Cluttered or Clustered? or The Minor Adjustment That Made Me Stop Hating My Winter Mantel

Cluttered or Clustered? or The Minor Adjustment That Made Me Stop Hating My Winter Mantel

Earlier this month I posted a peek of some clearance goodies I picked up to help with my winter decorating.  I finally got around to it…BUT, I wondered why I was getting an unsettling feeling every time I walked by my mantel.  I had mostly shopped the house and used items I love and use often…but something was just off.  After a few days I realized what it was.  It just looked too cluttered!  I enjoy a collected look and am fond of layers, but this is the look that was bothering me (in fact, it must have bothered me so much I couldn’t get a clear photo, ha)…

Here is the “after” shot.  Can you tell what I did differently?

That’s right!  I didn’t remove or replace a thing!!  The problem was that I hadn’t grouped my groupings close enough so that it just looked like a bunch of individual items strewn across the mantel.  Now this is a grouping…

…and this is a grouping…

Now, wasn’t that easy?

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  1. It does make a difference! (:>) You have the knack…and you have a lot of pretty things Lisa. I love it!

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