Autumn 2022

The Cottage Journal

Style with Fresh Charm

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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Phyllis Hoffman DePiano EDITOR Katie Ellis MANAGING EDITOR Bethany Adams ASSOCIATE EDITOR Elizabeth Czapski ASSISTANT EDITOR Holly Seng EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Claire Pool SENIOR COPY EDITOR Rhonda Lee Lother COPY EDITOR Adrienne Davis CO
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Editor’s Letter
Hello, friends! It is a privilege and a joy to greet you in this issue as the new editor of The Cottage Journal. I have been working on this beautiful publication for the past nine years, and during that time, I have traveled across the country to me
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A Friendly Fall Welcome
Robbie Mahlman first dipped her toes into the world of Instagram in 2018, in the wake of a breast cancer diagnosis and a new role as an empty nester. Years later, things are looking brighter, and her creative outlet has blossomed into something beaut
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A Year at Chestnut Cottage
From special holidays to backyard get-togethers, Kathryn Crisp Greeley’s Chestnut Cottage is the perfect gathering place to host friends and family. In her book, The Collected Cottage: Gardening, Gatherings, and Collecting at Chestnut Cottage, Kathry
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Time For A Change
After living many years in their 1935 residence and developing a change in taste, these Arlington, Virginia, homeowners decided to freshen up their traditional interiors—opting for a transitional aesthetic with subtle modern flair. With a style descr
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Harvest Heritage
Becca Bertotti credits her love of decorating to her grandmother Ruth, but it wasn’t until she and her husband, John, purchased their home eight years ago and started making it their own that she learned to embrace her current dreamy, neutral style.
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Made For The Mountains
After selling their primary residence in Atlanta, Georgia, Jamie Elliott McPherson and Tra Raines decided to spend the winter at their rental property in Highlands, North Carolina, while they pondered their next move. “In doing so, we actually really
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Building New Beginnings
With her two daughters grown, Rebecca Baggesen was ready to move on to a smaller space out of the suburbs and closer to the hustle and bustle of Richmond, Virginia. A 1950s cottage in a charming, walkable West End village offered the ideal location,
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Shifting With The Seasons
Textile designer, owner of online store JSH Home Essentials, and blogger Jenny Steffens Hobick draws inspiration from nature’s timing when it comes to her seasonally driven collections of pillows, table linens, and wrapping paper. It just so happens
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All In The Family
Designer Kelcey Huff recently revamped the Kensington, Maryland, home she shares with her husband, Joe Sliman, a retired naval surgeon, and their teenage sons. For the renovation, Kelcey collaborated with family-owned businesses, partnering with Mich
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Feat of Function
When Molly and Jeremy Bolton discovered they were expecting their second child, they set out to find a more spacious home with the potential to put their mark on it. A quaint cottage in the Cahaba Heights area of Birmingham, Alabama, fit the bill. “T
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Antiques In The Garden
A fascination with antiques and an adoration for all things gardening collided when Ashley Kay Johnson finally realized her dream of building a greenhouse on her Alabama property. “I’d been wanting to do it for five years,” she notes, adding that the
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Plants with Personality
Since 2002, Sweet Peas Garden Shop has provided residents of Homewood, Alabama, with excellent local products and a fun and funky storefront curb appeal. Area gardeners turn to the trusted staff for advice on everything from annuals and perennials to
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Pick Of The Patch
Business savvy and a passion for textiles have always gone hand in hand for Daria Knowles, founder of Hot Skwash, an Oregon-based company known for its high-end handmade tabletop accents. As a figure skater in high school, she used her artistic abili
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A New Leaf
When Reggie Harrison, George Newsome, and Sebastian Correa teamed up to start Artisan Leaf, offering handcrafted tobacco leaf surfaces, they were a trio unlikely to break into the furniture business. With backgrounds spanning the tobacco industry and
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Red Rock Retreat
The changing autumn leaves aren’t nature’s only red-hued marvels to enjoy this season. Seated just over 100 miles south of the Grand Canyon, a unique red rock paradise is waiting to be discovered. Sedona, Arizona, is known for its brilliant towers of
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Credits & Resources
Pages 25–32—Interior designs by Jamie Elliott McPherson, J. Elliott Style. Pages 26–27—Living room landscape art by Donna Hughes. Cast-stone mantel by François & Co. Pages 27–30—Kitchen countertops by Cambria. Cast-stone range hood by François & Co.

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