Interior Design - English Cottage

English Country/Cottage is known for its understated elegance combined with, as the
great English decorator John Fowler put it ‘a sense of shab’.


ENGLISH COUNTRY/COTTAGE is known as being an honest style. It’s natural and
away from being artificial. None of the elements used in this style is preferred because
of suiting to fashion, being expensive, antique or rare. Due to decorating by living, and
not depending on a specific style, country/cottage homes are away from the anxiety of
suiting fashion and it’s formed to consist the necessity of country life.


The calm and peaceful atmosphere of a country/cottage became a necessity for those
with a busy urban lifestyle. Country/cottage furniture and accessories can help to
breathe some country air into city homes.


Houses are furnished with handmade products. Worn out rustic furniture is preferred
rather than bright polished ones. Another important feature in a country/cottage home
are floorings of hand-made t...