Western Furniture

Even cowboys have to come home after spending weeks by the campfire. Western furniture is for the cowboy and the office manager alike and can really give a homey feel to an urban apartment or house. Western furniture is characterized by quality solid woods in rich colors and etchings of cowboy scenes or flamboyant cowboy accents like horse shoes or cow horns.

For your Texas bedroom, even if you live in New York City, try a sold oak four poster bed with a lone star carved on the headboard. You can also get a matching chest of drawers, chest and armoire in the lone star design. You can also find Western furniture made of mesquite wood. Although usually associated with giving barbecue its distinctive, rich Southwestern flavor, mesquite wood can also be used for making furniture. It is more of a bush than a tree, but it bears durable wood that is long-lasting, heavy weight and finely textured. The rich, bold color of mesquite wood makes an attractive dining room table and chairs or desk for an office. It is best to design an entire room with Western furniture made of mesquite wood, since its unusual color and design is best with matching pieces. Any room of the home can be designed with mesquite wood, and is the West’s answer to mahogany.

For the committed cowboy, design your rooms with Western furniture which will remind him of the range. Cow hide and cow horn sofas and coffee tables are based on a 19th century design and will make your living room truly memorable. Or try a four poster bed with a head board made entirely of horseshoes along with a vanity with a horse shoe framed mirror. The famous Western furniture fixture, the wagon wheel coffee table, as made famous by Billy Crystal’s diatribe in When Harry Met Sally, is readily available wherever Western furniture is sold.



 
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