 | Diane Lewis
owns Three French Hens, a unique gift and decor boutique in Augusta, KS. Diane and her girls offer many years of experience in home décor and love to share their tips and techniques with curious shoppers. You can visit Three French Hens nestled in a quaint storybook house, located one block south of Highway 54 on School Street, or phone Diane at (316) 775-5875. |
Interior Decorating
2004-03-01 15:44:00
Decorating with denim
Diane Lewis
Question: My home has a western theme, how can I decorate with denim to add to the feeling of the 'old west'?
ANSWER: Jeans, they are probably your favorite item of clothing. It seems like they go with everything from black and white to floral, red and camel. Denim is the universal color; it adds flare and style to everything…including your home décor! Here are a few tips to decorate with this fun, durable fabric.A sofa or chair covered in denim is a good place to start. It's classic, soft and practically begs you to sit down and stay a while. Choose pre-washed fabrics for the softest feel and keep your chair out of direct sunlight or you will find it fading in all the wrong places. Because denim is a plain fabric it is easily dressed up (and easily changed for different occasions), don't fear mix and match trims and welts on a grouping of pillows and add some to the upholstery and curtains. Use your decorative flare to show your personality.The denim look can be added to your walls, try this in a powder room, for a boy's bedroom with a cowboy theme or for a girl who loves horses and riding. Bedrooms are another room where denim feels right at home. Denim comforters and bed skirts, chambray sheets and curtains will surround you in denim heaven. Break up the all-blue look with another print that incorporates a blue denim color. Look for printed tone-on-tone denim fabrics too, in patterns such as paisley.Use an old pair of jeans to make a cornice or valance for your windows, or cut out a square around the pockets and make it into a one of a kind pillow.You can dress denim up a bit with chintzy floral, or dress it down with pillows made from $1 bandanas. Try some paired with a wonderful leather sofa or next to a white cotton duck slip covered piece.Denim fits comfortably against walls of white, camel and yellow. Keep furniture light- in pine or painted wood and on the casual side. Repeat denim blue colors in your window treatments, pictures and accessories. Baskets and wood boxes also fit well with a denim scheme. Use natural wood tones or try painted styles in barn red or navy blue.Denim for the table is also popular. Many well know manufacturers make denim dinnerware and blue calico plates, denim floral and light blue chambray colored pottery. Look for it to enhance your denim rooms.Denim can be at home in any room, or all throughout your home. Use it, as the basis for a wonderful, livable color scheme and your guests may never want to leave.
