| If you've ever seen Frank's decorations on TLC's | | | | your husband add his own touches to the decoration. |
| Trading Spaces, then you know all about the country | | | | I'm not saying you should let him put antlers on every |
| style of design. From stenciled drawings to wooden | | | | part of the walls, but if he hunts, you should allow him |
| cows to ruffled curtains, country design has all the frills | | | | to have at least one or two rooms (maybe in the back |
| you might expect from our dear friend, Frank. When I | | | | of the house) where he can display his animals. If he |
| was a little girl, my grandparents sold woodwork at the | | | | doesn't hunt, you could simulate the more manly |
| flea markets all over Tennessee and Kentucky. We | | | | country style by integrating rustic decor items such as |
| had wooden calendars with dolls or bears painted on | | | | an antler chandelier or floor lamp. Another option is to |
| them. We had quilt racks with hearts. We had every | | | | bring in old farming tools or hunting traps to display on |
| crafty country decoration imaginable. Although I thought | | | | the walls. Old items like these bring a manly air to the |
| at one time that you could just toss all these things into | | | | house, and they are interesting pieces that will give |
| a room and have style, I've learned since that there | | | | your guests something to talk about. They can also |
| are very definite ways to create crafty country rooms | | | | give the room a settled, sturdy feeling; something about |
| that men are still willing to enter.Crafty country is great, | | | | the tools makes a room seem safe and secure. Using |
| but if you are not careful, your husband may be ready | | | | a few of these tools or items throughout your home |
| to kick you out of the house. Country design tends to | | | | can really make your crafty country them come to |
| be frilly and a bit girly, and your husband may not | | | | life.Crafty country is a great way to design as long as |
| approve. One way to create a home that is | | | | you remember one word: moderation. The frills and |
| comfortable for everyone is to use wooden flea | | | | flowery stencils of this design are not the only parts of |
| market items and ruffled curtains sparingly. Not every | | | | it. Another part of country is simply that you are crafty |
| room in your home needs to have a cow or duck in it. | | | | and you create your own unique items. Make a desk |
| You can create a beautiful country sitting room with a | | | | out of an old door; make screens out of window |
| comfortable plaid couch, slightly ruffled curtains, and a | | | | shutters; use an old window with berries and holly |
| couple of stencils on the wall; the room is still definitely | | | | glued on to make a beautiful Christmas decoration. |
| country, but at the same time your wooden coffee | | | | Being creative is really the most wonderful part of the |
| tables may have somewhat modern lines so that the | | | | crafty country style. Your friends will marvel at your |
| males in your home enjoy the room too.Another way | | | | ingenuity as you create a style that is yours and yours |
| to bring country design to the whole family is to let | | | | alone. |