Thursday, September 23, 2010

The old west in your home

The world has so many fans to the stories of the Old West, which would be odd not to find a decor that will help us to emulate these great landscapes, but the environment will serve only to further enhance our imagination.

Officially, the name of the style is not the one that applies when it comes to decoration of this type, because it is also known by other names such as American country style, western, mountain cabin, among others.

But what is clear is that to get to get this setting will require natural elements and rustic that lead us to have the same feelings of those fearless characters in American culture that many still admire today.

If we talk about decorating the exterior, we will certainly point out the need for a natural area with some rocks around logs and trees in the periphery, but above all we must give the facade a very rustic look that can only be achieved, for these cases, with wood.

Would be a success if the outside could also install a guardrail as it existed at that time to tie the horses, as well as placing some leather saddles on them to complete the scene.

In the interior of the housing can be counted ornaments typical of the time, such as rifles on the walls, animal heads and other articles of iron and leather , so typical of the time.

The furnishings were usually large, simple, wood and some leather appliqués on the seat or arms thereof, and in other cases, also stood way leather skirt over the back of the cabinet. The tables and chairs, rustic wood, unfinished, and usually made of pine and oak.

The carpets and tapestries were skin of animals, which in this case can be natural or synthetic, and anything which required looms rougher materials used and without brightness. If you want to close your decor with a flourish, do not forget to put a swing on the input.

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