British Cottage126 Shrewsbury Avenue   Red Bank, New Jersey

  British Cottage NewsIn mid-August we are off to exhibit our wares at the New York International Gift Fair!Twice a year wholesalers from all over the world present their products to buyers looking for the latest inovations in furnishings, tabletops, accessories, housewares and more.   At British Cottage we have spent years evolving an approach to decorating that incorporates a retrocharm with function.  We want things to be beautiful, of course, but rooms are for living.Scrubbed pine tables, plenty of bookcases, blue and white china, rusty chandeliers, vintage dough bowls, old maps, and botannical prints are just our part of the equation.  The rest is up to you; the idea has always been to help you create your own look, not a page from a magazine or a catalogue. And clearly we have been successful.  Over the last 24 years we have sold thousands of items to rock stars and plumbers, moguls and minions, and for a while we have been thinking,why not cast our net a little further than the Jersey shore?So we're off to New York.  We plan to wholesale the pine furniture we have made at our factory in Hungary and offer one-of-a-kind antiques and accessories that we picked up on our European travels.Wish us luck; or better yet come in and see for yourself all the really cool stuff we have to offer.  
        We know it is way too hot to think about decorating, so come to British Cottage and let us do the thinking for you.  This is not rocket science--it is summer and you need to hang out and enjoy your life.A fabulous farm table, some comfortable chairs, a great chandelier,dim the lights and add a bottle of wine and voila--you have a party!Enjoy the moment.There are at least six different 8' & 9' farmhouse tables on the floor, and the same goes for our selection of antique and reproduction chests of drawers.  We've got a great selection of cupboards in stock and a number of long, narrow tablesthat would work in a dining room, behind the sofa,or even under the flatscreen tv.

 Possibly because we spent over twenty years buying container loads of antique

European furniture, at British Cottage we are really good

at finding the newly made items that are unique and special--before they get

 copied and mass produced by the big chain stores and catalogues.   Whether traveling in England

or on the continent or at market in North Carolina it is the classic style of weathered wood

and handmade construction that appeals to us.  While we miss the absolute uniqueness of an

antique piece, we appreciate the stability, functionality and pricing that comes with new furniture.

We like to think we are selling the antiques of tomorrow.  All the furniture in our store is worthy of being handed down through the generations.

You won't be sorry you took the time to visit British Cottage and see things

that are not mass produced, catalogued and available everywhere else...

You'll love our lamps,

marvel at our mirrors and be wowed by our selection of vintage prints and photographs.

Can't make it in during our regular hours?   Call for an evening appointment,

732 530 0685.

And check out our  blog at:

www.britcottage.blogspot.com

Meanwhile here's a few quick decorating tips:

1.   Get rid of the clutter.  Sort the mail, recycle the magazines and catalogs, go through the

shoe pile, throw out all unmatched socks, and anything broken (this includes electronics). 

If you live locally and need furniture repairs, call British Cottage and we can recommend someone.