Home Ornaments
Shop home ornaments from Mikolia, glazed ceramic fruit, pumpkins and abstract decorative pieces for shelves, mantelpieces and sideboards. Everything here is sold individually, so a display can grow one considered object at a time rather than arriving as a fixed set.
Ornaments serve no practical purpose at all, and that is precisely what makes a room read as thoughtfully put together rather than simply furnished. For a full guide to arranging them, see our living room ornaments styling guide.
Glazed Ceramic Fruit and Pumpkins
Ceramic fruit is the easiest ornament to style, since it carries no stylistic risk: everyone reads an apple or a pear as charming, which makes it a natural choice for an unstyled surface or a low, rounded counterpoint to a taller piece. The range includes glazed apples, double pears and double citrus joined on a single sculpted branch, in stone-and-gold and pearlescent finishes.
Ribbed ceramic pumpkins in white-and-gold and black-and-gold finishes round out the range, each in two sizes. Despite the association, these are not seasonal objects. In glossy black or white with a gold stem, a pumpkin is a sculptural, year-round piece that simply comes into its own each autumn.
Abstract Ornaments
Alongside the ceramic fruit sits a smaller group of abstract decorative pieces, chosen for pure form rather than a figurative subject. These work as the quieter counterpart to a bolder sculpture or figurine, and suit a shelf or console that needs texture without a strong focal point.
Why Sold Individually Matters
Almost everything in this collection is sold as a single piece rather than a set. That is a feature rather than a limitation: one apple is a considered accent, two different fruits together start to look curated, and three or four at varying heights become a genuine display. Buying individually also means colourways can be mixed, a black-and-gold pumpkin beside a white-and-gold one, in a way a boxed set never allows.
Styling Ornaments in Groups
Groups of three read as deliberate; groups of two read as symmetrical and stiff. The most reliable approach is one taller piece, one medium, and one low, loosely triangulated rather than lined up in a row. Vary the height wherever possible: a flat stack of books beneath a low ornament turns it into a plinth and instantly adds interest to an otherwise even group.
Keep the palette tight even when mixing finishes. Black, gold, cream and stone tones sit together easily, and it is colour chaos rather than finish chaos that makes a shelf look cluttered. A matte ceramic piece beside a glossy glazed one works, provided both stay within the same narrow palette.
Leave Space Around Each Piece
An ornament needs room to be seen. The same piece wedged between a candle, a photo frame and a plant reads as clutter, while the identical piece with clear space around it reads as a chosen object. As a rough guide, at least a third of any styled surface should stay empty. If a display feels crowded, remove one item before adding anything new.
Styling by Surface
A coffee table is viewed from above, so it suits a low, rounded ornament, a glazed apple with a gold stem sitting on a stack of books does most of the work on its own. A mantelpiece or console is viewed straight on, so height and silhouette matter more than shape from above: a ribbed pumpkin at one end balances a taller figurine or sculpture at the other, with genuine space between them rather than a lined-up row.
On a bookshelf, alternate a shelf of mostly books with a shelf holding a styled group, and pull ornaments slightly forward of the back panel so they read as placed rather than stored.
Ornaments Alongside Figurines and Sculptures
Ornaments sit within the wider home decor and accessories collection, alongside figurines and sculptures. A ceramic pumpkin or apple is the natural low, rounded piece to complete a group built around a taller figurine or a resin sculpture, and mixing the three categories on one surface is usually more effective than filling it from a single range.
Where Ornaments Work
In the living room, ornaments do most of their work on coffee tables, consoles and mantelpieces. In the dining room, ceramic fruit sits naturally on a sideboard alongside tableware, and in the kitchen, a single pumpkin or fruit piece holds its own on open shelving.
Ornaments as a Gift
A single ceramic fruit or pumpkin is among the easiest and most affordable gifts in home decor. It needs no explaining, suits almost any interior, and works as a small addition to a larger gift or a considered present on its own.
More at Mikolia
For a full styling guide covering shelves, coffee tables, consoles and mantelpieces, read living room ornaments: how to style figurines, sculptures and decorative objects. Browse the full home decor and accessories collection at Mikolia, with UK next day delivery.
