Cottages & Bungalows magazine welcomes you!

[Hillary Black]

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Hello! I wanted to celebrate our more than 100 members on Cottages & Bungalows magazine's community forum!

So many new friends coming to our house to share ideas and stories makes a happy home.

You can find the February/March issue is on newsstands right now. We are working on the next one and we will be highlighting this wonderful community in that issue -- April/May (on newsstands 3/17/09).

Thank you for being a part of our growing family!

Best wishes,
Hillary Black, editor

[ChapterTwo]

Hi, Hillary!

We are all so grateful for the warm welcome that you have given us here at the forum for Cottages and Bungalows magazine. As some of our other favorite publications have disappeared, it's heartwarming to know that we still have a place to share ideas and to discuss articles that are in your outstanding magazine and elsewhere.

The group of ladies that formerly met at the Cottage Living forum is a warm and wonderful bunch! We have formed lasting friendships, made each other laugh, supported each other in many ways, and are thrilled to welcome new members. We're always ready, willing, and able to help our online friends with decorating dilemmas as well as to share thoughts and to offer shoulders to lean on in trying times.

As a freelance writer who has written for The Country Register in the past, I think it's so important that a magazine inspires its readers to dream and to plan and to hope, especially in these difficult times. We appreciate the fact that you and the staff are receptive to hearing what types of information and articles are most helpful to us, as we decorate and renovate our nests.

How exciting that you are highlighting our community in the April/May issue! I have recently subscribed to C & B, and look forward to many years of pleasurable reading.

I wish Cottages and Bungalows continued success, and please know that we offer our assistance, in any way possible.

Best wishes,

Kim (ChapterTwo)

[memmey]

Thank you Cottages and Bungalows for this very nice site. I love V-bulletin, it is the most user friendly format.
Is this site becoming what you had hoped for? I wonder what your expectations are for this site are?
Again thanks for a place to be with the cottage friends that I have grown so close to. There is no finer bunch of girls to know.
I agree with Lisa on this.....I wish we all loved on the same street.:)

[Gigi]

One hundred and growing! What a wonderful place to visit ~ without even leaving home. Special friends, special stories~ with a real family flavor.

Congrats on this new forum...

[Lisa S]

Thank you for hosting us. These ladies mean more than I can say and I would have missed them desperately if we hadn't gathered here.

Another thanks for creating such a wonderful magazine. In this time of magazine closure extraordinaire, we wish you every success. I think you have a great product.

[annielinz]

Thank you Hillary for creating a wonderful place to meet and exchange ideas with some of the nicest people I've found on message boards!
I used to lurk over at the CL forum but when this new site was created I decided to jump right in and have been warmly welcomed.

As was stated earlier, with the demise of so many wonderful decorating magazines I wish continued success to Cottages and Bungalows!

[chyna]

Hi Hilary

Thank you again so much for welcoming us all to your great forum site. As you can see we've settled right in and you wouldn't even know we were at a different place. ;)

I'm looking forward to many years of a great magazine, last night I pulled out an old publication of Romantic Homes and there you were!!! Guess it was destined that we'd cross paths. :)

[rubyslippers]

Hello Hillary,

How do you plan to highlight and/or feature the community? How may we help? Again, thanks for the continued welcome.

Sincerely,

Rubyslippers

[Breezy]

Greetings Hillary - thanks again to you and all involved with the magazine. I'm looking forward to the April/May issue - warm weather stuff. Thank you for this great forum!:)

[RoseMary]

Hello Hillary, I want to add my thanks to all the others on here. C&B has made this a wonderful place to gather and share our lives and ideas. Being able to come here means a lot to all of us. I'm looking forward to seeing the issue!

[Lynzee]

Hi Hillary:

Thank you again for hosting us and giving us such a wonderful place to gather and share. It is such a pleasure to grab a cup of coffee and come here and visit with dear friends.

Congratulations on such a successful magazine and forum. I wish you continued success!

:)
Lynz

[Leialoha]

I am following through with one of my New Year's Resolutions: spend more time with friends. You have been there for the most special times in my life and I want to wish you continued success with Cottage & Bungalows!

Now that we've downsized from the mansion on the hill, it's time to get serious about making our new little house a home ... what great ideas you've had in the magazine and thank you for the inspiration your forum provides, especially from those who have gone from big home to small and simple too. I know it will take time to transform our humble abode into our special sanctuary of rest and relaxation. We started small and simple, we can do it again!

Be well, Hillary, and keep up the great work.

Me ke aloha,

Leialoha

[LindaLK]

Hello Everyone, :)


Hillary, I also would like to chime in with the rest of the ladies here. Thank you for hosting this forum, and enabling all of us to continue to talk, and share ideas with one another. I enjoy being here. Congratulations on the 100~members. Yeah! I can`t wait to see the community issue.


Have a great day everyone!



Hugs,
Linda :)

[LindaLK]

Hello and Welcome Leialoha, :)

I see this was your first post. I hope you have as much fun here as I do. There are so many wonderful people here for you to get to know. I look forward to talking with you.


Have a good day.




Hugs,
Linda :)

[Holiday Cottage]

Hi Hilary,

I am new to this forum and I would love to know more about this magazine.

[cheapdiva]

Just one more thank you to C & B! I shudder to think what would have happened to all of us if you hadn't given us a place to land!

[Hillary Black]

Sure! Visit the web site www.cottagesandbungalowsmag.com.

There you can read past Editor's Letters and much more.
(We are in process of updating it.)

To find the magazine on newsstands, go to Lowe's, Wal-Mart, Target, Border's, Barnes & Noble, CVS or many grocery and drug store chains carry it, too.

Look for the Feb/March issue.

For back issues/subs visit: http://store.beckett.com/Homes-Magazines-Cottages-and-Bungalows/

The spirit of C&B is lively here on the forums, too. Enjoy!

Hillary

[Les B]

What a great feeling to be part of agroup of wonderful, creative and helpful people. glad to be one of the 100. Keep up the good work.

[LindaLK]

Good Morning Everyone, :)

Nice to see you posting here Les B. The members here are the very best. They aren't just friends that we talk with, they have become family members. We are happy to add you to that growing list of Cottage & Bungalows family. :)

Have a great day everyone. Take care.



Hugs,
Linda :)

[ChapterTwo]

Hi Linda,

I'm hoping your state and mine will miss the storm that they're predicting for later this week. It sounds like a doozy!

Hugs,
ChapterTwo

[LindaLK]

Hi ChapterTwo, :)

My hubby said they predicted it to track to the south of us, but if it does track to the north, we could end up with a foot.:eek: It all depends on what the jet stream does. I should have know that bragging about what a mild winter we are having, would eventually turn around and make me eat my words. LOL!
I hope it avoids you. I forgot, which state do you live in? Stay warm and be safe my friend.

Have a good evening.



Hugs,
Linda :)

[ChapterTwo]

Hi Linda,

I live in New Jersey - born and raised! I think you live about the closest to me, here on C & B. There used to be someone from NY state (can't remember who that was) but she was very far upstate.

Sometimes I think I preferred back in the "olden days" ;) when you knew it was going to snow when the first flakes started to fall!

A foot of snow is not something that any of us wants to deal with. We had about an inch overnight, but it didn't really stick to the streets. My kind o' snow...

Tnx, Linda, hope your evening is a nice, cozy one too!

Hugs,
ChapterTwo

[Hillary Black]

Whoo hoo! It's Meryl's birthday today. Meryl is Cottages & Bungalows' talented managing editor (and one of our forum's moderators). She is funny, too--makes us laugh when the work gets tough. I am lucky to work with such a great person. We hope you have a wonderful day, Meryl!

Hillary

[RoseMary]

Happy birthday, Meryl:)!!!

[vintage girl]

Happy Birthday Meryl

[memmey]

Hey!!!! Let's eat some cake!!!!!:D Happy birthday.

Meryl come visit with us sometimes...hey let's just see how funny you are:p:p

[LindaLK]

Hi ChapterTwo, :)

Sorry this is late in replying. They said that we can get upwards to 8-inches tonight. :eek: I just hope they are wrong like they have been in the past. :D
Friends of our in Maryland received 2-ft of that dreaded white stuff.


Have a good day my friend.




Hugs,
Linda :)

[LindaLK]

Have a very Happy Birthday Meryl. Enjoy your special day. Hugs, Linda :)

[Hillary Black]

All of you forum folks ROCK! Thanks for being here.

--Editors

[Hillary Black]

All of you forum folks ROCK! Thanks for being here.

--Editors

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[Rory Bremner]

Hi Hillary,

I'm still having a problem with my albums, editing, uploading etc.

Regards,

Rory B

[tallpinescyndi]

Hi I"m a new member of the Forum. How do I post a thread re: advice on painting the exterior of my 1930's Michigan cottage?

[ChapterTwo]

Welcome, tallpinescyndi!

Go to the top of this page and click (it's on the left) where it says,
"Forums - Cottages & Bungalows". Then when the list comes up, click on "Home Sweet Home" and then click where it says "New Thread". That should do it, I hope. :o