One popular decorating style today is the country decorating style and it’s no wonder with it’s homey look and comfortable furniture. But what if you don’t have a country style home? No problem - you can decorate your home to have a wonderful country feel no matter what style it is.
The first thing you must consider is the colors. Use basic red, green and blue tones along with beige colors for your country decorating theme. Get paint cards with the colors you have chosen and carry the cards with you when you are shopping for furniture and accessories and be assured that the colors will match.
In the home, you want to add paintings and knick knacks combined with furniture. Stick to a comfortable, unfussy style with stained or painted pine furniture. Selecting your accessories and furniture with care will help hone your country design.
You want to fill your home with great country stuff - snow shoes, baskets and the like for adding flavor to the room, but you also need to bring the walls, floors and windows into the room design. Window treatments for the country decorating style should be plain. To offset the plain windows you’ll want to use great wall are such as folk art and primitive prints in plain frames.
Lighting is a crucial element in any decorating scheme. Pick lighting that is of a country or natural theme - not to frilly but you can use lights in the style of fun country items like ducks, creels or animal antlers or simply use plain lights that don’t have a lot of fringe or crystals.
While you may not think about it much, flooring plays an important role in your design look so putting in area rugs can help make the room look appealing. Wide pine flooring is great for a country style home, but you’ll want to add some rugs on top to soften the look and make it more comfortable. The sort of flooring you should think about for this calm and comfortable look is braided or oriental rugs which should be in earth tones.
The final decorative touches give your room unique appeal so think about enhancing your country decor with baskets hanging from the ceiling or on tables or fresh fruit in rustic wooden bowls along with cheese boxes, vintage boxes, and milk paint items to make the most of your design style. For a softer touch add pillows that are plain and simple in design.
Your country decorating project doesn't have to be hard if you have a detailed plan before you go to work on it. You can use these tips for a country look in any style home from a simple mobile home to a Florida vacation home - the colors and accessories is what will give your place a great country look.
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By: Lee Dobbins
