Please read some exerpts from Janice articles on English house decoration. She wrote some very interesting facts on country home decorations.
She quoted "Country home decorating is usually referred to as a "rustic" decorating style and can be created whether you live in a cottage style home, a mountain retreat home or a modern urban apartment. Your home is your castle and you can create the look and style of country homes no matter where you live.
Rustic country decor is about handcrafted objects and furnishings that connect back to nature. Rustic country décor can start in the kitchen with a large rectangular pine table, aged and weathered, partnered with ladderback chairs. Vintage wrought-iron or metal chandeliers above the table is appropriate for rustic décor lighting as well as hurricane and oil or kerosene lamps.
Vintage hardware in wrought-iron or metal is a great country home decorating idea and is available in many different styles and finishes. Use hutches and cupboards with open shelves and plate racks for displaying colored plates and dinnerware collections in earth tones, bone white, or blues and greens, glazed earthenware and glass jars.
Add a rustic butcher-block island and pots and pans made of copper or cast iron and simple in lines. Another popular country home idea is stenciling decorating themes such as roosters, chickens, apples or cows on antiqued wooden shelves, the border on the wall, or a rocking chair in the corner of the room. Use lots of baskets for storing logs for the fire, pine cones and needlework.
Country style living rooms start with bare or waxed wooden floors or stone materials combined with floor coverings such as wool oriental rugs for warmth and texture. Add a warm quilt or "throw" on the sofa, stenciling on the walls, and flower and wreath decorations.
Decorating rustic or cottage country homes include elements that are simpler, personal, comfortable, warm and inviting and can be created to express your personality no matter where your home is located.
Janice Price specializes in helping people find inspiring decorating ideas by publishing a series of articles on home decorating to share her 15 years of experience in the Interior Design Industry. A collection of home interior decorating ideas can be found on her website".
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