Home Style Ideas

If you do like pattern country French decorating is the way to go. It uses a lot of items that you can find at thrift stores as well as painted furniture. There’s also a focus on handmade window treatments and simplistic fabrics. This is also a great solution if you live in an apartment that lacks a lot of color just because all of the furniture and fabric. It really is so rich and warm.

Creating Your Own French Country Home Décor

This is going to be a little bit more casual than the typical French design style. You’re not going to see a lot of gilding. Instead, you can see a lot of painted furniture pieces in even natural wood tones. A few years ago shaker style tables were quite popular and inexpensive and usually you would find them in pine for just a few hundred dollars. You might want something a little bit more unique. You can accomplish this just by painting the legs of the table in a very French country gray, or even blue tone.

This is also one of the design styles that is going to use stenciling or handpainting. It’s going to be slightly more formal than the country design style. You really want your stenciling to mimic handpainting even if it means that you have to go back in and add some shading or antiquing afterwards.

Decorate Country French Baths

Oversized mirrors are really a must for this design style. You could go with a more formal Venetian mirror. However, any kind of really ornate frame will work well with this. This also helps to create the allusion of more space in smaller bathrooms.

You’re also going to want to add in some antique elements. Usually this would be a vintage tub and bath. However, this can be pretty expensive. Instead, you might want to find ways to create this feeling on a budget. For instance, any style of washstand will work well with this. Usually this would have a vessel sink on top of it but you want to stay away from glass ones which can seem a little bit too modern. Instead copper ones will probably be a lot more in keeping with this style just because this is material that we often see in country French decor.

Country French Interiors for Living Rooms

You’re also going to want to branch out with your sofa choice. Remember fabric? You know that thing that people had on their sofas before microsuede and leather became so popular? You’re really going to need to use this in this design style. You’re also going to want to go with a slightly more formal design that might even have tufting on it. However, then you can also play around with the color palettes whether it’s green or gold. This is also one of the few design styles that is still going to use patterned fabric. Of course a more organic kind of floral print is going to be very formal for this occasion.

As far as the colors go this can be your more subtle way to decorate. Really, a lot of grays and blues that we are seeing even in contemporary design right now are very evocative of country French decor. If you want to bring this into a more modern rooms then just decorate with some natural wood furniture and a few of these paint tones.

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One of the more difficult areas of your room of course is going to be your TV. Usually this design style doesn’t use a lot of black or modern elements. This means that it can really stand out in your room. You may want to consider an armoire. In case of a flat screen TV then go with a wood piece of furniture with intricate details on the doors whether it’s a shutter design style or possibly even faux painting them to look like tiles.

Consider this for any room that is also a little bit bland. It’s going to be one of your more cheerful design styles around. You can even try this in a laundry room. Look for a mini painted chandelier. You can also bring in a toile ironing board as well. Turn your everyday items into decorations especially in rooms that really don’t have space for clutter or accessories.