| Ever visited a log cabin and wanted to bring it home | | | | and things made out of antlers. |
| with you? The Rustic style of home decor brings the | | | | When it comes to the windows the simpler the better, |
| outdoors in and makes a home very comfortable and | | | | use treatments such as wood blinds, simple curtains, or |
| inviting. Working with this style can be done no matter | | | | sheers. Some cabins even use shutters without any |
| what the budget since most of the items found are | | | | other treatments. The windows should let in as much |
| purchased from flea markets and yard sales. | | | | sunlight as possible and have some wood featured |
| The key with any decorating project is proper planning, | | | | either in the casing or the window treatments. |
| and although this style is suppose to look lived in and | | | | The wall art and lighting should both have very earthy |
| thrown together a lot of planning needs to go in to | | | | and woodsy tones. Use photos of woods or |
| making this a reality. When in the planning stages, of | | | | mountains in twig or rough wooden frames. Use lighting |
| this style focus on bringing the woods into your home, | | | | that feature deer antlers in the lamps and chandeliers, |
| using twigs and branches as accessories are the | | | | since deer shed their antlers it is possible to find many |
| major draw of this log cabin look. When working with | | | | items with this theme especially in locations with high |
| the rustic style the color scheme should be very | | | | deer populations. |
| earthy using browns, greens, brick reds, and blacks. | | | | One of the most important places to focus when it |
| When choosing the color scheme the best way to | | | | comes to this type of style is the floors. While wood |
| start is by going to your local paint or home | | | | floors are almost a requirement, there are many |
| improvement store and picking up some paint sample | | | | products on the market that give you the hardwood |
| cards. These cards are usually free and will allow you | | | | look without the hardwood price. |
| to coordinate your entire space more easily. Choosing | | | | When focusing on the floors a lot of this look focuses |
| and matching the accessories and furniture in the room | | | | on area rugs. The rugs should be sprinkled throughout |
| with your color scheme will greatly simplify achieving | | | | the space to add warmth and interest, but they should |
| this look. | | | | be very naturally styled selections. When shopping for |
| When picking the furniture for this space earthy and | | | | rugs focus on organic, woven, and some oriental rugs |
| woodsy are the keywords to this style. Choose | | | | with earthly tones. |
| furniture that you would picture in a cabin in the woods | | | | This is a very comfortable and inviting style that will fit |
| or mountains, such as items made with rough logs and | | | | in most homes in the United States. The key to this |
| twigs. Wood tables with the bark still present are | | | | style is proper planning, and the use of very natural |
| another way to get this earthy look. The accessories | | | | materials. It is also a good idea to use some old |
| for this style can be found in flea markets and yard | | | | woodworking tools, and taxidermy to decorate the |
| sales across the country, it is important to look for | | | | walls. This is the perfect style for those who love log |
| things such as old snowshoes, fishing creels, old axes, | | | | cabins. |