Minggu, 19 Juli 2015

How To Incorporate Arts And Crafts Style Decorating Even On A Budget

By Phyllis Schroeder


Decorating on a budget can be difficult but it does not have to be impossible. Even if you love a style like Arts and Crafts Style decorating, you should be able to find pieces that will work well for your lifestyle without costing you a large sum of money. Here are some tips and tricks that you can use to pay less for the items that you want.

You may be surprised to find that this design style (also known as Craftsman) has actually been around since the late 1800s. At this time, the Victorian style was extremely popular. This was a style that had a lot of ornamentation on areas such as the legs of tables and the arms of chairs. Often, portions of the furniture were covered with heavy cloth that was further ornamented with ruffles and other decorative elements. It was not a look that some people enjoyed. They wanted to create pieces that looked more natural and which had clean lines and simple designs.

Furniture is not the only thing that is available in this style. There are also houses that have been designed in the Arts and Crafts or Craftsman style of architecture. If you are looking for homes that have been designed in this style, you will see that they tend to have exposed rafters, eaves that overhang quite a bit and columns that hold up the roof. Some excellent examples of this can be seen in homes throughout the United States.

If you are looking for ways to decorate your home in this style, be prepared to have a lot of wood in your home. Remember that artists working in this particular design style loved natural materials such as stone and wood. They wanted to find ways to showcase the beauty that these materials had naturally and used them in as many different ways as possible.

When you are picking colors for your home, look for natural colors. These are usually understated but do not always have to be. The colors on your walls and furniture should accent the wood but not take away from it.

When you begin looking at this type of furniture and architecture, you may be amazed at how complicated some of the designs are. Some of these items can be decorated but it tends to be understated and show a lot of hand carving and workmanship. Just remember that this style tends to showcase the inner beauty that is found in natural materials rather than painting them or disguising their appearance with thick layers of paint.

There are many different examples that you can look at if you are trying to decide how you want to put your room or your home together. You can simply look online under Arts and Crafts or Craftsman and find a wealth of information about individual designers and architects that may interest you.

While originals are beautiful they can be quite expensive. You may want to start with reproductions of classic Craftsman pieces. Then, as your budget allows, you can start adding original pieces to your home. While pieces created by famous designers can be prohibitively expensive, you can still find original pieces in this style that will work well and which will not blow your budget.




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