Balancing Act
Create a winning cupboard presentation by striving for balance, both vertically and horizontally, on each side of the shelves. For Gary’s stepback cupboard in the front room, the grain bin on top is roughly the same size as the wood bowl on the lowest level. On the second row, he places the two small yellowware bowls on the left atop a wooden box to equal the height of the snowman figure on the right. “I like to use upper lighting to draw attention and outline stuff,” he says. “It makes the room seem taller.”