The Cottage Journal

Yuletide Tradition

rom a classic Southern façade to interiors filled with traditional antique furnishings and meaningful vintage accents, every facet of Carolyn and Randy Mayo’s Terrell Hills, Texas, cottage is steeped in history—specifically family history. Inspired by homes found in the historic district of Natchez, Mississippi, most notably an 1800s structure called Myrtle Terrace, iron fencing gives way to brick steps that lead

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