Furniture & Home Design Ideas

There’s just something so magical about being at your lakehouse or summer cottage and relaxing on the sofa in front of a big roaring fire in the evening. Designers who help create the most rustic design aesthetics for log homes and hunting lodges will tell you that one of the most important pieces of furniture you can buy to get this look in your cabin or cottage is a sofa.

Picking the perfect sofa or couch for your getaway home is the key to the creation of that feeling of pure country luxury and comfort. There are some very commonly used design components that show up a lot when we start looking at sofas that meet this aesthetic. Rough-hewn logs make up the structure of some of these rustic sofas, as well as dark brown leathers and intricate patterns of wool for materials. Have a look at some of the different styles available, and consider how many people you’ll have as guests, and how easy you want the care and cleaning to be.

The Wassup Sofa

“Rustic flair has found its home in the Wassup Sofa, which features a soft, marbled chenille in dark chocolate brown and is partnered with a distressed microdenier that resembles rough hewn leather.”

Riva Utah Sofa

This modern rustic sofa, created by Riva of Italy, uses reclaimed and recycled timbers from Venetian lagoons to create clean lines with extremely comfortable seating, perfect for the lodge look.

High Country Sofa

This is a great cottage sofa for a very reasonable price. Features mossy forest green chenille and durable leather look micro-suede. We love the authentically country pattern on the couch cushions.

Rustic Outlaw Sofa

Nothing says country luxury like the well-worn comfort and easy elegance of a distressed leather rustic sofa. This sophisticated sofa combines country ease with rich dark brown leather to create the perfect living room centerpiece for your cottage or lakehouse retreat.

Black Forest Berea Hickory Sofa

Soft, luxurious sofa pillows resting on beautiful, natural logs makes for the ultimate in cabin or hunting lodge aesthetics for the living room of your recreational home. This log built rustic sofa is made from hickory logs and features plush cushions you can sink into. Made from hickory grown in American forests.

Every year, Pantone – the color experts – release a statement revealing the upcoming year’s official color. This year, they’ve announced two. Serenity, which is a soft light blue, and Rose Quartz, a very gentle and warm pink. Pantone picks this yearly color based on what they think will be a relevant choice for the upcoming year’s trends in fashion, home décor and multiple design disciplines.

In their annual press release today, Pantone’s Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Institute, explained their decision this year to include both colors.

“In many parts of the world we are experiencing a gender blur as it relates to fashion, which has in turn impacted color trends throughout all other areas of design,”

“This more unilateral approach to color is coinciding with societal movements toward gender equality and fluidity, the consumers’ increased comfort with using color as a form of expression which includes a generation that has less concern about being typecast or judged, and an open exchange of digital information that has opened our eyes to different approaches to color usage.”

The 2015 color of the year was Marsala, an deep and sultry red.