T W G : Design Journal

IN THE NEWS: JAMES HUNTER AND THE WISEMAN GROUP ON HOUZZ

Photo by Aaron Leitz

Houzz

, an online community of more than 25 million homeowners, home design enthusiasts and home improvement professionals, recently featured

the top ten Houzz articles of 2014

. Among these articles is one entitled "

12 Key Decorating Tips to Make Any Room Better

." One of TWG's projects, led by design principal James Hunter, appears as an illustration.

The Houzz decorating tip this room embodies?

Vary the scale. What looks good in the store may look like an elephant in the room when you bring it home. Or it’s too tiny to be of any significance. So always vary scale and proportion.  
The oversize sunburst mirror frame fills up the wall space nicely here, while the sand dollars make an interesting grouping below. They would be much too insignificant individually. Threes and fives make for more pleasing arrangements than even numbers.

Steven Sutro was the architect for this project, and Clayton Timbrell was the contractor.

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