SHORT TAKES

Aim for simplicity to create an attractive primitive vignette like this one in Christa’s front hall.

Focus.

Station a showy cabinet or pie safe as your main attentiongetter. Fill any extra floor space with a small chair.

Frame.

Span the width of the wall with a peg rail installed above the cabinet.

Merge.

Allow artifacts and collectibles on top of the cabinet and those hanging from the peg rail to intersect with each other.

String.

Accent your display with garlands of natural elements like nuts or seeds and rough textures like aged metal chain.

Christa and rescue cat Montie await their next visitors in the front hallway, where a chippy wood settee and salvaged architectural elements present a welcoming tableau.