Get Comfortable With Cottage Style
Written by Coral Nafie, About.com's Guide to Interior Decorating found at http://interiordec.about.com.
Technically speaking, Cottage Style isn’t really a style. After all, a cottage is meant to be lived in, to be enjoyed, and is usually the recipient of all the cast-offs from the real home. But Cottage furnishings and accessorites have grown in popularity in recent years. In Cottage Style anything (and everything) goes. Furniture The furniture in a Cottage Style home is often recycled, purchased from a flea market, or collected from family rejects. Nothing really needs to match -- and it shouldn’t -- yet the overall effect is charming and comfortable. Anything found can be painted or recovered to help it fit into your scheme. Reuse Vintage Items In Cottage decor, pieces are often adapted from one use to another.