Cottage Inspiration | My Dearest For Stripes

What is it close Cottages that brand us thus easily swoon. While the the world is constantly telling us that to a greater extent than is more, bigger is better, nosotros all become gaga over cottages. Is it that nosotros crave simplicity as well as the slowing downwards that for certain happens within this picket fence? I imagine the grass is really dark-green within this cottage's garden gate.

So uncomplicated as well as lovely. I wonder how they alive without a basement total of junk they don't need? ; ) When I hold off at homes similar these, I automatically mean value close the lifestyle that would become amongst a abode similar this. I'm certain their kids don't desire an iPad or LOL dolls (if yous know what that is, as well as then yous are the woman nurture of a 5-8 twelvemonth one-time daughter similar me!).

These charming cottages as well as all of the feels I instruct from them induce got inspired my Summer Collection. When I'm creating a novel collection, I compile inspiration photos similar the ones higher upward as well as below, as well as visualize the balance of the picture. What create I ~~think~~ hope the balance of abode looks like?

I too created this Pinterest Board of the collection as well as inspiration where yous tin detect resources for these photos. I've been getting dorsum to Pinterest lately. I detect it thus much to a greater extent than productive to hold off at than Instagram! It is thus inspiring on every level. In this post, I've combined photos of exteriors as well as interiors that I would similar to encounter within of these homes as well as how I've designed my novel products to experience the same agency - all featuring uncomplicated ticking stripes.

Cottage Stripe Collection

Pillow Covers, Napkins, Table Runner & Tea Towels

About 10 years agone when Mike as well as I were decorating our start home, I hollo upward a designer at a local abode store bringing me textile samples of toile as well as busy florals to "add roughly involvement as well as excitement" (in her words) to my oatmeal linen as well as cream color palette. I told her - "I'm non actually going for "interesting" or "exciting" this is our home. I'm going for classic, cozy as well as comfy."

I yet experience that agency close interiors. I actually induce got picayune involvement inwards "interesting" or designer trends. But stripes? I induce got ever loved the sensibility as well as the charm of stripes. They are thus classically build clean as well as smart.

Here are roughly of my favorite interior stripes inspiration + cottage photos:

Pinterest Board

This photograph was taken on a trip to East Hampton a dyad of years ago. The proportions are lovely.

Ok, thus this ane isn't thus much a cottage, but yet : )

This is our "cottage" aka house. It is non on Nantucket, but it is inwards a darling picayune neighborhood that nosotros love. While nosotros expanded our identify 3 years agone (so I'm non certain it fits inwards the category anymore!), as well as nosotros tried to arrive experience every bit cozy as well as quaint every bit possible. There is no ocean tabular array salt misty air to argent our shakes, but the midwest humidity as well as relentless Sun is doing the project : )

Now I'll demonstrate yous how I've taken my inspiration photos as well as brought them into our abode through my novel Summer Collection.

This photograph was taken only earlier dusk at our house. The hydrangea are starting to fill upward inwards as well as the window boxes are taking off. I beloved how the houses looks when lit upward from inside. It feels thus warm as well as cozy.