Bring Out Your Homes Inner Beauty Before you start going out and spending tons of money on purchasing new items that look rustic, take a look at what you already have and how you can use it. For example, wooden cupboards and shelves are often painted to look modern, but they can usually be refinished by sanding them down and staining them to the original wood colouring. This can save you money and keep your new product budget friendly. Use Nature as Your Inspiration When using nature as your inspiration it opens a lot of doors for you, materials like wood are commonly found in furniture and décor items already. Try to pick one type of wood and stick to it – or at least are the same in colour for each room or your entire house to make your design cohesive. Wood can be used for walls, flooring and furniture. Materials, au naturel Try to stick to natural materials for decoration. Materials like wood, rope, greenery, sand and stone can add an instant rustic touch to any home. Using natural materials you find in the outdoors to decorate produces a simplistic countryside design and it also keeps your project affordable. The Right Fit Sofas, loveseats and recliners are items that are a bit more flexible to fit your theme. You can play with contrast and use leather couches, or have a warm brown or even a light taupes! These pieces are typically natural colours anyways so that allows the theme to stay cohesive and match to your colour scheme. Pops of Colour Decorate with shades such as; Whites, Creams and Browns. Use brighter pops of colour as your accent pieces like; greens, blues, reds and yellows. Use what nature provides you with and decorate your home with it. Show mother nature off, she’s beautiful! Lighting, Don’t Force it Let the sun shine through. Nothing is more rustic than natural light coming through big open windows. Natural lighting really opens up a room and make it bright and beautiful.             Accessorize  Accessories complete any room where the walls are bare, or there’s too much open space or you simply don’t think you have enough pieces to complete the look you are going for. You can easily find a ton of décor pieces for this project, anything that looks like its worn, faded or wooden makes great décor pieces for your rustic home.