When you think of cottage style home decor what comes to mind?
Chippy wood, farmhouse patterns, painted furniture, white ware platters, vintage wood floors, baskets and bins and grain sack fabrics are all staples of cottage style home decor.
But it's so more than that.
It's about scrabble games and baskets of fresh flowers and the smell of fresh bread baking in the oven and friends and family celebrating over a glass of sweet tea.
Cottage style home decor is all about making a house into a home.
Want to introduce a little cottage into your decor?
Here's a few tips to get you started.
1. Painted furniture
Cottage style home decor is all about individuality and nothing is as unique as creating your own painted furniture masterpiece.
Start with pieces from the thrift store or estate sales and paint a design to match your own decor.
If painted furniture projects seem a little overwhelming, there are a great variety of painted furniture designs available in different patterns and colors. Like this beautiful antiqued console table with a hand-painted scrolling leaf motif.
2. Unusual storage options
With cottage style home decor, storage can be fun and unique.
Store office supplies in an old post office box or blankets in an over-sized basket or dishes stacked in a glass cloche next to an oval mirror.
Repurpose and think outside the box when it comes to organization and storage for your home
3. Mix in the old with the new
Cottage style home decor is a blending of the present with the past.
Start with linen chairs with nail head trim and layer in a tufted ottoman and white ware dishes.
Complete the look with a natural fiber rug and a little bit of history like vintage architectural pieces or even a stylish industrial ceiling fan.
4. Finish the look with fresh flowers
Nothing says cottage style home decor more than adding in fresh flowers.
Fill urns, like this small urn in a distressed antique white finish, baskets and mason jars with the flowers of the season.
You can also bring a little of the outside in with branches, leaves, grasses and reclaimed wood for a unique addition to any space.
Whether it's chippy wood, painted furniture, woven baskets or vintage floors, cottage home decor creates a welcoming atmosphere.
It's warm, inviting, goes perfectly with sweet tea.....
.....and transforms a house into a home.
Photo credits: Thistlewood Farms