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12 Ways to Add a Well-Traveled Look to Your Home (Without Boarding a Plane)

March 28, 2016

By: Brian Patrick Flynn

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Bring a collected-over-time look to your home with handmade pieces of various styles and textures. The best part? You don't even even have to leave your sofa.

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HGTV Spring House 2016: Handmade Objects and Artwork Add Character

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Collected Decor Creates a Cool, Global Look

This classic midcentury modern home is decorated floor to ceiling with handmade objects and artisanal details. From textured art to woven jute rugs, organic elements add depth and character throughout the home.

HGTV Spring House 2016: Carved Wood Tables and Ottomans

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Carved Wood Tables

Bring the cozy, relaxed look of Moroccan interiors into your home with carved wood tables and ottomans. With fascia detail referred to as fretwork, these beloved pieces can be grouped together for an eclectic, well-traveled look.

HGTV Spring House 2016: Applique Peacock Mirror

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Applique Peacock Mirror

Bring a touch of '70s style to your home with an applique peacock mirror. These mirrors are known for their rich textures and layers of different materials.

HGTV Spring House 2016: Sculpted Wood Console Table

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Sculpted Wood Console

When choosing console tables for your home, there are three main categories: practical, industrial or sculptural. For an artisanal touch, stick with hand-carved woods that create an extra surface to display items and also serve double duty as sculptural art.

HGTV Spring House 2016: Hand-Spun Ceramic Planter

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Hand-Spun Ceramics

Add a potter's touch inside and outside by placing low-maintenance plants into hand-spun ceramic pots. The imperfections and gradation in the clay add to the organic appeal of these creations.

HGTV Spring House 2016: Handwoven Jute Rug

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Handwoven Jute Rug

Add rich, organic texture into any room with handwoven jute rugs. Available in a wide range of colors and patterns, jute rugs work beautifully with virtually any design style.

HGTV Spring House 2016: Flower Pot With Shell Mosaic Exterior

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Shell Mosaic

Add a touch of Palm Beach style to your room with mosaic shell planters. Get the look by layering different types of shells onto a solid surface, then add in your favorite springtime florals.

HGTV Spring House 2016: Punched Tin Sculptural Capital Letter

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Punched Tin

Add Eastern charm to your home with punched tin elements created by hand-punching through thin sheets of metal with a stenciled pattern. Here, a letter initial personalizes a wall and also adds a metallic touch to the space.

HGTV Spring House 2016: Pillow With Hand-Stitched Bead Detail

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Hand-Stitched Beading

Common with Moroccan-style interiors, stitched bead detail adds an extra layer of visual interest to simple accessories such as pillows or lampshades.

HGTV Spring House 2016: Drawer Fronts With Linen and Nail Heads

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Linen + Nail Heads

Pack a room with texture by adding linen upholstered case goods layered with orange nail-head detail. This wooden chest was covered with cut sheets of linen, then bronze nail heads were applied along the drawer fronts with a mallet.

HGTV Spring House 2016: Personalized Embroidery on Pillows

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Personalized Embroidery

Monogramming and embroidery are two traditional methods for personalizing soft goods such as pillows, robes, cloth napkins or bed linens.

HGTV Spring House 2016: Framed Handmade String Art

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String Art

Create your own handmade masterpiece with string, brass tacks and plywood. Make Your Own >>

HGTV Spring House 2016: Cast Ceramic Flower Pot

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Cast Ceramics

Cast ceramics are created from molds that allow clay or plaster to dry into a specific shape. Once dry, they are often given faux finishes for practical uses as storage bowls or vases.

12 Ways to Add a Well-Traveled Look to Your Home (Without Boarding a Plane)

Collected Decor Creates a Cool, Global Look

Carved Wood Tables

Applique Peacock Mirror

Sculpted Wood Console

Hand-Spun Ceramics

Handwoven Jute Rug

Shell Mosaic

Punched Tin

Hand-Stitched Beading

Linen + Nail Heads

Personalized Embroidery

String Art

Cast Ceramics

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