Just by watching a few of the popular tv decorating shows, you’ve already seen many different ways to decorate your home with a country style. Country designs are frilly. It’s common to find wooden cows, checked or ruffled curtains and even hand stenciled drawings. When I was a little girl, my grandparents sold woodwork at the flea markets all over Tennessee and Kentucky. We had wooden calendars with dolls or bears painted on them. We had quilt racks with hearts. We had every crafty country decoration imaginable. Although I thought at one time that you could just toss all these things into a room and have style, I’ve learned since that there are very definite ways to create crafty country rooms that men are still willing to enter.
Crafty country is great, but if you are not careful, your husband may be ready to kick you out of the house. Country style decorating tends to be frilly and a bit girly, and your husband may not approve. One way to create a home that is comfortable for everyone is to use wooden flea market items and ruffled curtains sparingly. Not every room in your home needs to have a cow or duck in it. You can create a beautiful country sitting room with a comfortable plaid couch, slightly ruffled curtains, and a couple of stencils on the wall; the room is still definitely country, but at the same time your wooden coffee tables may have somewhat modern lines so that the males in your home enjoy the room too.
Another way to bring country design to the whole family is to let your husband add his own touches to the decoration. I’m not saying you should let him put antlers on every part of the walls, but if he hunts, you should allow him to have at least one or two rooms (maybe in the back of the house) where he can display his animals. If he doesn’t hunt, you could simulate the more manly country style by integrating rustic decor items such as an antler chandelier or floor lamp. Another option is to bring in old farming tools or hunting traps to display on the walls. Old items like these bring a manly air to the house, and they are interesting pieces that will give your guests something to talk about. They can also give the room a settled, sturdy feeling; something about the tools makes a room seem safe and secure. Just using some of these items and tools in or around your house will make your country design really take shape.
When doing a room design with the country style, be sure to use a bit of moderation. The frills and flowery stencils of this design are not the only parts of it. Another part of country is simply that you are crafty and you create your own unique items. Lay down area rugs you’ve braided, knitted or weaved yourself; make a desk out of an old door; make room dividers out of window shutters; use an old window with berries and holly glued on to make a beautiful Christmas decoration. Being creative is really the most wonderful part of the crafty country style. Your friends will marvel at your ingenuity as you create a style that is yours and yours alone.
When it comes to a more up to date kitchen everything is alot more latter-day and depending on the capacity of the kitchens and how much area you have to work with. Although people still seem to change there kitchen spaces, it just seems that more and more people are trying new decorating ideas and going with the more country style kitchens. Its warm and inviting attraction are just some of the reasons for this. Country style kitchens takes you back to days gone with its simplistic yet welcoming features. The countryside is a beautiful place, it captures the comfort of life and the charm of the country and that would probably be one of the major reason for its appeal.
A Few Ideas To Decorate Your Kitchen
The Country Style Way
Their are great country kitchen decorating ideas out their. Make sure your kitchen is functional and efficient, and has character. Keep your colors warm, clean and fresh. Your tile/woodwork should have a natural look so use wood or tiles on the floors. An added touch like a weaved or braided throw rug on the floor would create an excellent cozy atmosphere along with a great decorating idea. Try to use light colors when it comes to your furniture. If you are looking for something in a light colored chair wicker chairs are really nice for example. You could even add a few accents like plants in pottery jars or wild flowers in a vase, use these country kitchen decorating ideas to call attention to the country feel of your kitchen.
When your kitchen has a tasteful but calm country atmosphere that is when we have accomplished our goal. With antique lighting, a rock fireplace, open shelves and kitchen cabinats made from pine or made from wood with an antique surface. When decorating your country kitchen try using ceramic tiles on the counter tops then have some rustic looking items around the kitchen.If you go for the French style country kitchen, it should feel like walking into a cottage somewhere in France. The style is very exciting yet wild and exotic feeling but is very lovely too. When it come to great country kitchens exquisite ideas for the walls would be to repaint it some sort of yellowish, butter-mustard yellow. Also you could use a over head pot rack and free standing plain table, for family and friends to gather around at mealtimes.
These are just a few country kitchen decorating ideas one could use. Whenever you are working with an undersized, very small kitchen, you must consolidate your ideas for example; try using small rugs to create a comfortable, worming feeling.It is always fun picking out new lighting for the kitchen, try a small chandelier hanging over a table it always looks great.If you are decorating a small kitchen you have options such as stencil designs on your cupboards, which changes the whole look of your kitchen and makes a small kitchen look really nice. Whatever you decide,do not over decorate and clutter your kitchen remember its a small space.
