The Story of the Green Cottage
The Green Cottage Makery was inspired by a modest century-old farmhouse and a way of life that once was. The 130-year-old Green Cottage is charming, chippy, and full of character. It has no front door or doorbell, but the cottage has a winding garden, a wisteria-draped arbor and a mossy fish pond. Pottery fragments scatter the soil, and the handmade clay floors hold fingerprints of the potters who once lived here. It’s a home filled with collected antiquities and repurposed treasures, where the well-worn and well-loved find new life.
The cottage represents a dream—for a life immersed in nature, for slow mornings and simple joys. Summers spent around the campfire, watching movies projected onto the back of the barn, swinging from the old trees, and making memories with family and friends.
Chickens roam freely, sometimes perching on patio chairs as if joining in conversation. The cottage invites us to play, to rest, and to let go of conventions. It is a retreat, a place where life is lived, not rushed.
The Green Cottage is not the color green (though maybe one day it will be). Instead, it embodies a philosophy—one rooted in the kind of green living that once came naturally to us all. It’s about clean, mindful living, free from toxins and excess. The cottage inspired me to simplify, to strip away the unnecessary, and to live as people once did—with respect for the earth, appreciation for craftsmanship, and a commitment to sustainability. It has taught me to seek longevity over disposability, to choose composting over convenience, and to support others who share this vision.
