Decorating Your Home in a Southwestern Style

When living in the Southwest, design inspiration for your home is all around with the natural beauty that the desert has to offer. When decorating your custom home, consider bringing that desert beauty into your home with the following features of Southwestern style.

Desert Colors

Southwestern style typically employs earthy, desert tones, such as you would find on your favorite cactus or adobe brickhouse. To bring the Southwestern style home, accent your base colors with burnt orange, bright yellow, or turquoise. You can find these colors in desert flowers and with custom turquoise decorations and jewelry. If you ever need further inspiration when decorating your custom home, look to the world-famous sunsets of Southern Arizona. These colors are the perfect representation of desert life.

Unique Furniture

People in other parts of the country may visualize those in the Southwest lounging back on patio furniture and lazing about in pools on a hot day. While this is certainly popular, patio furniture is not what makes up the beautiful Southwestern style. Couches clad in soft leather and custom-built mesquite chairs are commonly found in a Southwestern home. Beautiful pinewood dining sets upholstered in colorful woven textiles fill custom-built kitchens. In addition to sturdy leather and wooden furniture, you will often find wrought iron or burnished metal gates and sculptures. The Southwestern style is one filled with color, but it is also filled with strength and durability.

Custom Accents

To round out your custom home in the Southwestern style, head to your local artisan shop. Hand-painted ceramic pots and tiles can be used as decorations or to form your kitchen countertops and backsplashes. There are several artists located all over Southern Arizona who specialize in Southwestern-style art and home décor, so ask your custom homebuilder for his recommendations.

Insight Homes is the premier custom homebuilder in the Marana and Oro Valley, AZ areas. We value all types of custom home trends, so we can help you design the home of your dreams. Call us at (520) 577-6688 to speak with our talented home-building team today.