About Interior Decorating & Lodge Look
Lodge style decorating with its rustic comfort and simple furniture has become a popular decorating style. This style encourages the use of natural materials. Dark woods juxtaposed with brightly colored artwork and fabrics dominate lodge décor. Guests and family members coming into a home decorated in this style should feel comfortable enough to take off their shoes at the door. This type of casual attitude is at the heart of this decorating motif. Does this Spark an idea?
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History
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According to the Target Woman website, lodge décor originated in the Mid-Western and Western parts of the United States. Lodges featured furniture made of logs to match the surrounding geography. Woods like pine and oak were popular choices, because they were readily found in the surrounding wooded areas. Additionally, the furnishings inside the lodge were also made from the materials in the surrounding area.
Features
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The furniture in a lodge tends to be dark in color and made of woods like pine, birch, walnut and oak. Stylistically, it leans on the rustic side. Smaller pieces of furniture like chairs are made from strong twigs, larger pieces like bed frames and tables from logs. Couches feature wooden frames with stuffed cushions.
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Color
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The color schemes in lodge decorating favor the natural look. According to Home Decorating Room by Room furniture and accessories feature colors the tans and browns of the ground and the blues of the sky. Rust, yellow and green are also colors found in the lodge decorating motif. Plaids and stripes including these colors help bring together several colors in one piece of upholstery fabric. Brown leather is also popular in this style.
Accessories
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Homeowners should look for accessories that really bring out the rustic personality of lodge décor. Prints featuring hunting scenes as well as wall fabric hangings are popular art choices for this decorating style, according to Target Woman. Woven items like blankets can be thrown over the back of the couch and bring a splash of color and vibrancy to the lodge's typically dark interior. Canvas and cotton window trimmings fit the style as do pillows covered with plaid materials in lodge colors. Wooden bowls on the dining room table, old baskets, antique snow shoes, antique fishing creels, duck decoys and animal trophies find their home in the lodge, as well.
Flooring
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The wood construction materials of the lodge are echoed in its floors. These tend to stay on the natural side, and usually exist without carpeting. Instead, animal skin rugs made from sheep or bearskin give lodge floors a Native American feel. Rag and braided rugs bring color to the floors. For these rugs, cotton similar to that found on the window treatments fit the décor well.
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References
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- Photo Credit wooden lodge 4 image by Andrew Buckin from Fotolia.com
