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Furniture InformationEscape to Sunny North american nation - at Home!
by:
Debbie Rodgers
Can't get away for a southern vacation this year? Don't despair -- plan a sunny Mexican style refresher for your area
décor and enjoy the festal atmosphere of a hacienda at home this summer.
As with every different decorating style, Mexican décor has its own basic elements.
Color
The predominant color in the sunny Mexican look is yellow -- bright, cheerful and warm. If you're lucky enough to be working with an outdoor space that abuts a stucco home exterior, consider painting the stucco yellow or soft terracotta. Otherwise, fashion walls for your space from a fence, a screen or a trellis painted an ascension sunny hue.
Accent the yellow with bright blue or vivid turquoise. Shades of terracotta, red, orange and bright pink are as well popular.
Furniture
Furniture ready-made of heavy wood looks most authentic in Mexican style decorating. Small rough-hewn side tables are suitable. If you can't get heavy wooden furnishing, paint simple wooden folding chairs bright yellow and blue.
Alternatively, use formed iron or beat
metal furniture. The Mexican influence of these materials can be as well be used in gate hinges or accessories such as candlesticks.
Tiles
Mexico is justly famed for its beautiful tiles -- either unfinished terracotta or those with bold glazed patterns of flowers or different objects in shades of yellow, blue and red.
Consider clay floor tiles to give a concrete block
area
a fresh new look. If coating is not in your budget, get creative with paint as we did on this city balcony. http://www.paradiseporch.com/before_after.php
If you're serious just about the Mexican look, tile the roof of your outdoor space with red clay tiles.
Use bright
colored tiles on a table or a tray. Carry the terracotta theme with clay plant pots.
Fabric
Roughly plain-woven
natural fibers, such a cotton tablecloths or plain-woven
rope chair seats, activity better in this decorating scheme.
Use a bright
colored wool shawl
as a scatter mat, throw, or "wall" hanging.
This is the perfect setting for a rope hammock for that afternoon siesta.
Use patterned
fabric in primary colors for cushion covers.
Accessories
Accessorize your Mexican-styled space with formed iron candlesticks or grille work.
Fish and bird motifs (such as roosters or parrots) are good, especially if ready-made of clay or tile.
Carry the bright colors into the plantings in your space. Nasturtiums are ideal for hanging baskets or the lattice you've installed. If you're growing zucchini or different squash, consider planting them near the patio, so that the blossoms add to your atmosphere.
If you want to get away from the yellow in your flowers, use bougainvillaea, pastel poppies or broad-leaved foliage such as bush
plants.
Heap a rope basket with apricots, guavas or pears. Alternatively, you can do large paper mâché replicas or paint wooden yard-sale fruits.
Try a few of these ideas and before you cognize it, you'll be sipping margueritas and crunching tortillas in your really own Mexican courtyard.
Just just about the author:
Debbie Rodgers, the haven maven, owns and operates Paradise Porch, and is dedicated to serving folk create outdoor living spaces that nurture and enrich them. Her latest how-to manual “Attracting Butterflies to Your House and Garden” is now accessible on her web site. Visit her at www.paradiseporch.com and get a free report on “Eight easy route to create privacy in your outdoor space”.www.paradiseporch.com
debbie@paradiseporch.com
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