The Distinctive Cottage

Category: Living Rooms

Inspiration Board: Green and Brown
Cottage Style

Inspiration Board: Green & Brown

We love decorating with green and brown, two of our favorite colors here at Cottage Home! The neutral and earthy shade of chocolate allows for the green accent pieces to take the center stage and show their beauty. Pairing the rich chocolate with green and white allows for sense of balance and tranquility to be created. A simple horizontally striped rug and recycled glass wave table lamp give a living room or bedroom just the right amount of visual texture.

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We Turned ONE!

We wanted to share with you, all of our faithful readers, that September marks our One Year Milestone! We couldn’t be more excited to celebrate this momentous occasion. And what better way to celebrate than to look back on all of our favorite articles, projects, posts, and cumulative creativity that this blog has shared over the past twelve months. The Distinctive Cottage is proud to be able to continually expand on our original mission: to create, inspire, share, and highlight ideas & trends about living beautifully in today’s home. Here are a few of our favorites to recap a spectacular year in the world of home decorating!

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Color Board: Jewel Tones

Creating a rich and luxurious look is effortless when working with jewel tones because of their natural ability to transform the mundane. The bold and vibrant tones in the rose rug, shown above, sets the stage for a dramatic look. Choosing this colorful rug as your focal point is not meant for the faint of heart. We paired it with a snappy teal, artichoke green, deep marine blue, and a sunny marigold. These colors highlight the liveliness of the rose rug without drowning it with too many accent colors.

Coastal & Beach House

Get The Look: Happy Home!

This is a family room outfitted for comfort, fun, and togetherness! With the large overstuffed sectional, everyone gets a comfy seat for movie night or room to gather around the large coffee table for game night. Whatever the occasion, this living room has plenty of seating, so everyone can find a cozy spot. The tall wainscotting is a cottage style detail that really stands out against the seagreen walls. Flanking each window with curtain panels in luscious marigold brings sunshine and a touch of softness to the space. The color palette is lively, soft, and friendly – making it a perfect gathering place for family and friends.

Inspiration Board: Grey and Yellow
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Inspiration Board: Grey and Yellow

Carolina Small Cabinet customizations: 30″W x 18″D x 32″H, bracket feet, squared beadboard doors, wood knobs, one color painted, classic yellow $1,195  |  Southampton Round

Cottage Style

Inspiration Board: Black, Charcoal & Olive

This black, charcoal, and olive color scheme has a modern and urban appeal that would be perfect for a living room fit for entertaining. The track arm sofa has slender arms and simple lines, while the soft olive colored fabric makes for luxurious and inviting seating. Pairing two different styled sofas in complementary fabrics creates a diverse and interesting space. The surrounding accents are key in pulling the two sofas together, and the wide striped rug is an eye catching anchor for the room. The mercury lamp adds just the right amount of glitz – a great way to introduce a new material, and the glass reflects a beautiful glow from the light.

Coastal & Beach House

Get The Look: Beach Retreat

Once you soak in the beautiful ocean view just beyond the big windows in this coastal living room, your eye is immediately drawn to the coral coffee table. What a statement it brings to this otherwise quiet and subdued color palette! Introducing the coral accent color to the overall scheme creates an undeniable focal point that brings in a whole new layer of interest to this beach-inspired living room.

Bedrooms

Color Board: Icy Silversage

Looking for cottage style bedroom ideas? These muted grey, slate, and seafoam hues create a quiet confidence that would be perfect for a cottage style bedroom or sitting area. This color palette offers layers of soft and understated fabrics for upholstery and pillows or for bed linens galore. Any combination of the selected paint colors would be perfect for the wall paint or for select painted pieces to accent the color scheme. White would also be a great paint color or drapery choice to create a crisp contrast among the sea of silversage.

The Distinctive Cottage, Inspiration Board: 4th of July
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Inspiration Board: 4th of July

It’s that time of year again and we’re ready for food, fun & fireworks! We are letting our patriotism inspire this board in classic navys, reds & whites. Not just for the holiday – this color combination never goes out of style.

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Creating Your Own Gallery Collage

The most important rule of thumb when creating your own gallery collage is to have fun! This is a design project that allows you to dictate what you want to see featured on your walls. Choose items that share memories, inspire you, motivate you, and ultimately make you happy. It’s an opportunity to express the people, places, and things you love.