Composition and Styling for Interior Design

Learn how to balance color, texture, and form by curating a small group of decorative objects as a personal styling statement in your room of choice

• Introduction
• Furniture Basics
• Building the Vignette
• Finishing the Vignette
• Final project

In interior design, a vignette is the composition and styling of a central furniture piece and accompanying decorative objects to create a statement ensemble. Designer and antique dealer Sean Schererm likes to combine color, symmetry, and inspiration from other cultures in his vignettes. Both his work and store, Kabinett & Krammer, have been featured in The New York Times, Martha Stewart Living, Country Home, and The Sunday Times UK.


In this online course, learn the design principles that help you style and compose a truly original vignette. Learn how to source and curate each furnishing and decorative object to express your unique taste. Ready to add a “wow factor” to your home?

• About Me
• Influences
• What Is a Vignette?
• The Room and the Wall
• Acquiring Pieces
• The Main Furniture Piece and the Side Pieces
• Wall Elements
• The Tablescape
• Variations and Seasons
• Documenting the Vignette
• Composition and Styling for Interior Design