Eight cottage living rooms designed for rural retreats

Key facts

• Dezeen published a lookbook of eight cottage living rooms.
• Purbeck Cottage in Dorset, UK, was renovated by TYPE combining two 19th-century quarryman's cottages.
• Borová Lada Cottage in Czechia by Studio Plyš features a porthole window seat.
• Carlton Cottage in Melbourne by Lovell Burton has rotating glass doors and a circular skylight.
• Plener Istebna in Poland by Mistovia has floor-to-ceiling glazing.
• Iorram in the Scottish Highlands by Baillie Baillie Architects uses Douglas fir, clay plaster, and earthenware tiles.
• A Devon cottage by Studio Weave has built-in Douglas fir window seats.
• Hop Cottage in Kent by AOMD features an L-shaped extension and a brick chimney with reverse-face bricks.
• A Hampshire cottage by Invisible Studio has floor-to-ceiling glazing and exposed concrete.
• The lookbook is part of Dezeen's series providing visual inspiration from its archive.