The art of harmonize a collection of disparate objects derives from the characteristics of the French chic style and the Central European tradition of the old "Wunderkammer" where collectors accumulated crafts, paintings, sculptures, books, naturalistic and zoomorphic elements, inventions, etc. variegated in private rooms that defined their purchasing power and lifestyle.
Today we know that objects play a indispensable role in decoration, helping to compose a certain atmosphere, reflecting our personality, sensitivity and hobbies, or expressing a state of mind. The proper compilation of them is a compositional exercise whose only limit is the available space; You just need to have an instinct to improvise, a certain daring in mixing and the ability to link concepts: simplicity and sophistication, symmetry and eclecticism, harmony and contrast, color and monochrome ...
We can take note of stylists, interior designers, decorators and antique dealers who use their passions and inspiration to elaborate their own style, trying to present dynamic combinations (and apparently random) of treasures, relics, second-hand objects and contemporary elements in a kind of “patchwork” between old and new objects, suggesting environments with an industrial, rustic, eclectic or extravagant aspect.
We can also add to our still life a narrative content with poetic touches, as if we were trying to tell a story through a series of memories with the same spirit placed in a suggestive and mysterious way, linking each other by their dimension, shape or concept. It is as if the objects acquire life and reach literary heights, although the important thing is that decoratively speaking the result is very careful.
More information - At the home of interior designer Deborah French
Sources - A few pretty things, french sampler, Home Decor, Remodeler, The New Victorian Ruralist,
I like the air as a village that gives the whole kitchen and the patio with the armchairs and plants