86 Styling

The way in which something is intentionally positioned within a space for visual interest.

Further Reading

Frida Ramstedt, The Interior Design Handbook Furnish, Decorate, and Style Your Space (Clarkson Potter, 2020).

Emily Henderson, Styled Secrets for Arranging Rooms, from Tabletops to Bookshelves (Potter Style, 2015).

Styling is the use of objects—books, artwork, sculpture, or plants—to achieve compositional balance and add detail to what is otherwise a blank moment in a design. The positioning of furniture, placement of accessories, and the addition of wall and flooring choices all contribute to the successful documentation of a project.

Styling within a space can also have a functional ...

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