White Brite

con­tem­po­rary but­ter­flies under glass by Image Surgery via thestateofthings.com

Are you a col­lec­tor of pretty lit­tle things? We love pretty lit­tle things, col­lect­ing charm­ing vin­tage ani­mal fig­urines, pil­lows made with lus­cious designer fab­rics, and piles upon piles of books on sub­jects rang­ing from Edgar Allen Poe to antique Turkish tex­tiles. Collecting is a won­der­ful pas­time, but some of us min­i­mal­ists might find the col­lec­tions of “stuff” a bit over­whelm­ing. How on earth can your off­beat sen­ti­men­tal stuff look smart, pur­pose­ful and modern?

A sim­ple answer? Place it on a white backdrop.

You can make a bold state­ment by clev­erly hang­ing col­lec­tions of col­or­ful art­work, pho­tographs, or acces­sories on a sim­ple white wall. Your beloved trea­sures become the focal point of your room, like pieces of art in a mod­ern museum. For this rea­son, white is a great color to use in children’s rooms. Their toys become edgy lit­tle sculp­tures by a some con­tem­po­rary Japanese artist. White is excep­tion­ally ground­ing for those who love color but require the dici­pline of good design. It cre­ate a cli­mate of bal­ance in a room,  offering  your objects an air of sophistication.

We’ve laid out a few dif­fer­ent takes on dis­play­ing col­or­ful collections.

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