There is no easier way to give your home great rustic style than through southwest bedding. A few years ago, I was searching for an easy way to redecorate one of the rooms in my home and give it a touch of the southwest. I discovered some Indian blankets at a discount linen store and decided to use them as part of the western decor. I liked the rustic look they created in the room so much that I decided to put them in all the bedrooms of my home to give them that great, southwestern flare you see in designer home magazines.
Since I used these throw blankets everyday as bedspreads, shawls, or as lap blankets, I became interested in the story behind southwestern blankets and began researching their origin. The more I researched, the more intriguing the story was. I never realized that although very popular today with interior designers and in modern style homes, southwest bedding for use in country western home decor actually emerged in the early 1900\'s, when American Indian trade blankets were put on the market.
Most people I talk to, believe that the rustic blankets they commonly use for southwest bedding were originally made by Native Indians. I also believed that, until I began digging deeper into the beginnings of these southwest blankets and found that, although American Indians were the main inspiration behind the designs and production of trade blankets, they were not the ones who made them.
In fact, as you read about the intriguing history of southwestern blankets, you will discover that they were actually machine-made, and produced by large weaving companies for the express purpose of supplying the Indians with needed blankets. These rustic blankets were then sold to the frontier trading posts where the Native Indians would buy and trade them and use them to wrap themselves in instead of a modern coat or jacket.
Another thing you will find interesting as you research the history of trade blankets to use as western bedding, is that as women became more interested in decorating their homes in the early 1900\'s, southwest decorating and western designs rose in popularity. These \"Indian blankets\" as they came to be called, were sought after by people across the country who wanted them for southwest bedding and as decorative couch or chair covers to enhance rustic home decor. The Indian trade blankets were wonderful for covering exposed legs when in a wagon, sleigh or buggy, and in the new horseless carriages. Later on, they were used as throws for camping, canoeing and a new hobby called motoring.
Today, you can easily buy southwest bedding online and in stores that sell western and southwestern home decor. Whether used as a rustic bedspread, blanket or bed throw, southwest bedding will add great character to your home and decor. If you are attracted to authenticity and traditional American Indian values and are searching for a wonderful way to create western style in your rustic home decor, then you will no doubt love owning and decorating with southwest bedding.
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Craig Chambers is the director of Mission Del Rey and author offering free information online about how to use Southwest bedding for chic western home accessories. For more information visit www.missiondelrey.com
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