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Finding the Basics of Rustic Design

July 6, 2011 – 11:35 pm

As always the best way to define something is examine its most basic elements. In a field as broad as rustic design, this means first looking at some of the styles that fit into the rustic category and then finding what elements they have in common. The style that is most often associated with the term rustic in the United States is a take on the frontier style, based on life in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in America, specifically that of the people who lived on the forefronts of America’s westward (and, to a point, southward) expansion during that period. This style in its most literal form is utilitarian for the most part. Things were constructed from the materials at hand, and often there was not much in the way of embellishment involved. This has brought about the log cabin architectural style as well, as well as the raw wood furniture, most often used for beds and such.

A second interpretation of rustic design is the somewhat more modern descendant of the frontier style. It is, in many ways, closely related to the country style that is also popular these days. Like the frontier style, it is simple for the most part. The furniture of this style is almost always wood with a stain or varnish to let the wood grain show. There is, however, more room for embellishment in this style, with woodwork and metalwork showing more fancy patterns and shapes. However, there is still the emphasis on simplicity.

The European take on rustic design is somewhat different. Much of the European rustic style works somewhat less with wood. The architecture itself is more often masonry than the log cabin style of the American frontier. Even so, things are kept very simple and reserved.

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