Decor Tips
11 Mountain Home Decorating Ideas
Mountain homes possess a certain special something, and based on their geographic location alone, they command admiration and love. Creating a mountain home design that lives up to your breathtaking mountain views can be an intimidating endeavor at first. Luckily, we're here to provide you with some magnificent mountain home design tips to get started.
Ideas for Decorating Your Mountain Home
With so many home décor elements to consider when decorating your mountain home, it can be tough to know where to start. In general, opting for design strategies that increase your home's biophilic design will help to enhance its connection to nature. What is biophilic design you ask?
Biophilic design is a home décor concept that revolves around human beings' intrinsic biological need to connect with nature. It aims to increase exposure to direct natural elements such as air, plant life, water and natural lighting as well as increase indirect cues of nature. Indirect cues can include natural colors, images of nature, etc. Here are some great tips to get you started.
1. Frame That Mountain View
If you live in a beautiful geographic location with lush mountain views, you might consider finding an art piece portraying your local area. Finding the right pictures or art pieces to hang can be one of the most complex aspects of home design, as there are essentially infinite images to choose from. A tasteful depiction of the beauty that surrounds your home can be a charming way of appreciating the surrounding blessings. It's minimalist, aesthetically pleasing and harmonious with your environment.
2. Integrate Natural Elements
Natural components are often beneficial to the aesthetics of homes surrounded by nature. Stone fireplaces or countertops, marble worktops, exposed wood beams, or tree-trunk tabletops can help to link the house to its surroundings. It may also satisfy the texture and shape design components. To keep the country house concept going, use a salvaged wood dining room table or beams. They give an overall substantial and cozy feel to the room they occupy.
3. Increasing Comfort in Your Mountain Home
When diving into the depths of home design, it can be easy to get carried away with how things look. It's important to remember, home décor isn't all about aesthetics — comfort is important too. Every mountain home should have a comfort level to match its beauty. You may wish to increase the number of cushions around your house to ensure that whatever room you're in, there's something soft and fluffy to sit on.
4. Make Use of the Natural Light
Mountain homes often have superb natural lighting in some rooms. In rooms with large windows and great light exposure, you may wish to contribute to the incandescence by using light wallpaper, furniture covers and avoiding dark tones.
5. Increasing Natural Sentiment
Mountain homes often have an intrinsic natural feel about them. Dark woods, plants, natural images, and the use of dark forest greens can greatly amplify the feeling of being in nature. Indoor plants are a great way to increase your direct exposure to natural elements, while choosing natural colors can contribute to that natural sentiment.
6. Dining Light and Dark
A dark mahogany kitchen table surrounded by an installation of brambles contributes to a rustic yet sophisticated feel that accentuates the character of your mountain home. A dining set with a bench is a great space-saving feature that can be advantageous when having guests over. Roll out a nice beige rug to protect the hardwood floors while adding a feeling of lightness to your mountain home dining room.
7. Choosing a Dining Set
Dining is one of life's most worthwhile indulgences. That's why choosing the right dining set to achieve that characteristic décor you want to achieve is important for your mountain home. Don't forget to blend those natural patterns into your dining area. You can do so in an unobtrusive minimalist way with small plants and pattern paintings.
8. Playing with Patterns
The patterns you pick will influence every part of your house, from the design of your flooring to the throws in your living room. Patterns also add texture. A patterned tile or painting can help dress up an otherwise boring environment. Nature-inspired wallpapers or sponge-style paintings may provide texture to a space without overwhelming the observer. Use carpets, paintings, and draperies to create a pattern in your space. A common guideline regarding patterns is that areas meant for tranquility, such as your bedroom, should not have a lot of them.
9. Getting the Right Lighting
Lighting is an important fundamental of home décor in general with different design styles calling for different degrees of lighting. Some rooms may benefit from low ambient lamp light to bring out the coziness of the room's dark tones, while others might benefit from mimicking natural lighting. Pay attention to the different features in each room and how they might respond to high or low lighting.
10. Light Minimalist Colors
While the color scheme will often be determined by the design style, many of the natural materials featured in mountain houses come in neutral tones. Modern designs, on the other hand, use white to contrast the natural components and provide a modern touch to a typically rustic design. Through the use of an accent wall, light colors may help to expand a small area. Above all, light colors may subtly transmit emotions such as tranquility, peace, or enthusiasm.
11. Contributing Texture
Texture is one of those areas that is easy to ignore if you don't have an interior designer on your team. When it comes to decorating your own house, texture will inevitably make its way in. After all, every object has some form of texture. That said, consciously considering texture adds a new layer of depth to your mountain home décor. With light colors, in particular, adding texture can add more character to an otherwise bland object or scene.
Last Thoughts
Decorating a mountain home can be an exciting, yet intimidating job. Creating an interior that lives up to the magnificent scenery of where you are situated may feel overwhelming. Luckily, there are some easy and effective home design techniques to help you give your mountain home the character you want. Paying attention to increasing the biophilic properties can include making use of natural light, adding natural imagery around your home, placing houseplants tastefully around and using natural colors.
Your mountain home décor could also benefit from throwing patterns and characteristic textures into the mix to give the aesthetic more depth.
