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Coastal & Beach House

Rooms To Love: Mixing Materials

Not only does this nautical living room look amazingly comfortable, but it has a charming coastal appeal as well. This space successfully incorporates a myriad of materials, from cotton and leather to rattan and sea shell, the textures are endless. The traditional red, white, and blue color palette has a variety of unexpected touches, including the whimsical polka dot and geometric print pillows. This is a perfect way to utilize a transition space that leads from the kitchen to the porch. Having comfortable seating and place to put your feet up makes it easy to relax!

March 28, 2014 2 Comments

Coastal & Beach House

Inspiration Board: Blue and Brown

Decorating with blue and brown is easy since they are a great complementing color combination. Bring in rustic undertones to your lodge or lake house with this inspiration board, while keeping your design in the modern era. With this wicker chair, one can either bring it indoors for a nontraditional look or keep outside on the porch overlooking the serene lake. Either way, this beautiful piece of wicker furniture would provide the extra seating needed for your Memorial Day gathering with the family. Don’t forget the details! The lamp, rug, and pictures add a small hint of color.

March 26, 2014 No Comments

Bedrooms

Rooms To Love: Cozy Daybed

What a lovely spot for a quiet afternoon! The dusty blues and roses are beautifully blended with pale creams and yellows to create a distinctive cottage look. The iron bed frame is a classic country style, and is tailored nicely with the quilted box cover. Adding the chipped painted mantle piece above the daybed is a great way to display old frames and pictures for a vintage flair.

March 3, 2014 2 Comments

Bedrooms

Design Tip: Natural Fiber Rugs

Do you love the look of natural fiber rugs, but are unsure of which kind would work for your home? If so, here are a few tips to help you find the right natural fiber (or alternative) rug to achieve the look you want.

January 8, 2014 No Comments

Bedrooms

Rooms to Love: Boyish Charm

This adorable boy’s bedroom offers an updated and refined country farm decor style. It combines rustic elements, like the dark floorboards and ebony stained dresser, with refined touches, like the tufted upholstered headboards. The ivory colored walls, cream curtain panels, and beige rug produce a neutral palette, allowing the plaid bed linens to make a prominent statement.
This is an ideal scheme for a boy’s bedroom that you want the kids to grow into. It can also double as a guest bedroom when needed. Your guests will feel like they are staying at a sophisticated lodge retreat!

December 12, 2013 2 Comments

Articles

TV in the Bedroom?

We recently polled our facebook fans and asked the question, “TV in the bedroom? Yay or Nay?” We had a staggering amount of responses, and

November 20, 2013 No Comments

Coastal & Beach House

Color Board: Artful Argyle

A playful spin on a traditional print, the harlequin cotton hooked rug offers a kaleidoscope of colors for cottage home decor. The look and feel of this daring rug is an ideal choice for a living room, study, or office, as there are endless options for choosing coordinating fabrics. You can pull out the light tones for a fresh palette, or the darker tones to create a cozier feel.

November 6, 2013 No Comments

Bedrooms

Design Tip: Natural Fall Decor

Using natural decorative accents is always a graceful and organic way to decorate for the season. Thinking of fall – apples, cinnamon, pumpkins, leaves, and cozy blankets come to mind – just to name a few! These inspiration photos encompass the latest in creative, natural fall decorating ideas.

October 25, 2013 2 Comments

Articles

Collaging Upholstery Pieces

The collage application for upholstery has been around for years, but has gained the reputation of being a predominately country look. In this post, we

October 16, 2013 No Comments

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.

October 7, 2013 No Comments

Articles

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!

September 19, 2013 No Comments

Bedrooms

Inspiration Board: Shades of Yellow

Depending on the amount of red or blue it contains, yellow can have many different color personalities, making decorating with yellow easy in any room. A yellow that has a red undertone creates a warm and welcoming feeling, and are best used on larger pieces of furniture, such as the bed pictured, and walls. A yellow that contains an undertone of blue has a cooler effect and should be used on small pieces of furniture, such as the end table pictured. Buttery yellows, such as the upholstery pieces pictured, can really be used anywhere because they provide a neutral feeling in a room. Experiment with different shades of yellow to see what works for you and your home!

September 17, 2013 No Comments