Decorating the top of your Kitchen Cabinets - a few Tips and Tricks


I have collected SO MUCH junk beautiful things from the thrift store, yes, I have topped off my cabinets FULL of thrift store treasures for pennies. 


The funny thing is I have so much collected things left over that I am not using that I told myself I am BANNED from any more thrift store shopping. 


Mood board how to decorate top of cabinets





My own home 2016 - too many things going on!  


My own home 2026 - SIMPLIFIED and IMPORTANT: no cabbagey greenery. (Just olive twigs, simplistic greenery) 






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Decorating the top of your cabinets

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Small Clock

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Light Vase

Candlestick
 
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Here are a few tips when it comes to decorating tops of cabinets or even tops of decorative tables.



1.) Do lots of layering, especially with the heights.  PAIR up items, rarely would I leave a single decor item by itself.  Either use 2 or 3 pieces and be sure each one is a different height. Don't equally space each decor item by themselves.

2.) Think about how your eye would travel, you want your eye to do a circle…..it’s interesting how decorating is just like taking a good picture, if you can take a good picture I promise you can decorate well too! 

3.) Greenery  adds so much, it softens the edges…….keep your eye out at thrift stores or use that 40% off Michael's coupon to buy yourself some greenery!  Add the greenery in spots that have a lot of hard texture around it so it can be softened up.

If you guys ever have any questions, you know I am HAPPY to help. 

Here is a post about my top 10 general decorating tips if you haven’t read that post either!!



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