The three key ingredients to any great cottage furniture style are slipcovers, white paint and being creative. It is thus that white covers on sofas and couches can hide flaws in the upholstery, painting walls and furniture white gives rooms and old, mismatched and damaged country cottage furniture new life, while keeping everything white also ensures that it all matches and creates unity.
Slipcovers are to upholstered furniture what white paint is for walls and wooden furniture. In other words, they can be used to rejuvenate county cottage furniture found in flea markets and old attics, since a white or pale cream cover or sheet will doubtlessly breathe new life into these pieces of cottage style furniture and make it all the more unique. When cottage decorating you also want the rooms to look lived in, though not unkempt, so do not worry about the wrinkles in the covers or sheets.
And with the layout of the furniture you should stay in tune with your creative or artistic side. Here you might want to also think about using certain items for purposes other then that which they were originally intended for. Some cottage decorating ideas here would be to turn a chair into a side table, use old cupboards as display cases for your quaint saucers and teacups, while you might also want to set up display of a vintage doll or teddy bear collection.
Also when cottage decorating remember to keep the window accents as few and simple as possible to let the air and the warmth of the sun in undisturbed. Keep vases filled with flowers on the windowsill and lacy curtains flowing in the breeze, but otherwise try to keep everything as undisturbed as possible. And when choosing covers for your upholstered furniture consider the tea-stained look, as it lends itself beautifully to cottage style furniture in creating that special cottage look. The only thing that really limits you with cottage decorating and choosing your cottage furniture style is your imagination so let it run wild!
