Prepared for some inspiring console desk decor concepts? I share my ten favourite concepts for including model to any console desk, sideboard, or buffet!
One of many many home tasks that I’m juggling proper now’s adorning our eating room. I lastly ordered some eating room facet chairs that arrive this week (fingers crossed that they’re winners) after which went to work on what to placed on the partitions and the highest of our sideboard. The one factor that I’ve there to this point is {this blue gourd lamp} that I ordered on sale a couple of weeks again (and love!). I’ve additionally ordered a big canvas artwork print that needs to be right here quickly – that is the paper template that I taped up to ensure the dimensions I used to be would work:
Sources: Sideboard | Blue gourd lamp | Rug
Now I’ve moved on to discovering a couple of extra ornamental items so as to add to the highest of our sideboard. I’ve had a number of requests for a console desk adorning publish up to now so thought that whereas I’ve a bunch of concepts recent in my head, I’d share my favourite sideboard and console desk decor concepts with you! They’re all concepts that ought to give you the results you want whether or not you’re adorning a console desk, buffet, sideboard, entryway desk, or another related piece.
Earlier than we bounce in, as an FYI the perfect photographs I may discover to present you a visible of a number of of my console desk decor concepts come from increased finish retailers (who’ve nice stylists!) so the consoles themselves and the decor on them is usually expensive. However know as you learn this publish that you just don’t must spend a ton of cash to have a fantastically embellished console desk – a few of my favourite decor items have come from HomeGoods and Amazon. Each one in all these concepts that I share will be accomplished fantastically whereas sticking to a finances! And with that, let’s get to it… (publish consists of affiliate hyperlinks; full disclosure assertion obtainable {right here})
1. Give Greenery a Spot to Shine
I like the look of huge scale greenery on one facet of a console desk or sideboard. It provides a punch of colour and the natural form of greenery is a pleasant distinction to the straight lined silhouette of most consoles. A couple of examples embrace these leafy branches in a flare neck glass vase that make a press release on this rattan console:
Sources: Console with caning | Rattan side chair
and these extra wispy branches in a footed glass vase on this beautiful linen console desk:
Sources: Wallpaper | Linen console | Rattan stools | Bamboo mirror | Brass & glass table lamp
4. Layer in Mild
Utilizing lighting on or above a console or sideboard is an effective way to layer gentle in a room. Whereas I’ve a single lamp on my console and sideboard, a pair of lamps can be a ravishing look (particularly when you’re a lover of symmetry)! For instance, {this pair of white temple jar lamps} is gorgeous on prime of this high-end raffia console desk with a grid of 4 framed artwork prints and some equipment:
Sources: Console table | White lamps | Art prints
5. Stack Up Some Books
You may need seen in a number of of the photographs I’ve already proven that stacked books are generally used for console desk decor. Consoles are an important place to show particular books you may need about your favourite pursuits, trip locations, or household photograph books. They usually can even serve a goal of elevating up ornamental items resting on prime of them to a peak that’s extra pleasing to the attention, as was accomplished with the candle holders elevated by two books on this stunning console:
Sources: Console | Blue lamps | Mini vases | Watercolor bowl | Candlesticks & holders | Gold mirror
You can too use books so as to add extra colour or sample to a console desk by including a easy cloth guide cowl to them akin to these that I used on the entryway chest in our earlier residence one spring:
It’s actually easy to do (no stitching required) – yow will discover the step-by-step of make cloth guide covers {right here}.
Tip! When hanging a single piece of artwork over a console desk or sideboard, artwork that’s between ⅔ and ¾ the width of the furnishings piece under it’s a good dimension to shoot for.
Different choices are to hold a number of identically sized framed prints in a grid or create an eclectic gallery wall. My favourite on-line retailers for fairly priced artwork prints are Minted, Artfully Walls, Etsy, and Juniper Print Shop which is a brand new favourite. I simply ordered {this Montauk canvas print} from their store to go over the lengthy sideboard in our household room:
7. Add Storage With Baskets
Need hidden storage for footwear by your entrance door or for stashing reusable baggage which you can seize as you head to the grocery retailer? Including ornamental baskets akin to {this pair of woven baskets} to open consoles can provide you precisely that:
Sources: Black console table | Console baskets
If the hampers look acquainted, it’s as a result of they’re the identical ones that I’ve used for storage on the base of this shallow closet:
8. Embellish With Bowls & Containers
Two of the console desk decor items that I exploit time and time once more are ornamental bowls & packing containers. For instance I used {this shallow wood bowl} crammed with a strand of glass beads similar to {these} on the shelf of our entryway console:
And in the course of the holidays, I’ve added a big ornamental wooden bowl crammed with ornaments & jingle bells to the highest of my console:
9. Add A Little bit of Quirk
As with each house you adorn, it’s enjoyable so as to add a chunk with a little bit of quirk that displays your distinctive pursuits or character. I’ve lengthy had a love for small brass animals so it’s no shock that I believe {this brass snail} is the cutest factor ever – he nonetheless makes me smile after I stroll by him hanging out on my console:
10. Doll It Up When You Entertain
One of many issues I like most about console desk and sideboards is that they’re tremendous purposeful items for entertaining. You should use them like a bar cart to carry and serve drinks or, when you’ve got an extended console, you’ll be able to arrange a beautiful buffet. The best way they arrange this champagne and dessert station is gorgeous:
Sources: Marble top console table | Antiqued glass mirror | Seagrass baskets
I hope these console desk decor concepts sparked an thought of what you might do to brighten your individual console or sideboard! I’ll be sharing over on Instagram Stories {here} as my new chairs, artwork, and decor items arrive and can let you recognize whether or not or not they’re winners! Subsequent week I’ll be again to share extra updates on different rooms in our residence together with some main progress on the “circus room” ceiling and household room hearth. Within the meantime, make sure to take a look at my Store web page {right here} as I’ve added a whole lot of new sale finds for Labor Day gross sales that began early and can hold including extra as we head into the vacation weekend!
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