The Cottage Journal

Creating Christmas Magic

t’s fitting that the Allen family found their forever home during the Christmas season. Amy and Eric Allen’s shared enthusiasm for the holidays is evident everywhere from the festive mantel to the garden shed draped in fresh greenery—and it starts to show as early as

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