Use your own gear to decorate a Western bedroom.
A Western bedroom provides a warm and rustic ambience suitable for both genders. With earthy colors, natural materials and colorful vintage artwork, a Western bedroom is a relaxing retreat in any setting, whether rural or urban. Although there is plenty of Western-themed merchandise for a bedroom, making some of your own pieces or using what you have can be more rewarding and budget-friendly. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
1. Remove all the existing furniture and items from the bedroom so that you can start with a clean slate. De-clutter as you go.
2. A blend of warm tan, yellow and cream paint will create a pleasing wall shade.
Paint the walls a hide-cream color to give the room a warm start.
3. Native American blankets have different decorative motifs to choose from.
Place a large Native American-styled area rug where you will place your bed. This will protect the floor and add an eye-catching border around the sleeping area.
4. Hang cream-colored canvas curtains over the windows from wrought iron tree branch-styled curtain rods.
5. Cowhide makes an eye-catching headboard.
Update your bed by purchasing a leather headboard. Ambitious decorators can make their own with plywood, cushioning foam and a large piece of cowhide, deer hide or dyed leather.
6. Reds, browns and creams fit nicely in a Western-styled room.
Pull a color from your area rug to dress the bed. Purchase luxurious solid-colored linens and a thick comforter.
7. Pile up pillows on the bed, combining Western motifs with solid colors that match your bedding. Look for designs that feature cowboys, steer horns or vintage-style illustrations of cowboys.
8. Use distressed furniture for a rustic Western look.
Use rustic, distressed, deeply stained wood bedside tables and dressers.
9. Purchase an antler-based table lamp for the bedside table or update an existing table lamp with a cowhide-patterned or leather-accented lampshade.
10. Frame a vintage reproduction poster from Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show featuring Annie Oakley. This will add a big pop of color and visual interest to the room.
11. Decorate your wall with your own cowboy hats.
Line up a collection of cowboy hats and hang it on the wall with small nails. Try to mix colors and materials, adding to your collection if necessary with inexpensive purchases from thrift stores.
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