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February Decorating Tips: Native American Rugs

February Decorating Tips: Native American Rugs

Apart from when I am watching house flipping shows on television and forming opinions about the particular episode’s home staging, I never took much interest into native American decor. However, for the past nine months, I have taken notice of dressings of every clinic room at my obstetrician’s office. The anticipation of what the doctor had to update me on the state of my unborn son made me hyper-aware of everything around me. Each room is adorned with a different oil painting of a southwestern scenery, and to match there are turquoise colored curtains and accents. I would come to realize preparing for a child and decor go hand in hand. Decorating a nursery would consume my Thanksgiving break. You would think it was rocket science deciding what size sheepskin rug would fit best or what piece of wall art complimented the freshly painted walls.

 

Why did it matter so much to me? I was perfectly content with a plain or basic living space that was not fit with all the trimmings beforehand. Perhaps subconsciously I realized the ever so important “firsts” in my son’s life will most likely occur in the home. When he firsts crawls it might be to his toy basket, and just as I had been doing at my doctor’s office I would take in a moment in its entirety; meaning the grey and white woven baskets may be etched into my memory as well. That is what has made decor important to me.

 

Life is boiled down to little moments. These moments are seldom centered around the decor of the setting itself, but the tone of the moment is sometimes made by someone’s decor choices and made more memorable especially if that someone making the choices is yourself or a special person in your life. Native American decor was not very important to me before, but my mood on the subject has shifted. In fact, I have the latest Southern Living and HGTV magazines on my nightstand right now.

Area Rugs Have Tons of Benefits

I am and have always been a space person. I’m a surroundings person, the kind of person who notices the small details and appreciates the extra touches. I do believe that furniture is important to me, my room is a perfect example of that. The patterns on the Curtains, match the sky blue painted room, that makes me think of a beautiful morning sky. My room is a style of creative art yet organized. Sometimes I’ll get out of bed half-awake while memorizing where all my furniture is so that I don’t run into anything. I like to have my printer on my desk because it makes me feel like my room is also an office, plus the printer set-up looks great on my desk. How I have the bed next to the desk makes a little sitting area, which opens up more space in my room. The furniture and décor in my room give the space a comfy but relaxed feeling to me and makes me feel at peace, which is another reason my décor matters. One important way of doing that has been adding native American rugs to my home. How I have the ceiling fan hanging in my room matches everything and makes a soft but fast rotating spin, so it’s not distracting or agitating to the surroundings or me.

 

Whenever I go to the movies, the movie theater has a grand look to it, which makes the theaters look cool and stylish. The black seats running along the back row to the front row in a black covered room gives it a special unique touch. The furniture at the movie theater and décor give the theater a futuristic look to me that makes it more inviting for the next time. The hanging lights in the theater give a rustic look, which is classy to me. Décor is important because it gives style and unlimited possibilities to making different ways of having fun with decorating empty rooms.… Read the rest

Features To Consider When Buying Southwestern Rugs

Features To Consider When Buying Southwestern Rugs

When you are looking to buy southwestern rugs to decorate your home, certain features are important. They will either make or break the look of the rooms that will be affected.

What To Look For When Choosing Southwestern Rugs

One of the first things to look for is colors. When you are choosing colors for your rugs, they must blend in with the color scheme of your room. They don’t fundamentally have to be marrying, but the combination should prompt it to be a conversation piece. You want people to see your home in a different décor setting. Having the proper coordination of colors can create a link with the rooms and the rugs. Part of this is factored in the floor covering. The other part has to do with the paint. You can make it, so the hues complement each other.

If your walls are painted in bright colors, your couch and chairs should be of more subdued, perhaps even neutral tones to break up the cacophony of color. In this situation wood is an excellent choice to complement the bright colors; dark woods are especially good for setting a Southwest scene. For accent pieces, ivory and turquoise are perfect with bright colors. You can also use more subdued tones for a nice, quiet setting of southwestern rugs.

Some people like to make the rooms in their home look spacious. For instance, with neutral walls, you can go with a brightly colored couch covered pillows to complement the color scheme. For that, you would use darker and deeper colors. Others prefer to make the rooms in their home nice and cozy. For that, you would use lighter hues. Another feature is how the rugs are designed. The design is the way that people will view your personality. There are various ones to choose from, such as Southwestern, Transitional, Traditional and Oriental, just to name a few.

You can also mix the patterns if you wish. However, it’s important that they blend in with each other. Otherwise, your southwestern area rugs would look too busy and confusing. There would not be a sense of style with the décor in the rooms of your home. A secret about having patterns is that if they get stained, they can be placed underneath the dining room table where it won’t be noticeable by others. You must also factor in the texture of the southwestern rugs as you are looking for the right ones to make your home complete. It is the main reason why the rooms in your home present a warm and inviting feel. Having wool rugs would be the perfect fit. All of the textures do not have to be the same. There is a variety to choose from that can fit in different rooms.

Using southwestern rugs is so much cheaper as compared to carpeting your entire home. Whether you need to re-carpet a room that has old carpet or is looking to add a mat to a hard surfaced floor, southwestern rugs will save you quite a bit of money.

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