Rustic cabin decor gives your home character and makes the difference between a simple log cabin and a distinguished log home.
And it’s not hard to add items that give your home rustic appeal
You can include rustic shower curtains, rustic signs, chainsaw carvings, rustic wall hangings, rustic wall art, cabin pillows, rustic area rugs and rustic cabin bedding.
And, if you choose, you can furnish your home with rustic furniture—log furniture or shaker style furniture with carvings or decorations.
But, you don’t have to have rustic furniture to create rustic ambience in your home.
Many log and timber homes have traditional, modern or antique furniture—and, with rustic decorating touches, the homes have a nice log cabin or lodge feel to them…
The secret to making it all work is to select a theme and stick to it. Your theme can be as narrow as “bears” or as wide as “outdoors”.
Rustic Decorations for the Bath
The bathroom is an area where you can easily carry out a theme—and very inexpensively.
Because the bathroom is usually a smaller room, with just a few rustic decorating touches, you can have a great country look.
And it’s relatively inexpensive to do a bathroom makeover!
Easy Ways to Spruce up Your Bath
Bathroom Accessories
Adding cute little bathroom accessories is one of the easiest ways to give your bath a face lift. Consider adding new hardware, toilet paper holders, soap holders or curtains to your cabin bathroom.
Wall mirrors, while functional, also are decorative. They can add rustic charm to the plainest room.
Just a simple touch, but rustic cabinet hardware can really add to the bathroom décor. If you did not build your home, you can change the hardware–a quick and easy way to give your bath a lift.
Choose bathroom rugs to complement your bathroom theme. They should be machine washable and have a slip resistant backing, for safety.
Of course rustic shower curtains are one of the easiest ways to make a bathroom theme come together. They often become the prominent feature of your bathroom. Choose your shower curtain and then build your theme around it.
Last but not least, for the bathroom, choose bath towels and hand towels that go with your theme. Put pretty towels out when you have guests, to give them a treat.
Rustic Decor Additions
To make your lodge or cabin cozy and comfortable, there are a number of things that you can do:
Wall pictures that reflect your cabin or lodge theme can add interest to your walls.
Make sure you don’t forget to put a fun picture in the bathroom—an often forgotten place for wall décor!
Use wildlife sculptures on wall shelves (near or under pictures with the same theme), on tables and use large chainsaw sculptures on the floor.
Wall hangings help you carry out your lodge or cabin theme and they also provide some contrasting softness to the hard materials (like wood or tile) used in a room.
In addition, consider using mirrors and clocks decoratively.
Often thought of as strictly utilitarian, there are wonderful designs that can add lots of interest to your walls.
Another wall decoration, lodge signs are a fun way to express yourself and get the conversation started in your log or timber home.
Area rugs are not always easy to find. However, rustic area rugs can become the center of interest in a room.
Finding the right area rug for a room is well worth the time invested…
Often overlooked, light switch covers can be part of your log cabin decorating.
And don’t forget to include pretty cabin dinnerware and rustic linens to enhance your kitchen and dining area.
Rustic cabin decor, while it may seem insignificant at first glance, is VERY important to creating the look that you want in your home.
Each rustic item or detail will add to the overall effect, and your home will get cozier, more comfortable and it will reflect YOU!
