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Tag Archives: COTTAGE LIVING
Porch Season Approacheth
WHY IS IT I’m always drawn to the funkiest, most accessible decorating? Somewhere in the back of my mind, I thought that by the time I attained the advanced age of – er, never mind – I’d be reading Architectural … Continue reading
Posted in COTTAGE LIVING, HAMPTONS, INTERIOR DESIGN, LONG ISLAND, OLD-HOUSE MAKEOVERS
Tagged back porch, beach house, COTTAGE LIVING, Domino, front porch, porch, screened porch
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Coslick’s Cottages
SO HERE I AM, trying to renovate just one cottage, and along comes an e-mail from Jane Coslick, who has bought, fixed up, decorated, sold, and/or rented some three dozen of them! She’s well-known as a cottage preservationist on Tybee … Continue reading
Adventures in Cottage Living
MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS RECENTLY in my humble East Hampton cottage. I’ve managed to turn a drab 1930s stick rattan sofa, above, with no cushions, into comfortable seating for my screened porch. All it took was three days wielding a paintbrush (this … Continue reading
Posted in COTTAGE LIVING, LONG ISLAND
Tagged 1930s, Benjamin Moore, Bridgehampton, cottage, COTTAGE LIVING, cushions, East Hampton, paint, porch, rattan, refrigerator, Restoration Hardware, Sailor Sea Blue, screened porch, Smeg, sofa, Springs
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Now Domino is Falling!
DOMINO MAGAZINE IS FOLDING, and I am devastated. Hard on the heels of Cottage Living, my other favorite magazine is ceasing to publish. Why why why why WHY??!!!??? As if it wasn’t enough to lose Cottage Living, Country Living, O … Continue reading
Posted in MISCELLANEOUS
Tagged Blueprint, brick row house, bungalows, Chase booth, Columbia County, COTTAGE LIVING, Country Living, Domino magazine, gingerbread Victorian, HG, O at Home, ranch
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Goodbye, Cottage Living
One of my favorite magazines bit the dust with its December 2008 issue. Cottage Living, launched with fanfare in 2004, is gone. I don’t think I ever missed an issue, though in recent months — probably in a desperate grab … Continue reading
