
21. Design Mistake: Not Varying The Heights Of Your Furniture
When buying furniture, keep scale in mind. If everything is the same height in your room, everything will look pretty flat and dull. Although you do want to go for a uniform look, you should always aim for varying the heights of each furniture piece in a room so that the eye has something to drift towards. Look for pieces that reflect or are close enough to what you’re looking for.
The best way to think about a room is to think of a city skyline. There are buildings of different heights and widths, creating various shapes and configurations for the eye to keep moving from one spot to the next. That’s sort of the configuration you should be looking for when it comes to finding furniture pieces that will complement each other as well as the room. Mix scale and different shapes together until you find something that speaks to your heart and draws everything together as a whole.