You can add a dash of color, texture or cultural culture to a room with a Mexican serape. The simple striped patterns and bold colours match many decorating styles, from rustic to modern.
Selecting a Serape
The dominant colours of a serape appear in the biggest stripes, with secondary accents repeated on smaller stripes. Serapes can also be in one color, combined with bands of neutral white, white, gray, tan and black. The woven pattern sometimes includes other geometric designs inside the stripes. Look for a blanket with dominant colours that tie in with the room’s color scheme or pick a blanket that appeals to you personally and accent the room with colours that contrast or match the blanket’s prominent colours.
Furniture Embellishment
Drape a Mexican serape above the back of a solid-colored couch to get an instant update of color and pattern. Use it to add warmth and contrasting texture on a leather couch. For a casual accent, drape one diagonally within an armchair or a chaise lounge. Spread it fully above a chair or loveseat with worn upholstery. A serape makes a colorful bedspread when spread out on the bed or fold it in half lengthwise and drape it on the foot of their bed. Use a folded serape to embellish your headboard, the surface of a dresser or the bench of a bench. Add some spice into a kitchen table with a serape tablecloth or fold it to a table runner.
Wall Hangings
Hang a serape on a wall hook or coat rack to create a rustic wall accent. Use small finishing nails at the top corners to hang on a serape for a wall tapestry. As an alternative, you can attach it with self-adhesive hook and loop tape. Stitch a 2 inch wide strip of industrial power loop tape along the surface of the serape, just under the fringe. Nail a piece of 2 inch wide flat wood trim into the wall, slightly shorter than the width of the serape. Attach the hook side of the tape into the wood trim and then press the serape set up. Or you may produce a rod pocket for hanging from sewing a strip of looped fabric to the rear of the serape, and hang it by a curtain pole installed on the wall.
Accents and DIY Decor
Lay a serape out on a hardwood or tile floor for an eye-catching area rug. Drape it as an accent above the rung of a rod ladder leaned against the wall. If you’re catchy and have a sewing machine, you can turn a serape to other types of home accents, like colorful cushion covers or placemats. Use the cloth to reupholster a chair or bench cushion. Sew tab tops on 2 serapes to make festive looking drapes. Frame leftover scraps to hang as wall art.