When you walk into a beautiful home furnishings store, are you mesmerized by the stunning displays and wish you could bring that level of style to your home? At Stoney Creek Furniture, we’re especially proud of our talented Visual Design Team and want to share their insights on how they find inspiration – and how to create some of their signature looks in your own home. Here are some of their decor tips:

Be Fearless

A simple leather sofa is classic and always appropriate, but if you want to take things up a notch, a smokey grey velvet tufted sofa with nail heads and gilded legs is remarkable! Be adventurous and you’ll see extraordinary results. As our Visual Merchandiser, Carolyn, says, “Sometimes you have to think outside the box to create a look that fits. Maybe it’s not the obvious choice, but whatever draws attention seems to work best.”

Look to the Seasons

Our merchandisers were inspired to create these wall hangings by the beauty of spring. Yellow daffodils, a blue robin’s egg, leaves bursting into bloom – how do these images ignite your imagination? It may be a glorious centrepiece, twigs fashioned into a mantel display, furnishings in gentle blue or a metal container housing a collection of this season’s on-trend cacti. Our Visual Merchandiser, Amanda, says it best: “Choose natural foundations for your displays; highlight greens and soft pastels to blend with outdoor elements.”

Use Juxtaposition and Contrast

Don’t be confined by a décor style! If your look is contemporary, go beyond those boundaries with rustic, Boho or traditional elements. That’s what our team does! Initial instincts may be to match – but dig deeper. Our expert tip: “Mix it up. Bringing modern elements to a rustic finish, for example, works really well and makes a space fresh and fun.”

Choose a Palette and Materials

It’s easy to get overwhelmed by the smorgasbord of colours and materials available. Our Visual Merchandiser, Melissa, offers this advice, “Pick two colours and materials as your foundation and build from that. Like white and turquoise. Or iron and metal.”  You can certainly add touches of other colours or materials, but do so judiciously. Harmony and repetition are pleasing to the eye and calming to the spirit.

Borrow and Adapt

Inspiration is everywhere – read magazines, explore online. Open your mind to how you can take a great idea and modify it for your space. It may mean changing the colour scheme, adding new fabrics and accessories or scaling the size up or down – or perhaps indulging in a new piece of furniture to totally change a room’s vibe. Our Visual Design Team agrees: “If you love a look, think creatively and you’ll make it work for your space!”

Stay tuned for more blogs on decor tips and inspiration from our Visual Design Team – and great ideas to fuel your imagination.

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