The Cottage Journal

Made to Remember

rystle Marie Nickels fondly remembers the state her family’s home was in when they purchased it nearly a decade ago. “When we first moved in, it was straight out of 1990,” she jokes, recalling blue countertops, sponge-painted walls, and dolphin motifs as a few of the main offenders. “So, it was definitely … something that we knew we wanted to change

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