| Kiva ladders or Wooden Indian log ladders as they are | | | | your interior decor. |
| also called are one of the most intriguing accessories | | | | There is something interesting about pueblo style |
| for use in southwest decorating. While traveling or | | | | dwellings made of adobe bricks with their wood |
| visiting the southwestern states you will surely notice | | | | ladders on the roofs. This image has become an icon |
| that Indian log ladders are the most renown symbols | | | | in southwestern decorating and style. Many homes in |
| of Native American style artwork, used for impressive, | | | | the southwest are designed after the early pueblo |
| rustic and southwest style interior design. Kiva ladders | | | | style, and the kiva ladder is always present. You can |
| are beautiful wooden ladders usually created from pine | | | | find pueblo designs on rugs, dolls, pottery, paintings, art, |
| logs that have been hand scraped. The ladder rungs | | | | and rustic furniture. And, the rustic log ladders are |
| are then fastened to the two long poles with rawhide | | | | widely used in cabins, lodge style homes and also |
| lacing. The ladder is smaller at the top than it is at the | | | | anywhere people like native or country design style. |
| base, adding a measure of height. | | | | Use some imagination. There is no limitation to how |
| One easy way to incorporate the rustic look and feel | | | | wooden ladders can be used. You can design a unique |
| in your interior design, without actually decorating with | | | | display or book shelf by combining two ladders |
| pueblo designs, is to use the same primitive style, | | | | together like an "A" frame with rustic boards between |
| pueblo ladder or kiva wood ladder. The ladders will add | | | | them on the ladders rungs for shelves. You probably |
| a subtle but distinct pueblo or western look in the room. | | | | already own some Native style throws you can use |
| A kiva ladder also creates a terrific way to hang a | | | | and put a small table beside it or an Indian drum and |
| few of your most treasured southwest tapestries or | | | | you will create a beautiful and useful design. |
| throw blankets. Other decorating accessories that | | | | A lot people also use kiva ladders as a place to hang |
| combine well with log ladders are Navajo throws, | | | | Native style blankets to cover up with during those |
| Indian pottery and drums, hand made dough bowls and | | | | brisk winter nights. You could use kiva ladders to |
| primitive style lamps with rawhide lamp shades. You | | | | display extra blankets or comforters in your guest |
| can also use ladders to draw attention to beautiful | | | | rooms when not needed. You can use kiva style Indian |
| designs you may like such as the tree of life pattern or | | | | ladders in each of your rooms, in the same aspect or |
| other village designs. Using the kiva ladder as a way to | | | | differently without it looking overly done. So, if you |
| display trinkets and nick-nacks will bring to life the | | | | want a truly amazing Native Indian design element to |
| Native American decor in your interior decorating, add | | | | incorporate into your interior decorating, use rustic |
| interesting colors, and make the ladder functional in | | | | Indian kiva ladders. |