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    The document discusses accessories for interior design. It defines accessories as small decorative items like vases, plants, pillows and pictures. Accessories can be functional, like lamps and waste baskets, or decorative, like artwork. Accessories are used to emphasize focal points, bring balance, and allow for personal expression. Examples of wall hangings include photographs, maps, and mirrors. Guidelines are provided for selecting and arranging accessories to achieve design goals.

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    The document discusses accessories for interior design. It defines accessories as small decorative items like vases, plants, pillows and pictures. Accessories can be functional, like lamps and waste baskets, or decorative, like artwork. Accessories are used to emphasize focal points, bring balance, and allow for personal expression. Examples of wall hangings include photographs, maps, and mirrors. Guidelines are provided for selecting and arranging accessories to achieve design goals.

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    Accessories

    Accessories
    Accessories are the small items
    that add utility and comfort in a
    room…vases, plants, throw
    pillows and pictures.
     Functional accessories:
     Lamps, ashtrays, waste
    baskets
     Decorative accessories:
     Pictures, sculpture, collections
    Roles of Accessories
     Emphasize focal point
     Give the room balance
     Emphasize the foreground or
    background
     Orchestrate colors, patterns,
    textures
     Act as a personal expression
    Accessories
     To call attention to a large
    piece of furniture?
     Put something on it, beside it,
    or over it
     How do you emphasize a
    painting?
     Place it where it will attract
    attention
     Have direct light shine on it
     How do you emphasize a
    wall?
     Paint the wall a bright color or
    wallpaper it
     Arrange accessories on it
    Accessories
     To achieve balance in a
    room…
     Art work can balance heavy
    furniture on the opposite
    side of the room
     Repeat patterns or colors
    (in pillows, drapes, etc.) on
    the opposite side of the
    room
    Contrasts in Interior Design
     Plain surfaces…
     Patterned accessories

     Patterned areas…
     Plain accessories

     Shiny textures…
     Dull textures

     Soft textures…
     Hard textures

     A room full of straight lines…


     Curved lines

     A calm room…
     Bright and bold accessories

     A wild room…
     Quiet and understated
    accessories
    Selecting Accessories
     How can you unify
    accessories?
     Color
     Period
     Material
     Formal/informal
     Proportions
    Categories of Accessories
     Lighting
     Wall hangings
     Table Tops
     Collectibles
     Sculpture
     Flowers and plants
     Party or holiday decorations
    Examples of Wall Hangings
     Photographs
     Collages
     Posters
     Etchings, lithographs
     Maps
     Weavings
     Baskets
     Mirrors
     Fabric wall hangings
    Accessories
     Types of pictures:
     Oil painting, water color, etchings, lithographs, photographs, needle work
     Collector’s items:
     Posters
     How should you select a picture?
     Select one you enjoy.
    Accessories
     Where should you hang
    photographs?
     Intimate rooms
     Hallways
     A bare wall is…
     Better than a wall with the
    wrong scale or type of wall
    hanging.
    Accessories
     Tabletop accessories:
     Ashtrays, vases, candles,
    clocks, bottles, carvings
     Where should you observe
    your tabletop display when
    arranging it?
     From above and all sides
    Guidelines for wall groupings…
     Consider the scale, proportion, and balance.
     The wall arrangement and the furniture beneath should seem like a
    unit.
     Remember the golden mean.
     Hang a large picture on an important wall at eye level.
     Keep an imaginary line around the outside of a grouping of pictures,
    so that the arrangement will have unity.
     Usually use one dominant grouping or picture in a room.
    Guidelines for wall groupings…
     Hang pictures of moderate size so that the lower edges are even
    with the lower edge of the largest picture near them.
     If furniture is arranged for formal balance, the pictures could be hunt
    in formal balance.
     Straight lines can be relieved by curved lines.
     Uneven numbers are more desirable than even numbers and will be
    less tiring.
     Avoid hanging pictures against figured wall paper unless the
    pictures are matted or the subject is strong enough to hold its own
    against the wall paper.
     Make a trial grouping of your wall arrangement on the floor.
    Accessories
     Collectibles…
     Stamps, postcards, beer cans,
    Chinese porcelain
     Places for plants…
     Hung from ceiling, placed on
    window sill, tables, shelves,
    stepladders, library steps,
    pedestals, glass shelves, floor

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