Tabla de contenidos para Fall 2022 en BH&G Cottage Style

It wasn’t an easy task, but for Southern California architect Cynthia Childs and her husband, Neal Crowley, finding a home they loved equally was worth the wait. “He was all about the view, and I was all about the bones and the space,” Cynthia says. Every house that fulfilled both their needs would quickly go under contract. But one day, the couple heard about a quaint beach house at the top of a hill. “As we were walking in, a friend of mine was walking out,” Cynthia says. “She said, ‘Oh, dear, this one feels like a lost cause. The only person who could see any potential in it is you!’” Encouraged, Cynthia and Neal took the tour. Although the house seemed to be falling apart at the seams, the views…

On the rare occasion that Nancy Escobar Johnson has the house to herself, she gets to work. She usually only has about three hours before the kids return, so she’ll grab the noisy power tools, nail V-groove paneling onto the wall, or update a room with fresh paint. The self-taught DIYer (who shares her home on her Instagram, @thehillsidehouse) is a perfectionist who contemplates projects in painstaking detail, reads everything she can beforehand, and mines YouTube for the best how-to videos. It is through these DIY projects that Nancy, a former teacher, has been able to give her family’s modern home character beyond its years. In 2015, Nancy and her husband, Eric, moved from San Jose to Morgan Hill, California, with their children Amélie and Sebastian. The small agricultural community…

“You style a room so it looks perfect, but then you have to ‘de-style’ it and mess it up a little. It shouldn’t be too perfect. You want it relaxed. It has to look welcoming.”—Anna Molvik ANNA MOLVIK’S STYLING TIPS SKIP PERFECTION The goal is to create a lived-in feel. Consider draping throws instead of folding them and opening the coffee table book rather than leaving it shut. DECLUTTER Streamline a room’s visual aesthetic by paring down non-essential items. A solid rule of thumb is to make sure every object has a home. BALANCE COLOR For every pop of color, add three neutral shades. This living room uses white, gray, and brown to accentuate vibrant orange. ADD LIFE One of the easiest ways to inject life into a space is…

Drew Scott has a tip for renters like himself: “Go back to a place multiple times to see how the light is. You can’t change that,” he says. The wall-to-wall mirrors and heavily textured popcorn ceilings in this three-bedroom duplex in Los Angeles put him off so much he almost didn’t return. But the natural light flooding each space brought him back. After the landlord agreed to sand the ceilings and ditch the mirrors, Drew knew the 1920s space would be the prime backdrop for expressing his signature design aesthetic. As the creative force behind the Lone Fox brand, which includes a YouTube channel, Instagram account, blog, and online store, Drew uses the apartment as a style laboratory. Every few days he offers up a DIY project, a seasonal refresh,…

The big, old, red barn signals the turn onto a private road in Cumberland Foreside, Maine. Just past it, a petite Cape Cod-style cottage perches in a sunny spot, face turned to take in the view across the fallow field to Casco Bay. “The way the trees are cleared, the island we call The Nubbin is centered perfectly in the gap,” interior designer Nick Gagne says. This one-in-a-million view—and the home’s potential—is what Gagne used to convince his parents to purchase the house in 2015 when they wanted to downsize. “Originally, it was a plain 1960s house without much character at all,” he says. “But my dad wanted something practical, and my mom wanted something historical. I knew that by doing things like adding trellises, updating the kitchen and bathrooms,…

Designer Anne Chessin’s clients spent years exploring various summer destinations to find the perfect one for their six-person and two-feline family. The kids deemed a hamlet in Upstate New York too isolating, while the parents, who work in high-stress careers, found a popular Long Island beach enclave to be frenetic. Then, they rented a cottage in an off-the-beaten-path part of southeastern Rhode Island. With its casual, coastal vibe and family-friendly atmosphere—the wife notes that there are not many places where an 8-year-old can hop on a bike and ride to the beach—the couple (and the kids!) declared it perfection. The couple called on Chessin to help build a summer house that would blend in with neighborhood cottages, many of which were handed down through generations. Something “throwbacky and simple,” as…

Gracing the wall in April Cruice’s breakfast nook is a captivating and unusual family genealogy of sorts. There, a display of china plates contains patterns from her mother and grandmother, her husband Joe’s family, and—proudly in the center of the array—a plate from the family who built the cottage in 1950. “When we toured the home, it was not cleared out yet, and they asked if we wanted anything,” April says. “I asked for a few pieces of her china. I envisioned this wall as a way to display family heirlooms with the history of our home included in our story.” April’s passion for the past is on view at every turn in the 1,300-square-foot house. She and Joe, a contractor, have lovingly remodeled the house to boost its vintage character…

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ALL IN THE FAMILY PAGES 14–23 Interior design: Nick Gagne, Maine and New York; 207/838-8869; nick@nickgagnellc.com; nickgagnellc.com. MIDDLE GROUND PAGES 24–33 Architecture: Cynthia Childs, Cynthia Childs Architect, Corona del Mar, CA; 949/718-3528; cchilds@ccarchitect.com; Instagram @cynthiachildsarchitect; ccarchitect.com. TINY TIMBERS PAGES 34–39 Interior design: Kelly Carter, Kelly Carter Design, Huit Design Group, Laguna Beach, CA; 949/466-5087; kelly@kellycarterdesign.com; Instagram @kellycarterdesign; kellycarterdesign.com. Design/Build: Bill Cuff, Off the Cuff Construction Inc., Williams, AZ; 928/699-4800; otcconst@yahoo.com. TREASURE HUNT PAGES 40–49 Interior design: Anne Chessin, Anne Chessin Designs, Connecticut and New York; anne@annechessindesigns.com; annechessindesigns.com. Builder: Arnold Design Group, Westerly, RI; 401/596-2715; arnolddes@aol.com; arnolddesigngroup.net. Contractor: Gardner Woodwrights, Saunderstown, RI; gardnerwoodwrights.com. SMALL WONDER PAGES 60–67 Architecture: Steven Kalur, F+H Architectural Design & Consulting, Washington Depot, CT; 860/733-5151; steven@ferretandhound.com; fharchitecture.com. Interior design: Michael Halpern, Halpern Design, New York; michael@halperndesign.com; halperndesign.com.…