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Clustercore is simple to achieve. People like this design aesthetic because it comes from using what you have in drawers and cabinets to make a basic apartment or house a place to feel right at home. But it can be tricky to make it work without overdoing it.
Carefully arrange personal items to add warmth and coziness to a room. However, be cautioned that clustercore can quickly become messy if the arrangements are done haphazardly or if too many things are thrown together without much thought.
For example, perhaps you have an old brooch that’s lost its pin, the key to your first car, a gumball machine toy from your childhood, and mardi gras beads from a college party. Put those together in a small antique dish, and you’ve created your first clustercore display.
If you want to try this style, be careful not to confuse clustercore with cluttercore, another trend in interiors that’s a little bit less focused and a lot busier. Where clustercore is vignette-based, cluttercore involves entire rooms. Clustercore allows for space for the eye to rest, while cluttercore is much louder.
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