| Aching for some West Texas or old fashioned | | | | feeding troughs, ropes and so on. |
| log cabin style home decorating? | | | | |
| | | | Use old horseshoes as candle holders or |
| This is a great choice to make! This is a | | | | clothes hooks on your wall or as bookends. |
| timeless and rustic style of home decorating. | | | | Take bandanas, animal hides, etc and make |
| This style is also known as pioneer, log | | | | them into pillows, quilt squares, or even |
| cabin, ranch, western or mountain style | | | | lampshade covers. Rawhide is often used for |
| decorating. | | | | rustic lamp shades and lamps are also |
| | | | commonly made from logs and or antlers. |
| No matter what you call it, this type of | | | | Decorate with old Mason jars and canning |
| style is based upon the use of natural | | | | items by scattering them around on your side |
| materials such as logs and woods, twigs, | | | | tables, bookcases, or fireplace mantel. |
| animal hides and antlers, rocks, metals, etc. | | | | |
| To begin with you will want to figure out how | | | | A rustic, western style, or log cabin home |
| you can add these natural materials to your | | | | should usually have a natural floor... |
| home. | | | | preferably made from hardwoods or recycled |
| | | | plank flooring. But they could also be made |
| Western style furniture is usually rugged | | | | from tile or flagstone. Western-style area |
| large heavy type furniture, but simple in | | | | rugs are also a nice look and will help to |
| design. There is a lot of use of bare wood. | | | | keep the tootsies warm. |
| Very often in this style you will see rustic | | | | |
| log beds, and other log furniture. Fabrics | | | | Rustic lighting is a perfect complement and |
| are often Native American prints, Cowboy | | | | will go well with your new style of |
| prints, or cabin style-kinds of prints, | | | | decorating. Old lamps made with cowboy or |
| including use of moose, bear, elk, etc in the | | | | ranch prints are great, but you can use |
| prints. If these are not your usual | | | | almost any lamps made from wood, metal, |
| preference, consider a rough or natural hair | | | | antlers and or rawhide. Lampshades made of |
| on finish leather, denim, suede, or weaves. | | | | stretched rawhide will really add to that |
| | | | ranch feel. |
| Colors should be mostly earthtones, such as | | | | |
| rich browns, dark greens, dark reds, golds, | | | | Other decorative details might include Native |
| etc. Some additional colors might include | | | | American beading, fringe, twig accents, metal |
| slate gray, wrought iron black, deep dark | | | | drawer pulls and doorknobs, and anything made |
| blues or lighter creams and yellows. | | | | from logs. Many items made from animal |
| | | | antlers are popular such as lamps, |
| You'll want to add such items as knickknacks, | | | | chandeliers, coat hooks, drawer pulls, etc. |
| old bottles, kitchen tools, quilts, blankets, | | | | Pottery and stoneware will add to the rough |
| wall hangings, pillows, antiques etc. This | | | | look. |
| decor would integrate cowboys, saddles, | | | | |
| horses, Native American crafts, wild animals | | | | Obviously there are a number of ways you can |
| and antlers found in forests and mountains, | | | | add this look to your home or business. |
| trout and streams, wildflowers, etc. | | | | Whether you are just adding a little touch, |
| | | | or decorating a rustic log cabin. The use of |
| Old time items will go well with the look. | | | | natural logs, metal, animal hides, antlers, |
| You should look for bright and bold-colored | | | | etc will give a warm, rich look in the |
| quilts, old saddle blankets, barrels, | | | | rustic, cowboy, or mountain style you are |
| weathered farm tools, Native American tools, | | | | looking for. |