Cottages and Bungalows

Create the cottage lifestyle you love in any home with expert tips, inspiring house tours, and fun DIY tips and instructions.

Revitalize for Spring!

COTTAGES AND BUNGALOWS

Explore More Springtime Inspiration • Check out this month’s online exclusives.

CB Presents Our Curb Appeal Winner! • A classic beach house won your votes—and hearts—in our second annual contest.

Host a Garden-Themed Luncheon for Mom • Make her special day memorable.

What’s the FUZZ About? • Pantone’s 2024 Color of the Year is Peach Fuzz

An Indoor Garden for Mom • Go beyond the bouquet on Mother’s Day and give mom a tablescape blooming with flowers.

Perk Up Your Porch • Add these fresh elements to your entry to welcome friends and family in style.

Endearing Connections • Treat the women in your life to something special this Mother’s Day.

BEACHY Boho • A rented condominium kitchen shines with splashes of color, tropical touches and a cozy vacation-cottage vibe.

Another Level of Design • See how this cottage was reimagined in form, function and style.

A Home of Hope • A strong single mama who’s faced many challenges enlists her designer friend to turn a dated ranch home into a Florida Regency-inspired bungalow.

Carefree Coastal • A petite pink beach cottage lives large and airily on the southern Rhode Island coast.

Dreaming of a Coastal Breeze • How a designer turned this new build into a multigenerational vacation home.

Second Act • After a lifetime of living with others, a young grandma purchases a home of her own and has it renovated to accommodate a life full of parties, playlists and paw prints.

Classic and Curated • Peek inside the home of our 2023 Curb Appeal contest winner.

COLLECTED Works • Imagine rooms bursting with color, layered with worn textures, and blooming with painted flowers. Upstate New York artist Jennifer Lanne created a home exactly like that!

Details for All Time • Our Project House work continues with a stunning primary bedroom that’s full of Old World details like historically inspired moulding and blue-and-white delft tiles.

For the Love of Decorating • Author/designer Fifi O’Neill believes that curating beautiful and meaningful elements for your home is best pursued with a love for the process.

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Abloom with Beauty • Florals abound in this cottage-core styled home.