Country Cottage 2024

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Style with Fresh Charm

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EDITOR Katie Ellis EDITORIAL DIRECTOR, LIFESTYLE Lisa Frederick MANAGING EDITOR Bethany Adams SENIOR FEATURES EDITOR Elizabeth Czapski FEATURES EDITOR Holly Seng EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Claire Pool SR. FEATURES EDITOR, LIFESTYLE Kate Lorio SENIOR COPY ED
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Editor’s Letter
Welcome to Country Cottage, a special edition of The Cottage Journal magazine. This edition affords a fresh look at indoor and outdoor living. We offer collectible treasures, artists’ works, and a variety of cottages for decorating inspiration. “Homa
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Ode To The Equine
For centuries, horses have provided civilizations with transportation, vitality, and companionship. And individuals who share a bond with horses often find ways to showcase their affection through various equine collections. For Linda Holman, who has
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One-of-a-Kind Treasures
Country cottage style is warm and welcoming, often with an eclectic twist—and precisely the look Trissy Holladay has achieved in her dwelling. With her eye for design, she has created cottage treasures from what many would call junk. Days of antiquin
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Homage to Heritage
Tucked away from the Florida sun, this shady Seagrove cottage welcomes friends and family for afternoons of fun in this seaside resort. The cottage’s crisp white exterior shines bright against its vibrant red double doors that open to an inviting fro
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Bright and Beautiful
From the outside, this brick Cape Cod-style cottage, nestled in the center of a town where there are more apple orchards than traffic lights, may seem like any other house on the street. But open the front door and that illusion quickly vanishes; the
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A Place to Create
When Wendy Morrison purchased her North Carolina cottage in 2012, she could see past its decade of renter neglect. Mustard yellow walls, a leaking roof, and worn floors didn’t dissuade her. Instead, she found motivation in the idea of her home’s firs
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Modern Tennessee Farmhouse
Driving up to Celia and Greg Turner’s charming Tennessee cottage-style farmhouse, you’ll notice the street’s large, arching trees; wide, inviting spaces of green; and general lack of traffic, making it all too easy to feel like you’re deep in the cou
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Happy with Nature
In 2008, Dershie and Larry McDevitt decided to take on a major renovation of the home they had purchased 15 years earlier. The house sits in a valley near Asheville, North Carolina, and Dershie exclaims, “It’s truly a fun house on a very busy piece o
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The Tin Cottage
It’s easy to find inspiration for interior design and décor in the pages of magazines. Bringing that inspiration to life, however, can be a challenge. For Kim Adkins and her husband, Marshall, it was a challenge they embraced and enjoyed working thro
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An Unexpected Delight
Brown floors, brown cabinets, beige walls—Peggy Barnhart thought these were the makings for kitchen drudgery. And as an artist and lover of color, Peggy’s color choices are anything but dull. So her designing mind began planning and plotting how to c
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The Potting Shed
This quaint stone building provides the necessities for a gardener’s potting shed. A worktable and chair make the task of planning and potting a little easier. Several old wooden cabinets have been collected and repurposed to provide needed storage.
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Forged Design
“Horses can teach you a lot once you learn how to listen to them,” Wayne Parden says. Such is the case with the Belgian draft horses Wayne and his wife, Jenny, raise on their farm. Using their horses as his initial inspiration, Wayne set out to chann
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Credits & Resources
To find out more about product sources or to contact the design professionals, see credits and contacts listed below. Photography by Stephanie Welbourne Steele. Pages 15–18—Interior designs by Trissy Holladay. Pages 19–26—Collection arrangements by M

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