Only Three Items on the Mantelpiece

A mantelpiece display. Only three items are placed on the marble mantelpiece: a slender white candle in a brass candlestick, a plain ceramic vase with a single flower, and a small unframed photo leaning against the wall behind. Their positions are biased towards one side of the mantelpiece, leaving the other side empty. An old mirror or a painting leans against the wall above. Avoid: filling the mantelpiece with decorations and photo frames, making the display symmetrical, adding clocks and sets of candlesticks, arranging objects in a straight line.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個壁爐檯面的陳設。大理石檯面上只放三樣東西:一支細長的白蠟燭插在黃銅燭台上、一個素色的陶瓶插著一枝花、以及一張沒有框的小照片靠在後方的牆上。它們的位置偏向檯面的一側,另一側留空。上方牆面靠著一面舊鏡或一幅畫。避免:把壁爐台擺滿裝飾品與相框、讓陳設左右對稱、加入時鐘與成組的燭台、把物件排成一直線。