Cottage industry

Sometimes, it's incredibly fun to gawk at the McMansions and daydream about homes that are large enough to house a village and host a soiree with you and your closest 200 friends.  At other times, you simply want a comfortably cozy cottage.  Small enough that the smell of cooking or baking wafts through every room and for your dinner parties to feel like an intimate gathering of lifelong friends.

The home I featured below is one of those cute, quaint cottages.  At around 1,200 square feet, it's about as large as my apartment unit that I currently live in.  What I simply adore about this home is that you can tell real life people live in it.  It's very neat and clean but the kitchen has normal things that you would see in my kitchen - like mismatched tupperware.  My favourite room in the house?  The multi-purpose den and it's colourful rug and artwork.  That's my type of room and I would move into this house in a heartbeat.










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  1. It looks so cozy and the furnitures are so neat! A cute cozy place to live in :)

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  2. I agree, it's a nice house. A front porch with a swing, the great tub, and room for two couches--to facilitate time together and time alone. Very nice.

    But wait, is that the only bathroom? After being one of six kids in a house with one bathroom, I decided I need at least 1.5 baths. Perhaps there's room for an addition on the back. :)

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  3. It looks simple from the outside but the insides are so great! I like the artworks, too! The kitchen is so clean. Yee~ I love clean kitchens :D

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  4. What a lovely place. I dream of finding a little cottage in the woods.

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  5. This is such a cute little house - I love it!

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  6. Cute little cottage. Love the front door and kitchen!

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  7. This house is soooooo adorable !!

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    xoxo from japan

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  8. I totally agree. Cosy is nice.
    Ronnie xo

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  9. I love the glass cabinets in the kitchen.

    Loving this house!! You always have the best picks.

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  10. I do love the older homes with an abundance of character--so perfect for living. The only problem, you do have to watch out for long narrow rooms--so hard to arrange furniture. Or maybe that's a personal problem. Hmm.

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  11. Ever since I was a little girl, when I pictured my dream home it was always a quaint little cottage like this one. I love the hardwood floors throughout - it gives so much character.

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  12. Gosh....the outside does look tiny, but look how great the inside space is! I really really want that kitchen....so homey:)

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  13. that is the size of my place too. that kitchen is adorable! and i thinking about the same time period. i agree i like to see how regular old people live just as much as those that are able to live in big fancy houses.

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  14. I remember daydreaming about a quaint cottage with a porch swing, sitting there, sipping hot cocoa or coffee. Is that a paellera hanging above the range? Would love to make paella in that kitchen and enjoy it with friends.

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  15. the old tiled floor in the bathroom caught my eye. what a unique and cozy little home! much more lovable than a xerox copy of all the other McMansions in existence.

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  16. Oh love love love, the floors are gorgeous and that dotty piece of art in the living room looks really sweet.

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  17. Yes, this kind of house is so much more wonderful than a cavernous mansion. I love the polka-dot art print in the den and the nude sketch in the bathroom. Definitely a well-lived-in home!

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  18. That IS cozy. I really like the upholstery on the Eames lounger and always like the look of a claw foot tub too.

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  19. Such a cute little cottage! I love that type of houses

    Mooij

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  20. I love cottages! I want to live in a little cabin in the woods someday.

    <3 Melissa
    wildflwrchild.blogspot.com

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  21. I love small places, so much more than the larger ones. In the huge {6-8,000 sf} houses I have designed for, the people always seem so stressed out. I'm not sure it's the house doing it but it does take a lot of work.

    This place seems really well laid out from the photos and the neutral colors make it seem plenty large enough.

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  22. I would move into this house in a heartbeat too! I'd love to downsize. That's my goal. We need, I think, to get Callum through school before we can consider a move, but I'd adore a place like this (needs a fireplace though). And you're right. It totally feels like home.

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  23. Oh, I agree. I often dream of having a large gorgeous home... but I think at heart I would like something small, sweet and homey. I mean -- I live in a STUDIO and that is even a chore to clean at times, lol.

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  24. I see what you mean about this home. The outside is a little deceptive, but once inside the home is very cozy. I think whoever staged and/or furnished the home made some great choices. As always, great find.

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  25. This looks like a beautiful version of Sookie's house in True Blood.

    LUXESSED

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  26. I love the porch and the porch swing, always wanted that. And the kitchen gets an A+ for cuteness! I could be very comfortable in this house.

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