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The Distinctive Cottage | Color Board: Mum's Stripe
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Color Board: Mum’s Stripe

Fresh and fun, the Mum’s Stripe Woven Cotton Rug expertly mixes yellow, dark pink, soft orange, and even purple in it’s stripes. Choosing this colorful rug as a focal point in your living and family room is not meant for the faint at heart. We paired it with a yellow leather, a patterned fabric pulling in all colors, a nautical blue, and a little extra pattern in tangerine. These colors highlight the liveliness of the rug and will captivate your family and friends.

Inspiration Board: Blue and Brown
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.

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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.

Inspiration Board: Painted Brights
Coastal & Beach House

Inspiration Board: Painted Brights

Who wouldn’t have fun with these colors? Eccentric, bright, and lively, you wouldn’t need to look for inspiration, motivation, or energy with these colors in your home. These colors, though vibrant, could easily be used in a bedroom. Simply pair the bright painted furniture with some neutrals to bring down the tone, while still allowing all colors to live and jive together in one area. The rug, a playful piece of decor, grounds all the pieces and becomes the focal point of the room.

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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.

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.

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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.

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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

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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!

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