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.