Can you upload pics? If you like rustic, show him a few of these rooms. Most are in Montana Big Sky...you can search them on Houzz. Stunning.

[https://www.houzz.com/photos/headwaters-camp-cabin-big-sky-montana-rustic-bedroom-phvw-vp~1985668[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/headwaters-camp-cabin-big-sky-montana-rustic-bedroom-phvw-vp~1985668)

https://www.houzz.com/photos/foxtail-residence-rustic-family-room-phvw-vp~2097997

I think it is a nice accent in moderation. I wouldn't use it in EVERY room (because I like more variety than that), but you could use it throughout the public rooms of your house and do something else in the bedrooms and bathrooms, for example.

How do YOU feel about buffalo plaid? Is your house suited to a "cabin" theme?

Well, first of all buffalos aren't plaid. They're brown. Your boyfriend is crazy.

Oh. Wait...

I think that plaid would be a bit much if it's overused, but with some nice classic woolen Pendleton striped blankets it would be nice. Itchy, but nice.

Is your house a cabin? Is it in the woods? Mountains? Beach decor works if you live near the beach. Cabin/Rustic decor works in a cabin. Otherwise you are decorating with a "theme" and themes are for amusement parks--like Frontierland. Don't fight against your house style. I love Buffalo Plaid--but my home screams cottage, maybe transitional--and it won't work, except in accent pillows or throws. If your boyfriend feels strongly about it, then work with him to create a wonderful "themed" family room, office, or man "cave" and let him plaid it out to his heart's content.

Do you live in a cabin somewhere in the wilderness? If the answer is no, then I would not decorate your house in buffalo plaid. And even if you did, I would not decorate your house in buffalo plaid.

The house is cabin/rustic and in the woods. I dont mind the plaid. We thought about doing like the plaid sheets with maybe a gray comforter and use a assortment of pillows iin the bedroom and 5then maybe like accent pillows in the living room and a table runner of that color. That is a some of the ideas we have so far. I dont have any pictures

It's an accent........... not a house full. Especially mix it in newer plaids, and neutrals Don't be a cliche.

I was going to post more rustic cabin rooms but jumped off the page. Agree with those above....using accents would be beautiful (pillows, sheets, comforters, throws), or even 1 chair covered in it....

You don't have to live in a cabin in the woods to use plaid in your home. Go for it ... in moderation, of course.

Buffalo check works for French Provincial style too, so you don't have to have a cabin style home to use it. My living room is neither cabin nor French, but I have black & white buffalo check drapes.

I might be going out on a limb here, but if the *boyfriend* *loves* buffalo plaid I'm willing to bet it's the traditional red and black lumberjack style, not any contemporary or French Provincial iterations.

OP, if you don't mind the pattern copy some of the rooms above. Jan gave you some great ideas. But it doesn't need to be in every room, nor should it be really. Take a colour palette of black and white and maybe grey, and use red as an accent colour. That can show up as buffalo plaid in some rooms, and in different patterns and solids in some rooms.

Or if I'm wrong out on my limb and it's not strictly the red and black that he loves, you have a lot more possibilities. But the colour palette should be the motif, the pattern should not be the theme. Hope that makes sense.

colors other than red might be more soothing, especially for drapes. i love the grey blue maybe because it says french to me more than cabin in the woods, but doesnt fight a cabin in the woods.

I’m doing red and white buffalo with black accents in the guest room at our cabin. The other guest room has MacKenzie tartan as the inspiration.

Here are a couple of inspiration pics from my Pinterest board.

I love this modern version of buffalo plaid in orange

I love that orange! It's just happy-happy.

See these images from Ralph Lauren. Note the buffalo plaid is used as an accent and not the main theme for the room.

Hopefully This Link works, it has great ideas. I googled "using buffalo check in french country decorating" because I see it the most in french country decor. :)

Buffalo check is one of my favorites but in order to do it right I'd need a few million dollars. lol

I think Christmas when I see the red and black plaid.

and woodsmoke. nice things.

I like a changeable feast. Take the room below, add one big lumbar pillow in a gray and brown plaid to the bed. Then, change the snow to spring green outside that window.......and change nothing but the bedding. To crisp WHITE LINEN.

So. I think I made my point : ) don't get carried away. Summer always comes.

I think in very small doses it can be kind of fun but definately less is more in this case. As much as I love men often their design sense is a bit off.

Google "buffalo check interior" to see images of ways to use it judiciously.