| Are you looking for a chic and charming style in your | | | | chic cottage style looks great with pastel colored |
| home? Then the cottage decorating style might be a | | | | oriental style rugs. Window treatments could be long |
| perfect way to give your home the unique style it | | | | flowing sheers, or you can shop for vintage barkcloth |
| deserves! | | | | drapes to give your home vintage style. If you can get |
| Decorating in a chic cottage style is all about combining | | | | extra drapes that's even better because you can use |
| the rustic with old world style and throwing in some | | | | the excess to make pillows for the sofa and chairs |
| elegant touches. This style is great if you love to scour | | | | that will tie the whole room together. |
| yard sales and flea markets because you want to use | | | | To add the "chic" to your cottage style, you want to |
| those old interesting items that might have a little bit of | | | | use some accessories that have a bit of old world |
| chippy paint. Plus these flea market finds will fill your | | | | elegance. Old lamps with dangling crystals are perfect |
| home with unique items that you won't see | | | | for this and don't forget to add crystal chandeliers |
| everywhere else. | | | | where needed. You also want to use some |
| The first thing you want to consider is the color | | | | architectural pieces in chippy white paint around the |
| scheme. A cottage style needs to be light and airy so | | | | room. |
| don't choose dark colors. While white is usually quite | | | | The chippy paint is key to the cottage look and it also |
| boring, you might want to use a chalk white for the | | | | allows you to salvage old items with worn finishes by |
| walls in this style since you will be filling the room with | | | | painting them white and then sanding on the corners |
| great paintings and accessories that will hold your | | | | and edges to give it a worn appearance. You wouldn't |
| interest. If you don't like white, you could use a pale | | | | believe how great an old end table or bedroom set |
| yellow, very light blue, light sage green or even tan. | | | | can look with new white paint - it can literally turn an |
| Furniture for the cottage decorating style should be | | | | ugly old piece into a great new piece! Of course, you |
| overstuffed and comfortable. Consider buying a couch | | | | have to pick something that has "good bones" and a |
| that comes with slipcovers. These have a great look | | | | bit of style but you can really save a bundle if you |
| and it will allow you to change the look of your room | | | | shop at yard sales for these items. |
| simply by buying new covers. Again, chalk white can | | | | The cottage decorating style can add warmth and |
| be a good decision for the couch, but you want to | | | | charm to any home and it can really be fun to shop |
| offset that with plenty of floral print pillows. You could | | | | for those perfect items to complete your look. If you |
| also use a floral print on the couch, but nothing to bright | | | | don't mind doing a little bit of work and hitting those |
| - a muted print with vintage tones is best. | | | | yard sales, you can have this look for a bargain price! |
| Flooring is important in any decorating scheme and the | | | | |