The Cottage Journal

Easy Living

uilt in the early 1990s, this Oregon home had never been updated and was in need of a face-lift. The homeowner wanted to bring fresh new style to usher in a new stage of her life: empty nester. Easy to live in and maintain was the name of the game when

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