Looking for fail safe rustic living room ideas? When the days get shorter, and the temperature starts to dip, our minds go straight to all the cozy ways we can update our living rooms. The warmer ...

A rustic living room can be a wonderfully cozy space and there are a lot of ways in which you can make such a design happen.

Sure, your cottage is adorable and cozy. But that doesn't mean you have to decorate it in typical cottage style. If your decorating bent is more modern, go for it; your cottage will happily acquiesce.

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