ooo, thanks, I'm going to take a peak as soon as I find out from DH what the score is on the game. Go tigers!! Go Buckeyes!!

Oh my those are the most beautiful cottage style rooms I have ever seen. Each one prettier than the last. Oh boy I have lots and lots of ideas for my new house now. Thanks.

Thank you Oceanna for sharing the link and the new added beautiful pics.

You're all very welcome! I have more to post there and will soon, so keep your eye on it. If any particularly inspire you to do new rooms or finish rooms, that's great! I hope you'll share about that. I see a lot of rooms there I would love to have.

What a nice page of eye candy. You are a treasure.

Ooooh. I love the one with the red plaid on the walls, the one with the Colonial Blue fireplace, and that sweet little retro kitchen. Great photos!

Thank you Oceana! Those rooms are just the kind of nesting spots I love! They inspire me as I decorate my own home.

Thanks so much for letting me know you're enjoying all the pictures! That makes all the work worthwhile. I'm almost getting this down to a science now. I'm enjoying them too, because it's easier to see them full sized there than in thumbnails in my files.

I figure that's what "Gallery" means... it should be chock full of pictures.

Organic -- the entire room in red plaid is a trip, isn't it? Someone had to get very brave to do that. It's incredibly well done and I would never have thought of anything like that. The red chair, the blue woodwork, and the sampler just make that blue colonial fireplace one. The retro kitchen with the red Coca-Cola sign? The colors are just wonderful aren't they?

I think a lot of folks are looking at those pics and deciding Cottage is their style. There seem to be so many names for styles that are really close that it gets confusing. There are fru-fru ones there, and minimalist ones, and antique-y ones and fairly modern ones.

From what I've read, the deffinition of cottage has a lot to do with mixing casual and elegant together. Whatever it is, I love a lot of those pictures.

I just put a whole bunch more in there, and there is still more to come, so please keep checking. :)

Oceanna, can't thank you enough for providing us with an on-line magazine of the best cottage styles. I enjoy looking through your pictures each day. Thanks for all the beautiful postings!

Thank you so much oceanna for all the eye candy u serve us routinely. You are a treasure trove of inspiration pics! I wonder do you have a organization system for keeping all the pics on your computer? It must be herculean task to go through so many pics if they are not organized correctly. Thanks anyway

I cannot quit looking long enough to respond favorably. :)

bump for people looking for the link

Thank you so much!!!!!

Thanks everyone!

Organization? What's that? Well, nothing sophisticated. I just have a file named DECOR and a whole lot of files inside that and some of those have sub-files. Mostly I have stuff separated by rooms, like bedroom, bathroom, etc. I also have a ton of artistic files to give me inspiration for doing painting.

BTW, in case anyone likes painted furniture, I posted a thread on it in the Tole Painting Gallery, and also one there on hand-painted mirrors. Here's a link to their Gallery.

Here is a link that might be useful: Decorative & Tole Painting Gallery

After decorating my own bedroom and seeing what works and does not work, I am finding out that I think my style is a type of eclectic modern romantic cottage style. :)

Since I have had so much stress in my life and live with papers and filing cabinets all around me, I just like a clean look for my bedroom with some accessories and romantic pillows but I prefer fabrics the are textured and more monochrome but in tones of color rather than flowers. I like silk flowers and ivory urns and china boxes and crystal lamps. I love both light and dark furniture that is made well and pretty to the eyes. I love Iron headboards but I also love wooden and upholstered headboard. I love so many different styles but ended up preferring my more modern 22" crystal lamps over the too small but adorable 14" high (10.5" plus the shades) crystal lamps I won on EBay. I like the light they give and the clean look they give. I like their size relative to the sides of my mirror on my double dresser.

The cute lamps are so cute but they are going in my other room especially since they came with 25 watt bulbs that are not enough light for me. I love a lit up bedroom at night when I am doing laundry.