| Primitive country furniture brings a harmonious | | | | are many different ways obtain primitive country |
| balance into your home with the rest of your decor. | | | | furniture, and they aren't all expensive! Buying used |
| These hand-crafted, rustic, and pre-aged furnishings | | | | furniture and roughing it up to age it, or overstuffing |
| provide warm and welcome comfort to your family | | | | and recovering larger pieces are two easy and |
| and your visitors. For decades the cabin decor, | | | | inexpensive alternatives. |
| Adirondack, and mountain lodge styles have been | | | | This repurposing of existing furniture is also good for |
| known as the least imposing and most comfortable | | | | the environment. Just because your existing piece of |
| styles available to the country decorator. Primitive | | | | furniture isn't working for you today, doesn't mean |
| country furniture will blend nicely with other similar | | | | that it can't be changed to work for you in the |
| decorating styles such as the ones listed above and | | | | future. For instance, a friend of mine was given an |
| even Arts and Crafts, Mission Movement, French | | | | ugly outdated, veneer covered entertainment unit. It |
| Country and Craftsman furniture. Now, through the | | | | was large and just what she needed for her dining |
| incomparable woodworkers of the Amish | | | | room to display her plate collection and cookbooks. |
| communities, you too can recreate the surroundings | | | | We spent 1/2 a day sanding, painting and aging the |
| of the great outdoors in your own country home. | | | | piece and today everyone asks where they can get |
| Your furniture will be understated with simple classic | | | | primitive country pieces just like hers! Country decor |
| lines. | | | | is possible with all the rooms of your house. You can |
| Cloth and paint colors are neutral or in early | | | | decorate your home wholly or partially in the country |
| Americana colors. The primitive furniture and pillows | | | | style. |
| will be cozy and overstuffed. In the old days, many | | | | So take a look at your existing furniture with a |
| primitive country furnishings were made from twigs, | | | | creative eye and consider some of the ways below |
| branches and other natural elements - so look for | | | | to changing it to suit your style: Paint, then sand and |
| earthy colors and uneven tones. Primitive country | | | | stain. You won't believe how different a piece of |
| furniture series has tables, chairs, desks, armoires, | | | | furniture can look once sanded, painted and stained. |
| nightstands, dressers, benches, beds, and thick wood | | | | You can even change the style of the piece. A cheap |
| coffee tables. You'll find them painted, raw, aged, or | | | | wooden Ikea table turned into a beautifl primitive |
| in artisan hand crafted, old fashioned, traditional | | | | country coffee table (years after use) with a thick |
| designs. The primary feature of this style country | | | | application of crackle paint and whitewash finish. |
| furniture is the use of materials from reused pieces, | | | | Outdated dressers can also change. Change the |
| barns, and posts. Planks are old, or fashioned to | | | | hardware. A few vintage, restoration or antique |
| appear vintage or antique. Some primitive furniture | | | | handles, hinges or pulls can turn a piece of wood |
| has been created and decorated with bark, branches | | | | furniture into a rustic masterpiece. Similar to painting, |
| and twigs. Each log and twig is especially chosen for | | | | staining and sanding, old glass balls or brass handles |
| their shape and texture - right down to the | | | | add primitive to any previously country furnishing. |
| decorative trim. The chunky wood styles of primitive | | | | One of my favorites is to re-upholster or re-cover a |
| country furniture lend themselves easily to armoires, | | | | sofa, chair, loveseat or footstool. Thick primitive |
| wardrobes and big tables. Big chests and trunks also | | | | fabric is now easier to come by than ever before (or |
| double as an innovative coffee table or bench for the | | | | just look for muslin) to update a piece of furniture. |
| foot of the bed. | | | | If you don't think you have the skill to re-upholster a |
| In the double drawer wardrobe you'll find much more | | | | piece, shop around for some country slipcovers - |
| than a closet. Plain oval dining tables with benches | | | | instant change. Buy antique or vintage pieces. Besides |
| make excellent primitive country dining sets. The | | | | being environmentally friendly, those deals fit right |
| wooden wall cupboards, wardrobes, plate racks, and | | | | into primitive country decor. Rather than spending |
| hutches give your dining room a comfortable, country | | | | $2000 and more on a new couch or dining set, why |
| style. Or, place a rectangular work table in your | | | | not shop around for something similar, but gently |
| kitchen, and use antique kitchenware for your | | | | used? Primitive country furniture is available at |
| cooking and serving - this brings back memories of | | | | affordable prices and will lend that welcome air to |
| an old farm house, doesn't it? Use traditional lighting | | | | any room of your home. Country decor reduces the |
| and chandeliers for a truer experience - with those | | | | modern air to most homes and apartments - |
| roughly finished cupboards and racks nearby the | | | | enhancing the peaceful and authentic nature of your |
| kitchen experience will be rustic, homey, warm. There | | | | home and your family members. |