Classic Cottages features homes from across the country with cottages and gardens that say “welcome home” and offer a template for your own personal style. You will find beautiful rooms and remarkable gardens in city and country settings with architectural details every cottage dweller loves and appreciates. From weekend getaways to urban chic, these cottages―new and redo―showcase style that makes home a place of pampering and sharing family dreams. Today's cottage-style home is all about smaller spaces, vintage and salvage pieces, and personal style. Cottage decorating offers comfort, easier living, and a variety of ways to decorate more than any other style. Cottage style is relaxed, and is a reflection of its homeowner’s taste. A mix of antique and new, expensive and not, and always a comfortable home style. Classic Cottages is all about pulling together what you love, it is decorating your way and designed for your life. An Alabama native, Cindy Cooper received her bachelor’s degree from Auburn University and joined Southern Progress Corporation as a magazine designer. While at Southern Progress and Oxmoor House, Inc., she led creative teams for various books and magazines, including Cooking Light , Southern Living , Weight Watchers , and Coastal Living . After joining Hoffman Media, Cindy directed the editorial team of Cooking with Paula Deen before overseeing the launch of The Cottage Journal .