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Interior Creative Design :: Cottage Style Decorating
Cottage Style Decorating:
Decorating Your Cottage in True Cottage Style
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Cottage style decorating is about more than being rustic, using a lot of wood or giving your second home an outdoorsy-feel. It's either a calculated push towards eclecticism or a random creation over years of family summers. To learn more about how to achieve the perfect cottage style, keep reading.
Hooks and Magnets
Instead of tucking all your kitchen supplies away, get it out in the open. Because most cottage kitchens are small, there isn't a lot of storage space for pots and pans, knives or other kitchen utensils. Whether it's mugs hanging from hooks, knives stuck to magnets or pots suspended from the ceiling, it all screams cottage ingenuity and cottage style decorating.
So, instead of making your kitchen an oasis of minimalist design, start tacking your cooking supplies to the walls or hanging them from the ceilings.
Go Eclectic
Most cottages are put together as a hodge-podge of items that are brought up from the family home over the years. In one room, you may find an old child's bed, an old lamp from Aunt Susan's house, a dresser picked up at a garage sale, grandma's old quilt and a desk from John's childhood. It's this eclecticism that gives “cottage-style” its style.
So, instead of trying to match all of your furniture or fabrics, or give it all the same rustic cabin feel, create an eclectic look of patterns, fabrics, textures and materials that while different, will all still go together.
Opt for Vintage or Antique
Instead of buying new furniture for your cottage style or design, try to put together a mix from antique store and flea market finds. Going vintage will give your cottage space an older vacation home feel.
Embrace Color
Whether it's a red deck chair, a bright blue wicker table or a vibrant yellow tablecloth, you can't be afraid of color with cottage style decorating. Instead, embrace a few splashes of unexpected color as they'll brighten your space and add to that critical eclectic look and feel.
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