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Spring is definitely right around the corner, but many of you are probably still digging out from this winter’s heavy snowfalls.  Perhaps a visit to a lovely Italian home with a definite cottage-style décor will brighten up your day…

And another way to add more color and thoughts of summer is the art of Martha Baum, known for her vibrant paintings of the Maine coast.

This month’s Showcase Cottage features The New Economy Cottage from noted architect Marianne Cusato.  This creative design features a compact, but spacious plan that is both flexible and affordable to build.

 

 

cottage style living room of Federica Piccinini

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affordable cottage plans

Cottage living means walking autumn trails
Paperwhites are a great way to add color and fragrance to your cottage this winter.  Read more...
 
 

 

The New Economy Home, from Marianne Cusato, is this month's Showcase Cottage plan.  More...

 


Spotlighting Cottage Blogs The list of blogs featuring the joys of cottage living continues to grow. Here are some of the latest additions to our list of favorites.
 
 
 

News From Our Cottage

2010 Dream Home To Be Awarded by HGTV

On January 1st,  HGTV will begin accepting entries in the drawing for the 2010 Dream Home being awarded by the popular  cable TV network for home decorating and gardening ideas. In addition to a custom-designed 3,900-square-foot mansion that features southwestern architecture blended with modern design, this year’s grand prize includes the added bonus of an all-new 2010 GMC® Terrain and $500,000.  For more details…


HGTV Dream Home 2010

Georgia Cottage Community To Offer Smaller Cottages

 
Serenbe, the new traditional neighborhood springing up near Atlanta, recently announced plans to build a group of small footprint cottage homes designed with innovative environmental features.  For more information...

Serenbe offers new small cottage plans

Cottage Blog Of The Year For 2009

All Things Cottage is awarding its first annual Cottage Blog Of The Year award for 2009 to The Pioneer Woman, the highly popular and widely followed blog written and posted each day by Ree Drummond, an Oklahoma ranch wife and mother of four. More...

The Pioneer Woman  - Cottage Blog Of The Year

Cinnamon Apple Raisin-Bread Pudding

Cinnamon Apple Raisin Bread Pudding

This quick and easy variation of an old time favorite makes a great brunch or dinner treat on a cold and snowy winter day.  Get the recipe...


 

Art and craft from a New Orleans cottage

Daron Douglas weaves a fabric of music and art in her New Orleans cottage.

Having survived the ravages of Katrina, Daron Douglas’s New Orleans cottage is today filled with the brilliant colors of her handwoven  fabric rugs and the sounds and melodies of her enchanting violin ballads.  More...

 

Cottage pottery in Berea Kentucky

Berea, Kentucky...a great place to explore cottage arts and crafts.

Anyone who loves cottage arts and crafts and just happens to be passing through Eastern Kentucky on I-75 will certainly want take a brief side trip and explore the arts and crafts mecca to be found in this unique college town.  More...

 

Seth Peterson Cottage by Frank Lloyd Wright
This small cottage is the smallest structure designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
Available to the public as a vacation rental,  the Seth Peterson Cottage is set deep in the Wisconsin woods along a beautiful lake.  More... 

 


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Highlights In This Issue

weekend cottage vacations

This tiny hamlet, named among the Ten Top Romantic Ski Towns, is a great place for a late winter weekend getaway.  More…

cottage art of Martha Baum

The colorful art of Maine artist, Martha Baum, will brighten your cottage decor in these dreary days of winter.  See more...


Siglinda Scarpa - Cottage Pottery and Cooking

Siglinda Scarpa is an Italian-born artist…described by one writer as a “potter, sculptor, chef, poet and lover of all things living.”  More about this remarkable lady...

 

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Thinking about a Cottage Destination for your next Getaway Weekend or Family Vacation?   
Then be sure and visit our list of cottage rentals...each selection offers a unique and interesting escape from the ordinary.   View the list.