Category: Decorating

  • 5 Ways to Update a Room Without Paint

    Strategies for making a room work when it’s not scheduled to be fully renovated for some time. Now at Cottage Magpie.

  • How to Decorate a Boy’s Room With Thrifted Finds

    I’ve been talking quite a bit about thrifting, and I thought it would be fun to see how all this “stuff,” actually gets used. My son’s room has a vintage western theme, built within the basic cottage style of the rest of the house. So his room has the basic palette of cream and white,…

  • Luxurious Vintage Glamour Master Bedroom Inspiration

    Luxurious Light Taupe Bedroom Cottage style is known for its light and airy quality, but cottage can also be luxurious, as in this bedroom designed by Jennifer from The Old Painted Cottage. Jennifer’s room uses an elegant, nearly monochromatic palette of taupes and creams, with just a hint of pink. Built around the soft taupe…

  • Fresh Vintage Living Room Inspiration

    Light Green Living Room Pale green walls are a classic choice for a cottage room. They can be nostalgic, edgy or everything in between. Paired with white, as in this airy room designed by Kim Niesz of Niesz Vintage Home, they are both fresh and charming. Light Green Living Room Kim’s room is built on…

  • How To Create an Autumn Entry Display for Under $20

    How To Create An Autumn Entry Display For Under $20 Autumn Entry Display Autumn Entry Display Autumn Entry Display With perennial borders all but spent and autumn leaves putting on the big show, attention in the front garden is focused on the home entry. Using materials gathered from the garden and discounted end-of-season perennials, create…

  • Valentine Cottage Kitchen Reveal

    Clean Cottage Kitchen This kitchen is from my old English Cottage, a 1930’s home that I renovated and then put on the market in fall of 2007. Our objective was to create a charming, cottage style kitchen with modern amenities, durable, easy-care surfaces and a warm but bright color palette. Because the home was put…

  • Valentine Cottage Dining Room Reveal

    Living Room and Dining Room Complete! Living Room Dining Room Dining Into Living Dining Into Kitchen I can’t believe it. I really can’t! After months of stress, sweat, toil and late-night painting sessions, my home is finally on the market! Yow! I know that I’ve been seriously offline this summer, and I apologize (again). But…

  • Valentine Cottage Living Room Reveal

    Living Room and Dining Room Complete! Living Room Dining Room Dining Into Living Dining Into Kitchen I can’t believe it. I really can’t! After months of stress, sweat, toil and late-night painting sessions, my home is finally on the market! Yow! I know that I’ve been seriously offline this summer, and I apologize (again). But…

  • IKEA Cottage Style Dining Room Ideas

      IKEA has always been heavily weighted toward modern & contemporary styles, but they’ve always had a good selection of more traditional / cottage-style items as well. Recently, my local IKEA featured this charming dining room display. Just lovely. The the white cabinetry with the glass fronts is classic cottage, giving the look of a…