| The American West typifies western home decorating | | | | rivers. Hunting and riding scenes are also much |
| ideas that could be anything from a rustic cabin | | | | favored motifs and figure in western home decorating |
| belonging to a cowboy to a hideout in the mountains. | | | | ideas as are wild flowers and bushes. |
| While antlers, wool and birch bark play a small role, | | | | For western style home decor, you can use fabric that |
| western style decoration usually uses wood, rock, | | | | is not exquisite, but rough, tough and a bit coarse |
| leather and metal in abundance. These are the | | | | textured. Try and avoid using shiny leather and settle |
| ingredients that give a feel of the Wild West as well | | | | for matte finishes which gels well with the era. If at all |
| as satisfies the home owner who is looking to replicate | | | | you have to put in some shine, use them sparingly. Fur, |
| his home to those that existed during the heady past in | | | | woven rugs, denims and tweeds are quintessentially |
| American history. | | | | western in nature and are best used for fabric ideas |
| To begin thinking about western home decorating | | | | and may also be used for upholstery. |
| ideas you have toy with natural ingredients from which | | | | Western home decorating ideas suggest an accent on |
| you can get the furniture made. Without being intricate | | | | anything that is old and antique but rugged in looks and |
| in design, western type furniture uses logs liberally and | | | | nature. That also goes for your private nook. Your |
| is usually large while the furnishings are mission type. | | | | bedroom can feature furnishing and linen that look wild |
| Colors generally used for western home interiors are | | | | and rough but are cozy at the same time. |
| black, honey and gray. For bordering, navy, forest | | | | Leather strips, dry flowers, quilts, mirrors in twig frames, |
| shade green, terracotta, cream brick colored red is | | | | rawhide lampshades as accessories can figure in |
| common. All of them should blend well with the | | | | western home decorating ideas. With wooden floors, |
| wallpaper made from fabric carrying western motifs. | | | | the fireplace and mantle with liberal bronze artifacts |
| Motifs used on wallpapers center around cowboys, | | | | are prerequisites for a western style living room interior |
| bear, moose, pine trees, cattle, oaks, pine, lakes and | | | | with artwork on oil, vintage photos and paintings. |