Southwest Decor

5 Top Ways To Create The Perfect Look

Are you getting ready to use Southwest décor in your home but need some tips on how best to achieve your goal? If so, we can help. The great thing about this particular look is that it is a beautiful blend of Native American Indians and Spanish. As a result, you end up with tremendous options, each with amazing shapes, sizes, patterns, and colors. While the southwest look is rustic, it is also a casual elegance. With the use of earth tones, as well as reds, oranges, yellows, greens, and blues, you will end up with a comfortable space where people love to gather.

A house decorated with a southwest theme, usually radiates a warm and inviting atmosphere. The style fashioned after the west, brings with it a calm and relaxed feeling. Nature is most often included and the history it evokes could be written in volumes. Choose your room's elements carefully, in order to create the perfect southwestern ambiance necessary, to capture the true meaning of the rustic southwest. For an easy beginning to your project, consider these five ways you can incoporate southwest decor into your finished goal.

1. Walls - The walls in your southwest room can speak very loudly about the true intent of the room's design, so choose your paint color carefully. volumns so. If you like the rustic look of a southwestern style, consider purchasing pre-mixed stucco to give your walls an authentic feel. A textured wall gives your room an authentic feeling and provides an unusual canvas on which to build and add color to the environment in your room.

2. Art - In order to give your southwest room a feeling of authenticity, be sure to include Native American and western art pieces. There are many options available. Of the most popular choices are wall art made of metal, paintings produced with sand, terra cotta tiles decorated with unusual designs and simple paintings of Native American Indians.

3. Cactus Garden - If you have outdoor space, you could create a gorgeous cactus garden placed outside the door or window, bringing some of the southwest nature inside. You don't have to own a large and massive yard in order to create an interesting cactus garden. Simply use the space you have available indoors and design an area which hosts small types of cactus.

4. Accents - Color will work wonders in your southwest decor and can point the room towards a western, Spanish or Native American theme. Fantastic examples would include using a shade on the table lamp which is made of rawhide and painted with a unique western design. Or you may wish to add throw pillows with lots of stunning colors such as red, turquoise and green or add a lovely woven serape over the back of your sofa.

5. Flooring - Don't forget the floor when considering how to decorate with a southwest theme. You may wish to consider having your floors finished in wood or tile, but even if you prefer carpeting, it can be a soft touch and look nice with your decor. You always have the option of using many different smaller hand woven Indian rugs with brillant patterns and colors, or perhaps, your room would be better suited by placing only one larger rug, as a center focal point. Each and every Native American tribe such as the Hopi, Zuni and Navajo, is proud of their unique ways. The artistic patterns used in their crafts, reflect their natural heritage and should be chosen carefully in order to achieve the look you want in your southwestern decor.

Author:Craig Chambers
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