Innholdsfortegnelse for Winter 2022 i The Cottage Journal

COMFORT AT HOME The new year brings fresh inspiration for making home a place of comfort and peace. We love providing you with curated ideas for a cozy, winter-styled home. And we really enjoy not only helping you refresh your cottage for the new year but also letting you hear from expert designers. Within this issue are six full home tours, from historic to contemporary, and personal stories of homeowners who share an inside view of how they executed their visions. A preservation challenge in Alexandria, Virginia, was the situation one family faced in “Old Town Made New” on page 61. Through planning the remodel with the family in mind, the design team added period details to bring a storied home back to life. Similarly, another historic renovation, featured in…

Whether you’re on the fence about incorporating antiques into your home’s interiors or you just aren’t sure where to begin, Jessica Lev of Jessica Lev Antiques recommends starting small. Don’t let their compact size fool you—these pieces make a big impact as they lend warmth and add depth to any room. “Accessories are the easiest way to bring antiques into your house and see how you feel about them,” says Jessica, who runs a custom antiques sourcing business in Houston, Texas. “They’re little, portable, can be shifted around, and are much more economical.” A firm believer that finishing touches are the most important elements in a space, Jessica considers antique boxes and books her go-to accents. Gently worn leather-bound books in rich hues anchor airy palettes while stacked antique boxes…

When the air takes on a chill and the last blooms of autumn fade away, winter’s beauty arrives with a flurry of snowflakes, settling into Philadelphia’s Longwood Gardens to stay. Exploring hundreds of acres throughout the winter months, you’ll find a carefully preserved legacy that reaches back to the early 1900s, when Pierre S. du Pont purchased what was then known as Peirce Farm. Inspired by international travels, Pierre began his transformation of the land with the 600-foot-long Flower Garden Walk that remains a favorite of visitors today—but over a century later, a visit to Longwood has far more to offer. Winding paths lead guests through a variety of areas like the 7-acre Peirce’s Woods or the Topiary Garden featuring 35 geometric forms dusted with fresh snow. Guests looking to…

Creamware was perfected in the mid-1700s as Europe’s economical counterpart to popular but expensive Chinese porcelain. This refined earthenware pottery naturally acquired its name from the creamy color of its appearance. Although many experimenters and developers had a hand in creamware’s birth, Josiah Wedgwood is best remembered for his refinement and successful marketing of the product. He became known as the Potter to Her Majesty after furnishing Queen Charlotte with his creamware line, which he then proudly (and cleverly) renamed queensware. The majority of creamware is plain, but this versatile pottery was also decorated with transfer print designs, as well as monochrome and polychrome enamel colors. Many pieces were reticulated or pierced, which gives the edges a lacy appearance. Creamware can be found today in fine antiques stores, shows, and…

Nothing makes a wintry day at home feel warm and cozy quite like a one-of-a-kind rug underfoot. Choosing an antique rug for your space is exciting, but selecting the right one can be a daunting task—and taking care of your investment is even more challenging. To help, Joanna Mahserdjian, owner of Upstate Rug Supply based in Hudson, New York, imparts her expertise on the selection, care, and keeping of antique rugs, ensuring your new favorite accessory will add comfort to your cottage for decades to come.…

Upon purchasing a 1925 English Tudor-style cottage in Indiana with her husband in 2019, Kelly Colby was fully aware that the house was going to need lots of love. As a team member at Tiffany Skilling Interiors, however, she had the confidence—and the resources—to pull it off. “I dragged [Tiffany] through the house and said, ‘What are we going to do to this?’” she says. To answer that question, the two needed to find the perfect balance between preserving the past and bringing the home into the present. “It’s always our intention in a whole-house renovation—especially with an older historic home—to keep all the integrity of the architecture and special details of the home, but make it function better for a modern family,” Tiffany says. In the case of the…

Fireside Respite Page 14—(Top right) Chair, bench, and books from Maison de France Antiques. Accessorize with Antiques Pages 19–21—Featured shop: Jessica Lev Antiques in Houston, Texas. Page 20—(Top left) Interior designs by Katie Davis, Katie Davis Design. (Bottom right) Interior designs by Jennifer Barron, Jennifer Barron Interiors. Page 21—(Top left) Interior designs by Amanda Simmons, Amanda Simmons Interiors. (Top right) Interior designs by Laura Weaver, Laura Weaver Interiors. (Bottom) Interior designs by Jennifer Barron, Jennifer Barron Interiors. Antique Upkeep Pages 23–26—Featured shop: Upstate Rug Supply in Hudson, New York. Market Finds Pages 27-30—Interior designs by Jamie Montgomery, Montgo Farmhouse. Page 28—(Bottom right) Gold platter, napkins, and flatware sourced from Bromberg’s. Farmhouse in the Woods Page 33–38—Interior designs by Nicola Manganello, Nicola’s Home. Pages 35–36—Dining table, side chairs, writing desk, and…

A family in need of more space, a storied Virginia home due for an update, and strict guidelines for preserving neighborhood history created a perfect storm of a challenge that the staff at Marks-Woods Construction Services were more than happy to tackle. “[The homeowners] have a growing family and needed the space,” says co-owner and director of business development, Greg Marks. “And so, they reached out to Lyndl Joseph, who is a local architect.” With an architectural plan in place, the family turned to Marks-Woods to bring the conceptual vision into the real world. “Essentially, what they were looking to do was a three-level rear addition and complete home remodel,” Greg says. In the Old Town district of Alexandria, Virginia, that required working within parameters set by the city’s Board…

Exploring leads to innovation, and so after more than two decades of honing his skills as a woodworker, Mike Christie-Fogg went in another direction to find his niche as an artist. From building custom furniture and cabinetry to applying antique finishes, Mike developed his woodcraft, all the while stocking up on old pieces of lumber for later use. One day while delivering a farm table and benches to a store, he was taken with an outdoor faux bois garden piece, impressed by its unusual beauty and expense. The French term for “false wood,” faux bois is a mid-19th-century French art form that imitates wood or wood grain in various mediums. Mike became obsessed with learning more about this rare technique and discovered an online forum about ferrocement faux bois from…