3 Cottagecore Living Room Ideas to Welcome Your Guests
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The cottagecore aesthetic has made its way into many people’s homes in recent years, largely due to how undeniably cozy it feels. The reality of modern-day living is filled with jam-packed schedules and constant connectivity, but cottagecore strips that all away, providing a space to slow down and truly relax. It doesn’t value precision or perfection; instead, it works best when things are a little rough around the edges, particularly when there is a jumble of cozy, homely items.
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The living room is perfect for showcasing your love and appreciation for a more rustic, resourceful lifestyle. A living space filled with timeless English charm and lovingly worn materials is undeniably inviting, meaning your guests will love coming to your home.
Of course, creating a cottagecore living room takes a little effort, which is part of the charm! To help you on the journey, here are three cottagecore living room ideas to welcome your guests.
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1. Casual Clutter
Walking into a home with zero clutter can almost feel uncanny – humans love to collect and display items, after all. The good news is that cottagecore celebrates the more eccentric, hodgepodge feel, and to manage that, you can display casual clutter around the space.
Antique Pieces
Vintage pieces lend themselves perfectly to the cottagecore aesthetic, as it’s all about rustic nostalgia. So, aim to display antique pieces amongst your clutter, such as vintage china, oil lamps, clocks from bygone eras, and old editions of books.
Cozy Clutter
Clutter is tied to coziness, and it’s a good idea to incorporate more cozy pieces into your clutter. Think patchwork quilts, patterned throw cushions, and textured blankets for your living room space.
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2. A Weathered Appearance
Cottagecore is a celebration of faded colors, distressed woods, and the general imperfections that most people want to hide, but, in this case, you should showcase in full light, as it gives a rustic, timeless feeling.
Distressing Wood
If you already have wood in your living room, whether a coffee table or chest of drawers, and it doesn’t have that aged vintage look, you can go about distressing the wood yourself for the cottagecore aesthetic. There are a few techniques to create this effect, such as sanding, staining, and hammering.
Faded Paint Colors
Cottagecore rooms rarely look freshly painted. The key here is to choose faded paint colors for your walls and furniture, such as light blues, soft grays, and muted greens. You can add to the weathered appearance using dry brushing or distressed painting techniques.
3. Lots of Flowers
Cottagecore embraces the wildness of nature, which means your living room should showcase the beauty of the outside world, and you can do that with an assortment of plants.
Hanging Plants
Cottagecore favors a textured, imperfect, cluttered look, and one way to manage that is by hanging greenery around your living room, particularly ones that cascade down from the plant pots to give a truly wild look. Some plants that are great for this include string of turtles, string of teardrops, ivy, and golden pothos.
Dried Flowers
Dried flowers work beautifully for the cottagecore aesthetic and are super easy to display. You could make a dried flower garland to hang above a mantel piece, or tie several dried flowers together with twine and place them into an antique vase.
Flower Holders
In terms of what to display these wild-looking flowers in, don’t choose a pristine and modern-looking vase; instead, opt for holders that look as though you just grabbed whatever was closest to you to best resemble that rustic, pastoral lifestyle. Think watering cans and wicker baskets.
Floral Designs
The flowers don’t all have to be real and alive, either. The floral design is classic and timeless, with many old English cottages loving floral quilts and blankets, so display some of these in your living area.
Cottagecore: Here to Stay
"While trends come and fade and rise again, the promise of cottagecore is that it’s ultimately timeless – a vision based on a beloved historic time that favors a simpler way of living."
It’s unwaveringly cozy, too, which is why it makes so much sense to bring the cottagecore aesthetic into the living room, as guests will love feeling welcomed into a homely space, one where they can fully relax.
If you’re ready to create a cottagecore living room, we can help. We have a beautiful range of cottagecore decor here at Antique Farmhouse, so browse the range and find the perfect rustic additions for your home.
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