Got the Collecting Bug? Beautiful Ways to Create and Display Your Collections

Arranged on a mantel, hung on the wall, or displayed on a console, collections can bring a room to life by expressing personality. The collection communicates individual passions and pursuits and takes a room from bland to a distinctive. Every collection tells a story and every story needs an organized presentation.

There is a razor thin line between collecting and hoarding. In the world of interior design the difference between the two rests in the DISPLAY. Let’s face it, the displaying of a collection is where you either look fashionably put together or demented. Here are a few tips:

1.Gathering– bring your collection together in one spot. Fill an etagere with antique decanters instead of scattering them all over the house.  Pulled together they make a dramatic impact.

2. Balance– think odd numbers (1,3,5,7 etc). This is the way items balance in nature. You don’t see a 2 pronged leaf for instance. The eye likes a stand alone object or a gathering in odd numbers.

3. Contrast– tall/small, dark/light, round/square. When placing items together on a mantel or console place contrasting objects next to one another. It helps each singular piece stand out among the collection.

Taking these guidelines into consideration when displaying (or hanging) your collection will bring harmony among the chaos and make you an aesthete instead of a hoarder.

We shopped for collections and displays with gorgeous results:

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Vintage Lighters $18-$98
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Blue Willow $35-$95
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Decanters & Colored Glass $36-$55
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Glass paperweights $48-$175
High Cotton
Large Display Shelves
High Cotton
Beautifully Modern Console
High Cotton
Cocktail Table and Console with Drawers
High Cotton
Stunning Sofa Console
High Cotton
Curved Sideboard
High Cotton
Chic Desk
High Cotton
Gorgeous in any room
High Cotton
Bookshelf with storage and sofa console
High Cotton
White Chest of Drawers and Oval Cocktail Table
High Cotton
Mirrored Console
ACQUISITIONS
Antique Shelf $3900 (20% OFF)
ACQUISITIONS
Antique Bookshelf $2500 (20%OFF)
ACQUISITIONS
ACQ Collection Display  Shelf $975 (15%OFF)
Cottage Chic
Somerset Bay “Lake Norman Breakfront” in Truffle-Hand Crafted Solid Plantation Grown Mahogany  (20% off- Retail $12,222 Sale $9,777.60)
Cottage Chic
Bella Notte Linens—Exceptional Luxury Linens Made in the US.On sale 20% off until February!)
Cottage Chic
Somerset Bay “Key Marathon Dresser”- Hand Crafted Solid Plantation Grown Mahogany piece (20% off— Retail $7,125 Sale $5,700)
ABODE
Silver Etagere with kitchen accessories- Ceramic plates in taupe and white $55, Salad Serving silverware $40, White ceramic bowl $142, Ceramic platter in white or taupe $215, Blue finger bowls $28, Casserole Dishes starting at $60
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Marble top console with silver bubble lamps- Coffee table books starting at $40, White Jade disc on stand $563 White ribbon coral, $85 Clear glass bowls and vases starting at $188
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Custom round dining table with armed dining chairs- Crystal votives in multiple colors $175, Taupe Ceramic plates $55 Various books starting at $40, French Cloches- $173 Herringbone Italian Throws in various colors $88 Solid Crystal Bowl as centerpiece
The Furniture Connector
Stanley Furniture Coral Chest, Precedent Chair Design Legacy, “Hand” bookends, Wendover wall art Regina Andrews Lamp
The Furniture Connector
Dovetail Stools, Interlude Oslo Vases, Art & Frame Source painting Dovetail Breton Console, CR Laine Chairs
The Furniture Connector
CR Laine Chair, Stanley Furniture Table,Regina Andrews Accessories
The Furniture Connector
CR Laine Couch & Chair, Stanley Furniture Glass Table, Regina Andrews Bookends
Bedside Manor
These stepped glass and metal shelves are great to display collections of varying sizes. Price starts at $1750.
Beside Manor
Glass and Bronze Shelf Price starts at $1750.
Bedside Manor
Round displays are perfect for displaying items that are as beautiful from the back as the front. Tall fluted etagere is $1399
Bedside Manor
Mirrored side table $1599
Bedside Manor
Small Stone Etagere is $1050.
Bedside Manor
One of our most unique and beautiful collectible items are these handcrafted metal flowers. These also  can be mounted on the wall with special pedestals

Contact the individual stores for details regarding furniture and collections AND tell them you read about it in scoop!

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