Cottage motivation pictures
because I have been immersed in the style world for many of my life, I have a quite huge stock of inspiring tear sheets from all kind of books as well as magazines. I keep anything that talks to me or that I may be able to recommendation in my own home. I choose to keep them all loose instead of organized in a binder — it’s simpler to rifle with them as well as put different concepts together.
I’ve been collecting cottage photos because long before we purchased this residential or commercial property in the hope that a person day I would have one. The majority of them are truly old buildings with tons of character — exposed, painted white beams on the inside, not insulated, full of a mishmash of antiques as well as colourful flea market finds.
But because we are building new, I put these shots aside. I discover it never works when you try to imitate old architecture, plus the site as well as the low effect we want to have on the land dictate a much more streamlined, contemporary approach. Arriz as well as I still want it to feel warm as well as comfortable, so we’ve chose to wrap the interior in douglas fir siding as well as I’m focussing on the tears with great deals of wood, layers of rustic elements, timeworn antiques and organic structures paired with vintage contemporary classics.
The rawness of all this plywood is a look we’re going for, however perhaps not as industrial, together with the clean contemporary lines of this area (below).
I like the mix of dark as well as light woods as well as the organic charm of this space in professional photographer as well as stylist Anita Calero’s East Hampton retreat (seen in the June/July 2007 problem of Domino). It’s contemporary however warm as well as layered. I’m crazy about the charcoal drawing on the left that appears like it’s been done on a rumpled piece of kraft paper. We won’t have white brick walls however our fir floors will look quite similar to this.
Another Hampton’s home, featured in O At Home’s Summer 2008 issue. This vignette captures the general look — clean, simple, textural — that homeowner Katleen Van Roost has achieved. It’s all about building these surfaces for innovative display.
I’m a huge fan of the handcrafted furniture at new York-based BDDW. It is rustic however easy — exactly what we are going for.
Of program I am on the search for a long wooden dining table that will take centre stage, because you tend to spend a great deal of time around it at a cottage. I’m believing about the Veneto collection teak table from Design Within Reach.
Or perhaps something a bit much more rustic like the Benoit dining table by European furniture company Flamant. though we may just develop something similar.
I found woodworker Michael Greenwood at the Green Living Show in Toronto this year. He handcrafts gorgeous trestle-style furniture.
Jamie Theakston’s kitchen, shown in Living etc (April 2009), is making me think about long horizontal wooden drawers for our kitchen area cabinetry — with no hardware.
I take fantastic motivation from the merchandising, as well as beautiful website, of my preferred store in new York, Ochre. I can’t assist however purchase something each time I go to as well as would like to fill the cottage with accessories from there. I am believing about registering with them for my wedding event for things like this organic cotton blanket and hand-thrown bowl. as well as I like the hand-woven vintage linens with their subtle detailing.
I have a few of these African baskets in the city as well as they will be ideal for storing hats as well as scarves, or even my knitting at the cottage.
Wooden plank platters, stacks of hand-thrown ceramic dishes as well as pared-down, rustic accessories — these are the distinct details that will make the cottage come alive.
For much more about the building as well as style of the cottage, inspect out Arriz’s blog.
Photo credits: 1. photography by Ted Yarwood, published in House & Home June 1999 2. photography by Ted Yarwood, published in home & house summertime 2000 3. photography by Tom Arban, published in home & house July 2009 4. photography by Anita Calero, published in Domino June/July 2007 5. photography by Douglas Friedman, published in O At Home Summer 2008 6. BDDW Lake dresser 7. DWR’s Veneto Rectangular dining Table 8. Flamant Benoit table 9. Michael Greenwood 10. Jamie Theakston’s Quirky Terraced town home from Living Etc April 2009 issue, photography by Paul Massey 11. Ochre organic Cotton throw 12. Ochre vintage linen Napkins 13. Ochre African Baskets 14. Ochre round Cedar Boards 15. Ochre Rectangle Cedar Board