How Do You Make Primitive Country Decorations?
Homespun and handcrafted are two words you’ll often hear in association with primitive country décor. Taken from the decorating styles of early American colonials, primitive decorations include fibers, woods and colors found in nature. Simple pine furniture and cotton fabrics in shades of green, red and yellow create warmth, while homemade candles and dolls sit next to rusty remnants of days gone by. Make your own primitive country decorations with these tips and ideas. Step 1 Create signage for your primitive home with a block of wood, craft paint and sandpaper. Paint the wood block in a dark, muted green or deep burgundy, and then distress it around the edges with sandpaper to make it look time-worn. Stencil a message like “Home is Where the Heart Is” or any other pertinent sentiment on the front with black paint. You can also find templates of primitive country homes that you can use to paint onto your block. Hang your sign on the wall with crudely bent, 18-gauge wire that you can s
