Cottage Style Kitchen Decorating Ideas

DAVID TSAY

Whether you own a cottage or just want to be inspired by some quaint decorating tips, you'll want to check out these best cottage decor ideas to create a slice of paradise right in your home. These styling ideas are perfect for maximizing space if you live in a tiny house, or even just adding simple touches that will make the space feel more like home. Each room is covered in these tips, including ideas for designing a peaceful patio, sprucing up your mudroom, or fitting in a home office. You'll be on the way to the kitchen of your dreams with sweet breakfast nook ideas, as well as tips for making the most-used room in the house a little more country-chic.

You might also want to look to some inspiration for your living room, whether you'd like to add some white living room ideas or opt for some rustic touches. Of course, there are several tips for creating an adorable cottage bedroom, including accent walls, bright colors, and comfy bedding. No matter what style you're trying to achieve in your home, whether it's a modern look or you prefer farmhouse décor ideas, there are cottage decor tricks for any type of home.

cottage decor bedroom

KIM CORNELISON

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Attic Bedroom

Many cottages have bedrooms with sloped ceilings. This use of an accent wall is a great idea, because it adds dimension to the room without making it feel crowded.

SHOP PLAID BEDDING

cottage decor living room

DAVID TSAY

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White Living Room

An all-white living room is complemented with wooden furniture for a cozy, welcoming look.

SHOP THROW PILLOWS

cottage decor kitchen

LAUREY W. GLENN

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Eclectic Cabinetry

These cabinets use metal ventilation inserts for the cabinet doors that create a rustic, whimsical look perfect for a cottage kitchen.

SHOP NICKEL CABINET KNOBS

cottage decor office

ANNIE SCHLECHTER

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Corner Office

You don't need a dedicated room for a home office, just a cozy corner to tuck an upcycled desk, chair, and cabinet into.

SHOP DESK SUPPLIES

cottage decor tiny kitchen

DAVID TSAY

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Tiny Cottage Kitchen

A cheery palette and narrow fridge turn make this kitchen feel open and airy rather than tight and cramped.

SHOP BACKSPLASHES

a small white cottage with yellow door surrounded by trees

Lucas Allen

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sitting room

Max Kim-Bee

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Quaint Sitting Area

Planks from Habitat for Humanity's ReStore line the sitting-room ceiling in this renovated Texas cottage. The homeowner was inspired to turn cow-feed sifters found at the Round Top Antiques Fair into artful sconces with burlap fringe.

breakfast nook

Dana Gallagher

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patio

Mark Lohman

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Peaceful Patio

On the patio of a Victorian cottage in Arkansas, the wicker patio set was a hand-me-down from the homeowner's friend. Another pal sewed the love seat's cushion and pillow from fabric the homeowner scored at a Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Store.

dining room

Mark Lohman

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Victorian Dining Room

The rooms of this Arkansas home were stuffed with mismatched furniture covered in musty 1980s linens, but the homeowner spotted enough gems in the mix to buy the place fully furnished. She saved only the pieces with potential or items that were stunning as is, like the sage cupboard and the chippy dining table.

bedroom with low pitched ceiling and colorful patterned bed

Lucas Allen

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Vibrant Bedroom

In the master bedroom of this Catskills home, sunny-yellow paint and an exuberant green-and-white print enlivens the small space. The low-pitched roof created a seemingly unusable three-foot-high gap on each side of the room. A carpenter was contracted to fill one side with bookshelves, and the other with cabinets and storage drawers.

bedroom

Mark Lohman

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Stylish Bedroom

The homeowner of this restored Arkansas home upgraded the fixtures with chandeliers, and the Jenny Lind-style bed is one of the few furnishings she kept in the bedroom. The shams and duvet cover are West Elm; the coverlet is Garnet Hill.

Individual cabinets in the kitchen

Steven Randazzo

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Country Kitchen

You'd never guess that most of this 1900 Texas cottage was recently built. To add this kitchen, plus a living room, porch, and bathroom, the homeowners scoured the Texas countryside for materials others might overlook—from rusted pressed tin for the ceilings to salvaged windows, doors, and cabinets.

living room

Max Kim-Bee

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Rustic Living Room

While this Connecticut cottage's living room's upholstered furniture is white, the sofa and chairs are also purposefully deconstructed, with tufted fronts and exposed burlap-and-wood backs. A settee and two armchairs by Restoration Hardware cozy up to a Zentique coffee table. The boat propeller and oil paintings are secondhand scores.

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Lisa Romerein

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Chic Kitchen

In this Los Angeles home, orange mohair revives a vintage maple stool in the kitchen, where Carrara marble upgrades Ikea cabinets. Task lighting comes in the form of suspended Edison bulbs, covered with Victorian wire shades. The cast-aluminum fox wine cooler was designed by Arthur Court.

Bright idea: Matching wood frames transform food-themed ephemera (labels, grocery ads, and menus) into a polished collection.

mudroom

Victoria Pearson

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Simple Mudroom

This California cottage's mudroom boasts a 1930s factory stool, which retains its original green paint, while the iron hooks on the coatrack swivel from side to side.

Richardson Guest Room - Cottage Makeover Starting Point

Stacey Brandford

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Colorful Guest Suite

The truth about this room's walls? The paneling didn't match the rest of the house, so instead of whitewashing the wood, Sarah Richardson, interior designer and host of HGTV's Sarah's House, camouflaged it with an opaque paint, The Plaza by Glidden—a compromise that comes off as intentional.

dining room

Roger Davies

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Elegant Dining Area

Casual eclecticism rules in this Chicago cottage's dining nook, furnished with a reclaimed-oak table, a Belgian sofa from the early 1900s, reproduction caned chairs, and a vintage footstool upholstered with an antique carpet.

Lisa Romerein

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Unique Laundry Room

In the laundry room of this California cottage, photo-realistic wallpaper from Anthropologie fools the eye into thinking that books have been stacked floor to ceiling. A jute basket from World Market, filled with colorful quilts, sits beneath a reclaimed-oak table.

stairwell