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Bring Country Decorating Home
Country decorating home style is relaxed and unapologetic. It makes no excuses for worn appearances. It welcomes color and patterns. If I had to choose one phrase I think it would be “Nothing in your home should be too precious to enjoy or touch.” Below are some ideas you may want to use when working with this style. 1. Build a simple block frame for your kitchen cabinet doors. Nail tin to the frame. Use a hammer and nail to punch holes in a decorative pattern or you may decide to leave the doors completely off to display your collectibles. 2. Use classic color combinations such as the two below.
3.Consider furniture that is approachable and upholstered with leather, linen or cotton. The idea here is for sure low maintenance. Use slip covers if the furniture you already have is not practical. They're great! Just peel off and wash. Can't get any easier than that! 4. Use hooked rugs for floor or wall hangings. Rag rugs and braided rugs can be added everywhere! 5. Add pieces of furniture that look weathered or antiqued. Wicker 6. When bringing country decorating home, always mix and match patterns…plaids, florals, gingham checks and calico cotton. It all works as you can see below. 
7. Save time and money by ditching the curtains. If you must have some sort of window covering, tack a crocheted table cloth or doily to the window trim.
8. Search out original canvas paintings at online auctions or flea markets. Display without any frame at all. 9. Use ceramic tiles for the floor, walls or counter top. 10. Stencil a pattern on an old wood floor and then varnish. 11. Display rustic looking baskets everywhere! Any kind will do, especially antique painted. Use them for all sorts of stuff like books, sewing, toys and office supplies. You can even hang them from the ceiling. 12. Hang bunches of wild flowers tied with twine upside down to dry from the ceiling. 13. Sew patches of old blue jeans together to create throw pillows and bed covers. 14. Antique a watering can and use it as a flower pot, inside or out. 15. Display quilts 16. Collect vintage hats and display on hooks along a wall. Early American Country CollectiblesThe following items make perfect accessories for country decorating home decor. If you love collectables and yearn to show them off or even if you don’t have collectables but would like to start, read on! Blue and white transferware such as the popular blue willow pattern was inexpensive during the depression. Restaurants could even afford it. That’s how the phrase “blue plate special” came to be.
Yellowware shipments from England were inexpensive and useful. They were a staple in kitchens in the 1800’s and 1900’s
Steiff teddy bears are highly collectable. In 1883 Margarete Steiff began to make stuffed animals and sell them in her dress shop in Germany.
Hand lettered signs used to advertise everything from eggs to cigars. They add a down home look to country décor. Now they are collectable. You can purchase vintage tins  to replicate this look.
Bauer Ware is collectable and useful colorful stoneware. The most recognizable pieces are ring-ware as you see below.
Teapots are inexpensive. There are so many different sizes and shapes. Display your collection on an open shelf or on hooks down a long hallway. Country decorating home décor is fun! Be yourself! There’s no wrong way to do it!
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