How Your Bedroom Can Get A Cottage Look Without Buying New Furniture

The right bedroom accessory décor can get you a great cottage style looking room.

Just as you accessorize your outfit with jewelry and purses for women and ties for mens suits. Your bedroom décor is accented by lamps, rugs and artwork! You can add interest and style to your bedroom décor with a few inexpensive accessories.

If you need ideas on what accessories you need for a cottage look it is a good idea to look in magazines, books or the internet for examples of how professional decorators have put together a bedroom. In order to keep the cottage decor consistent, you need to stick to only buying those accessories you have determined you need to complete the look of the room.

Your color palette for for a cottage décor are pale and casual. Think of an old cottage with well worn and comfortable furniture and use those colors. Pale colors that almost seem faded like light blue green and whites and beige work well.

Use well worn garden decorations with chippy paint wrought iron ornamentation and wicker accents that will help bring out the cottage in your bedroom. When grouped together accessories look better if there is an odd number of items. Use different sized objects for added interest. For example use different height and texture candles for a grouping.

You should decorate your bedroom walls with artwork that enhances your cottage decor but make sure you hang them correctly. You should hang wall art and paintings so that the middle of the piece is at eye level. Try leaning a tall mirror behind a bed as a head board for a dramatic look- it has an amazing effect! Hang your cottage themed pictures seven to ten inches above a table. You can make a group of pictures or wall art more interesting by hanging them together in grouping.

Lighting is an important element in accessorizing your bedroom. Lighting creates ambiance and should coordinate with the cottage theme you want to create. Cottage lighting can be a mish mash of what you find in flea markets but make sure you give it an appealing worn look. You can also use any type of light that has an ocean or seaside theme.

You can also add interest to your bedroom with area rugs that match your theme. Resting furniture on the rug will help anchor it in the room. Remember to only use rugs that compliment your cottage accessories.

Using pillows can add interest as well. Use several at the top of the bed and vary the texture colors and patterns while still keeping the color and theme within your overall bedroom design.

Have fun trying out new things. Shop around for different accessories to bring out the cottage theme in your bedroom. Check out your local antique and consignment stores for interesting items. To get ideas look in magazines and decorating books. Just like the right scarf can make an outfit your accessories can make your bedroom. Use your gut feeling and enjoy the creative process!