Is the Gen Z version of traditional cottage interior design so different from its precursor? Two editors, one young, one not so much, hash it out.

How did a bucolic dreamland became the perfect escape from real life? Anita Rao Kashi explores a whimsical world of nostalgia, tranquillity and folksy mysticism.

Cottagecore aesthetic is a trend in design that emphasizes a comfy, cozy, countryside home. The term cottagecore comes from fantasizing about escaping to a rural life and living "in a cottage ...

Teens have fallen for cottagecore, a movement that prioritises the countryside over the city, the rustic over the urban. And with quaint household tasks, from baking to embroidery to making tea, ...

Cottagecore — an Internet aesthetic of the rural idyll — has offered escapism for several years. In pandemic isolation, it's taken off in popularity.