The Cottage Journal Country Cottage 2018

Welcome to Country Cottage, a special edition of The Cottage Journal magazine for the warm days of the season. This issue is filled with homes, gardens, and interesting stories shared by readers like you. There are also plenty of collectibles and inspiration for decorating in a comfortable, relaxed style. As antiques dealers, in “For the Love of Antiques” on page 15, the Kleinwachters know a thing or two about architectural remnants and heirloom pieces from all over the world. Their love of collecting began early in life as a passion of each of their families, and antiques are a simple way to bring country style and a one of a kind story to any home. “A Twist on Country Style,” page 73, features the Texas home of the Brown family…

When Cathie Caldwell started collecting jadeite more than 40 years ago, she had no idea how fun and addictive her attraction to this cheery green glassware would become. What started as a simple interest soon became a quest. With a collection that now boasts close to 1,000 pieces—along with two vintage trucks painted in the signature color—Cathie has earned the affectionate title of “The Jadeite Queen.” Jadeite first became all the rage in the 1940s and ’50s when the United States was recovering from World War II and needed something cheerful yet functional. A number of companies produced it, including McKee, Jeannette Glass Company, and, of course, Anchor Hocking Company, producers of the ever-popular Fire-King line called Jade-ite. Although jadeite was originally designed for home use, an extra-sturdy line known…

Amy and Brian Kleinwachter were far from antiques novices when they opened Old World Antieks in the antiques capital of the world, Round Top, Texas. Brian hailed from a family of antiques dealers and had previously co-owned a shop in Colorado, while Amy grew up antiquing with her mother. As a matter of fact, antiquing is what brought the two of them together. “One of my friends introduced me to her,” Brian recalls. “He said, ‘I think you’ll really like Amy. She really loves what you do with antiques,’ and I said, ‘Great, bring her by,’ and we just hit it off.” After years of working in the shop in Colorado, the couple decided to part with the West and pack their bags for their dream location of Round Top.…

Author, interior designer, and stylist Joanne Palmisano knows a thing or two about renovating and repurposing. In her book, Styling with Salvage, Joanne lets us in on her tools, knowledge, and must-have guide to restoring reclaimed materials for every room in the house. Brimming with beautiful photography and how-to projects, this book offers inspiration to flea market hunters everywhere. No matter what type of salvage style you are interested in, Joanne has you covered. She’s even included tips for easy transformations like refinishing antique dressers into bedside tables, finding and purchasing reclaimed wood to be reused, and displaying a collection of antiques in a new and modern way—this book leaves nothing behind. With over 200 pages, Styling with Salvage is chock-full of ways to rethink your space by turning old…

The Rendezvous—French for a meeting place—is business owner Gina Galvin’s Texas dream come true. After years of making biannual trips to the small town of Round Top, Texas, to shop for antiques, the Michigan resident’s passion for creating her own unique “place to meet” in the heart of one of the greatest antiques markets in the country started to take shape. Twice a year, she—like thousands of other eager shoppers and sellers—makes the journey to the Original Round Top Antiques Fair where miles of dealers and tents from all over the country set up and sell their wares in an otherwise quaint town with a population of less than 100. “The hardest thing to do [in Round Top] is find a place to eat and sleep when the population swells…

The day that John Lowery decided to pick up his brush and paint for fun for the first time, he never could have imagined the ride that he was about to take. A commercial illustrator his entire life, John wasn’t a stranger to the arts by any means. But painting just for the sheer joy of it—that was a different story. “I never painted for fun, really. I was always paid to paint,” he says. John considers himself a lifelong artist, always having a passion to create. “My first accolade was a little statue of a mouse holding a paintbrush that my mom gave me that said, ‘World’s Greatest Artist,’” he jokes. After an internship with NASA’s art department, John was quickly launched into the world of marketing, becoming an…