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The Holiday Inspired Interior Design: Iris's English Cottage and Amanda's LA House
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items The Holiday works as a film in large part because both houses are so specifically right for their owners. Iris's Surrey cottage is low-ceilinged and floral-curtained and full of the accumulated warmth of someone who has lived somewhere long enough to...
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Decor and Objects
Furniture
Textiles
Lighting
Wall Decor
Decor and Objects
A brutalist carved wooden box on the cottage coffee table or a shelf holds keys in the entryway or small keepsakes on a surface that is already doing interesting things around it. The carved geometry is heavy and intentional - it grounds the arrangem...
Brutalist Wooden Box | Unique Coffee Table Wood Decor | Entryway Organizer for Earthy Home | Memory and Keepsake Box for Bookshelf
Six clear glass candle holders grouped together on the cottage dining table or a mantle create the kind of ambient candlelight that a December evening in Surrey specifically calls for. The clear glass keeps the arrangement light rather than heavy. Us...
Okllen Set of 6 Clear Glass Candle Holders
A handwoven rattan tray on the cottage coffee table or ottoman organizes the surface without making it feel managed. The natural material reads warm and English in the sitting room - at home beside the floral cushions and the navy rug. Use it as the ...
Summit Living Handwoven Rattan Tray 20x12
A 1960s pewter clam shell bowl on the cottage coffee table or a shelf reads organic and collected - the kind of object that arrived in the house before anyone can specifically remember and has been in the same spot since. The Wilton Armetale provenan...
Mid-Century Modern Pewter Clam Shell Bowl | 1960s Wilton Armetale, Vintage Coffee Table Decor
A woven storage basket in the cottage living room or bedroom holds throws, extra pillows, or whatever the house accumulates over a December stay. The woven form and the natural material read organic and warm in a room that is already layered with tex...
Roan Iris Nina Woven Storage Basket
A vintage German blue and white porcelain oval platter is the serving piece that makes the cottage dining table feel like it has been hosting guests for decades - because in this case it has. The Graf Von Henneberg provenance gives it real history. D...
Vintage Graf Von Henneberg Oval Platter: Blue & White Porcelain Serving Dish
A carved monkey pod tray on the cottage coffee table or the console holds candles and small objects in a defined surface moment. The natural wood and organic form reads warm and handmade - at home in the English cottage interior where the rattan tray...
Mid-Century Monkey Pod Tray | Carved Sculptural Tabletop Object in Organic Modern Style
A distressed Japanese wood keepsake box on the cottage nightstand or a dresser holds rings, small keepsakes, or simply earns its place as a surface object with genuine age and craft behind it. The distressed surface is the character - it has been kep...
Vintage Distressed Wood Keepsake Box | Made in Japan | Midcentury Modern Jewelry Organizer | Small Coffee Table or Book Shelf Decor
A vintage stainless whistling tea kettle on the cottage kitchen counter is the most specifically English object on this list. A kettle that whistles implies that tea is being made with intention rather than convenience. The vintage stainless reads ho...
Vintage Stainless Whistling Tea Kettle
A checked salad plate with a traditional English pattern is the kitchen table piece that makes a simple meal feel like it was set on purpose. The Royal Check pattern reads country house and slightly formal without requiring anything else on the table...
Royal Check Salad Plate
A large white planter at the front door or in the entryway of the cottage or the LA house brings the kind of architectural presence at ground level that a smaller pot never quite achieves. The clean white reads quietly in both settings - it holds a t...
Zadie White Resin Indoor/Outdoor Large Planter 25.25"H
A black shagreen square tray with silver handles is Amanda's LA house coffee table surface in a single object. The shagreen texture reads luxurious and precisely chosen - it is not a neutral tray, it is a statement about the kind of room it lives in....
American Atelier Decorative Serving Tray-Black Shagreen Square with Stainless Steel Silver Handles 18.11 x 18.11 x 1.96 in. Polyurethane 1630106
A book on antique furniture on the cottage coffee table beside the rattan tray and the pewter clam shell bowl implies that the person who lives here reads and looks at things carefully. In Iris's cottage, surrounded by objects that have been there fo...
Unique Coffee Table Book on Antique Furniture | Perfect Bookcase Decor | Vintage Entryway Organizers and Sofa Table Styling
Vintage MCM wine glasses at the cottage dining table or on a bar cart add the kind of specific character that brand-new glassware never manages. The midcentury silhouette works in both the cottage and the LA aesthetic - warm and collected in the firs...
Midcentury Modern Wine Glasses | Vintage Glassware | Minimalist Decor for Bar Cart | MCM Cocktail Glasses to Pair with Wine Rack
A small MCM wood keepsake box with clean proportions and honest construction holds the small objects that a bedroom or bathroom surface accumulates. The midcentury modern form works in the cottage register beside more ornate pieces and in the LA regi...
Vintage Small Wooden Keepsake Box | MCM Wood Jewelry Organizer | Bathroom Vanity Storage Organization | Wedding Memory Box
Marble coasters beside a glass tray and a wine glass on the cottage coffee table or the LA house side table make a surface feel ready for company. The MCM stone form has enough visual weight to read from across the room. Practical every day and beaut...
MCM Marble Coaster Set for Bar Cart & Cocktail Glasses | Earthy Home Decor for Side Tables or Small Coffee Tables
Furniture
A nightstand with cabinet storage in a warm wood finish holds the lamp, the current book, and whatever gets set down at the end of the day. The cabinet door keeps the surface organized without making the room feel clinical. In the cottage bedroom bes...
Summerville Cabinet Nightstand (28")
Iris's cottage bedroom runs on the kind of warmth that a rattan daybed brings immediately. The brown wood frame and woven rattan back give it a period and natural quality that reads English countryside without requiring anything else in the room to d...
Baxton Studio Ogden Brown Wood & Rattan Twin Daybed
A round glass end table in clear and sandy gray is the Amanda LA house side table - light, transparent, not asking for attention. Glass at this scale keeps a room from feeling crowded while still providing the surface that a lamp and a small object n...
Acme Furniture Brantley 22 in. Clear and Sandy Gray Round Glass End Table LV00436
A beige wingback fabric armchair belongs in the cottage sitting room pulled toward the window or beside a lamp in a reading corner. The wingback form is the most specifically English seating silhouette in domestic furniture - enclosed, slightly forma...
COLAMY Modern Wingback Fabric Armchair Beige
A large square tufted blue velvet ottoman serves as a coffee table, extra seating, or footrest in the cottage sitting room. The tufted velvet reads warm and period-adjacent. The blue tone picks up the navy rug in the room's palette without matching i...
Magic Home 35 in. Modular Large Square Bench Tufted Velvet Upholstered Armless Coffee Table Ottoman Living Room Apartment Sofa,Blue CS-W39526690
A floral upholstered swivel armchair is the living room piece that works in the cottage register with pattern and in Amanda's LA register with the swivel function and transitional form. Two of them facing each other across a coffee table creates the ...
JAYDEN CREATION Lauren Floral Transitional Wooden Upholstered Living Room Swivel Armchair with Metal Base Set of 2 ZSWBT0119-FLR-S2
A black leather bench belongs in Amanda's LA house - at the foot of the bed, at the entry of a room, or at the end of a hallway where its clean form and dark material read with the precision that defines that aesthetic. The 18-inch height keeps it lo...
Safavieh Amalia 18in Black Leather Bench
A white Victorian metal bed frame is the English cottage bedroom anchor that reads period-correct and instantly recognizable. The headboard detail gives it the ornate quality the cottage aesthetic requires. Under a burnt orange velvet runner and stri...
VECELO Victorian Bed Frame White, Heavy Duty Metal Bed Frame, Queen Platform Bed with Headboard，No Box Spring Needed
A solid mahogany traditional dining chair from Hickory Chair Co. is the quality piece that the cottage dining room deserves. The James River collection has genuine craftsmanship behind it - the mahogany construction and the traditional form read as f...
HICKORY CHAIR Co. James River Collection Solid Mahogany Traditional Style Dining Side Chair
A warm brown round pedestal dining table in the cottage dining room creates the intimate circular seating arrangement that a square table never quite manages. The pedestal base gives it a slightly formal quality that reads well beside the mahogany ch...
NEW CLASSIC HOME FURNISHINGS New Classic Furniture Sunset Brown Wood 48 in. Pedestal Round Dining Table (Seats 4) D5398-11
A small round black metal tray-top side table with foldable legs is the practical LA house piece that earns its place by doing exactly what it needs to and nothing more. The tray top holds a drink or a candle. The foldable legs mean it can be moved w...
The Urban Port 15" Modern Side End Table Metal Round Tray Top Foldable Legs Black
Textiles
A burnt orange and white striped pillow on the cottage sofa or the daybed brings the bed runner's color to the living spaces without repeating it exactly. The stripe reads classic and slightly English - the kind of pillow that belongs beside a floral...
Leaveland Burnt Orange White Stripe Pillow
Antique rose cotton curtains are the most specifically Iris's cottage detail on this list. The floral pattern, the cotton fabric, the rose tone that reads warm and slightly faded - this is the curtain that makes a cottage room feel like it has been t...
Greenland Home Antique Rose Cotton Curtain Set
A soft navy rug grounds the cottage sitting room with color that reads deep and warm against the floral curtains and the beige wingback chair. The Ruggable construction means it is washable, which matters in a house that gets genuinely lived in durin...
Outdoor Allura Soft Navy Rug | Ruggable US
Striped sheets in an offbeat color combination bring the layered, slightly unpredictable quality of the cottage bedroom's textile story to its most foundational layer. The Eva Chen design has the specific personality that makes a sheet set worth nami...
Eva Chen Offbeat Stripes Sheet Set
A burnt orange velvet bed runner across the foot of the Victorian bed is the color note that makes the cottage bedroom feel warm and considered rather than simply functional. The velvet texture catches the morning light from the low cottage windows. ...
Burnt Orange Velvet Bed Runner: Luxury Cotton Velvet, Twin to King
Textured dark grey cotton curtains at 108 inches are the Amanda LA house window treatment - long, floor-to-ceiling, quietly present. The texture gives them visual weight without pattern. At this length they read architectural rather than decorative, ...
Modern Harlon Textured Dark Grey Cotton-Blend Window Curtain Panel 48"x108" + Reviews | CB2
A large faux fur rug in light brown is the cottage bedroom or living room floor piece that makes a room feel physically warm rather than just visually cozy. Underfoot beside the Victorian bed or in front of the armchair, the texture changes the exper...
iliebe Mmlior Faux Rabbit Fur Light Brown 6 ft. x 9 ft. Fluffy Cozy Furry Area Rug TMBERC69
Lighting
A pleated shade wall sconce is the cottage bedroom or hallway light that provides the warm, enclosed glow the English interior runs on. The pleated shade diffuses light softly and reads period-adjacent without being a reproduction. Mounted on either ...
Baylor Pleated Shade Sconce (10")
A metal round chandelier over the cottage dining table is the overhead lighting piece that makes a room feel like it was designed rather than illuminated. The round form in adjustable scale means it can be fitted to the actual room rather than approx...
Collins Metal Round Chandelier (36"-60")
A glass cage pendant is the Amanda LA house kitchen or dining room light - architectural, transparent, clean. The cage form reads contemporary and slightly industrial in a room that is otherwise operating in a sleek domestic register. Hung over the d...
Wendy Umanoff Glass Cage Pendant
A clean architectural wall sconce is the Amanda LA house wall light - precise in form, deliberate in placement. Unlike the pleated cottage sconce, this one makes no attempt at warmth through shade or material. It earns its place through form alone. M...
Architectural Wall Sconce
A white ceramic lamp with a cotton shade is the nightstand or console lamp that works in both the cottage and the LA aesthetic depending on what surrounds it. Beside the Victorian bed with a warm throw nearby, it reads cottage. On a console in a room...
Keazile Lila 25 in. White Ceramic Table Lamp with Cotton Shade KZ-JLA-TL15-WH
Wall Decor
A 16x20 ornate silver frame on the cottage wall holds a landscape print, a botanical art piece, or a family photograph in a size that reads from across the room. The ornate silver reads period-correct for the cottage without requiring the wall to do ...
Craig Frames 16x20 Ornate Silver Frame
A soft black gallery frame with a white mat is the Amanda LA house framing choice - clean, quiet, the frame that makes the image inside it the only thing visible. Use it for the fine art photography print or for a personal photograph on a console or ...
Gallery Soft Black Picture Frame with White Mat 8"x10"
A black and white fashion photography print in the Amanda LA house reading room or bedroom is the wall art choice of someone who edits film trailers for a living and knows something about composition. The Vogue reference sits naturally in a room wher...
Fine Art Black And White Photography Print Woman With Magazine - Vogue Magazine Fashion Woman Portrait Fine Art Photography Home Decor
A handmade cherry wood scalloped mirror above the cottage dresser or in the bathroom brings warm wood and period detail to the wall in the most personal spaces of the house. The scalloped edge reads French country and English cottage simultaneously -...
Vintage Handmade Cherry Wood Scalloped Mirror | Decorative Bathroom Vanity | Rustic French Country Decor
An original small botanical painting in green and orange reads warmly in the cottage sitting room or bedroom where the palette is already running toward orange and botanical tones. The original work means no other room has this exact piece - which is...
Vintage Original Flower Painting | Green Orange Botanical Wall Art | MCM Framed Art | Small Oil Acrylic Artwork | Maximalist Decor