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South-Western Home Decor

Friday, February 26th, 2010

So what exactly is southwestern home decor and how can you get it into your own home? Well, to begin with southwestern home decor reflects the southwest and all its best aspects. Southwestern home decor involves colourful throw rugs, gorgeous wall hangings, and if you look hard enough, you will even unearth some useful kitchen accessories too.

If you’re thinking about bringing southwestern home decor into your home, first of all, you need to check whether it will blend in with your existing decor or whether it will clash badly. Almost all southwestern home decor involves bright, eye catching colours and stunning designs and motifs.

So, if your existing furniture would clash with any of these lovely pieces you can do one of two things. First up, you could always just throw out every single piece of ratty and unwanted furniture that you already have and replace it with gorgeous pieces of southwestern home decor. Or you could just buy one or two pieces of the southwestern home decor range and match it selectively to your existing knick-knacks.

Personally speaking, I would just love to replace everything I already have since there’s some wear and tear, but in reality that’s just not possible. For one thing it would just be way over my budget, and for another I would rather not have to listen to a lecture from my mother about waste. I’ve discovered that you can escape from your friends but not from your mother!

Besides, I’m also a little relieved that I didn’t give into my first impulse and redecorate all in a southwestern home decor style. Granted that it does look really nice, but sometimes I also like the peace and quiet that some of my other pieces of furniture bring about in me. Therefore, I have now come up with the perfect solution and have instead resorted to purchasing one-off pieces that catch my attention and dotting my home with those instead.

And I have to say that its made quite a difference in the look and feel of my entire home. Expensive pieces of the more traditional furniture now sit quite comfortably next to the more flamboyant and stunning designs of my southwestern home decor. I’ve also bought a great rug for my bathroom floor and a gorgeous set of hand towels. My kitchen has a new set of southwestern motifs, and my foyer has the most wonderful lampshade and statuette in prominent view.

Though all of this might sound over the top, I’ve found that this is the best way to bring the glories of southwestern home decor into your life, without going all out and renewing my whole house with southwestern decor and motifs.

After all, you just want to bring a dash of southwestern decor to your home, not the whole thing. Oh, and did I forget to mention the gorgeous tapestry I bought the other day? It’s just perfect.

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South-western Home Decor

Sunday, June 28th, 2009

So what exactly is southwestern home decor and how can you introduce it into your own home? Well, to begin with southwestern home decor reflects the southwest and all its best traits. Southwestern home decor involves colourful throw rugs, gorgeous wall hangings, and if you look hard enough, you can even unearth some useful kitchen accessories too.

If you’re considering bringing southwestern home decor into your residence, first of all, you have to check whether it will fit in with your existing decor or whether it will clash horribly. Almost all southwestern home decor involves bright, eye-catching colours and stunning designs and motifs.

So, if your existing furniture would clash with any of these lovely pieces, you can do one of two things. First up, you could always just throw out every single piece of unwanted furniture that you have and replace them with gorgeous pieces of southwestern home decor. Or you could just buy one or two pieces of the southwestern home dcor range and match them carefully with your existing knick-knacks.

Personally speaking, I would just love to replace everything I already have since there’s some wear and tear, but in the real world that’s just not possible. For one thing it would just be way over my budget, and for another I would rather not have to listen to a lecture from my mother about waste. I’ve found that you can get away from from your friends but not from your mother!

However, I’m also more than little happy that I didn’t give into my initial impulse and renovate everything in a southwestern home decor style. Granted that it does look really nice, but sometimes I also like the serenity that some of my other pieces of furniture bring to in me. Therefore, I have now come up with the perfect solution and have instead decided on buying one-off pieces that catch my attention and sprinkling my home with those instead.

And I must say that its made quite a difference to the look and feel of my whole home. Expensive pieces of the more traditional furniture now sit quite comfortably next to the more vibrant and stunning designs of my southwestern home decor. I’ve also bought a great rug for my bathroom floor and a gorgeous set of hand towels. My kitchen sports a new set of southwestern motifs, and my foyer has the most amazing lampshade and statuette in prominent view.

Though all of this might sound too much, I’ve found that this is the best way to bring the glories of southwestern home decor into my life, without going all out and replacing your entire house with southwestern decor and motifs.

After all, you only want to bring a little of southwestern decor to your home, not the whole sheebang. Oh, and did I forget to mention the gorgeous tapestry I bought the other day? It’s just perfect.

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