There is a fine line between putting a little Western character into a room and making it look as though the local sheriff should be arriving at noon.

Rockett St George appears to know where that line is.

More importantly, it knows you are allowed to cross it occasionally.

The British interiors brand has been playing with Western ideas for years. Cowhide furniture appeared among Jane Rockett and Lucy St George’s favourites back in the days of their Liberty pop-up. Bull skulls followed. More recently came Western Gothic.

Now there is Cowgirl Cool.

LESS DUSTY RANCH, MORE ROCK ’N’ ROLL

Rockett St George describes the look as “less dusty ranch, more rock ’n’ roll retreat.”

That gets it about right.

There is leather, cowhide, warm tobacco brown, terracotta and cream. Horses appear. Stars appear. Cowboy boots definitely appear.

One of them is a vase.

But the cleverer pieces are the ones that would work perfectly well even if nobody visiting your house knew you had ever listened to a Country record.

A worn-looking leather chair. A sheepskin. A geometric rug. Dark glassware. A black leather cushion.

That is the difference between Western style and buying twelve objects with Howdy written on them.

THE COWBOY BOOT HAS ENTERED THE LIVING ROOM

There is still room for a little nonsense.

The Cowgirl Boot Vase is pink and red and shaped exactly as advertised.

There are cowboy cake toppers.

There are tiny disco cowboys designed to hang from drinking glasses so everybody knows which one is theirs.

No frontier household absolutely required this innovation.

Ours may.

That mixture is what makes the collection work. Serious furniture can sit alongside something completely unnecessary and rather delightful.

Which, frankly, is how interesting homes tend to happen.

COLLECT IT. DON’T THEME IT.

Rockett St George started with Jane and Lucy spending weekends digging around car boot sales, flea markets and antiques fairs for things they couldn't find elsewhere.

That history matters.

Their interiors have always felt more collected than coordinated.

Western works particularly well that way.

A battered leather chair can do plenty. Add a star, an old-looking horse print or a cowhide if the room wants one.

Then stop.

Or don't.

There are no mounted deputies checking.

The useful point is that you can borrow the mood without attempting to recreate a Wyoming ranch house in Worcester.

WESTERN HAS COME INSIDE

Country style in Britain is often discussed through clothes.

Boots. Hats. Denim. Fringe.

But the same visual world works rather well once you get home: leather that improves with age, timber, warm colours, metal, animal hide, objects that look as though they have lived a little.

Rockett St George has simply turned the volume up.

And perhaps that is why Cowgirl Cool feels more convincing than a novelty decorating trend.

It is not really asking you to build a themed room.

It is asking whether your house could stand a little more character.

The answer, almost certainly, is yes.

Whether it also needs a pink cowboy boot vase is a more personal matter.

COWGIRL COOL — USEFUL LINKS

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