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Iokasti Sotirakopoulou

5 Things You Should Always 'Size Up' in Your Home, or Risk Cheapening Your Scheme

Lights, storage and rugs.

Even beautiful homes can feel slightly unfinished when the scale of the pieces is wrong. A rug that’s too small, curtains that feel skimpy, or lighting that disappears into the room can instantly make a scheme feel less polished. A lot of the things making your home look cheap are actually proportion mistakes rather than styling mistakes.

The easiest fix? As an interior stylist, my advice: size up. Here are the five categories where going slightly bigger almost always makes a home feel calmer, more luxurious, and more pulled together.

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