Thanks for the info, will be sure to pick one up. :-)

Thanks for the heads up. I loved Cottage Living and still miss it. Even before we had a cottage I found it offered inspiration for nearly every type home - traditional to rustic.

I liked that their interpretation of "cottage" wasn't cluttered and cutesy, as it seems to be in other cottage magazines. And the products featured were more often than not items real people could find and afford.

Their projects and ideas weren't kooky, cheap looking or trending toward a look that would be dated within a year. I will look for that issue!

That is exciting news!
Amck- have we seen photos of your cottage?

Thanks for letting us know, I'll look for it. They do the same thing with the Country French issues published once a year with a 2nd printing 6 months later. While expensive I prefer these "bookzines" over magazines because they aren't stuffed with advertising. Fits better on my bookshelf of decorating books. But if they decided to publish a montly french country magazine I'd be one of the first to sign up. However we all know that's not going to happen because FC and cottage style are not "in" style right now. :(

I'll be sure and look for that. Although I don't decorate french country, I always buy that bookazine too!

Cottage not in style? I have to disagree with that based on the many cottage style decorating books and many, many cottage blogs.

tina

Yay! I pine for the return of "Country Living". It was my fave.

cooperbailey - I used the term "cottage" lightly in my above post. DH & I built a lakehouse 2 yrs. ago, which is when I first discovered GW forums while researching appliances.

I did post a few pictures back then, but that was when everything was pretty bare bones and no landscaping, etc. I should update.

We call it a lakehouse because we plan to sell our home and retire there (eventually..)and w/ garage, mudroom, finished basement, etc., people have corrected us when we've referred to it as a cottage. We also use it weekends & holidays year round. People here in NH usually think of a cottage as a summer getaway.

That said, it is relatively modest in size compared to many of the high falutin' lakehouses nearby. And the feel and decor is cottagey - light & airy w/ a lot of fresh white beadboard.

Ohh thanks for sharing. I actually have a cottage :) And it needs to be helped out of the 80's pretty badly LOL I want to go soft, but not cluttered and full of peeling paint furniture etc. :) I will check it out.

There is NO ADVERTISING in it!!!!!!!!!

Last night I picked up a copy. It is 112 pages w/ the back including a Resource List as it was in the monthly issue of the magazine.

Since there is no advertising in it I was fine to pay the $10.99 price tag. Just pure CL large scale photos. Even the smallest photos are large enough to see the details of the rooms! In fact I don't think there's any page w/ more than 2 pics on it - Many pages are simply a full sized photo of a room!

Highly recommend! Off to my DR for a cup of coffee to peruse the issue!