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Style Mix: Contemporary Cottage
Break the mold with a mod mix of your favorite sleek and natural decor
Hello there! I'm Erika Ward, Owner and Principal Designer of Erika Ward Interiors. It's my greatest pleasure to inspire you to live well, to live in style, and to extinguish the myth that style and budget are mutually exclusive. Read more about my design philosophy and my work at http://www.blulabelbungalow.com
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It's time to update the cottage, so what do you do first? This can be a debilitating question especially if your ideas about cottage design are stuck in convention.
Your taste is contemporary. So, again what do you do? The answer is simple: You muster up the courage to go against convention and create something you love.
Blend your affection for simple forms with natural elements. Combine stainless steel with driftwood, woven baskets with contemporary art — honestly, there are no hard-and-fast rules. To get the ultimate benefit of combining styles, just remain consistent with two design styles. This ideabook focuses on the contemporary cottage that marries ultramodern design with Mother Nature's bounty. Let's take a look.
Your taste is contemporary. So, again what do you do? The answer is simple: You muster up the courage to go against convention and create something you love.
Blend your affection for simple forms with natural elements. Combine stainless steel with driftwood, woven baskets with contemporary art — honestly, there are no hard-and-fast rules. To get the ultimate benefit of combining styles, just remain consistent with two design styles. This ideabook focuses on the contemporary cottage that marries ultramodern design with Mother Nature's bounty. Let's take a look.
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Vaulted ceilings offer ample space to highlight the grand stacked-stone fireplace and welcome the interruption of an oversized, hammered-metal pendant light. Slipcovered furniture, though streamlined, allows the cottage to honor its warm, comfortable roots.
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| Clean lines and a two-toned wood combination modernizes this quaint cottage bedroom. Accessories featuring concentric circles in the contemporary artwork and the overhead drum pendant mix with woven baskets in the same shape. |
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Clapboard cabin walls are calmed by ethereal blue paint and soft neutral accents. Like fine jewelry, the wall sconce and pendant chandelier are showstopping accents. A traditional clawfoot tub is replaced by a state-of-the-art soaking tub.
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| Cozy mid-century furnishings provide an update in this seaside living room. Natural elements such as driftwood and stone soften the look of the electronics and allows the television to feel integrated. |
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| Bamboo cabinetry, aluminum tiles, and stainless steel appliances transform this cottage from shabby-chic to metro-sleek. Exposed wire track lights provide an artistic contrast to the elegant crystal chandelier above the breakfast table. |
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Boi-glass green counters take color cues from seaglass, a coastal treasure, and converts natural elements into contemporary forms.
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| Woven accents in the barstools and roman shades maintain the cottage aesthetic while the shiny metal pendant lights insert an industrial element reserved for more contemporary spaces. |
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A partial-floating staircase is an impressive architectural feature in this cottage as also makes great use of space for a convenient office nook.
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Ideabook updated on May 26, 2012.
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