| You have decided to buy or build a lodge as an | | | | time to explore the local population centers, you may |
| escape from your tough, hectic and sometimes | | | | stumble across some places to buy furniture and |
| humdrum life in the city or town. You are going to | | | | other decor. Lunch in different places, and ask |
| build to a high standard, even if you can only spend | | | | around; ask the builders working on your lodge. If |
| weekends and vacations there. However, it is not | | | | you are using a local architect, they may have a |
| only the outside of your country retreat you want to | | | | good idea of sources of lodge decor that are local. |
| look good, and fitting well into the rustic surroundings. | | | | Of course, you could find a local interior designer, |
| You want the decor to be just right too. | | | | who will have everything at their fingertips. |
| When you return home to your lodge or cabin after | | | | It is probably best to start looking for furniture and |
| a day's hiking, fishing or hunting, or even a | | | | furnishings several months before you will be ready |
| combination of all three, you want to be able to relax | | | | to move in, that way you will get plenty of ideas |
| in great surroundings that serve to remind you of | | | | together and find the best sources to meet your |
| where you are, not of the city, traffic fumes and | | | | needs and desires. |
| fast pace lifestyle. | | | | 2. Check Out Local Specialists |
| But, you are based in the city, where all the furniture | | | | Instead of looking for furniture stores per se, |
| shops sell mostly modern furnishings intended for an | | | | consider the materials you would like to use in the |
| ultra modern city apartment or house. When you visit | | | | decoration and furnishing of the finished lodge. |
| your new lodge after it has been finished, there's not | | | | For example, wood is a great material for a rustic |
| a town for many miles, let alone a good quality | | | | look. There may be a local carpenter, working on his |
| furniture shop. | | | | own, who custom makes rustic furniture. Another |
| So, where do you start looking for your lodge decor, | | | | place to check would be a timber merchant; ask if |
| to give your new second home that special rustic | | | | any of their regular customers make wooden |
| appeal to contrast with the city from which you seek | | | | furniture and other decor items. |
| an escape? | | | | Wrought iron is another super material for a good |
| Here are a few suggestions you may find helpful: | | | | rustic look, which in the right hands can be |
| 1. Don't Give Up On The Local Stores | | | | transformed into artistic and long lasting decor, both |
| If the area where you are having your lodge or | | | | for the lodge and the lodge garden. Try to find out if |
| country home built is not known very well by you, | | | | there is an iron forge in the locality. If horse riding is |
| there is a chance you will miss some possible sources | | | | popular I (and it is in most country areas) you may |
| of rustic style decor. This is especially so if there are | | | | be lucky to find a blacksmith who also has a sideline |
| a lot of weekend homes and hunting lodges in the | | | | making wrought iron decor. |
| area. You may not have the more noticeable | | | | The more people you ask in related business such as |
| furniture stores in nearby towns and villages, but | | | | timber and ironworks, the more likely it is you can |
| there may be some real gems not so far away. | | | | unearth a local specialist who can create something |
| In country areas, you may find little specialist | | | | unique for you, and avoid all the middlemen and |
| furniture stores hidden away in side streets in nearby | | | | transport costs. |
| towns. You could find a supplier way out of town, | | | | A main source of lodge decor these days is the |
| nearer to your lodge, maybe running a second | | | | internet; but there is no need to suggest you search |
| business alongside their farming, or even hunting or | | | | online too. If you are reading this, then that is what |
| fishing business. | | | | you are doing already. Good luck, and have great fun |
| If you make a point, when visiting the lodge to check | | | | fitting out your new lodge, cabin or other country |
| building progress, to take a different diversion each | | | | home. |