John and Leila Juracek’s British friends tell them their 1929 Tudor Revival house in Baltimore’s Homeland neighborhood is more like an English cottage than the country cottages in England. The ...

Cottage gardens can be achieved on a budget by planting perennial clusters and sourcing decor from garage sales. Reach out to local gardening communities or your neighbors for plant divisions to save ...

To those of you who gaze with envy at glossy pictures of English cottage gardens, longing to turn your front lawn into a riot of flowers but wary of their watering needs, I say, "Pine no more." By ...

Adorable is an adjective we don’t often associate with an architectural style, but it is the perfect description for the English Cottage. One of the several between-the-wars styles, the English ...

Back in the 1960s, English author John le Carré found solace along the U.K.’s Cornish coast, where his longtime home is now up for grabs. The late spy novelist, best known for Tinker Tailor Soldier ...

Some travelers come to England to play king or queen for the day, explore vast ballrooms, see crown jewels, and stand on a tower and shout “lower the drawbridge!” But then there are others who prefer ...

Utah's Alpine Tiny Homes has completed a number of tiny houses in quick succession recently and it's notable that each one has a totally different style. Following the Brown Bear and Artist, the firm ...

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Whether this holiday season has you cozied up with a new beau or coping with a romantic cold shoulder, holiday rom-coms always seem to find a way onto our screens (and into our hearts) this time of ...