Since there has been a trend in recent years towards more earthy color tones for interior decorating, Native American Indian art can fit in nicely as part of home decor. Most subjects used in Native American Indian art tend to be focused on nature whether the pieces are prints, carvings or pottery. Colors tend to be earthy shades of browns, reds, blacks and yellows since the main raw materials are wood as in carvings from the Pacific Northwest region and clay from the Southwest. Even painted wood carvings or pottery tend to have natural colors often found in nature such as greens and blues. All of these colors work well with the more natural styles of interior decorating today.
The Pacific Northwest region which covers the states of Oregon, Washington, British Columbia (Canada) and the southern part of Alaska, produces some excellent Native American Indian art in the form of wood carvings. This is not surprising since the Pacific Northwest is abundant with forests which have provided the wood as raw material for the region’s Native American Indian art. The wood is sometimes painted in striking colors or just stained with natural looking browns. Either way, such pieces fit in perfectly in rooms with earthy color tones. I have seen walls of living rooms, bedrooms, office den rooms, hallways and even bathrooms enhanced with Pacific Northwest Indian art in the form of both prints and wood plaque carvings. The Pacific Northwest Native American artists also make some of the most striking aboriginal masks in the world which are also suitable for hanging on walls.
Native American Indian art as home decor helps bring in an atmosphere of nature in the overall interior decorating of a room. This is because of their natural colors and also their subject matters which tend to be animals such as eagles, bears, thunderbirds, killer whales and salmons. Pacific Northwest Native art in particular gives homes in that region a local flavor. Many homes in this part of North America have this type of artwork as part of interior decorating. This style of Native American Indian art is still relatively unknown to many parts of North America and the rest of the world so for homes outside of the Pacific Northwest region, a nice wood carving can be seen as exotic treasure brought back from a homeowner's travels. Check out some examples of Pacific Northwest Indian art either in a gallery or online and imagine how a piece or two can be part of your home's interior decorating.
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Friday, August 12, 2011
Interior Decorating Ideas for a Sports Enthusiast
You are an avid sports fan and your life revolves around your favorite teams and athletes. Decorating a sports-themed room in your house is a must. This can be fun and a perfect way to create a living space for you, your family and your guests to enjoy. Whether you are wild about a particular sport or wild about sports in general, sports enthusiasts everywhere can create their own sports-themed room using a wide variety of decorating sports-themed ideas for the sports fan in you.
A popular sport-themed idea is to create a billiards room. Billiards rooms are not just for sports bars anymore and have become a popular theme in homes everywhere. Of course, a billiards room needs pool table, pool sticks, balls, pool chalk and other accessories. Add a wall rack to hold the pool sticks. You can add a small sports bar and sports-themed stools for spot-on bar feeling. Hang several 3 shade billiard lamps from the ceiling above the pool table. You can also hang pictures of pool sharks and billiard tables and add come comfortable couches, sofas and chairs.
Another popular theme is to create a room for the basketball lover. First, you need to includes a flat screen television which is at least 42" mounted on the wall. You can use wood flooring to look give the look and feel of a basketball court. You can also paint the walls of the room in a bright and bold color or a color that matches your favorite basketball team and add a basketball wall paper border or basketball-style wall decals. Add throw rugs with a basketball theme or with the logo or mascot of your favorite team. Include comfy furniture where you and your guests can enjoy food and accent with throw rugs or pillows that look like basketball or represent your favorite team. Add basketball-style table, floor, wall and accent lamps and clocks to the décor. You can also add an indoor wall basketball hoop with a nerf or foam-type ball.
For football fan, designing a room about this passion is fun and easy. You can paint your favorite team's logo or mascot on the wall. You can also find plenty of sports memorabilia to hang from the walls such as framed jerseys, replica framed jerseys pennants, helmets, footballs, clocks and ticket stubs. As with the basketball room, include a large television and the right furniture with accent rugs and pillows. Also, consider carpet that look like green turf.
Similarly, you can design a room around the baseball fan in your house. Use the tips above but paint a baseball diamond on the wall or find accent the carpet with throw rugs shaped as a baseball diamond or with your favorite team's colors, logo or mascot. Get sports memorabilia such as replica baseball bats, caps jerseys or framed pictures of your favorite player or team as well as clocks and ticket stubs.
You can add a sports clock scoreboard to any of these rooms. You can also add a whiteboard so that you can keep track of the record and standings of your favorite team or billiards pool shark. So, start decorating and enjoy.
A popular sport-themed idea is to create a billiards room. Billiards rooms are not just for sports bars anymore and have become a popular theme in homes everywhere. Of course, a billiards room needs pool table, pool sticks, balls, pool chalk and other accessories. Add a wall rack to hold the pool sticks. You can add a small sports bar and sports-themed stools for spot-on bar feeling. Hang several 3 shade billiard lamps from the ceiling above the pool table. You can also hang pictures of pool sharks and billiard tables and add come comfortable couches, sofas and chairs.
Another popular theme is to create a room for the basketball lover. First, you need to includes a flat screen television which is at least 42" mounted on the wall. You can use wood flooring to look give the look and feel of a basketball court. You can also paint the walls of the room in a bright and bold color or a color that matches your favorite basketball team and add a basketball wall paper border or basketball-style wall decals. Add throw rugs with a basketball theme or with the logo or mascot of your favorite team. Include comfy furniture where you and your guests can enjoy food and accent with throw rugs or pillows that look like basketball or represent your favorite team. Add basketball-style table, floor, wall and accent lamps and clocks to the décor. You can also add an indoor wall basketball hoop with a nerf or foam-type ball.
For football fan, designing a room about this passion is fun and easy. You can paint your favorite team's logo or mascot on the wall. You can also find plenty of sports memorabilia to hang from the walls such as framed jerseys, replica framed jerseys pennants, helmets, footballs, clocks and ticket stubs. As with the basketball room, include a large television and the right furniture with accent rugs and pillows. Also, consider carpet that look like green turf.
Similarly, you can design a room around the baseball fan in your house. Use the tips above but paint a baseball diamond on the wall or find accent the carpet with throw rugs shaped as a baseball diamond or with your favorite team's colors, logo or mascot. Get sports memorabilia such as replica baseball bats, caps jerseys or framed pictures of your favorite player or team as well as clocks and ticket stubs.
You can add a sports clock scoreboard to any of these rooms. You can also add a whiteboard so that you can keep track of the record and standings of your favorite team or billiards pool shark. So, start decorating and enjoy.
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