profile that goes on this
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picture ledge, right? We're not going to
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have a 6-in vase sitting on here. But
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for smaller decorative accents that
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people tend to have, you can use a
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picture ledge in the same way that you
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would use a decorative tray to sort of
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cluster smaller items together to make a
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vignette. You can use the picture ledge
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to do the same thing, except you can
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stack multiple picture ledges and create
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a really, really dramatic decorative
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moment and a decorative focal point just
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by layering multiple vignettes one on
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top of the other. So, the sky's is
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really the limit when it comes to
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picture ledges. And they are very simple
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to decorate with. They are a very
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inexpensive piece to pick up. They
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usually come in sets of two or three.
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Again, they might come white or black or
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in a wood finish. I don't see too many
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metal pitcher ledges, but that's not to
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say they don't exist, but they are
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coming in lots of different styles and
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thicknesses and have different types of
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sort of lips on them. So, think about
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looking for a picture ledge the next
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time you are doing some wall decor
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because they are a really fantastic way
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to create a dynamic look with some
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smaller objects, some books, some
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photos, some artwork. Really, anything
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small that you have, you can create a
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really upgraded and elevated look by
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using the picture ledges to display
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them. So, that's it for this video on
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five more simple decorating ideas. I
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hope you found it helpful. Don't forget
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to visit me at diancor.com. I post all
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about home decorating ideas and
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inspiration over there. If you like this
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consider subscribing to my channel. And
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I'll see you in the next one. Bye.
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