An important home design event has been going on in North Carolina throughout this week: The High Point Furniture Market, which is a biannual trade show featuring the latest in home furnishings. Known as “the world’s home for home furnishings,” the event covers “10 million square feet of show space” with “tens of thousands of new product introductions,”... [Read more...]

At Home on the Range we often use reclaimed wood and rustic materials in our Western designs, as they add natural elements and help warm up every space—including bathrooms. In fact bathrooms are extremely popular spaces to have updated and remodeled, so we thought we’d share some of our favorite rustic bathroom designs—from Houzz and from our own portfolio—to... [Read more...]

Style at Home has a great article explaining ways to go glam that reflect the Home on the Range approach to this design tool beautifully. They mention the following lighting and decorative accessories products as ways to add glam to a room: • Mirrors • Luxurious fabrics • Chandeliers • Candles • Feathers • Heavy metals • Pearlized finishes This... [Read more...]

Mountain Lodge style can range from a European ski lodge to a rustic cabin. Mountain Lodge evokes the scent of pine trees and the warmth of a cozy fire. Mountain Lodge décor brings the outdoors into the home with the use of color and materials found in the environment around the house. When designing with any of the Western Design styles, it is important to... [Read more...]

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, so the design community has taken to helping the cause in a variety of ways. The first is by developing a number of pink products with partial proceeds going to breast cancer research, including BoConcept's "Running Ribbon" cup and the Pink Swan Project by Suite New York. Another way designers are getting... [Read more...]

I have always been fascinated with color and it's use in design, so on a recent trip through Europe I began to take pictures of eye-catching color combinations that repeat themselves in every country.  I hope you'll enjoy these photos as a visual reminder of how color use transcends both time and space. This vibrant combination of red, blue and green adds life... [Read more...]

Here are some wonderful light fixtures that can be used for ambient lighting and that transition from rustic to contemporary style. They are from one of our favorite lighting companies, Arteriors home. This simple transitional lamp can work in many different rooms. Arteriors' copper clad table lamp brings the warmth of the copper color into a room. Note... [Read more...]

When designing a space, it’s essential to determine the best lighting scheme—one that provides both beauty and function. To do this, you must understand the different types of light that will play into the overall ambiance of a room. The American Lighting Association offers a wonderful overview of lighting types: ambient, task and accent, taking you through... [Read more...]