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July 25th, 2008

Using Native Drums As Rustic Tables For Chic Rustic Home Decor

Do you love rustic furniture and decor? Native drums used as rustic tables are the best and most inexpensive way to incorporate authentic southwest design and enrich western style in your home. Along with using Indian drums as musical instruments in drumming groups and circles, you can use them to add unique, southwestern style to any room. I recently changed my home decor, using one of a kind pieces of log furniture to give it an interesting southwest feel, and found that including a Native American drum coffee table and drum end table together with other western style accessories, worked beautifully as accent pieces to my log furnishings.

Perhaps you are like me and truly like Native style floor drums and log drums to use as rustic tables in interior design and southwestern decor. Native floor drums are certainly a very real representation of Indigenous society and customs and are regularly used by many Indian tribes in traditional ceremonies and rituals. Indian drums for many decades, have always been significant to the Native Indian ceremony, such as the powwow, and have helped form the ideology of religion and spirituality for many Indian groups.

As you begin researching the fascinating history of Native drums, you will see just how influential they are to the Indian people. For many decades, tribal leaders have used the drum beat as a way to connect with the Great Spirit and with the Spiritual world. Native American Indians think of their drums as sacred and show great respect for the living spirit they believe dwells within each drum. The Spirit of the drum is thought to communicate to the drummer and signifies not only living things, but also Mother Nature.

Now days, many interior designers are bringing these beautiful Native drums into their homes to be used as southwest style furniture such as rustic tables, coffee tables and end tables. There is something very inviting about adding an interesting piece of furniture such as a drum table to your southwest home decorating, to complement American Indian style in your home. You will enjoy decorating with rustic tables because of the classic originality they bring to their environment. Each drum comes from a significant historical culture that literally enriches the area where it is placed. Something you will enjoy most about using a decorative table drum along with your rustic wood furniture is that it is a very real icon of Indigenous culture.

If you are fascinated by country style decor, you can easily buy rustic drums that work as coffee tables, floor drums and rustic tables, online and in stores that sell Native American and rustic home decorating items. No matter which way you choose to use them, it is easy to find rustic style drums that will give true southwest style to the environment in your home. If you are intrigued with the interesting culture of the American Indians and want to enrich the southwest furnishings in your log home or cabin, you will no doubt enjoy decorating with Native drums as rustic tables.

Craig Chambers is the director of Mission Del Rey and offers free information online about buying Native Drums to use as rustic tables and for southwestern home decorating. For more information visit http://www.missiondelrey.com

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July 21st, 2008

Try Painted Lamp Shades For Authentic Southwest Design

Painted lamp shades bring out the best in Native American home decor and are definitely the way to go in rustic lighting. The designer look they enhance in your home will have your friends talking about your beautiful interior design long after they leave. In fact, I enjoy decorating with these wonderful shades so much that I often give them as gifts for Christmas or birthdays. These lamp shades are an incredible way to enhance colorful southwestern or Native American style in your interior design and achieve a look that is truly unique.

From elaborate portrayals of Native American Indians and extraordinary mountain terrain, to intricate paintings of dry desert landscape and Indian pueblos, you will no doubt be amazed with how these hand crafted lamp shades add to your home’s Native American design and style. The thing I like most about decorating with painted lamp shades or giving them as gifts, are the large variety of shade colors and options obtainable.

You can decide between exquisite artwork on dyed pigskin leather lamp shades that come in red, green, black, gold, wine, brown or natural, or find a painting you like on a rustic rawhide shade in light or dark. Whether a suede leather or natural rawhide shade, you will certainly find one that matches your color scheme and your decorating style. The beautiful work of the hand-stitched lacing on the leather lamp shade brings beautiful charm and true Native American style to your rustic cabin or country home.

Trying to simply enhance rustic style in a room in your home? The best thing about painted lamp shades is that they look just as wonderful in all rooms of your home and wherever else you want to enhance Native American style. The wonderful thing about painted lamp shades is that they are a very easy way to change your lighting fixtures or give new life to a home without having to spend a lot of money or make a lot of changes. Use painted lamp shades on unique rustic style light fixtures such as wrought iron or antler lamps to create a true rugged mountain look, or just switch the shade on the regular style lamps that you are already using to enhance western style.

Regularly used on chandelier lamps for illuminating large rooms or for table lamps and desk lamps, painted lamp shades are excellent for using anywhere you want to incorporate a splash of color with rustic flare. You will be excited to see how easily a lamp shade can revolutionize the look of the whole room and create true western style in your home. Use painted leather lamp shades with other country or Native style accessories for authentic rustic style. Painted lamp shades look wonderful when combined with Native American blankets and throws, kiva ladders, ceremonial drums, or hand-crafted Indian baskets and pottery.

These one of a kind shades are difficult to buy in retail stores where southwest decorating items are sold, but you can find them online. If you enjoy the Native style homes found throughout the southwest, or just want to bring color and rustic flare to your decor, try using the unique art of painted lamp shades.

Craig Chambers is the director of Mission Del Rey and offers free information online about buying painted lamp shades for southwest home decorating. For more information visit http://www.missiondelrey.com

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July 21st, 2008

Leather Lamp Shades Create Authentic Western Style

Try leather lamp shades for western decorating and interior design. The use of beautiful rustic shades has become more prevalent in recent years as decorators have become more and more aware of how simple it is to create western and country style in any room, by simply using a rustic lamp shade as part of the home’s decor.

The popular style you come across in the southwest and in designer magazines can be readily copied by simply replacing the shades on lighting fixtures you already have, or by putting them on specially designed rustic lamps like wooden and antler lamps. Leather lamp shades come in a natural color and are also dyed in a variety of colors that look amazing and are great for use with any color scheme.

What I like most about rustic lamp shades is their versatility and the way they accent Native American decor. These hand-stitched, rustic lamp shades are created from soft pigskin, suede leather that is mostly opaque and has a unique finish because of the natural small hair follicle holes on the hide.

Wonderful for directing light both upward and outward, leather lamp shades are popular for use on desk lamps, table lamps, floor lamps, chandeliers, wall sconces, antler lamps and all rustic lamps. It doesn’t matter if you are trying to illuminate a spacious room with floor lamps or other rustic lamps, or are only trying to brighten a dark area with table lamps or accent lamps, leather lamp shades will give you the perfect lighting effect in lighting your home.

You will love the warm glow of rustic lamps shades and the inviting warmth they create when using them in combination with other western style design accessories like Native American rugs and American Indian pottery or with rustic furniture. Knowing how you will use the shade is one thing to figure out before making a purchase. Big lamp shades that give off more light are better for reading and illuminating a big room, while smaller shades work well for accent lamps or brightening a smaller corner.

Leather lamp shades used on table lamps or bedside lamps can make a dramatic statement and bring authentic southwestern style to any room. Whether used with traditional style lighting fixtures or on special western lamps, leather lamp shades are the best way to achieve the rustic design that you love. The wonderful versatility of western leather lamp shades make them appropriate for use in your living room, office, den, bedrooms and in any other room where you would enjoy adding southwestern style.

They also look great in rustic style homes and are the perfect way to bring out the natural beauty of its surroundings. Today, it is easy to buy leather lamp shades online or find them in shops that sell Native American style decorating items. If you love western style in home decorating, and would like to enhance old west style in your home decorating, try using the unique beauty of rustic leather lamp shades for your interior design.

Craig Chambers is the director of Mission Del Rey and offers free information online about choosing leather lamp shades for rustic home lighting fixtures. For more information visit http://www.missiondelrey.com

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July 10th, 2008

Rawhide Lamps Shades With Rustic Lamps Enhances Southwest Design

Rustic lamps with rawhide lamp shades are often found in log homes and in western interior design to enhance rustic furnishings and add true country design to any room. When visiting the southwestern states, you will no doubt come across the warm glow of rawhide lamp shades used as part of the interior design of many public places. Their rustic charm makes them a wonderful choice in western style design.

Lamp shades made of rawhide are easy to decorate with, and work well with almost any decorating style. These lamp shades are also available in multi-colors that make it possible for interior designers to match any color or theme. Add rawhide lamp shades to your interior design and you will no doubt be pleased with how well they compliment western design and rustic home furnishings.

The first thing you will need to decide when decorating with leather lamp shades is what their function and purpose will be in the room. Are they to be placed on tall floor lamps to light a large room, or on small desk lamps to illuminate a small corner? The idea is to purchase the correct shade size based on where and how you will be using it.

Rawhide also makes an excellent choice for western style antler lamps and chandeliers. From little chandelier lamp shades with built in bulb adaptors for candelabra bulbs or sconces to big table lamps or desk lamps, rawhide shades work wonderfully for southwestern style home lighting.

When illuminated, the leather shade not only adds great character to a room but also creates a warm and inviting living space. The natural hues of the leather when illuminated is what generate the inviting light. No matter where you decide to use a rustic lamp with a leather lamp shade, you will love the unique charm it creates in the room. If you are including a lamp in your interior design, choose a type and size that will be big enough to accommodate a bigger size shade and one that gives off enough light.

Rawhide Sconce lampshades also allow for good reading light and are made in just the right size for any type of lamp. Leather shades are great for decreasing the harsh glare of a light, and allow you to filter it to where you choose. Light colored rawhide, also called southwestern lamp shades, will let the maximum light shine through while dark rawhide shades, referred to as western lamp shades, are more subtle, producing a charcoal color when your lamp is on.

The greatest part about incorporating leather lamp shades in your interior design is that they are an easy way to introduce western charm and character into your home. Authentic antler lamps are a wonderful choice in home lighting fixtures because of the welcoming ambiance they generate when paired with a leather lamp shade. Heavy wrought iron lamps are also great southwestern style lamps to combine with rawhide shades. It is your rawhide shade that makes the rustic look and feel which is why professional decorators love using them.

Leather lamp shades come in a variety of sizes and colors, making it easy to buy the best size shade and color to complement your decorating style. Just as appropriate in the living room, family room or den as well as bedroom or study, rawhide shades can be placed in just one room or used to create a southwestern theme throughout your whole house.

The greatest thing about these shades is that you can buy many rawhide shades at reduced prices by shopping online. Decorating with rawhide in your home is an investment in tranquility and peace that you will welcome forever. If you like the rustic decorating style of the old west, or want to build your own year round Arizona room, you will love enhancing southwest decor with rawhide lamp shades.

Craig Chambers is the director of Mission Del Rey and offers free information online about choosing rawhide lamp shades for rustic lamps. For more information visit http://www.missiondelrey.com

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April 25th, 2008

Try Kiva Ladders For Beautiful Country Home Decor

Kiva ladders or Wooden Indian log ladders look wonderful in Native American style homes when combined with other southwestern home decorating accessories. While traveling or visiting the southwestern states you will undoubtedly notice that Indian log ladders have become the most universal symbols of American Indian style artwork, used for fabulous, rustic and western style interior design.

Kiva ladders are beautiful wood ladders usually fashioned from pine poles that have been scraped by hand. The rungs of the ladder are notched to fit into the upright poles, and rawhide lacing is used to join each piece together in a cross style design. The ladder is narrower at the top than it is at the bottom, adding a measure of height.

One exciting way to add the village style look and feel in your decor, without actually using pueblo designs, is to use the same primitive style, pueblo ladder or kiva log ladder. The ladders will create a subtle but definite pueblo or western look in the room. A kiva ladder also creates a great way to display a few of your most treasured western tapestries or Navajo blankets.

Other home decor items that combine well with wood ladders are Navajo throws, American Indian pottery and drums, wood dough bowls and rustic lamps with rawhide lamp shades. You can also use ladders to highlight unique styles you may like such as the kokopelli or other village designs. The use of the kiva ladder as a display rack will liven up the western decor in your interior decorating, add bright colors, and give the ladder a better sense of purpose and function.

There is something unique about pueblo style dwellings made of adobe bricks with their wood ladders on the roofs. This shape has become representative of southwest interior design and style. Many homes in the southwest are similar to the early pueblo style, and the kiva ladder is always used.

Pueblo designs are found on rugs, dolls, pottery, paintings, art, and rustic furniture. And, the rustic wood ladders are often used to decorate cabins, lodge style homes and also anywhere people like native or southwestern style.

Use some creativity. There is no limitation to how log ladders can be used. You can create an interesting look by using two ladders together like an “A” frame with rustic boards between them on the ladders rungs for shelves. It is possible you already own some rugs or tapestries you can use and put a small table beside it or an Indian drum and you will create a one of a kind and eye catching design.

A lot people also use kiva ladders as a place to hang Native style throw blankets to cover up with during those cold winter evenings. You could use kiva ladders as a place to hang extra blankets or afghans in your guest rooms when not being used.

Use kiva style log ladders in all your rooms, in the same style or differently without it looking overly done. So, if you want a truly unique Native Indian design element to add to your home decor, try using rustic wooden kiva ladders.

Craig Chambers is the director of Mission Del Rey and offers free information online about choosing kiva ladders for rustic decor. For more information visit http://www.missiondelrey.com

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April 22nd, 2008

Use A Wooden Dough Bowl For Beautiful Southwest Home Decor

The wooden dough bowl has always had a part in the lives of the Tarahumara Indian people. In the northern part of Mexico, high in the mountain regions, the Tarahumara people have rugged lifestyles and live in humble dwellings. They support themselves and buy needed items by selling their handcrafts.

I have always appreciated the beautiful baskets, weavings, jewelry and other hand-made items produced by this Tribe. It is fascinating that although the women are primarily in charge of making the handcrafts, the Tarahumara men like working with wood and make exquisite pieces of art using primitive style, simple tools.

Along with wooden dough bowls, they also make wooden spoons, figurines and traditional game balls used in traditional foot races. These wooden items have a simple, unpolished beauty, heightened by the natural characteristics of the wood.

You will also find it interesting how the traditional dough bowls are created. The making of the wooden bowl is started by hand carving a piece of pine wood taken from a fallen tree trunk. Native American log bowls are made by cutting the trunk in half and then roughly chopping it with an axe.

The wood is then chiseled into a bowl like shape with a machete or large knife, giving it that one of a kind, rugged and primitive design. This traditional style is the same way that antique dough bowls have been made throughout the Sierra Madre for generations.

As you learn about these fascinating Indigenous people, you will find that the wood dough bowl is a very useful item in the Tarahumara home. It is used in the process of hand-grinding corn and wheat to make hand-made tortillas, an important part of the Tarahumara diet. They then start by breaking the kernels between a smooth stone and a tapered bowl-like stone called a metate.

The dough bowl is then placed at one end of the metate to catch the corn or wheat flour as it is ground by hand. Water is then added to the flour in the bowl and hand-made tortillas are made from the mix. Although still used by the Tarahumara Tribe for kneading dough and cooking purposes, today dough bowls are made available to buyers for Native American style decorating accessories and as Indian art for collection.

You will find a way to use dough bowls for a number of things. They are great as collectibles, fruit bowls, and when combined with rustic decorating items. They are also great when used for art projects when a blank canvas is needed for western style paintings and other Native American style artwork.

Dough bowls, painted with southwestern, Native American and western designs and scenes, are very popular and are an exciting way to add western style in your home. A painted dough bowl creates a beautiful point of interest for any rustic style room, cabin, lodge or ranch style home by adding the rich warm colors characteristic of southwest artwork.

You can buy wood dough bowls online and in many stores that sell southwest and Native American style home decorating accessories. It is easy to give genuine Native style to your home, or to give your room an authentic rustic look by simply hanging a southwestern, painted dough bowl on the wall.

If you like the unique culture and American Indian way of life, you will enjoy having a piece of their beautiful artwork as part of your interior design. To bring Indian style design to your home and bring about a look that is truly unique, use a genuine native style wooden dough bowl to enhance great character in your home decor.

Craig Chambers is the director of Mission Del Rey and offers free information online about choosing a wooden dough bowl for rustic decor. For more information visit http://www.missiondelrey.com

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April 21st, 2008

Use Ceremonial Drums For Chic Mountain Home Decorating

I gave my home that great, southwestern look by adding ceremonial drums to my rustic decor. I was so impressed with the authentic, rustic feel that the Native American drums brought to my home, that I began learning about the history and the significant role they play in Native cultures. If you are like me, you have probably seen how meaningful ceremonial drums are to the Indian culture but do not know their significance in tribal ceremonies or how exactly they are used.

Every tribe is different in how they use ceremonial drums but one similarity between each tribe is that the Native drums are very symbolic and part of the main focus of the ceremony. Throughout my research, I have come to find that learning about these drums truly grants you a great appreciation of the Native American culture and their customs.

One interesting fact about Native American drums is that they are considered sacred by the Native people. They are used in Indian ceremonies to call on the Spirits and to connect with their creator. Each drum is believed to carry a spirit within that is drawn out with the beating of the drum.

Since the drum is thought to connect the people with the spirit world and guide the a healer in helping his people, you will find that they are commonly used by the healers to enter the Shamanic journey where he connects with the Spirits and receives healing powers.

Also, as you study the importance of ceremonial drums in today’s culture, you will find that Native Indian drums play a significant part in the preservation of Native American tribes such as the Tarahumara.

Making and selling these rustic style drums allows them to earn a living, through selling and trading their cultural hand crafts, and helps them spread the knowledge and traditions of their culture to those who purchase them. The beautiful art of drum making is passed down through the generations and is a means of survival for many Tribes and cultures who rely on their art to make a living.

Now days, Native Indian drums are not only used in Indian ceremonies such as Native American drum groups and as Native American musical instruments. The popularity of the drums for other purposes such as in school music classes, as canvases for Native American art projects and southwestern paintings, has also grown in recent years.

Some types of ceremonial drums are also used as rustic style furniture and western decor, such as the larger powwow drums and pedestal drums that are used as rustic, decorative tables. If you love the great style and sound of Native drums, you can easily buy them online and in stores that sell southwestern, western and rustic home decorating items.

However you decide to use your ceremonial drum, whether for drumming purposes or in interior design, you will definitely be drawn to the rustic charm and western style of ceremonial drums.

Craig Chambers is the director of Mission Del Rey and offers free information online about choosing ceremonial drums for rustic style decorating. For more information visit http://www.missiondelrey.com

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April 18th, 2008

Choosing Western Tapestries For Beautiful Home Decorating

Western tapestries are a great way to bring authentic Native style to your home. If you love southwestern and western decor, you will certainly enjoy decorating with colorful tapestries in your ranch style home or log cabin. Practical in many ways, you will find that southwestern tapestries, when used as a tapestry wall hanging or tapestry wall art, will brighten your home and give it a wonderful southwest feel.

A lot of times designers will add floor rugs and runners to their homes but do not consider using wall tapestries made of the same beautiful material to adorn their walls. The truth is that a wall tapestry is a wonderful way to add needed colors and textures to your rooms and add life to your interior design. In addition, western tapestries work well as interesting art, worthy of display, because they are made by hand.

There are so many designs and colors you can choose from that you will easily be able to purchase the perfect southwestern tapestry style to harmonize with your home decor. Southwest decor usually uses combinations of desert colors like pink, purple and turquoise. Western styles look great with a mix of bold colors to create balance.

For a Native American Indian look, there are several patterns to choose from including the popular Navajo designs. It is also easy to find rich and vibrant colors in every type of woven rug, and tapestry designs that continue to get more and more elaborate.

The wonderful thing about decorating with southwest tapestries is that you can use them everywhere in your home. Use them as a hanging tapestry or as floor rugs along with western furnishings and southwestern accessories. Or, put them in entrances, in halls, and in areas where you need to fill empty floor space. Hang them in hallways or where you might normally use a framed picture for a creative design style.

To achieve a more casual style, hang them horizontally to show that it is wall hanging art. You will be surprised at how much they liven up your home decor and what an impression they make on your visitors.

When you begin your interior design, use your color samples to decide which western tapestries and tapestry rugs to use in your rooms, and you will be thrilled with how they beautifully enhance the decor in your home.

Always choose the best quality tapestries and do not settle for cheap looking imitations that will reduce the quality of your home. Select wool tapestries and tapestry rugs that have been crafted by hand and not crafted by a machine. Handcrafted wool is more durable and will give you the look you want.

Decorate your favorite room with a touch of the old west, or enhance the decor in your whole home using western tapestries and tapestry rugs to give it that great designer western style. Today you can easily find beautiful tapestries to use in your home decorating.

Many people find them online or in stores that sell southwest and rustic home decorating items. If you want to add that unique rustic or southwestern style in your interior design, begin by using the beautiful colors and Native designs of western tapestries.

Craig Chambers is the director of Mission Del Rey and offers free information online about choosing a western tapestries for rustic decor. For more information visit http://www.missiondelrey.com

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April 18th, 2008

Use Kiva Ladders To Enhance Unique Western Interior Design

Kiva ladders or Wooden Indian log ladders are pueblo style accessories that work wonderfully for enhancing southwestern style in your home. As you travel through southwestern states you will no doubt come across the pueblo style ladders used on southwestern and ranch style homes. These ladders usually serve a decorative purpose in rustic style homes and decorating.

Kiva ladders are decorative wood ladders usually fashioned from pine logs that have been scraped by hand. The rungs of the ladder are then fastened to the two long poles with rawhide string. The ladder is smaller at the top than it is at the base, adding a dimension of height.

Using a Kiva ladder in your home decorating is a great way to create pueblo style and design without having to spend a lot of money or make major remodeling changes. The ladders will create a subtle but definite pueblo or rustic look in the room. Kive ladders are also great for hanging indian blankets, bedspreads, tapestries and other items.

Include other decorating accessories such as Navajo blankets, Indian pottery and drums, wooden dough bowls and primitive style lamps to create beautiful western style in your home. You can also use ladders to enhance special designs you may like such as the kokopelli on pictures, pottery or paintings. Using the kiva ladder as a display shelf for small items will liven up the Native American theme in your interior decorating, add vibrant colors, and make the ladder functional in your home decor.

There is something interesting about pueblo style homes made of adobe bricks with their wooden ladders on the roofs. This image has become a true representation of rustic decorating and style. Many homes in the southwestern states are similar to the early pueblo style, and the kiva ladder is always an integral part.

You can find pueblo designs on many items including rugs, dolls, pottery, paintings, art, and rustic furnishings. And, the rustic wooden ladders have become popular in cabins, lodge style homes and also anywhere people like primitive or pueblo design style.

Use your imagination. There is no right or wrong way to how pueblo ladders can be used. You can achieve an interesting display or book shelf by using two ladders together and connecting them with boards in the middle. Hanging a western style tapestry or placing a large drum table next the the ladder will definitely give you room an authentic Native look and feel.

A lot people also use kiva ladders as a place to hang blankets and throws. Another great idea is to use kiva ladders to display bed blankets or afghans in your guest rooms when not needed. No matter how you choose to use a Kiva ladder, whether to hang blankets or as a diplay shelf, it is a wonderful and easy way to create western style in your home. So, if you want a truly outstanding Native style element to enhance your home decorating, use rustic decorative kiva ladders.

Craig Chambers is the director of Mission Del Rey and offers free information online about choosing kiva ladders for southwestern decor. For more information visit http://www.missiondelrey.com

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April 18th, 2008

Use A Wooden Dough Bowl To Enhance Unique Rustic Home Decorating

The wooden dough bowl is a true representation of items used in a typical Native American home. In the mountainous region of Northern Mexico, the Tarahumara people have primitive lifestyles and live in humble dwellings. Like many other Tribes, they support themselves economically by selling their beautiful hand crafted jewelry, baskets, pottery and wooden items.

The Tarahumara men are responsible for crafting items from wood, and create exquisite pieces of art using simple and rustic tools. These wooden handcrafts are known for their simple, unpolished beauty, and rustic quality.

You will also find it fascinating how the traditional dough bowls are crafted. The men begin making a wooden dough bowl by finding a large tree trunk and hand cutting it with and axe. The wood is then chiseled into a bowl like shape with a large knife, giving it that unique, rustic style and primitive design. This classic style is the same way that antique dough bowls have been made throughout the mountain region for many years.

As you read about these incredible Indian people, you will find that the wooden dough bowl plays an important role in the Tarahumara family. It is used to make hand-made tortillas, a basic part of the Tarahumara diet. The dough bowl is used to catch the flour at one end of the metate, a stone bowl used to grind corn, as it is ground by hand.

Water is then added to the flour in the bowl and hand-made tortillas are made from the mix. Although still used by the Tarahumara Indians for food and cooking, today you can buy dough bowls for rustic decorating accessories and for collecting as pieces of Indian art.

No matter, how you choose to use a dough bowl, you will find that they are very useful and are wonderful for a number of things. They look great as collectibles, fruit bowls, and when used with other rustic decor. They are also good for art projects when a blank canvas is needed for western style paintings and other Native American style art.

Dough bowls, when painted with cowboy and western scenes, are very unique way to bring the old west to life in your interior design. If you are looking to add a splash of color or main focul point to a southwestern style room, a painted dough bowl is the perfect choice. Many home designers have used them cabins, lodges and ranch homes to enhance western style or log furniture.

It is easy to give genuine Native style to your home, or to give your room an authentic rustic look by decorating with a Native Indian wooden dough bowl. You can easily buy them online and sometimes in rustic decor stores. If you like the timeless culture and American Indian values, love incorporating the beautiful style of a dough bowl into your interior design. To bring Indian style design to your home and produce a look that is truly unique, try adding a genuine native style wooden dough bowl to your home decor.

Craig Chambers is the director of Mission Del Rey and offers free information online about choosing a wooden dough bowl for southwestern decor. For more information visit http://www.missiondelrey.com

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