5 Tips for Decorating with an Amish Theme

Written by Posted On Thursday, 19 October 2017 10:33

Amish-inspired interior design has a peaceful, and old world look that works well in a variety of homes. The colors, textures, and materials used in Amish homes can make your interiors look warm, inviting, and full of character.

If you’re interested in adding some Amish charm to your interiors, consider using these five tips to achieve your goals.

Amish Furniture

The Amish are well-known for their woodworking skills, filling their homes with handcrafted furnishings that are as functional as they are beautiful. If you’re looking to recreate an Amish-inspired theme in your home, start by sourcing some Amish furniture.

Handcrafted Amish furniture is available in a range of different wood tones, sets, and styles. The pieces are simplistic in nature, emphasizing form and function over style, but their beauty and character shine through in every detail. With their clean lines and quality workmanship, any Amish furnishings you include in your home will help set the stage for the rest of your interior design.

Color Scheme

In addition to lots of natural wood tones used throughout the interiors of the home, Amish interior design includes a fairly specific palette of colors as well. Amish decorating and interiors are often inspired by the nature that surrounds their homes. Therefore, it’s usual to find a set number of colors that you can use in your own home as well.

Consider pairing your wood furnishings with any of the following wall and accent colors:

    • Tan

    • White

    • Sage Green

    • Sky Blue

    • Spring Green

    • Cream

In most Amish decorating, cream, tan, and sage green are most commonly used together, with sky blue and spring green being used as accents. However, any earth tones will also work in this decorating scheme, if you desire a deeper, richer color in a room.

Wall Art

What better way to cement a theme in your home than by displaying some wall art that features scenes or images from that angle? Consider creating some personalized canvas prints to hang on your walls that include some of the colors and images in Amish life.

If you’re looking for wall art that can add to your color scheme as an accent, consider having prints made of spring fields or flowers in full bloom. Or, if you want to go in a more literal direction with your wall art, have some prints made of horse-and-buggy combinations, or the exteriors of people’s homes. Generic images work best in this particular case unless you have a personal connection with the Amish or with a specific family that you would like to showcase. Otherwise, simply including images featuring things like fields, animals, and fencing can help you cement your theme without getting overly personal at the same time.

Quilts

Another Amish art form that gets a lot of attention, and that can be used both decoratively and functionally in your home are quilts. Amish quilts are beautiful, painstakingly created works of art that can be used to cover your bed, or the walls of your home. Look for quilts that are authentically produced by Amish women, and not quilts that have been mass-produced to appear like the real thing.

Real quilts are hand cut and stitched, and contain the artist’s choices for color and blending. They’ll last for years, and can be considered an heirloom to hand down to the next generation as well.

Accent Materials

Sometimes it’s the little touches that help to bring a theme or interior design to life. There are several different materials and accents that can help bring your interiors together when paired with these other ideas. Things to consider include:

  • Earthenware pottery

  • Wrought iron sconces and candlestick holders

  • Forged iron door hardware

  • Natural flooring materials like wood or stone

  • Fieldstone fireplace surrounds

  • Hand carved or hewn fireplace mantels

By incorporating many of these items in your chosen color scheme, you can help to elevate your design, creating that homey and welcoming feeling that this decorating theme is so well known for.

Decorate Your Home in Style

Amish-inspired interior design can help you create a warm and inviting atmosphere in any room of your home. Use these five tips to help bring your interiors to life, and create the style of home you’ve always dreamed about.

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