How to Get French Style at Home
Would you like your home to look a little more à la mode? Erin Swift, author of French Accents: At Home with Parisian Objects and Details shares seven easy strategies.
By Abbe Wright
Find Your Balance
Swift says the way the French collect and arrange objects comes down to one fundamental principle: Balance. As she notes, it's related to symmetry but isn't quite the same thing. Start with objects of similar visual "weight." In this case, that's a lamp opposite a marble bust, with the remaining objects (books, plants, architectural fragments) arranged in between.
Published 12/19/2013