Hi lovelies,

It can often seem as though there are as many ways to design your home as there are implements to purchase for it - and that’s often the case. Creativity is limitless, and so often it’s not trying to decide what to purchase or how to decorate that’s the issue - it’s when to stop and understand that less is more.

Of course, aside from the specifics of purchasing certain implements or going for certain decorations are the themes you consider most appropriate in the long run. For instance, you may want to consider renting storage units to keep to a minimalist design effort, which can provide a lovely and forward-thinking means of keeping your home well-balanced, your space respected, and your general surroundings easy to keep up with.

That being said, sometimes you’re looking for something more substantial and fundamental than following a design philosophy. Bringing a sense of authenticity to your home decorations, to use an example, could be a wonderful start.

So - how can we achieve this? Let’s consider the following examples:

Consider Reclaimed Wood
Reclaimed wood is wood that has been sourced from other areas, perhaps from prior furniture, perhaps from larger constructions - and fashioned into implements you can use for your home. For instance, it might be that you gain access to a 400 year old cathedral door after renovations take place, and you are able to visit a carpenter to help you transform it into a coffee table or main kitchen table.

That’s a wonderfully unique item, one with real, actual history you can see in the visible line and treatment of the wood. That’s more than something you can pick up in IKEA, and it has character hard to replicate elsewhere. Of course - this is quite a fantastical example. Reclaimed wood can come from anywhere, from old school desks, from old planks, anything. What matters is giving it new life and an air of authenticity to your home usage.

Rattan & Authenticity
There’s nothing quite like beautiful craftsmanship, and affordable rattan furniture is of course worthwhile of being defined in this manner. Rattan furniture can provide you with beautiful, breathable, gorgeous vine palm that provides a structurally sound, easily cleaned, gorgeous furniture implement that can be adjusted in very many ways. From storage baskets to seating decorations, this kind of furniture can be a tremendously beautiful implement to have in your home - and for the price, it’s quite amazing just what a visual impact it will have.

Distressed Visual Effects
Distressed visual effects can also make a world of difference if you’re hoping to bring some home-craft-appeal to your home decorations. This might involve using varnish, light tools, ice and other implements to weather the wood of a furniture item a little, leading to a wonderful result. Of course, this might not seem ‘authentic’ to some, but the overall aesthetic is still authentic in that it provides that form of theming. For instance, fake beams in the ceiling may not be ‘authentic’ character, but they provide that authentic characteristic look, and so we should limit ourselves to opting for that if that’s what makes us happy.

It might also be that distressed visual effects can work on sideboards. You may also choose decorative elements such as stencilling, furniture painting, and more. If you can do that then you have your own, beautifully adorned item without having to purchase it, and you can also be certain that this is one of the most unique items of its type.

Crafting Your Own Decorations
Of course, our last bit of advice is not only to decorate furniture to your whims, but consider making it yourself. From little wall-decorations to photo-frames to flowerbeds, having a working ability to either craft woodworked implements or present your designs to a carpenter can be a tremendous use of your time.

Crafting your own decorations need not seem like a mammoth task you have to fulfill perfectly. Sometimes, the little extra accidents or renovations can make a big difference, helping the authenticity of the piece. For instance, let us say you have a small rowboat. Cutting that in half (safely), and installing shelving units in there can give you a small, beautifully unique bookcase. Then, perhaps you’ll have the little nicks and scratches where you had tried to treat and change the wood beforehand to show your craftsman’s journey. That can be a wonderful place to begin, as it provides you with a worthwhile, personal, authentic element going forward. Don’t be afraid of these efforts - who knows how far you could go?

With this advice, we hope you can bring a sense of authenticity to your home decorations, all for the better.