Bringing Country Style to the City

Just because a home is in the middle of downtown does not mean that it has to be decorated in a modern, contemporary or urban style. What may look quite sleek and modern on the outside, can certainly have a homespun, country feel on the inside. Bringing a country feeling to a home's decor is a great way to make it feel more inviting, whether it is in the country or in the city. Choosing colors, accessories and furnishings that help to promote a country aesthetic can work in any home, whether it is at the end of a dirt road or sitting alongside a highway.

Country Elements

When furnishing a home in country style, wood is one a primary design material. Whether it is in the floors, the furnishings or shelves and molding, there is a certain warmth that wood brings to a room's design. Country styles typically lean towards the lighter colored woods, like pine and oak. With their warm honey tones, these wood finishes create an inviting feeling in any home.

Country decor embraces a multitude of furniture styles from modern to antique, and when furnishing a room in a country style try to blend the furnishings with decor in other rooms in the home. The furniture's style can be simple or more ornate, and the color palette should tend towards the warmer colors and tones.

Country Colors

Against the warm wood tones, it is preferable to keep a room's color palette in warm hues as well. This palette includes a huge range of colors ranging from vibrant red to sunny yellow. Purple can also work, as long as it has a red undertone, and white can be used quite effectively as an accent color. Green, with a strong yellow, undertone also works quite well in this palette and offers a nice contrast to the red and yellow tones used in the space.

When thinking of a warm color palette, imagine autumn colors. These browns, oranges, yellows and reds are all warm and inviting colors. Freshen them up in the summertime with grassy green and in the winter add a dash of royal purple. Combining colors in this fashion creates an interesting color palette that manages to feel exciting and comfortable all at the same time.

Country Accessories

Decorating a country room would not be complete without accessories, and they can include anything from a collection of trinkets to lace doilies on the tabletops. Shop at thrift stores for vintage items such wall mirrors, umbrella stands, framed portraits, dishes and kitchen wall art, vintage metal wall hangings, tea pots, old painting and prints and other types of wall decor. A wall art site can also carry reproduction accessories that capture vintage style. Wall shelves are ideal for displaying a collection of figurines together, and this creates greater visual impact. Table tops decorated with candles, a simple vase of flowers or a wooden bowl filled with fresh lemons delights the senses with simple country pleasures.