Deciding how to decorate your home can be frustrating. The girls at Country Village Shoppe are here to put your designing stresses to rest. Country Village Shoppe has items to fit the country/primitive or industrial farmhouse style homes, but if those aren’t your style, they have plenty of pieces to fit you! Designing a space doesn’t have to be overly complicated and hard. Design consultant, Sheila, has some tips to lessen the headache of decorating a room:
- Season thinking
- Choose pieces that can be utilized for seasonal times
- Add splashes of color to bring out the seasons colors
- Keep it simple and functional – easily change out
- “Buy and use pieces that you can incorporate all season but that you can change a little bit to give it a whole different look,” Sheila says.
- Find a focal piece
- Windows can be great backdrops for any room!Place objects around the window
- Lamps, window treatments or comfy chairs
- Bay/bow windows can a be a place to sit and relax or display unique pieces of decoration
- Lanterns, candles, books, pillows and blankets
- Windows can be great backdrops for any room!Place objects around the window
- Make is a place you want to be in
- Have the room reflect a favorite destination or inspirational spot
- Example: Wishing you were in the Florida Keys? Decorate a room to reflect the beach and warmth!
- Have the room reflect a favorite destination or inspirational spot
“When you make each room a place you want to be in, I think that you enjoy decorating more. Use solid standard pieces but add color or easily changeable accents for the seasons into your room’s decor,” says Sheila. Sheila also has some quick tips to get over a struggling decorating project:
- Start small
- Pick a wall to begin decorating on
- Choose a color you would like, then base other pieces off of that
- Blend colors together with cool and warm tones
- Find an object or a painting/picture to be your focal point
- Take the colors, textures and shapes to find decorations to go around it
- Don’t try to do a whole room at one time
- Recycle and reuse furniture or items as a unique touch to a room
About Country Village Shoppe
Located in Appleton, WI off of Highway 41, Country Village Shoppe carries many items, like window treatments, candles and candle accessories, bedding, florals, pictures, seasonal items and more to decorate your home. Started in 2006 by Sandi and Gina, along with sales associates Sheila and Lissa, the shop does its best to keep things new every year while keeping up with the newest trends. Country Village Shoppe focuses on primitive or industrial farmhouse styles. Check out their layouts in Country Sampler Magazine! Looking for something unique? Country Village Shoppe tries to find items that are unique to the area or are only found in the shop. Even their candles are specifically picked so that no one else has them. The products they carry are well worth the buy. Products from companies that will gladly assist you if something is wrong and lots of American made items. The Country Village Shoppe is eager to help you with your design needs from small to big!
