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[beautybee]

The yellow cabinet doors are a bit too bright for me. The pillows on the bench are a nice idea, but I can see it getting messy looking with people trying to comfortably sit there. Everything else looks charming to me. 

[Somertime]

Lovely and charming!  Airy and cheerful as well.  The kitchen has a tremendous amount of light coming through which made me think of all the greenery outside which would reflect into the kitchen and soften the yellow.  I think the photo of the kitchen was taken when the sun was directly coming through the windows and slider, so I think it sharpened the lemon yellow.  I feel when the sun moves on, the kitchen will take on a softer look and diffuse the lemon yellow.

I think it looks lovely and a perfect female hideaway!

[DREAMON]

I love this adorable cottage as is. I am not a yellow person but this 

is so appealing to me. I really like the pop of the black and white floor..so retro.

 It is everything I like..cottage, bright, airy, cheery, and welcoming.

I do think sod or grass seed would be an improvement on the lawn. 

[wilma]

Not my style. The old worn fence turns me off immediately. The yellow is too bright. I am not a fan of the black & white floor or those kitchen countertops. Overall, the furnishings are too weathered & mismatched for my style. Sorry, I’m just not into distressed rustic design. 

[stevieb]

Both the wood and checkered floors look pretty and I like this armoire, but that's about it... Overall, this is so not my thing... More or less, just another version of shabby chic, for which I have no use...

[pommom]

This house is calling to me.  Those are my colors!  Bedroom in turquoise, lime & hot pink.  Would settle in just fine and all I would bring with me would be luggage.

[haddon9]

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@VegasBusinessWoman wrote:

@Oznell  Very cute.  Not for me, but cute.

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I feel the same way...cute but not me.

[CANDLEQUEEN]

Not for me, but very charming and there are some things that I really like!

[GingerPeach]

Thank you, @Oznell 

I know it's hard to find homes where the owner only partially renovated. All too many featured in magazines and on the internet are completely done over.  I do like seeing how what is there already informs what might be some new choices, or whether the owner maybe could not afford to do everything all at once.

Speaking of dollhouses, the entrance made me think of a dollhouse. It is cute, in which cute also implies small and cozy.

I can imagine myself on the porch listening to birds, reading a book, and having iced tea and a piece of that lemon cake. 

[Oznell]

Good point about the yellow, @Somertime .

@DREAMON  and @stevieb ,  I'm glad somebody besides me likes that retro black and white tile floor-- I love those.  Makes me think nostalgically of my old Trixie Belden mysteries.  I'm sure the floor in the sunny kitchen of Crabapple Farm was black and white....

Whenever decorating mags show houses done in stages, as the homeowners can afford it, @GingerPeach ,  I'm right on it! Those are the most fun.

Musing about this one, I'd say "vintage cottage" is the closest to what I'd call my style.  This darling house is more "vintage cottage sweet", and I suppose mine would be more "vintage cottage eclectic", to accomodate my predilection for a sprinkling of Art Deco and midcentury, along with older antiques.  But even she had a bit of midcentury, come to think of it.  Anyway, I love the spirit of her house!