Primitive Country Decor
Filed under: Decorating With Primitives, Primitive Decorating Tips
If you want to create a country feel to your home, Primitive Country Decor is becoming one of the most exciting methods of decorating. Furnishing your home with that comfy feel is so simple and provides the occasion to do some antique shopping. Another wonderful thing about Primitives, are the many items available that are not actually antiques, but still give your home that antique, country feel you may be looking for!
Primitive Decorating Ideas
Primitive decor is an old quilt that is flung over a rocking chair. Picture it as a location of warm-heartedness and nurturing, of simple delight that your ancestors enjoyed. An antique farmhouse kitchen is a wonderful place to begin if you feel a need for that country feel. Decorate it with primitive wall decor, roosters, sunflowers, birdhouses or anything that warms your heart.
You can add the same sense of restfulness to your living room or den. Your decor should present an image from a time of rural living. Rustic furniture, primitive stars, wooden rockers and quilts all are great decor showing days gone by. Primitive interior decorating can represent a sense of history and heritage.
Primitive Curtains
Windows are a vital part of any decor scheme. For a Primitive country look, bring out the primitive curtains. Use 1950s mature tablecloths for cafe style curtains in the kitchen. Remember that if you already have a number of designs in your wall coverings or upholstery, then it would be a good idea to tone down the windows and use a more solid fabric. Window treatments are the ultimate finishing touch to a well designed room and should show the owner's personal style, yet be well mixed with the furnishings.
Below you will find great deals on Primitive Curtains at Ebay. The items below are at fixed or "Buy It Now" prices!
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 Primitive Watermelon Valance::Prim Curtain::Melons  US $19.99
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 Primitive Watermelon Door Valance*43" Country Curtain US $16.99
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 Hand Painted Primitive Crows Valance - Country Curtain US $16.99
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Halloween Primitives as a Home Decoration
Filed under: Decorating With Primitives, Seasonal Primitives
The use of Halloween primitives as home decoration has been a yearly tradition in our family. Halloween is our favorite time of year, with it being harvest time and the leaves on the trees changing color and the slight hint of coolness in the evening air. We love all the little ghosts and goblins and princesses and pirates that come to our door for a sweet treat! We love to treat their eyes, too, and it starts us all thinking about how we will decorate our home for Halloween this year.
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After much spirited debate, we have decided on a witch theme. We have a really long front porch that has a rail the whole length of it and is about six feet deep. We think that it looks like the perfect shape to make into a general store for witches! A homespun gnarly witch doll, with the obligatory wart on her nose, will welcome our little guests at the entrance to her store. The first area will be reserved for assorted flying broomsticks. A stuffed black cat, its back arched, will be the next thing they see, just as all the noise from the rattling bones in the magic cauldron area start making loud noises. Next, bats made of cloth will fly past their heads in the magic potion area. They'll see shelves back lit with a black light with all kinds and sizes of jars and bottles with unidentifiable contents floating in them and glowing in the dark. Next will be the magic spell book area and they will be startled by the pages that seem to turn by themselves. The final page tells them to go see the witch for their treat.
Finally, they will reach our front door where a real live witch in pointed black hat and robes will be giving out candy treats from out of a bowl that looks like a smoking cauldron. Hopefully the children will make it that far before running away! If they do, they will have a whole year to recover and look forward to what our next year's decorations will be.
How will you be decorating your home with Halloween Primitives?
Decorating with Primitive Samplers
Samplers were first made starting in the 15th century. As there was no way to print designs and patterns directly on fabric, if a needle worker saw a stitch or design they liked, they would sew it onto a small piece of fabric. At the time, fabric was expensive, so samplers would often be filled with patterns and stitches. The oldest surviving sample was stitched by Jane Bostocke. The sampler has her name and the date 1598 stitched into it. Samplers evolved over time and became more organized rather than just a jumble patterns that the embroiderer wanted to remember.
Around the 17th century, sewers began adding borders to samplers and the alphabet. By the 18th century, samplers were made to show skill and knowledge of the form rather than to simply preserve the stitches. The ability to stitch samplers became a social grace and women were taught to sew samplers from a young age.
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Primitive samplers feature a variety of stitches, not just the cross stitch often associated with them. The stitches may be slightly imperfect, adding to the rustic feel of the work. They often feature religious thoughts and sentiments such as Bible verses or moral quotations. Primitive samplers are commonly stitched on linen or other open weave fabrics. Primitive sampler reproductions and primitive samplers by contemporary designers are available to purchase for home decoration. Antique samplers are also available.
Primitive samplers can add a rustic, country feel to your home decor. They are still made by hand and give your decor a unique feel that is so often lacking from mass produced prints and decorations. Samplers vary in size and usually come pre-framed, ready to be hung on the wall or propped up on a table. Primitive samplers can be personalized to your tastes and thoughts and stitched with a quotation or pattern that expresses who you are. Reproduction primitive samplers can be combined with family heirlooms and antiques to give your home a personal, down-home, country feel.