4 Tips for Displaying Sentimental Items in Your Home

Our homes are more than just a collection of walls and furniture. It can be sentimental. We curate each room to suit our daily needs and reflect our personalities. 

Infusing your living space with items that hold sentimental value can create a sense of continuity and joy that new, store-bought trinkets can’t duplicate. Dive into the best tips for displaying sentimental items in your home and embark on a journey of interior design and self-reflection.  

Balance Emotion With Intention

To avoid a cluttered look, be intentional about where and how you place your keepsakes. Displaying sentimental items is among the best decorating tips for making your space unique, so it’s invaluable to interior design. 

Creating a unique space instantly gives it a level of character that only you can. However, crafting that delightfully unique design requires finding a distinct purpose for sentimental items. 

Consider placement along sight lines to control clutter and use them to bring balance to spaces that lack visual harmony. Find spots around the kitchen, living room, and beyond that look dull or lack an eye-catching element. The key is to use sentimental photos or decorations to improve the space instead of randomly shoving them on a shelf. 

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Scale To Suit Your Space

Larger items can be stunning focal points, while smaller pieces might require closer inspection. Scale their display according to the impact you wish for each item to have within the context of the room and the sentiment it holds. 

A decorative vase passed down by a family member may appear clunky and awkward on your coffee table, but such decor can breathe new life into shelving units or along countertops. 

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Test It

After placing your sentimental decor in any room, test out how it functions with your day-to-day activities. For example, if you put the aforementioned vase on a larger dining room table, have a meal there that night to see how it fits.

Does it make it hard to communicate with someone on the other end of the table, or it does create the perfect centerpiece? Find a comfortable fit for your sentimental item so it can become a beloved part of the room instead of an annoyance. 

Prioritize Reflective Arrangements

As we mentioned above, finding an area that needs an aesthetic boost is a great opportunity to place sentimental items, but that’s not all you must consider. Factor in how the item makes you think and feel as you pass it. 

If you place the decor in a room and it doesn’t have any impact on the space visually or emotionally, then find a more prominent place to put it. Position items where you’ll see them often—the kitchen, the living room, or along a frequently-traveled hallway. This way, memories become familiar, almost tangible aspects of your daily ambience. 

Learning the best ways to display sentimental items in your home ensures you don’t lose beloved memories to time. Rethink your interior design today to find great opportunities to bring a more personal touch to it. 

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