Introduction
You can establish a rock home décor in order to give your place that rustic cabin theme by incorporating rocks in to your home. This is usually easy and inexpensive as rocks are mostly lying around waiting for someone to make good use of them. You can collect these rocks during a hike in to the countryside, from the beach as well as river banks. Rocks can add interest to any rock home as well as creating natural treasures while painting them adds to their general appeal.
Step 1
Building a stone cairn is one of the ways rock home décor can be used. This is a traditional outdoor monument that can be built with assembled rocks. The stone cairn can be built indoors or outdoors depending on the requirements of the size of the structure. When built next to a fireplace or along a narrow wall it often becomes a graceful focal point adding beauty of the whole area. The stones should be glued together in order to make sure they do not fall off posing a safety risk to both inhabitants and visitors to the rock home.
Step 2
A collection of stones can be displayed along a mantle as part of rock home décor. The stones should be cleaned and polished with clear sealant till they shine. Then line them up or pile them together to form a colorful display.
Step 3
Alternatively, you can fill a glass vase with smooth river rocks and display them as rock home décor. The glass vase used should be large and clear enough so that a variety of rock shapes and sizes can be used creating a colorful display. Placing the rock filled vase on a table as a centerpiece or create a focal point by putting it on a shelf.
Step 4
Wall mirrors can be enhanced with small flat stones along the edges as part of rock home décor. You will require hot glue in order to attach the stones to the edges of the mirror. This gives the mirror a clean beach look which is very attractive.
Step 5
Rock home décor can take many forms including creating a plant table by filling a vintage or old wire basket with stones to act as a holder or trap for the rocks. Once full, place glass at the top the basket and you have a cute plant table. Wrapping large or medium sized rocks with wire can create an artistic touch. The wires should be made in to swirls and the stones placed down the middle of a dining table.
Tips
Rock home decor can be used practically in the dining or sitting room to make table legs by hot-gluing medium sized stones in a tower shape and then topping up with rustic wood or concrete tabletop. Rocks can also be used to decorate desktops by using them as paperweights across a home-office desk while some additional stones can be placed in a small bowl on the desk. You can also add an Asian touch to the rock collection by using origami paper and raffia string. Just wash the stones, and then put a square decorative paper on top of the rock with decoupage medium, when it is dry, wrap the stone in raffia string and knot at the top.
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