COTTAGE SPOTTING

I love to spend hours on end trawling through property sites, so much so my boyfriend informed me the other day that I'm "a whore for them"!

I've decided to open a new category for one of my favorite types of houses: cottages! As I've said before, they are unique and allow most style of interiors to work well within them, inspiring originality and creativity, which is of course the very essence of rock and roll.

Check out Rose Cottage, Athlone on Daft.ie...

A turn of the century thatched cottage with sash shaped windows and split opening front door.

PERIOD STYLE IN THE BEDROOM

This sumptuous Provencal bed from Maison is sure to impress. Soft upholstery with carved wood make this an exceptional piece of period style rock n roll!



Available in a few different fabrics of upholstery and a few more different colours of paint, this king size bed will set you back a breaktaking £1,995 sterling.

See here for the full Provencal Collection listing.

DON'T FORGET YOUR GARTER IF YOU WANT TO GO TO WORK

This is how real women do the dishes...




 With a range of vintage aprons, gloves, potholders and, eh, garters, there's definitely something for the rockabilly at Carolyn's Kitchen Online

Dorothy apron. With garter, of course. See all aprons HERE



Dorothy glove. See all gloves HERE



The Cottage Themes

My Second Favorite Interiors Theme

Cottage style gives a designer such freedom, it's so hard not to love. It doesn't have to be all pink and white either.

It just happens to be at the moment though!

Try changing the pastels to something more plumy or midnighty...

And the linen cushions to something more furry or sequiny...

Tablecloths are an easy and temporary way of setting any mood you want.

Cottage

While cottages in themselves arn't technically rock and roll, they present a certain opportunity to be...

Cottage chic has always been about throwing together any mix of items and designs you could find/ afford. This means that whatever style you choose to design your cottage in, it will rarely look out of place. This is also one of my favorite websites- cottageology.com- and it's run by an Irish girl and based on irish culture and history! Thumbs up