Trend Spotlight: Achieving Cottagecore Vibes with Lighting

Cottagecore Light Fixtures

Dreamy and cozy, the cottagecore style is taking over many homes! Add a touch of romance and simplify your space with this snug trend. If you’re interested in an aesthetic that pulls from a variety of different styles, including farmhouse, rustic, and vintage, to create a warm, elegant space where heirloom-inspired objects reign, then cottagecore is for you!

At Color Cord Company, we’ve been watching the latest trends and ongoing trends to pull the best lighting ideas for completing your cottagecore dream space. Check out these cottagecore lighting ideas and cottagecore light fixtures that could be the perfect finishing touch for any room.

1. Use Warm Finishes

Whether you’re building custom lights from the ground up or choosing a finish for one of our ready-made modern light fixtures, always opt for a finish that’s warm. These hues will range from brass to bronze and imbue your fixture with a sense of warmth and comfort. Take this theme from your lighting to your decor when you choose rich maple and beech woods, luxurious amber and sandstone fabrics, and satiny rust, brass, and ochre metal finishes.

You can find natural hues with warm finishes in our Boutique Lighting collection, where you can mix and match one, two, or three colors in a single cottagecore light fixture.

2. Blend Old & New

One of the best ways to bring cottagecore lighting to life in your home is to mix old, antique items with new finishes and styles. You bring a classic look into a modern space when you modify older silhouettes with a fresh coat of paint. Some of our favorite DIY projects for cottagecore lighting include:

• DIY Nelson Bubble Lamp
• Custom Wood Bowl Pendant Light
• DIY Vintage Desk Lamp
• Gold Refinishing Tutorial

While you may need to hunt for some of the more personal elements in each of these crafting projects, Color Cord Company offers lighting accessory basics you need to build custom cottagecore light fixtures.

3. Accent With Found Items

When you want to add unique found items to your space to evoke that cottagecore feel, you’ll want to explore estate sales, flea markets, vintage shops, and antique stores to find your perfect pieces. These could include everyday knicknacks, useful or decorative, that add a bit of authentic personality to your cottagecore design. You can clear some shelf space to place these items around the room for a curated feeling, or you can use them in your cottagecore light fixtures!

Take the lanterns you found at a garage sale and use them in a custom plug-in pendant light when you upcycle found items into shades, frames, and cages for light fixtures!

4. Find Inspiration in Nature

Many cottagecore light fixtures take their inspiration from nature with organic materials, floral patterns, and wood tones. Add in sun-faded elements and you have the perfect cozy cottage feel. You might discover that the best way to elevate your cottagecore lighting is with a few woven pendant shades, or you may simply wind some twine around the cord of your pendant light to add an organic element without having to rewire a thing!

The Styles That Make Up Cottagecore

The interesting thing about cottagecore is that it’s actually made up of a few different and distinct styles that already exist. It’s the modern boho style that pulls from some of your favorite pastoral aesthetics and blends them with more ornate vintage-inspired elements.

Farmhouse

This style is all about combining natural textures with hints of vintage accessories for a weathered charm that results in a lived-in aesthetic. It speaks to rural life with a few modern touches. Farmhouse typically features wood and stone in a mix of contemporary and rustic decor.

Edwardian

Named for King Edward and the style popular during his time, the Edwardian aesthetic brings in those ornate, floral elements that lend a little romanticism to your space. Curving leaves and swirling shapes embellish lilacs, roses, and vines embroidered into rugs, carved into wood, and stamped onto metal cottagecore light fixtures.

Rustic

Another basic element of cottagecore light fixtures is the rustic look, which is all about natural, aged, and casual pieces that have just a touch of refinement. Look for a black finish or a few clean lines that soften the rougher edges of the natural world. Earth tones and neutral colors complement each other well in rustic-inspired interiors.

Vintage

Another style that’s designed to help bring some nostalgia into your space, vintage styles are a great way to take older objects and repurpose them into something that feels new. Explore themes from different eras to find the decade that best fits with your cottagecore light fixtures.

Get Inspired at Color Cord Company

At Color Cord Company, we provide you the inspiration and the tools to transform your space with elegant, customized lighting options. Shop with us for ready-to-ship fixtures that are simple to install, as well as modular lighting that allows you to mix and match just what you want for a cottagecore design!

Have questions? Reach out to out team for personalized guidance today!