Cottages are the most popular house style, according to HomeAdvisor. In a survey of over 2,200 Americans, contemporary, Mediterranean, and craftsman won as the next most-popular, respectively. HomeAdvisor describes cottage-style homes as “typically [having] stone or wood elements and often include porches.” Cottage-style won in states on the coasts, like Washington and Virginia, and in the middle of the country. While cottage won in Connecticut, contemporary homes won in New York.
Tour some of our favorite cottages from over the years.
The structure was inspired by the modest Amagansett beach cottages designed by architect Alfred A. Scheffer during the 1940s and ’50s. Tour the Sag Harbor cottage here.
The porch sconces at this Connecticut cottage are from Urban Archaeology.
The front of this Snedens Landing house faces the pool, where numerous lounging areas include furniture by Richard Schultz, Patricia Urquiola, and Janus et Cie. See more of the home here.
The 1940 cottage and new wing housing a guest suite hug the pool and backyard. See more of the North Haven home with contemporary interiors here.
This house was designed as a traditional, vernacular-style residence. Tour more of the Swedish-inspired riverfront cottage here.
Adele MacMurray cavorts in the yard of her family’s weekend home in Locust Valley, on the site of a onetime farm and apple orchard. Tour the charming cottage here.
Whale cutouts in the shutters give the new home a vintage feel. The owners of this home created a “true East Hampton cottage.”
Nancy Fishelson took a 20th-century barn on this Connecticut property and reconfigured it as a master bedroom, joining the structure to the rest of the house via a breezeway where her office is located. See the rest of the home here.
A bronze bench from Marders sits outside the entrance to Michele D’Ermo’s home. Tour the rest of the East Hampton home here.
