| Coming under different names - western, rustic, | | | | even saddle blankets can be used to add the |
| or cowboy home decor - this interior design style | | | | cowboy theme to a room. |
| creates a very different look, both comfortable | | | | Motifs |
| and rural. The cowboy home decor uses a lot of | | | | There is no question that a motif is necessary |
| little details, sometimes very unusual, to recreate | | | | when completing the cowboy home decor. They |
| a different era, but you can be assured that | | | | can include any type of animals such as deer, |
| most of these things are simple and easy to find. | | | | cattle, bear, moose, or fish. Antlers are extremely |
| Materials | | | | popular as well as a wall hanging or a chandelier, |
| Natural materials like metal, rock, wood, and | | | | but look for a more creative use for them to be |
| leather, traditionally used in the West make | | | | unique. You could make any of these items into a |
| essential part of the entire cowboy home decor. | | | | candelabrum, candle holder, or even a place to |
| Furniture in this style is usually made in a larger | | | | hang up coats according to your personal |
| scale and without any fancy or fussy detail. There | | | | preference. |
| is plenty of log furniture, twig and branch | | | | Other motifs include outdoor scenes such as |
| furniture, and mission style furnishings. | | | | fishing, riding, hunting, lakes, rivers, pine cones, oak |
| Colors | | | | trees, wildflowers, and grasses. The cowboy |
| As with any theme, especially cowboy home | | | | home decor is all about bringing the outside in, so |
| decor, color is of the utmost importance to | | | | do it as much as you can without being |
| achieve the total look. The wood tends to be | | | | overwhelmed. Luckily this is one of the decors |
| honey colored and the metals should be black. | | | | when more is better. |
| Accent colors are usually a terra cotta, brick red, | | | | Cowboy home decor is good not only for your |
| navy, or forest green, mixed with a neutral | | | | home, but also cabin or barn. It will add a |
| background of creams, grays, and tans such as | | | | comfortable feel, and can cost you almost |
| found in a western style fabric or wall hanging. | | | | nothing. You can use anything - from horseshoe |
| Fabrics | | | | sconces and twig framed mirrors to old jeans, |
| The choice of fabrics should fall on tough types. | | | | dried flowers, and quilts. Use your creativity, and |
| Leather is perfect for cowboy home decor, as | | | | enjoy the fun of decorating your dwelling in such |
| well as anything rough, textured, and tactile. | | | | a limitless way. |
| Suede, wool tweed, birch bark, denim, fur, and | | | | |