January 2008 featured country living 'must have'
He’s maybe a little too silly for the formal living room, but he makes me smile. This moose is a lot of fun crouching under the glass top wouldn’t you say?
I think this is a perfectly acceptable and whimsical touch for the den or games room.
You already saw and loved the Bayfield line for the dining room so I thought I’d include these for you to view. Bayfield in the living room as well. This would keep continuity within the rooms, but I worry you might get bored of all the same theme - room to room.
There are certainly other ways we can pull the house together without having the same line in multiple rooms - so don’t worry that I’m trying to sway you. It is your house and I can decorate it either way for you. It is only because you liked this line so much that I’m including these here to view.
Sofa Table
Coffee Table
End Table
Rectangle Coffee Table
Copper Creek Console Table
The Copper Creek Console Table has charming semi-circle shaping in antique copper finish on wrought iron. Copper and leather accents finish this piece off with a lot of class. Measures 48 inches wide.
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Copper Creek End Table
Same great styling as above, just in an end table. Very classy for country - I just love it!
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Cocktail / Coffee Table
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I was just over on my favorite country living site and found a new article about country Christmas decorating.
You’ll find it here: Prim Country Christmas
It was a fun little article that helped get me in the mood for Christmas, but what I enjoyed most was clicking around on the links on the right of that page.
There are listings of categories of home-made and some vintage Christmas items that would be so cute to add to this old farmhouse this winter, and I even picked up quite a few ideas for crafts that I could make with the local teens to sell (giving them some spending money for presents for their families).
One of the girls I worked with last year spent her time making a donations box for charity and spent her time at the craft show talking to people about the charity she’d targeted for the holiday season.
You may be wondering, “Can I Decorate My House in True Country Style?”
That’s nearly as silly as asking yourself “Am I creative?” as far as I’m concerned.
Of course you are! We all are! And when it comes to our own living quarters, all that counts is that ‘we’ like the colors, the accessories, the art prints, etc. What matters is not is it creative enough to be seen in a magazine?
Decorating creativity can be very subtle and you should never feel as though your ideas and designs won’t quite ‘cut’ it. Designers have been at the business of decorating for years and not everyone can afford one for any room in their house, much less an entire house and garden! Your own eye for country decor will grow over time as your tastes in home design changes.
Although creativity is an important quality to have when considering interior design as a hobby or a profession, most of it is dependent on originality - not on matching a room to a page in a magazine. You’ll be happiest with your own rooms (as will your clients or friends whose houses you decorate) when you offer a look that nobody else has.
Begin by looking at what you have available and turning those items into something new - a conversation piece perhaps or a work of art. Here are some tips: read the rest…
After spending considerable time with clients, friends and in designing my own living space I’ve come to realize that primitive home decorating is a task that always seems to be ‘under construction’, but lovingly so.
As you grow and change and discover your personal style, your home changes with you - room by room. You may find that you have naturally created a French country decor in your bedroom, a farmhouse primitive look in your kitchen and so on. Even though a verbal description makes your decorating style sound unpolished, such is not the case on a walk-through.
Primitive home decorating encompasses, blends and matches many similar styles and gives your home uniformity. A uniformity that matches your distinct tastes and styles. read the rest…
