From the October/November 2017 Issue
Cottage Revival-Fireplace
The arched door in the living room is the original entry and had been the only one. The stone fireplace, also original, had probably been used to heat the entire […]
From the October/November 2017 Issue
Cottage Revival-Entryway
This entryway—also used as a mudroom of sorts—is part of an addition that extends the entire length of the back of the home. The door to the right (just visible) […]
From the October/November 2017 Issue
Cottage Revival-Breakfast Area
BREAKFAST AREA | Just off the kitchen, the breakfast room has additional leaded-glass windows and another window seat—this one curved—that sits atop a radiator cover. Ladder back chairs with cane […]
From the October/November 2017 Issue
Cottage Revival
A designer helps a former apartment dweller transform a cotswold cottage-like stone home. Mark Polinski grew up in a small town in Pennsylvania and moved east because he wanted to […]
From the October/November 2017 Issue
Cottage Revival-Living Room
The arch at left in the living room had been a solid wall. The wall came down to open up the space to the new foyer addition. The ceiling beams […]
From the October/November 2017 Issue
Cottage Revival-Bathroom
SHOWER AND TUB | The arch theme found elsewhere in the home shows up here above the shower and soaking tub, which has a vaulted ceiling. It’s clad in white subway […]
From the October/November 2017 Issue
Cottage Revival-Kitchen
KITCHEN | The new kitchen evokes one appropriate to the original early-1900s cottage. “We wanted the kitchen to look like individual furnishings were added over the years. For example, the […]
From the October/November 2017 Issue
Cottage Revival-Foyer
This new foyer space, just off the new entryway, is also part of the addition. The three-paneled stained-glass window is new but fits the style and spirit of the cottage-like […]
From the October/November 2017 Issue
Cottage Revival-Master Bedroom
MASTER BEDROOM | The master bedroom has a Mission-style headboard and nightstand and a reproduction Arts and Crafts-style lantern.