Things You’ll Need:

• Kimonos
• 2-inch-wide Wooden Venetian Blinds
• Bamboo Matchstick Blinds
• Baskets With Foreign Flavour
• Decorative Pottery (from Mexico Perhaps)
• Ethnic-type Area Rugs
• Handmade Or Ethnic Brass Candleholders
• Lamps
• Wallpaper
• Bamboo Pole

Step1 
Look for foreign tchotchkes that are woven, painted, carved, moulded, cast or sewn by hand.

Step2
Browse through vacation souvenirs: pottery from Mexico, baskets from just about anyplace, masks from South America or Asia, etc.

Step3
Be creative. A silk kimono, Panama hat or embroidered tablecloth can accessorise a room.

Step4
Look for rugs with ethnic flair, including hand-woven flat rugs from Mexico, Turkey and India; Persian-style rugs; furry flokatis from Greece; animal-print rugs (zebra/tiger stripes, leopard spots), and coarse sisal.

Step5
Display tchotchkes from all over the world: brass cricket boxes from China; brass candlesticks from India; carved wood boxes; masks from Central America, Africa and/or Asia; and candleholders crafted from carved wood, gaily painted ceramic or wrought iron.

Step6
Dress the windows with natural bamboo matchstick blinds, woven-wood Roman shades, Mexican blankets and plantation shutters. If you go with more-conventional drapes, use fabrics with an ethnic pattern, such as Japanese or Chinese writing, bamboo prints, exotic florals or African mud cloth.

Step7
Treat the walls to bamboo - or rattan-print wallpaper, grass cloth, or an adobe paint finish. Deck the walls with maps, embroidered textiles and paintings, or drawings that depict foreign scenery, still lifes, etc.

Step8
Choose lamps with foreign flavour, including Mexican pottery, hand-hammered brass, terra cotta, rattan and ginger jar; palm trees, monkeys, elephants and lions in various media (resin, clay, wood and metal) are wonderful. Shades should be complementary, including woven rattan, beads, pleated linen, handmade paper and aged parchment.

By eHow Home & Garden Editor
http://www.ehow.com/how_14481_select-accessories-ethnic.html