Southwestern Decor Ideas That Feel Collected, Not Costumed
Say "southwestern decor" and half the country pictures a chain restaurant: chili ristras in every corner, a wagon wheel on the wall, a sombrero over the bar. That…
Home Decor
Rust & Sage: Decorating With the Sunbaked Palette
Rust and sage are the color pairing of the moment. You have seen it on a hundred sofas and in every fall collection, and you have probably noticed that nobody explains…
Home Decor
9 Terracotta Color Palettes (With the Exact Paint Names)
"Terracotta" is not a color you can buy. It is a family of about forty colors, and the distance between the best one and the wrong one is the distance between a sunbaked…
Home Decor
Ranch-Style Living Room Ideas (Cowboy-Chic, Not Kitsch)
Search "ranch style living room" and you get two wrong answers: catalog western, all wagon wheels and antler chandeliers, or farmhouse wearing a cowboy hat, all shiplap…
Home Decor
Adobe-Inspired Walls: Limewash, Roman Clay, or Faking It
That wall you keep saving on Pinterest, the one with the soft cloudy movement that looks like a New Mexico courtyard at 5 p.m., is almost never actual adobe. It is a…
Home Decor
Pendleton-Style Blankets: Worth It, Alternatives, and How to Layer Them
Three hundred dollars for a blanket stops most people at the checkout, and it should at least stop you long enough to ask two questions: what exactly am I paying for,…
Home Decor
Cowhide Rugs: Real vs Faux (I Priced Both)
A real cowhide rug costs three to four times what a faux one does, and no listing explains why or whether the gap is worth it. Then there is the question people actually…
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The American Galore is a lifestyle magazine about the warm, sun-washed side of American living: southwestern home decor, road trips worth the mileage, western-chic style and holidays done with restraint. Real prices, checked facts, no filler.
