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How to Style a Credenza

March 18, 2015

If you’ve been watching my Pinterest boards, you might have recently noticed a few pinning sprees with one theme — credenzas. I have 2 in my home, both with TVs hung above them. Nose crinkle, I know. But in my home (and most people’s homes), TVs are a necessity, and a credenza below a TV just looks better. For the last few months I’ve been playing around, and I just can’t seem to nail the art of how to style a credenza.

How To Style A Credenza

via Sarah Sherman Samuels

I want to distract from the old tube; however, my Type-A personality husband might go clinically insane. Moving decor around the house is enough to drive him batty. You add in decorative branches or a lampshade creeping into the frame of the television…lookout. His eyes will pop out and his head will spin.

How To Style A Credenza

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Me trying to style a credenza has become comical. I’m constantly moving this here, that there. Turning, nudging. Maybe a stack of books? Nope. Maybe a lamp? Nope. Maybe the lamp on the stack of books? Nopey, nope, nope. How about a vase? Add in a succulent? I mean everything looks better with a succulent, right? Maybe a piece of art leaned casually against the wall. OK, take a step back…yep, just what I thought. It’s a hot mess. The Boy just asks, “Are you done yet?”

So I thought Pinterest might help me figure it out. Decode the mystery. Rub the magic lamp for proper placement. Group three vases of different heights together just so. Don’t add too much, but please add enough. What I started to see were pyramids. Objects placed small to large. Whether in a grouping or as a whole, you start to see the outline. Start with one large object and fill in the open space with medium and small decorative objects.

How To Style A Credenza

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The layered look above is gorgeous, but it’s probably the most difficult for me to master. Overlapping art, casually propped against the wall. It’s so perfect. Here the plants bring the sterility of black and white to life. This credenza has a lot going on, but in keeping with only tones of green, the plants play nicely off each other. Giving it a cohesive look.

How To Style A Credenza

via Sarah Sherman Samuels

This credenza is quite simple. Not much to it really. Adding a medium-sized plant and a few tactile objects like the terrarium, brass candle holder and basket gives both sides balance. I don’t know if it’s the door, but this entryway has that wow factor. Yet it’s so simple. Casual. I love how the textures are popping.

A cactus in a cloche might be the next best thing to sliced bread. Add in a Tom Dixon candle and a casual stack of books…well, apparently you have the most perfectly styled credenza on the planet. Yep, that’s right. I said it. It looks like someone was just recently there and dropped off some books. Maybe that is what makes this space look so inviting. It has a sort of lived-in look.

So now it’s time to take my pinsperation and execute the perfect credenza style. Can it be done? Sure! Will there be a second, third, fourth attempt before I master my sense of style. Yup! Sure will! Might even have some curse words and some tears. But, when it’s finally done, I can guarantee it will be a perfectly polished display that will make my space feel finished…and most of all, me happy.

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Kyla Herbes is an interior designer and content creator based in Chicago. She shares daily doses of home decor, corners of her home, interior styling tips, and will inspire you to do it yourself. Kyla sits on the Design Influencers Board Of Directors and was hired by TikTok to become a Creative Learning Partner. Her eclectic home decor style has been was featured in Furniture, Lighting & Decor Magazine, Yahoo News, Southern Living, and Exhibit A as one to watch in the home decor niche. Her home decor blog, House Of Hipsters, won Best Written Blog from the Amara Interior Blogger Awards in 2018 and has been featured on Apartment Therapy, The Huffington Post, Refinery29, Rue Magazine, Reclaim Magazine, and Style Me Pretty Living. Kyla has also made appearances on BravoTV and WGN TV and was named a Better Homes and Gardens Style Maker for 2018 and 2019. When Kyla isn’t blogging or speaking about social media, you’ll find her scouring flea markets for vintage treasures or pushing furniture around her home.

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    kyla
    March 19, 2015

    That sounds so pretty. Sometimes I tend to put to much and I have to continuously remind myself to tone it down. Looking at pictures like this helps me at least visualize.

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    kyla
    March 19, 2015

    Thank you so much for stopping by to take a look Christina!

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    kiki
    March 21, 2015

    Styling a credenza in real life is like styling a night stand in real life: not like in the pictures.

    Credenas, coffee tables, tables, shelves, counters–flat surfaces become places where we sensibly put things of our lives like, the stuff that comes in the mail, stuff from work, scarves, that pack of gum we bought with the box of tampons and need to put somewhere so it doesn’t end upstairs and in the bathroom. The envelope you need to take with you on your way out tomorrow. The coupon for Staples you don’t want to forget.

    Credenas lend themselves towards being a repository for these things and I say, well met. Unlike tables and counters and coffee tables, they aren’t working surfaces. It is rare of never that I see pix of a credenza styled to be a repository for stuff like this. I think a credenza should have a couple of alluring display things but also put that surface to work.

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    [email protected]
    March 24, 2015

    Thanks for these awesome inspirations! Pinned! I have a credenza to style:-)

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    kyla
    September 8, 2015

    Hi Patty! I would personally search Craigslist or Chairish. I love the look of a vintage dresser repurposed as a media center. Plus you get a lot of storage for remotes, DVDs and drink coasters =) There are many vintage options with doors that open. You can leave the components inside and clean up any clutter. Cut a hole in the backside for cords and this will also make sure it doesn’t get too hot.

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    naomi
    October 30, 2015

    I have exactly the same problem with mine! No TV above it though. Tried books, pictures etc – it was never right. Argh. Thanks for the tips!

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    ali
    December 19, 2015

    Where you did you find that gorgeous hexagon mirror in the Via Smitten Studio?

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