Cottage-core: from fashion to home decor

Make the ordinary extraordinary, transform the small everyday things into great celebrations of authenticity and affection, feel the scent of flowers and enjoy the beauty of nature that in all the world’s marasma today remains the only certainty. To describe what the cottage-core is on a theoretical level, this would be our definition, conscious also of the historical moment in which the style has acquired particular importance. On a practical level it would be enough to say Jacquemus SS20, with the very high ears of wheat, the bare skin, the soft but decisive colors, the freckles and the sun-kissed skin. Surrounded by a nostalgic echo that brings hearts back to the countryside homes of childhood, the cottage-core also lands in interior decoration, and makes it more pleasant than ever to stay at home with its cozy mood. Let’s find out which are the main elements of the trend also in interior design, to wait for summer and the open air with style, but above all to surround yourself with things that make you feel really at home, even in difficult moments.

The evolution of cottage-core

The warm gust of bucolic style has distorted the aesthetics of the first spring/summer in global pandemic, is based on a solar color palette, and prefers colors such as lemon yellow, yellow ocher, red, green in all its shades, but also pastel shades such as pink, Blue and lilac as long as it is well sprinkled with sunlight. Among Vichy fantasies borrowed from picnic tablecloths and oversized laced collars, the cottage-core recalls old childhood memories in the minds of everyone. But above all reconnects with what has been missed most in these two years: relaxation in the open air. Sweet and romantic but at the same time playful and fun, the image of the cottage-core revolves around everything that is familiar, quiet and comfortable. That’s why a bouquet of flowers inside a carafe on the kitchen table can immediately give an idea of escape in the most remote cottage of the British countryside. Thanks to materials such as wood, wicker and cotton, the surfaces of a house inspired by the cottage-core are immediately softer and more welcoming, suitable for men who live at the right time.

Vichy tablecloth and pillows

The Vichy pattern, or colored checks on white background is a typical background of all picnics, made it bucolic or domestic. The classic red checkered tablecloth is ideal to immediately make the kitchen table a real bucolic kingdom, to sit barefoot with a sprig of hay in your hair, but the magic of the colored checker can be applied to pillowcases, bedspread, vases, curtains and blankets for a country effect and very cozy immediate. Trend pattern of the season according to AD, Vichy comes from the French Vichy Region which is in fact, full of rural homes.

Porcelain

Carafes, cups, cups, saucers and bowls come out of the grandmother’s cupboard and return protagonists. In the romantic and nostalgic breath of the cottage-core interior decor, the more porcelain elements run around the house the better. Outside the kitchen it is easy to integrate a cottage core touch: high porcelain vases, with pastel colors and contrasting in which to store flowers, but also decorative plates to hang as frames, and why not, even some own creations with ceramics.

Flowers & florals 

Miranda Priestley would say "Flowers for Spring? Groundbreaking!". Although in this period the trends are far from revolutionary, we can say that flowers and their perfume at home are never enough. Leitmotiv of the summer, and look at it, also of the cottage-core, the flowers are a diktat in the interior design inspired by vintage. If in fashion the trend of the moment covers the clothes making them look like flowery lawns, even at home the same concept applies: bedspreads, tablecloths, pillow covers, sofa covers, squares, wallpaper, paintings even drawings that recall the flowers are suitable to make a little 'bucolic their own home. Even better if you implement the flowering of your apartment by filling it with fresh buds.

Elements made of raffia

Another symbolic element of the picnic that extends to the trend of the moment: the picnic basket. Inevitable in every day outdoors, to replicate the effect the touch is brilliant to buy wicker elements. Carpets, frames for mirrors, chairs, coffee tables, stools but also baskets where to store clothes or everyday objects are cute wicker, material among other things durable and durable. If the temptation is too much, buy (maybe vintage) or reinvent a picnic basket to bring objects is really the apotheosis of the aesthetics in vogue this season.