Innholdsfortegnelse for Autumn 2014 i The Cottage Journal

When homeowner Vicki Knight decided to build her home by a lake, she knew she wanted to bring nature’s masterful views and vibrant color scheme inside. With walls of windows allowing dreamy, natural light to pour through, Vicki says looking outside is like looking at a painting. “The back of the house just pulls the outside in,” she says. “It’s like living art coming through.” With an artful exterior as her inspiration, Vicki worked with designer Pandy Agnew to achieve a comfortable, French provincial aesthetic throughout the home. Vicki told Pandy a few specifics of her vision, like incorporating a travertine stone floor that gives the look of an old Italian road, but other than that all she told her was that she didn’t want the “cookie cutter” look. “Vicki…

Bob Timberlake built his first fishing cabin when he was 12 years old. “Well, it was really a shack,” he says, “but my brother and I loved it. We’d spend the weekend there, living off the land, cooking what we caught. It was great.” The fishing cabin near his Lexington, North Carolina, painting studio is definitely a step up from a shack, but it’s still designed for living simply and close to nature. “We weren’t going to put in a bathroom at first, but then we decided to add one on the porch, and it’s enclosed and heated,” he says. Built by Rene Swing and Brothers of Lexington to Bob’s design and specifications, the cabin is 900 square feet and constructed of hand-hewn logs. A deep screened porch wraps around…

Long before you see your first faerie house, you hear the giggling. And even before that, you see children darting around in fairy wings. It’s October in Old Lyme, Connecticut, the trees are blushing crimson, and the sprites are in building mode. Welcome to the Florence Griswold Museum and its annual Wee Faerie Village where knotholes become front door entryways, pine cones transform into merry-go-round horses, twigs are woven into makeshift ladders, and shelf fungi form miniature gazebos. If you didn’t believe in wee folk before, just eavesdrop on someone younger than 6 years old—you’ll be dodging magic wands left and right. It all started in 2009 when the Florence Griswold Museum decided it was time to coax their visitors outdoors. Originally, the museum was a boarding house where an…

The 150-year-old dairy barn original to Gina Galvin’s property is anything but your typical barn. Complete with its original stalls and three large haylofts, Gina’s 30,000-square-foot barn has been refitted to serve as a place of inspiration for retail buyers and shoppers alike. Seated at the “Peacock Park,” the namesake for Gina’s wholesale line of home décor, and filled with artful vignettes, the inspiration arrives in the form of a barn sale that is open for one weekend each year. “It’s really an inspiration station where people can come and get inspired and take away not only products but display ideas,” Gina says. The Barn Sale grew from Gina’s retail background, her love of antiques, and her creative ingenuity. Living in a small town where shopping often means catalogs, surfing…

It’s not uncommon for a charming, picturesque older home to steal one’s heart, but as so many people have learned, how do you live in it once it is yours? After all, today’s lifestyle is very different from 100 years ago when the home was conceived. The home that stole a Salt Lake City family’s heart is a tall eclectic Victorian built in 1901 with a roof that fits like a brimmed peaked hat. Before even beginning the remodel the family faced a list of immediate problems: not enough space, structural damage accumulated through the years, the need for contemporary-size bathrooms, and a well-equipped kitchen. An architect skilled in historical additions designed a one-story sandstone-clad extension to the home with ample windows. With careful consideration, the windows did not exceed…

George Schoellkopf always knew a garden was in his cottage’s future, but he spent the first couple of years in his cottage stymied. On one hand, he was deeply captivated by the untarnished 1770 Connecticut saltbox. But by the same token, he had no particular interest in going the typical Colonial Revival route for its garden. George was at a stalemate to envision what sort of landscape would speak to the scenic 25-plus-acre property shouldered against a hillside with a brook trickling nearby. His inspiration, or “the clap of thunder,” as George calls it, came when a friend sent him to Sissinghurst Castle in Kent, England, with its labyrinth of rooms partitioned by seemingly ancient brick walls all wrapped in vines. Perhaps not coincidentally, he saw Sissinghurst in September, when…

Despite having a charming downtown and mountain views right outside your windows, you might be tempted to spend all your time cozied up indoors at Hotel Park City in Park City, Utah. The rich wooden beams, inviting leather seating, and roaring fires create an Old-World ski resort atmosphere. Guests can stay in luxurious suites or cottages, perfect for a memorable trip with a group of friends or family members. If you visit in the snowy season, you’ll find the slopes ready for skiing, snowboarding, and sleigh rides. A summertime trip offers horseback riding, golfing, and boating. And any season in Park City means breathtaking mountain views everywhere you look. For more information, visit hotelparkcity.com, or call 435-200-2000. PARK CITY Park City is not only home to world-renowned ski slopes and…

Forming the northern border of Puget Sound, Whidbey Island seems as though it is part of some vast, uncharted wilderness; instead, it’s located only 30 miles from the bustling city of Seattle. The island’s unspoiled beauty allows many of its residents to enjoy a rural-type existence, and one of them, homeowner George Hamilton, has created a homestead in keeping with this bucolic setting. Dotted with mature fir, hemlock, and cedar trees that frame majestic views of the Cascade Range, George’s property also contains pastureland with an arena and barn for his family’s horses. Style Idea Dress up bookshelves and display niches to show off your favorite accessories or cherished mementos. Here the homeowner has filled alcoves with objects and photos from his fishing lodge. After living here for more than…

Longtime Seattle residents Ann and Gil Graham fell in love with nearby Whidbey Island almost as soon as they set foot on it. But when they were ready to retire there, finding the ideal home was another story. They toured house after house, and none were quite right. Then, at the end of a half-mile gravel road, they came across a tiny cottage nestled so naturally into the land that it seemed as though it had grown there. To the south they could see Mount Rainier and to the west, marine traffic on Puget Sound. “I didn’t want anyone else to have this piece of property,” Ann says. “It was like coming home.” Although they’d intended to downsize, the Grahams needed more breathing room than the home’s 970 square feet…

Moving to a new city and searching for the perfect family home is no easy task. But Jay and Camille Dixon accepted the challenge, and their hunt rewarded them with a well-built home and a great neighborhood for raising their children. Now, 15 years later the homeowners wanted to rework the kitchen area. They wanted a larger eating space as well as a place to sit and enjoy their morning coffee and paper. The Dixons’ original kitchen, dining room, and living room were boxed off— typical of 1980s home construction. Camille wanted to open up the area, explaining, “We often entertain my extended family, which is a lot of people, as well as my husband’s coworkers, so we wanted more room and better flow through the area.” Camille says she’s…

There’s a rustic cottage off a quiet country road in Bantam, Connecticut, where the potter’s wheel turns most of the time. And every few minutes a fellow with strong hands, hair tied in a faded bandana against the dust, and a contagious laugh pulls a fistful of clay off the shelf, kneads it into a pliant ball, and sets it in motion. He presses it down, he coaxes it up, and he massages the clay into shape. It takes only a few minutes for a flowerpot to emerge from that lump of clay. It takes longer, however, to delicately apply the sgraffito and press in the traditional stamp that proudly identifies the finished pot as the work of Guy Wolff Pottery. Guy always knew he would earn his living working…

Cover—Autumn wreath from The Magnolia Company. Page 2—Floral sunflower basket from Four Seasons Gallery. Page 9—Pumpkins and lanterns from Lamb’s Ears. Tableware from Denby. Page 10—Small glass lantern and burlap lined basket from Peacock Park Design. Black and white kettle from MacKenzie-Childs. Page 11—Metal floral wall mirrors, birdhouse, and galvanized buckets from Peacock Park Design. Page 12—Bleached pinecones from Leaf & Petal. Acorn and oak basket from Four Seasons Art Group. Rustic Family Design Page 28—Calligraphy by Jan. Suited to Its Setting Pages 37–42—Architecture by Ross Chapin Architects. Interior design by NB Design Group. Landscaping by Kenneth Philp Landscape Architects . Construction by Dan Neumeyer: Jade Craftsman Builders. Brazilian Cherry hardwood floors by Salisbury Woodworking. Page 39—Barstools from Room & Board. Pendant light from The Urban Electric Co. Page 41—Wall…