Kiva Ladders - Beautify Your Country Home DéCor With Kiva Ladders

Kiva ladders may be combined with various other south-western decorating accessories to complete the Native American décor of your home. A visit to any south-western state will highlight the fact that Kiva ladders have become widely used to symbolize American Indian art, used to create fabulous, rustic styles in keeping with western interior design.

Created from hand-scraped pine poles, these beautiful Kiva ladders are wider at the bottom than at the top, adding to the perceived height. The rungs have notches that allow them to fit properly into the upright pine poles and the pieces are held in place in a cross-like design by a rawhide lacing.

Using primitive style kiva log ladders or pueblo ladders is an exciting way to create a village style décor without ever using pueblo designs. This will give your room that subtle but definite western or pueblo look, while also creating the perfect display area for those Navajo blankets of western tapestries that you hold dear.

American Indian drums ad pottery, Navajo throws, rustic lamps with their rawhide lamp shades and wood dough bowl are a few other items of home décor that work well in combination with kiva ladders. The ladders may also be used to highlight certain unique styles that you might like, for instance the kokopelli or any other village design. Using kiva ladders as display racks will also add life to your western décor by adding bright colors and providing a greater sense of function and purpose for the ladder.

Pueblo style homes made from adobe bricks that have wooden ladders on their roofs have a unique quality. This style has come to represent southwestern style and interior design. Indeed, many southern homes are quite similar to early pueblo styles and a kiva ladder is an integral part of this design.

Pueblo designs may be found on dolls, rugs, paintings, art, pottery and rustic furniture. Rustic kiva ladders are also often used decorating lodge style homes, cabins and any other place where people enjoy a southwestern or other native style.

Creativity is the order of the day. Uses of log ladders are limitless. Putting two ladders together in the shape of an “A” with rustic boards placed on the ladder rungs between them like shelves creates quite an interesting look. Any tapestries or rugs that you might already own can be used in conjunction with a small table or Indian drum to create a rather unique, eye catching design.

Many persons use log ladders for hanging native throw blankets that they generally cover with during cold evenings in the wintertime. You might even choose to use the ladders for hanging extra blankets or even afghans in your empty guest rooms.

Kiva style ladders may be used throughout your home, whether using the same style in every room or a different one each time, without appearing to be overly done. So try using your own configuration of rustic wooden ladders to create a unique American Indian style for the perfect addition to your home décor.