Infuse Your Cottage With Charm And Personality Through Interior Design

The whole point of cottage style living isenjoy. Even if you only have one or two items in
unpretentious enjoyment of home, friends and life.a category that gives you pleasure, such as
Unlike the big manor houses for which cottagesantique wicker baskets or wide-brimmed summer
originally housed servants, cottages not only arehats, put them out to enjoy. What you collect
absent of dining rooms where 24 people canmatters less than how you display it: Even three
enjoy a regal 12-course meal, they rarely havesmall antique bottles will appear charming on your
dining rooms at all! In short, cottage style is aboutkitchen windowsill when each bottle holds a single
the way most of us live today, not about wantingflower; a hat collection displayed on a wrought
to live the way the very rich lived yesterday!iron wall rack near the door lets you enjoy
Since cottage style derives from servants'viewing your chapeaux even when you're not
cottages, which were usually furnished with pieceswearing them. Removing doors from upper
cast off from the manor house, cottage chickitchen cabinets allows you to easily showcase
unabashedly turns discards into desirable objectspottery and china in a very charming manner. -
by reclaiming and re-presenting them in a newFocus on comfort: When buying upholstered
context. This is good news for those of us on afurniture, look for pieces that appear
budget, and who among us isn't? Flea markets,"overstuffed" and inviting. Ignore inappropriate
garage sales and thrift stores are Mecca forupholstery and finishes. A little white paint and a
cottage style decorators, who train themselvesslipcover will change them instantly! - Use
to view the merchandise they find there in light ofaccessories: Pillows covered in floral prints, vintage
what it can be, not what it was. An old paintedtablecloths and pillowcases, brightly colored Fiesta
bench can become a stylish cottage coffee table,ware dishes and old china pitchers used as vases
an old mahogany corner cabinet can keep soap,are just a few of the things that make a cottage
towels and other bath necessities at hand, a pianofeel homey. Again, don't worry about using things
stool with a wrought iron base can serve as athat match; a floral throw pillow can coexist
small end table, a largish piece of wrought iron canhappily with a checked or striped one, and
be affixed to the wall behind the bed to serve asmismatched dining chairs look fine together when
a headboard. Turning pieces from different eraspainted the same color. Remember... in cottage
and styles into a harmonious decorating whole bystyle, anything goes! If you are lucky enough to
simply appreciating them is the heart of cottagehave a weekend retreat or summer getaway
style. Here are a few ways you can achieve acottage, keep the interior décor light,
chic cottage look using decorating rather thancomfortable and whimsical. After all, the reason
renovating: - Think white: White paint can cover ayou purchased a cottage in the first place was to
multitude of architectural sins. A too-small kitchenretreat from the stresses of everyday city life.
with dark, dated wood cabinets feels moreYour cottage should never be a mirror of your
spacious the moment the walls and cupboards arehome in the city. The country is a place to let
painted white. Inexpensive white slipcovers onyour personality shine through in your decorating.
furniture with stained or damaged upholstery unifyJessica Ackerman writes articles for Wall
different styles and brighten the living room. EvenDécor and Home Accents-visit it to check
white sheets can be artfully draped over sofasout their unique selection of classic large iron wall
and chairs to achieve the cottage slip covereddécor and explore decorative candle
effect. - Showcase collections: Go through yoursconces.
belongings and select the ones you most love and