Cottage Style wins new fans in the '90s but is family's old favorite Trendy yet timeless; Cottage lore is now a cottage industry

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: September 6, 1998| Author: Joy Krause The first dwellings we'd recognize as cottages date to the Middle Ages, writes Jim Tolpin in "The New Cottage Home" (The Taunton Press, 1998, $29.95). The houses of medieval serfs and servants in Britain and Europe were called "kots" in the old Norse language, Toplin says. These one- and two-room dwellings, centered on a hearth, were built of indigenous stone or wood and capped with a bowed or high-pitched thatched roof, writes Tolpin, a cabinetmaker-turned-journalist. His book, which includes an in-depth history of cottage design, is one of several that have been published recently on the subject. The author of a number of books on woodworking, Tolpin also is host of The Cottage Home Network web site at www.cottagehome.net. The site includes a photo gallery of recently built cottages, and lists books and magazines on cottages.; JOY KRAUSE | Copyright information

The Cottage Style may be peaking here now, which simply means architect Chip Hackley was at the forefront of the trend 10 years ago when he designed his parents' charming vacation retreat on the Lake Michigan shore near here.

But as Hackley pointed out while relaxing in the spacious two-story living room, he was simply focusing on classic American-style design when he planned the getaway cottage for his parents, Lori and Chuck Hackley of Geneva, Ill., located about 40 miles west of...

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