Cottage Style

What cottage is to me:

a little bit country

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a little bit rock and roll

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texture

(Country Living)

whimsy

(Country Home)

ironstone

 (country living)

slipcovers

 (Atlanta Bartlett)

pattern and color

 (unknown)

open shelving

(unknown)

painted furniture

 (Atlanta Bartlett)

On Sunday I fell in love with a cottage in the Village. I can't imagine that things would come together in a way that would make it mine but it did get me newly excited about owning my own little cottage and got me thinking about what cottage style means to me. What does it mean to you?