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Getting The Classic French Style In Your Home
Are you looking to get the classic French
style in your home, well don’t worry you don’t have to speak French
to get the style. It’s not hard to get the style, just take a look
at the following directions.
Used, worn, imperfect but beautifully architectural elements and
accessories are what French country style is about. They don’t have
to have sleek lines, fine china or grey, white, and black colors.
They have chunky wood tables, flowers, brightly patterned couches,
curtains and pillows styled after the look of Provence, which
borders the Mediterranean Sea.
If you’re looking to grasp the French look, you should look for
things like cracked wood beams, curved panels, hand-carved
decorations and raw material flooring and walls, like stone or
bricks. Uneven plaster walls or raw distressed wood can also give
you the French Country atmosphere.
In the style having a spider crack in the paint or slight
discoloration of the paint just adds character. So don’t fret about
fixing all those imperfections.
Some architectural features are shutters for your windows, narrow
deeply cut window sills, and striped fabric awnings over windows
which prevents the heat from escaping.
But if you just want a little bit of French flare to your house
without too much change to you’re walls and floors. You can look for
rustic furniture, oversized rectangle or round wooding dining room
tables with a dull waxed or natural finish. Dining room chairs have
a ladderback style or vertical slats to it.
If you’re looking to get chairs or random tables you should look for
curved or boast carved designs in the woodwork. Also, large armoires
go well with the theme, giving you a place to store dishes, linens
clothes or whatever you desire.
The next step would be to adorn your house with fabrics and
accessories. You should use toile material, a gauzy linen or cotton,
in white, cream or yellow with bright contrasting colors. You can
choose themes like monkeys, eighteenth century courting scenes and
Chinese patterns which are dominate French designs.
Also look for large, thickly woven baskets, chunky clay or old metal
pitchers, iron garden shelving units, and Chinese pottery all fit in
with the French theme. Which means you can get ceramic plates,
tiles, tablecloths and curtains that have either roosters,
sunflowers, lavender or beetles. You can save some money if you get
these at flea markets and antique stores.
The final touches would be flowers. Fresh flowers would be ideal,
flowers such as lavender, geraniums and sunflowers are great to give
you the French country style you’re looking for.
You can put the flowers in copper pots, window boxes, glass vases or
old pitchers. You should use a variety of colors and make the
arrangements not too simple or stylized. Another country French look
is natural grasses.
It doesn’t matter if you want to go all out or just change a few
things in your house to achieve the French country look. You can use
any of these idea to get a little of Provence country into you’re
house.
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