Plus a few easy styling tricks to make your home feel beautiful

There’s something about a beautiful fragrance that can completely change the mood of a home.

A candle flickering on the coffee table, a diffuser greeting you as you walk through the door, or a favourite scent beside the bed — they’re little details, but they make a home feel warm, welcoming and yours.

And the best part? Your candles and diffusers don’t need to sit in a corner on their own. Style them as part of your décor and suddenly something practical becomes part of the room.

Here are three of our favourite ways to style them, plus a few bonus Ginja B styling tricks you can try at home.

01. Create a Coffee Table Moment

The coffee table is one of our favourite places to play with styling because you only need a few pieces to completely change the look.

Start with a beautiful candle or diffuser  and build a little story around it.

Try pairing your fragrance with a stack of favourite books, a decorative bowl, a small vase or a touch of greenery.

The trick is to play with different heights and textures. You don't want everything sitting at exactly the same level.

Think:

candle + books + greenery + one beautiful object

And you're done.

Don't overcrowd it. A little breathing room often makes your favourite pieces stand out even more.

Ginja B Tip: A decorative tray is brilliant for bringing everything together. Pop your candle, a small vase and a favourite decorative piece onto the tray and you've instantly created a styled little vignette.

 

02. Make Your Bedside Table

Feel Special

Your bedroom should feel like somewhere you actually want to retreat to at the end of the day.

And it doesn't take much.

A beautiful candle, a small lamp, your current book and perhaps a little dish for jewellery can transform a bedside table from functional to lovely.

Choose a fragrance that suits the mood you want to create — something soft, warm or calming is beautiful for bedrooms.

Light your candle while you're getting ready for bed, then always extinguish it before going to sleep.

If you prefer something you don't have to think about, a diffuser is perfect. It quietly fragrances the room all day and looks beautiful while doing it.

Ginja B Tip: Don't try to make both bedside tables perfectly match. A slightly collected, relaxed look can make a bedroom feel much more personal.

03. Give the Bathroom a Little Luxury

This might be our favourite.

Why should the beautiful things only live in the lounge room?

A diffuser is one of the easiest ways to make an everyday bathroom feel a little more luxurious.

Style one beside your favourite hand wash and hand cream, then add a small tray, beautiful towels or a little greenery.

Suddenly you've created that lovely boutique-hotel feeling at home.

Fresh, clean fragrances work beautifully here, but choose whatever makes you happy when you walk into the room.

Because really, that's the point.

Your home should smell like somewhere you love being.

BONUS: A Few More Styling Ideas We Love

Once you start looking around your home, there are so many little places waiting for a styling moment.

The entrance: Place a diffuser on your console table with a lamp, bowl and greenery. It's one of the first things guests experience when they arrive, so choose a fragrance you love.

The kitchen: Try a fresh fragrance alongside a beautiful serving board, ceramic bowl or vase of greenery. Keep candles and diffusers safely away from food-preparation areas, heat and open flames.

The bathroom tray: Group hand wash, hand cream and a diffuser on a gorgeous tray. Three everyday products suddenly become a display.

The bookshelf: Books don't have to fill every centimetre. Leave some space for a decorative object, small vase or unlit candle to break things up.

The dining table: A beautiful candle can make even Tuesday-night dinner feel a little special. Just choose a subtle fragrance around food so it doesn't compete with what's being served.

The Rule of Three

Here's one of the easiest styling tricks to remember:

Style in threes.

For example:

Candle + vase + decorative object

or

Diffuser + books + greenery

or

Lamp + bowl + candle

Groups of three often feel relaxed and balanced without looking overly arranged.

Vary the height, shape and texture of the three pieces and you've got an instant little interior moment.

Mix Old With New

Not everything on a beautifully styled shelf needs to be brand new.

In fact, we think homes are much more interesting when they're a mixture of new finds and things that mean something.

Style your new candle beside an old stack of books.

Place a beautiful diffuser next to a bowl you found while travelling.

Mix a new vase with something you've had forever.

Those combinations are what stop a home looking like a showroom and start making it feel like your home.

Change Things With the Seasons

This is also the perfect way to refresh your home without redecorating the whole room.

As spring arrives, bring in lighter fragrances, fresh greenery and softer colours.

In autumn, introduce warmer tones and richer scents.

And when Christmas arrives? That's when we can really have some fun — beautiful festive fragrances, candles glowing on the table, greenery, ornaments and little touches of Christmas throughout the home.

You don't need to change everything.

Sometimes one new scent, one beautiful cushion or one gorgeous piece of décor is enough to make a room feel new again.

Find Your Signature Scent

Whether you're a candle-every-night person, love the ease of a diffuser, or have a different fragrance in every room, scent is one of the simplest ways to give your home personality.

Choose fragrances you genuinely love. Style them with things you already own. Move them around when you feel like a change.

There really aren't too many rules.

Beautiful homes aren't about perfection. They're about creating little moments that make you happy.

And we think that's what home should be all about.

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