Create a Cottage-Style Home

Cottage-Style Exteriors

Few styles hold the storybook charm of cottage-style homes. Usually smaller, both in footprint and curbside appearance, cottages generally feature an asymmetrical architecture with a steeply-pitched roof. Cottage-style homes feature natural siding materials such as stone or brick for texture. A prominent roofline and picturesque dormers give the homes height and visual presence.

Exterior details and ornamental touches abound, such as painted molding and muntins, shutters, and arched doorways.

And no cottage-style home would be complete without a small, cheerful garden to enhance a pretty front facade.