The Cottage Journal

Decorating with New & Old Blending timeless and contemporary décor remains a popular trend that never fails to elevate personal style. For this special issue of The Cottage Journal, we travel the country, sharing creative ways to bring vintage style into your home and spotlighting interior designers and homeowners who have created handsome spaces with a collected feel. Whether it’s a weekend country escape or a chic urban dwelling, filling your home with collected antiques and salvaged accessories will make your cottage truly unique. Sentimental items are priceless, and for the homeowner in “A Spirit of History” on page 45, her Texas farmhouse is a weekend destination for the family to gather and celebrate memories. Filled with quilt-topped beds, antique furniture pieces against white shiplap walls, and images of farm animals, this…

Vintage cottage style is warm and welcoming, often with an eclectic twist—and precisely the look Trissy Holladay has achieved in her dwelling. With her eye for design, she has created cottage treasures from what many would call junk. Days of “antiquing” in flea markets, antiques stores, and junk stores from New York to Florida have provided her with hours of fun and entertainment. As a result of her travels, Trissy’s back porch displays a compilation of treasures that are sure to spark your own creative ideas. For instance, two large corbels, thought to be originally from New York, had been in her mother’s basement for some time when she decided they would make ideal supports for a buffet top. A 7-foot piece of iron fencing became the back, and Trissy ordered…

Hannah McClain likely didn’t realize when she came across vintage Pyrex at a yard sale in 2016 that a new passion had been sparked. “One of the sets was still in the box,” she recalls. “The seal hadn’t even been broken yet.” The encounter planted a seed that, over the last few years, has blossomed into an impressive collection spanning decades of patterns, shades, and shapes. It’s a sight that’s common in many homes across the country, as vintage enthusiasts find themselves drawn to the iconic and colorful pieces that remain functional decades after their creation. Surprisingly, though, the Pyrex line began not in a kitchen, but in a lab. In 1908, Corning Glass Works developed a glass dubbed Nonex, which was formulated to withstand changes in temperature for use in railroad…

Beth Hubrich has been passionate about antiques from the time she was a young girl going to garage sales with her father. And though the thrill of the hunt was instilled in her at an early age, it wasn’t until years later that she found a way to share that passion with others. A renovation project to her hundred-year-old home in Homewood, Alabama, became the catalyst for both buying and selling her unique vintage wares. “I would come across these really amazing finds, and I would just hate leaving them (even if they didn’t work for me), because I knew they belonged in somebody’s house,” Beth says. “It wouldn’t necessarily work for my house, but in that buying-and-selling process, I realized that I’ve always loved antiques and hunting for antique items.…

Nestled on the coastline of Washington’s Puget Sound and featuring a garden reminiscent of Eden, Kim Robinson’s hundred-year-old cottage is hard to miss. Take a step inside, and you’ll realize that it’s not just the house itself that’s a treasure. Kim has had a passion for vintage finds and antiques for decades now, but it wasn’t until ten years ago that she and her husband decided their home should also proclaim their love for old things. Almost by chance, the couple happened upon the 1,600-square-foot cottage in a quaint community where houses are often passed down through family generations rather than sold. But there was plenty of work to be done. Over the years, the couple and their trusted contractor have renovated every square inch of the home, bringing new life…

As an antiques dealer, an affinity for timeworn treasures comes with the territory. Owner of Old World Antieks, one of the largest antiques stores in the country, Amy Brown has an eye for good design and loves giving old pieces—and places—a fresh new life. So, it was no surprise that this historic 1900s home in Fayetteville, Texas, captured Amy’s attention long before she even stepped inside. “It was always my favorite house in Fayetteville,” she says. “My friend and I would drop our kids off for school and go on walks, and we’d always stop at this house and say, ‘This house is so cute!’” As fate would have it, Amy purchased the home a few years later and quickly began to incorporate her classic, vintage-style aesthetic into its design. While…