Rustic Decor: A Country Style House Make Over

Rustic decor is now the latest trend in house design. It combines an elegant and relaxing ambiance as well as exudes a feeling like you are in an out-of-town vacation.

Fine wood and log furniture and finishing can be found in celebrity homes ranging from Harrison Ford, Steven Spielberg and of course the vacation house of the President of the United States. Your house too can be in that stature, yet you do not need to spend nearly as much since rustic decors are much cheaper than furnishing a house in an ultra-modern look. 

How to live in the countryside right at the heart of the city? Here are some tips.

1. Gradual changes make huge impact

If you want to change the look of your house, do it gradually. You can appreciate more each piece of decor that comes. Also, it will be easier to think of the next rustic decor to match rather than replacing all your furniture at once. An old table made of oak can be complemented by willow chairs. It can also be placed around the fireplace.

2. Small but sure

Browse the internet for small rustic accessories and decors like rustic telephone designs or table, rustic curtains, rustic lampshades, rustic computer table and even rustic kitchen apron and pot holders. You can almost dress up each house appliance and décor in a rustic manner. A bit of this and that will give you a slow but sure cabin like ambiance.

3. Pillows and Cushions

Initially, add on pillows and cushions on your living room. This will give you and your family and friends a more comfortable place to unwind. Also, adding fabric in the room can give it a relaxing atmosphere.

4. From formal to rustic

If your interior design is too formal and you do not think it can be given a rustic look, think again.

A willow bed with canopy will still fit perfectly even in modern interiors. Just replace the colorful and patterned fabrics with plain light colored textile.

5. Rustic feel for guests

Give your house guest that rustic feel by adding your country tables, coat trees and other decors at powder rooms and guest rooms.

6. The Great Outdoor Experience

The countryside is all about outdoors so start adding rustic decors to your garden. Wooden benches and chairs with circular poker tables and a barbeque grill at the side and surrounding it with plants and pots will instantly give a vacation like experience.

7. The place to eat

Eating with the family is a way of catching up with each others lives. It is almost the only place at home were you get together regularly. Stress in workplace, school and from the outside should have no place in here. A rustic dining table with evergreens as centerpiece will always pave the way to a festive Thanksgiving, Christmas or a simple but peaceful meal.

8. Wooden heat register

Metal or wooden heat register? If you are going for the rustic, go for the woods. Replace the metal with oak, maple, ash or birch. Heat registers are also sold in walnut, mahogany, white oak, bamboo and other rustic wood design.

9. Your very own rustic decor

Rustic decor means being creative. Buy some raw materials of wood, twigs and get some varnish, hammer, nail and paint brush. Make a chair, a stool, a food tray, even a wooden salad bowl. Using your imagination is what being in country is all about.

The warmth, the wood, the coolness and soothing feeling of rustic decor; this is the look of the homes of Harrison, Steven and George. You will be in good company if you give it a try.