Shabby Chic and Country Style Living has been a popular interior trend for the past couple of years and looking at magazines and the autumn and winter collections of homeware retailers, it doesn’t seem to be going anywhere.
If you want to create a country style living room or add touches of country living to your home, there are a couple of things you can do to transform your space and give it that cosy and traditional feel.
1. Work those neutrals
Soft neutrals such as grey, duck egg or beige are great colours for a room in the country style. They have a calming effect and keep the look of your room nice and clean, so you can really go to town with decorations.
2. Bring nature inside
Expose wooden beams, if you have them in your home or invest in some good quality wooden furniture for the real country feel. Fresh garden flowers are a great addition to any window sill or coffee table and some logs in front of your fire place, will instantly spread that cosy feel you’re after.
3. Accessories
Go wild with cushions, throws and rugs. When creating a country style living room, more is more. Go with roughly knitted throws, faux fur rugs or sheep skins to bring out your inner country girl and scatter pillows wherever you can. Textiles are your friend, so don’t be afraid to use them.
4. Go old-school
Vintage items such as old vases or glassware make fantastic decorations for your country style living room. Add old photographs with mismatched picture frames, pop some old books on your mantel piece or coffee table and give your living room that charm of past days.
5. Don’t try too hard
An important characteristic for the shabby chic look is its effortlessness. Break with the rules, forget patterns and let your creativity flow. You want to create a room that looks warm and inviting and not thinking too much about where you place a cushion or plant pot is a crucial part of that.
Do you have a country style living room?
This is a promotional post with images from Quercus Living.
We have a cosy back living room with an old fireplace and plenty of photos on the walls. I’d love a stove and maybe a few snuggly blankets lying about!
Can I just move in? My living room is so dull and boring and this is exactly the look I am after. That wood burner is gorgeous, isnt it?!
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Seriously, I am now wanting to redecorate, oh and move to a country cottage!
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I love the style of both of those rooms in the pictures featured, so gorgeous! I can’t wait until I have my own house again one day so I can get creative! 😀
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That’s a look I love so much. We are in the middle of finishing our lounge decoration and it’s deffo got a country twist to it. Bringing the outdoors inside makes me ever so happy 🙂
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Oh, beautiful. Great tips, and all combine to make it feel so cosy and homely. I could easily live there!
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It is such a good look, if only my house would suit that style.
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I hate my magnolia house! I really do like the grey and the idea of bringing nature inside.I must try harder to get a more homely this year.
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I love the country feel, it is always so warm and welcoming. I’m loving all your suggestions
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I am looking for some inspiration at the moment, this looks great
Been looking for some inspiration for a while now to help me decide on how I’m going to decorate my living room. I really like some of these ideas, so I’ll keep this post in mind, thanks x