Decor Ideas for Primitive Decor

Primitive decor really has a lot of character to it. You can create a piece yourself or even allow your kids to help you. This is a very kind of casual sort of design style, but it also has a real sense of history to it. You can blend it in with all different kinds of decorating themes. You can really incorporate all of the versions of accessories instead of just artwork.

When you think of primitive home decor, you might just think of artwork, but this doesn't have to be the case. You could even create this look on a pillow. If you have a canvas one then try using paint to just simulate canvas. You probably want to take out the form. There may be a zipper on the bottom to remove the stuffing. This gives you a flat surface to work with. It might also be to your advantage to put something between the front and the back so that the paint isn't going to bleed through. You can really create this kind of feeling just by going with different squiggles or dots. Keep it more sophisticated just with your color palette. You could try using a metallic kind of paint in gold or silver. Another option would be to just use a black or brown. If you use a lot of different colors it might end up looking like a kid's art project. This is a great way to really get back into being creative if you haven't done any craft project since you were a lot younger.

Country primitive home decor is a little bit different. This tends to focus on kind of a folk art feeling. It's also a really fun way to decorate for the different holidays. You could find wood plaques and then paint them with different snowmen. You could dress each snowman in a brightly colored scarf or just change up the position of the hands or the words underneath them to really create a collage that will have large impact above a sofa.

Other staples of this kind of design style are flowers, hearts and stars. What is really going to differentiate these is changing them. Instead of making a perfect star you really want all the points to be uneven. The heart should be elongated. You can also mix up the colors. Instead of going with a yellow star you can try mustard star. Instead of going with a bright red heart you could try a brick color heart.

When creating this artwork just to keep it simple. You don't have to be a fine art aficionado. You can really just explore different colors and have a lot of fun with very simple shapes. The beauty is in the very uncomplicated handmade feeling.

You can also bring this into the outside of your home. A great way to do this is with a welcome sign. You could try painting your house numbers. Of course you'll need to make sure that this is protected from the elements or be prepared to replace it every few years. If it does get a little bit weathered it really don't matter because it's very evocative of the country kind of style. You could also try painting your monogram for more of an elegant touch to the outside of your home.

You can use this just on basic canvases or wood plaques. It can also be really fun painted on a table top. For instance you could try a checkerboard design. You could even use this as an actual checkerboard. In this case you want the lines to be very straight. You could also get out some craft paint to try a monogram.

There are a few kind of motifs that you can use to frame out your artwork. This adds an additional layer to things. You can just try painting stripes around the piece or a series of stripes. Another option would be to just kind of a go in and make a mark about an inch into the piece to act as a border but still create a little bit of a haphazard pattern. Other popular motifs are circles, which you can make with that back of your paint brush.

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