Decorating is a great way to personalize your home. While each room has its own significance, the dining room is one of the most lived in rooms in most home. The dining room functions as an entertainment space for guests, and as everyday accommodation for family meals. The key to adding a Rocky Mountain theme to your dining room lies in the details. You don't have to go overboard to create a tastful, rustic dining room, a few small touches can bring the Rocky Mountains to you.
Instructions
1. Give your furniture a Rocky Mountain theme. The best part about working with your furniture is you can either replace the furniture with more rustic pieces, or you can work with what you already have. If you are working with existing pieces, try paint finishes or changing out table legs with more rustic legs. You can also minimize costs by changing your chairs and keeping your existing dining table. If you are starting with a blank slate, focus on purchasing pieces that are knotty pine with a light finish, or have bark still attached to the wood. The Rockies are famous for their woodland feel.
2. Choose rustic fabrics for curtains, table linens and runners. Consider log cabin type of fabrics with plaids, patterns or traditional stripes. Mix patterns for the linens and curtains to keep the room flowing well. Curtains should be more traditional than modern. Include valences, and make sure you measure them long enough to touch your floors.
3. Add decorative pieces to the furniture. On the table, have a basket of pine cones or an arrangement of pieces of tree branches and stones. Use larger stones on the floor as accent pieces. Consider using large tree branches trimmed to size to function as curtain rods. Focus on decorative pieces that strike you as log cabin feel. Make arrangements in vases of pine branches, sticks and wild flowers. If you tend to like collectibles, try small collections of forest wildlife such as moose or deer as accents.
4. Add decorative wall art. A large framed piece, or several smaller pieces of art can decorate one wall. Consider using forest panoramas, wildlife or even a picture of the Rockies themselves. You can even make your own wall art of branches, sticks and rocks if you are the creative type.
5. Add Rocky Mountain souvenirs. At this point, you have a subtle Rockies theme in your dining room. If you want to have a more bold approach to the theme, include souvenirs such as plates or plaques, even silverware that say "Rocky Mountains" on them.
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