It’s tempting to fill every shelf completely—every souvenir, every photo, every candle. But when nothing has room to breathe, your brain sees a dense wall of stuff and stops noticing individual pieces.
Leaving some gaps—small areas where there’s just wall or only one object—creates rhythm. Your eye moves comfortably from one group to the next. Each object or cluster gets its own moment.
Empty space isn’t “waste”; it’s part of the design. It’s what stops your decor from tipping over into visual noise.
