Google Images has lots of pics :-)

Here is a link that might be useful: Cape Cod style decorating

Definitely not Victorian. I guess I would expect to see country, cottage/beach or traditional colonial. There are many styles of Capes. Look up Royal Barry Wills for some nice ideas as well.

My in-laws had a CC, and it was very traditional in style. The exception would be ''beachy areas, such as Nantucket, where more white could be used along w/a nautical theme.

I'd expect country, traditional, or beachy (it it were near the ocean). On the other hand, I'd love to walk into a Cape and find something totally unexpected, like really bright colors and contemporary furnishings. I grew up in a Cape and everything was very traditional, leaning toward country (my mother loved craft fairs in the '80s!). The house was in the suburbs. My family has a summer house that is also a Cape, near the ocean, so the 'vibe' there is very beachy, kind of retro/flea-market style!

And mine in Western NY is whatever I like ...

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Pam, I love the blue in your house! It's very cozy and airy at the same time.

And love your critters!

Thank you oakleyok .. the critters seem to always get into pictures!

We're in a Boston suburb where Cape's abound. The decorating choices are limitless; some stay with a colonial decor, others go country, while some go contemporary. I've seen it all! Our home is a Queen Anne Cape Cod (also known as Gambrel) and it's mostly traditional on the inside.

The main problem you are going to have is finding new furniture of the appropriate scale. Much of today's furniture is scaled for the suburban greatroom and MBR.

Of new furniture you will have to be very careful what you buy--you may have better luck with vintage pieces, many of which were scaled for smaller homes built between the wars and after WWII into the 70s...after that, things started to grow.

Here's a few of my house. I have always loved Capes and when I first saw this one I knew I could live in it happily for the rest of my life. We have done tons of work on it, it had been very neglected by the previous (and original) owner - especially the last ten years or so as she got older. Honestly we did things as frugally as possible, we have a real tight budget. Just about all my furniture came from CL - nothing cost more than a hundred or so dollars. Easy come - easy go, especially with so many critters and two young boys in the house, plus I LOVE the thrill of the hunt! I try to keep things as simple and clutter free as possible. Hope you enjoy!

After growing in a few years - I still can't wait to refurbish that bow window ...

Living Room, I love how the fireplace uses the same stone as the front of the house:

Kitchen, this wound up being a total gut job, all the bits that wern't finished in these photos, likethe trim around the backsplash and kickboards under the cabinets are finally done:

Master bedroom with my greatest all-time Craigslist score: a room sized Stark rug I got for $100! Please ignore alien kitties!

It's so nice to have a spare downstairs bedroom for the birds - sometimes they are like toddlers when you cannot wait to put them to bed and shut the door!

And a quick one of the porch - I love napping on the sofa outside :)

I have a 50's cape - and I love antiques... and a lot of antiques do seem to have smaller proportions.