The word ‘cottage’, which was originally ‘cotter’, made a long way from meaning a peasant living in a small home with a barn to meaning just a small house. While the cottages of Europe serve as dwellings, the cottages of America usually refer to a vacation home. How does it look and how to pull...
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Vintage Rural Cottage With Modern Furniture
How to integrate modern decor into a vintage rural cottage? Fashion designer Sun Min and architect Christian Taeubert showed how to do that renovating a neglected cottage and its courtyard in rural China. The dwelling is 76 square meter and was built in the 1970s but had collapsed perimeter walls and overgrown grounds. It retains...
Tranquil Minimalist Lakeside Cottage
A gorgeous holiday retreat with amazing views is what most of us are dreaming about now. And the home we are sharing today is right like that – a beautiful lakeside cottage with relaxing views! The house is 1500 sq.ft. and it was created by YH2 Architecture. The home is built of wood and features...
Edwardian Cottage Turned Into A Contemporary Home
A charming Edwardian timber cottage called Gable House was renovated by Sheri Haby Architects into a modern and chic space, very functional and inviting. The owner didn’t want any size changes, he was looking for better layouts and organizing. Sheri Haby Architects provided a spacious, light-filled, open plan area at the back of the home...
Gabled Lakeside Cottage With Contemporary Decor
Polish studio HOLA Design built a cool gabled lakeside cottage with gorgeous views of the artificial lake and two nearby castles. The architecture and design of the cottage reflects the history and folk-art tradition of these places. The gabled volume is clad in aspen shingles that extend across the front facade and over the roof....
A Modern Transformation Of A Seaside Cottage
An old seaside cottage got a chic modern renovation by Guillaume Terver and Christophe Delcourt and became cozier and more inviting, with gorgeous views. Ready to see this cool combo of old and modern? Let’s do it! The cottage is clad with stone and the roof is dark, it looks very traditional from the outside....
Classic Irish Cottage With A Pastoral Landscape Around
Ever dreamed of staying in a charming little Irish cottage? This white house with a red iron roof is an incarnation of such a gorgeous home. It’s set in the remote lakeside town of Treangarrive in County Kerry, lost within a wilderness of emerald green farmland and cloud-shrouded mountains. Let’s take a look at it....
Modern Beach Cottage With A Cozy Feel
Cortney Bishop continues striking us with creative, eclectic, edgy style. This beach cottage is another stunner, it’s decorated in modern beach style without too much fuss, with subtle seaside touches that make it unobtrusive but very stylish. Bright white walls and ceiling to create a simple, bright backdrop to funky furnishings and graphic patterned curtains...
Traditional And Cozy Island Beach Cottage
This Bainbridge Island beach cottage sits right on the water with views of the Seattle skyline and Mount Rainier in the distance. It was built in 1915, but after extensive renovations, it looks like a new house inside yet outside it preserved that special retro charm and coziness, it looks very inviting. Inside the house...
Historical English Cottage With A Cantilevered Glazed Extension
This cozy Victorian-style cottage strikes you with an ultra modern glass walled extension which makes an open plan kitchen under a floating cantilevered ceiling the centerpiece of the home. The beautiful woodland setting filters dappled light onto the stone work surface and table of the kitchen dining area. Beautiful reflections in the glass walls change...