What Accessories Go Well With Cottage Decor?
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If you love the look of cottage decor, you are not alone. The theme is bright and comfortable and should have a balance of both. Whether you live in a cottage style home or not, you can still decorate cottage style. The most popular decor is the one that you accessorize with. If you want to get a cottage style look but don’t want to spend a lot of money renovating it, you may want to consider accessorizing instead.
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Show It Off
You want to show everyone your vintage decor. You could have old vases, plates, cups, and more. If you have a straw hat, hang it up on the wall with flowers around the rim. If you have vintage linens, place them on your tables and add a vintage style crocheted doilies on top of the linen in order to get that vintage look.
Dried flowers are very important in the cottage decor. You want to fill a basket with dried flowers to match the season and place it on the floor under your window. Don’t clutter up the window area with furniture or anything else. You want a light feel to the room so the window area needs to be opened. If you have plastic flower pots you will want to switch them over to terra-cotta pots instead. For the table, you want to find a milk pitcher that you can sit on the kitchen table. Watering cans work well too.
If you can find some vintage material, make yourself some throw pillows to set on the sofa and chair or to throw on the floor in a pile. You may want to choose gingham or calico for your pillow covers.
To complete the accessorizing you will want to look for table lamps that are plain and simple. You want fabric lampshades, even if you have to make them yourself. They can be red/white, blue/white, or green/white checked or they can be floral print. Vintage candlestick holders are popular and milk glasses are too.
Walls
Paint the walls white because this is an open and light color. you can stencil around the top if you don’t like a solid white wall. The wall art should include folk art instead. It could be framed advertisements of cosmetics, candy, baking, cereal, seeds, and soaps that can be framed.
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Floors
You want to create a cottage look on the floors as well. You can add flower shaped rugs or sisal rugs to the floors to give them a nice look and feel. You can also go with cream-colored cotton rugs to give the home a vintage feel while keeping your feet nice and comfortable.
There are so many ways to create a cottage style decor with just a few accessories. If you do not have these accessories look through thrift shops, yard sales, garage sales, and flea markets to find everything you need at a price you can afford. When your look is complete, you will have the cottage decor you have always dreamed of; light, simple, and relaxing.
