Earthenware Jugs

• The mantel of a fireplace inside a home decorated in country style can be given a solid rustic feel with the addition of jugs along the surface. Head to junk stores, yard sales and flea markets to find earthenware jugs of varying sizes, and use them to give your mantel a vividly rustic effect.
  
  

Glass Doorknobs

• While out shopping at those junk stores, keep an eye open for glass doorknobs. Purchasing authentic antique doorknobs could bust your budget, but the addition of some worn press glass knobs bought on the cheap can provide your doors with a definite country style.
  
  

Baskets

• Baskets were a mainstay of the country lifestyle and can be utilized for rustic decorative effect in a number of ways. You can place a series of baskets on the steps of your staircase. You can arrange baskets into an artful display on a corner shelf. Baskets can even be used in the kitchen for keeping such items as hand towels, silverware or outdoor eating utensils.
  
  

Painted Floors

• Starting in the colonial period, many homeowners began hiring painters to create designs on their hardwood floors. An affordable way to lend your country home this rustic aspect is to buy the paint and do it yourself. As a rule, some tape and a couple of cans of paint are all that is necessary to transform your bare wood floor into one with a checkerboard pattern or stenciled patterns.
  
  

Molding

• The Federal period introduced the country style mandate of decorative molding. These older homes often utilized moldings to cover up seams between the wall and ceiling or to cover up blemished wallpaper or painting. Molding is available in a number of different materials providing a range of affordability that varies according to your concept of inexpensive. While genuine wood molding may be beyond your budget, you can simulate the effect of wood quite well with cheaper materials like polyurethane and Styrofoam.
  
  

Detailing

• Detailing on the small scale can be combined to provide a much larger feeling of rustic décor. Look for items like horseshoes, wagon wheels, copper buckets, simple wooden checkerboards and small glass bottles you can fill with scented waters.