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 ...

N estled in a wildflower meadow in the English countryside, Sienna Miller’s thatched cottage looks straight out of a ...

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 ...

"The Holiday," starring Kate Winslet and Cameron Diaz, is a beloved Christmas movie. The 2006 film is a cross between a Christmas movie and a breakup movie, as Iris (played by Kate Winslet) and Amanda ...

If I asked you close your eyes and imagine a cottage, what would you picture? Would it be a cozy wood-sided house in a beach town, or a quaint thatched-roof home in the English countryside, or maybe a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The holidays are just around the corner — and one of America’s favorite romcoms, “The Holiday,” is set to become a reality. Beginning in the fall of 2023, you can stay in a nearly exact replica of ...

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 ...

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