5 Tips To Give Your Living Room A Rustic Makeover

Rustic interior designs are incredibly popular these days and with good reason. With earthy elements and warm tones, they help you strike the perfect balance between minimalistic but homey decor.

But a rustic theme isn’t as easy to accomplish as it looks. Besides faux fur and bespoke custom tables, it also requires impeccable taste, a subtle designing approach, and the perfect vision to create a room with a chic but understated appeal.

Here are some ideas to get you started on the mood board.

Start with A Neutral Base; Don’t Forget Texture And Layers

When we say neutral base, we mean starting with white walls and perhaps white sofas and curtains too. And while most people associate white bases with modern minimalistic decor, it’s the perfect base for your rustic living room too.

But going with a white theme doesn’t mean you have to make it look like a hospital. You can avoid this by adding layers of textures. Since with a rustic theme, you can’t go all out with colors, textures can help you add warmth and character to the room.

Make Sure There Is Plenty of Natural Light

When trying to create a rustic theme, it’s important to keep elements as natural and plain as possible. So, while you’ll still have artificial lighting, it’s a good idea to bring in natural light and the great outdoors in general, with large picture windows and French doors.

It’ll make your rustic space look bigger and more earthy.

Design A Rustic Fireplace

What’s a rustic living room without a roaring fire?

Ideally, there’s no space for a modern electric fireplace in a rustic living room—there’s nothing simple and plain about that. So, if you can get a real old-school fireplace built—preferably in stone and brick instead of modern-looking tiles—you should go for it.

Keep the design natural and simple, and make sure to scale it according to the size of the room to make it look like the statement piece it’s meant to be.

Coat the Space in Faux Fur

From rugs and armchairs to throws for the couch, you’ll find plenty of items made in faux fur; give them a home in your rustic living room.

Nothing says rustic quite like faux fur, and you can easily choose decor items that’ll blend in with your faux fur pieces.

Invest in An Acacia Wood Coffee Tablewith A Life Edge

There are plenty of furniture pieces and decor items you can choose for the rustic makeover, but make sure to incorporate at least one statement piece made from natural wood.

We suggest Acacia wood coffee tables. They’ll help tie the whole rustic look together with your stunning fireplace, and they can also serve as a functional element in your living room.

Also, if you’re not sure where to start, you can start with our live edge acacia wood tables and build up the rest of your rustic decor from there.

You can shop our complete collection of handmade tables online or call us if you’d like to have a custom coffee table built.