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| Southwestern Style | Southwestern Style Characteristics
There are distinct characteristics in the southwestern style that can easily be explained by imagining a desert scene. Incarnate all colors of the desert, the green of cactus, the red mountains of the Grand Canyon, and the Native American heritage that comes from the Arizona, New Mexico regions of the United States.
 There are two types of southwestern style. All natural organic version, with over scaled furniture made from log pole, and the use of rugged materials such as iron, stones and wood. The city version of southwestern is with plastic cactus decorations and wall hangings, coyote figurines and the use of peach and teal coloring.
Characteristics and General Colors are as follows:
• Native American Indian accents
• Organic materials, iron, adobe, wood and smooth rocks
• Brightly-colored patterned fabrics inter mixed with natural colors
• Oversized furniture, log pole ladders and adobe fireplaces
• Colors that are seen in the desert sunset, hills and prairies
SouthWestern Home Decorating
Designing Ambiance
Southwestern style evokes homey memories of the deserts and Native America found in the southwestern portion of the United States. Think of Native Americans, buffalo, adobe dwellings, cactus, and blowing sands.
Decorating Technique
Extensive use is made of colors that are seen in the desert. Decorating accessories lean heavily toward Native American accents and desert plants.
A natural organic flavor is represented by over scaled furniture made from log pole and rugged materials such as iron, stones and wood.
Brightly-colored patterned fabrics are mixed with natural colors. A city flavor is represented by plastic cactus decorations and wall hangings, coyote figurines and the use of peach and teal coloring. Consider walls may be thick adobe.
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