This style has an authentic and unique touch that allows us a lot of freedom in the decorative composition. The rustic style is an excellent option if you are looking to achieve a relaxed environment that is distanced from fashion.
The base of this style is to get closer to a folk style and return to the traditional, fleeing the new, ultramodern decorative trends. The basis of this rustic style is to get closer to the country style. It imports the style of country houses to the big city.
To differentiate itself from other styles, in the rustic style, the wood used for its excellence is pine, as it is the wood that gives the sense of solidity like none other. Side tables influenced by tables from the 40s and cupboards in the French farm style are two very characteristic decorative elements of this style.
Of course, the furniture should flee from new trends of prefabricated pieces, which are cold and impersonal. They should be unique, hand-crafted pieces, because rustic style is human and warm. Every corner of your home should inspire humanity...stories...life!! Apart from the wood, clay and stone are also very good elements. Natural fibers are another excellent alternative. Wrought iron can also be an excellent selection for headboards, lamps or frames.
Appropriate tones for decorating the rooms would be those which evoke nature, the sky, the earth, the trees... So, browns, blues or greens are ideal colors. Wooden beams (on the walls as well as the ceiling), varnished with natural matte colors, are ideal complements for an environment of rustic decor.
In the kitchen, a great pine table with comfortable chairs is an ideal piece of furniture. Open cupboards that show off your dishes are also ideal complements. In the bedrooms, metal or wrought iron beds are excellent alternatives to wooden furniture. The complements that reflect a relaxed, folky style, very influenced by outside life are essential. It is also advisable that these elements transmit antiquity and history.
As we said before, the rustic style is above all a warm decor, full of life. Iron lamps, rugs and curtains with smooth patterns, wicker items, etc.
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