Adapting your home to bring Arizona’s distinct design, reflecting vibrant landscapes and cultures, is a beautiful choice. This time on the Budget Blinds of Scottsdale and Fountain Hills blog, we are going to give you some tips to bring those desert aesthetics indoors, using the right colors, patterns, and matching them with furniture and décor.

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Desert Aesthetics

Choose Desert Colors

The Sonoran desert has a wealth of beautiful colors throughout it. Though predominantly browns, yellows, and oranges, there are also bursts of colors like the red flowers on a Saguaro or the beautiful purples and pinks of the desert sunset. To bring that beauty inside, decorate your home with earthly colors and occasional pops of color.

These more neutral colors will allow a solid foundation for your space to then get creative with other patterns. More on that in a moment.

Focus on Leather Furniture

Leather is classic and is a staple of the Southwest look. Leather furniture (or faux leather, of course) lends a rustic look associated with the old west history of Arizona as the frontier. For a more traditional rustic look, look at dark or light brown leather. If you are interested in a modern variation, then you can use black or white leather to bring the desert vibes into the present.

Leather furniture is simple and stylish. But with the right pattern thrown on top, it’ll pair nicely.

Grab Geometric Patterns

The modern desert style is influenced by Native American style and décor. One of those major influences is the geometric patterns seen in textiles, pottery, and more. Using geometric patterns in your home, on a blanket, a wall hanging, or a throw pillow will give your home that clear Arizona style.

Cultivate Desert-Inspired Plants

Of course, one of the best and easiest ways to bring the outdoor style indoors? Plants! Small succulents make great additions to side tables, coffee tables, nightstands, kitchen and bathroom counters. Easy to care for, and the lively green color adds that punch of vibrancy to a room of neutrals and patterns.

Mix in Textures and Textiles

Do you know what else the desert offers? A pretty wide range of textures. Soft sand, hard rocky canyons, brush, and more rustic furs and hides are all things you might see looking out your window.

Lucky you, you can pull all of these into your home! Geometric rugs and tapestries like we already discussed, worn leather, sheepskin rugs, or blankets. All of these work well with the desert-influenced style.

It doesn’t stop there! Your floors and walls can reflect the Arizona aesthetic, too. Use concrete to echo the feel of natural stone. Granite countertops also enhance the natural stone look and vibe. Brick walls and fireplaces evoke terracotta and the orange-red color found throughout the desert.

Desert Aesthetics and Window Coverings

Now, with all of those desert stylings throughout your house, how do you bring them into your window coverings? That’s easy! For one, you want to make sure your window coverings are meeting the function you need (in Arizona, that’s mostly keeping some of the heat and sun out), but other than that, you can look at fabrics that match the texture or color palette of your home. If you want to enhance the rustic appearance of your rooms, look at coverings that use faux or natural wood.

Making your home a beautiful representation of the Arizona aesthetic we are blessed to live in doesn’t have to be hard! You can also talk to the trusted professionals at Budget Blinds of Scottsdale and Fountain Hills for more help choosing the perfect window coverings to complete your look. Book a free personalized consultation with our design experts to transform your vision!

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