The holiday cottage interior

I can’t think of a better movie for us to ring in the New Year with than Nancy Meyers’ The Holiday (2006), one of my personal favorite romantic comedies. Filmed on location in both California and the English countryside of the U.K., The Holiday is a charmi

Is this cottage familiar to you? Welcome to the fifty-eighth post in the series "Living Large in Small Spaces". If you answered "yes" to the posed question, then you may know that this is Rosehill, Iris' cottage in the 2006 movie The Holiday. Although it's been shared on other blogs, I decided to feature it after Connie of Gosherd Valley Cottage sent me an email with an interior photo of Rosehill and asked if I "knew" it. Actually, the lead photo isn't the exterior of an actual cottage. It's…

In 2013, "Fixer Upper" first aired, and over the last seven years we've learned what a "modern farmhouse" looks like. Even city dwe ...

'Tis the season to curl up and watch the now-classic Nancy Meyers rom-com 'The Holiday', and we've put together a guide to decorating your house as if you were Kate Winslet in the English countryside.

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Sunshine and candles in the cottage. I have cracked October. Keep the lamps lit, the candles flaming and capture any second that the sun appears on camera! Thank goodness that there has been sunshine since my cottage hovel return after the extraordinary castle adventure. I fear it is going to be an apple crumble day today, I am missing my castle comforts (how can an old castle be warmer than my cottage??? This is preposterous. Our logs are being delivered today so I shall light a fire and…

Lavender Cottage is a romantic Grade II listed property which is stunningly presented – it’s luxury all the way! Just kick off your shoes, relax, unwind…and enjoy! A beautifully furnished cottage, Lavender tastefully combines vintage finds, seaside paintings, local antiques and lots of luxurious fabrics. A gorgeous shaker style kitchen, a modern bathroom, and gas […]

With the holiday season just around the corner, it’s time to start decking the halls! Check out these 30 festive window decor ideas for Christmas.

A look at how they built Rosehill Cottage for the movoie "The Holiday" on an empty field in the English countryside and decorated those memorable sets.

Cottage interior design is familiar to all of us - a cosy armchair by the fire, simple wooden furniture, quilt-covered beds to sink into... We've gathered our most inspiring interiors from around the archive.