Why I chose a cottagecore lifestyle 🌾 Slow living | Simple life

Today I would like to chat with you about why I chose a cottagecore lifestyle while we explore a village of historic farmhouses that is literal cottagecore heaven. I would like to share with you why cottagecore can be so much more than an internet aesthetic and why cottagecore can even be a futuristic concept.
Happy to have you here!

xx
Liz

This video was filmed at the Franconian OpenAir Museum in Bad Windsheim, Germany in case you would like to visit ❤️

[cerridwencottagediary]

I completely agree with your summary of what cottage core means. I live in a tiny stone cottage in Wales which is just the perfect size for myself and my daughter Daisy. We have a large garden where we grow our own vegetables and created an orchard. We have dug 2 ponds and bought extra land to create a wild wood filled with native trees and wildflowers for wildlife

[gaylem]

I love your definition of Cottage Core. My grandfather always said there were no “Good Old Days”, but we can go forward and choose to live a simpler life using some of the things from the past but adapting them for the future.

[Rita-cmzc]

Hallo Liz, I am an older person and I love your video's. Before that I new about the word cottage core I already did some of the things whiteout nowing that's called cottage core. From an early age I started to learn knitting after that crochet. And I was about 12 years old when i started to make my own clothes. I was always attracted to the older styles of clothes and never really dressed like the masses. I created my own style over the years and it comes close to what we now call cottage core .we also grown most of our vegetables in what we call here a volkstuin. I wish that there where more people to find the time to learn the old but so useful skills. Thanks for sharing this video and I look forward to the next one. Greetings from Holland 💟🌷🇾🇪

[katiegeldhof]

I began crocheting recently as a way to occupy my time and get my mind off some hardships we are currently going through. It has become very therapeutic to me. It has also given me a chance to stimulate my mind, relax before bed, and I love to raid the second-hand stores for yarn that would otherwise be tossed. I use the yarn to make clothing for myself, hats for friends, and also hats, scarves, and lap blankets for homeless and elderly folks. I'm always learning a new stitch, a new granny square, and new ways to put it all together to make small things I need, from baskets and blankets, to whimsical decorations for the various holidays.

Cottagecore to me is a form of self-care. It's not ignorance of the world around me and the difficulties I have to face; it's giving myself a moment of grace to be calm, take a deep breath, and be better equipped physically and mentally to jump back into life and do what needs to be done. <3

[rockyroad]

The world would be a much better place if human beings went back to this lifestyle. Thank you for sharing. 😊 Merry Christmas.

[JeriLandersofHopalongHollow]

This has been my preferred lifestyle since I was in High School and my friends thought me quite odd ; because I was a teenager in the early 1970's. There was no name attached to this manner of living, but a perfect example would be the life of Tasha Tudor. Many of my friends, of my age, have also lived a "Cottage Core" life for decades, it's really nothing new, but I am glad more people have come to embrace it.

[kirijohn]

I really enjoyed your video! I wish you had mentioned where you filmed. It is the Bad Windsheim Fränkisches Freilandmuseum in Bavaria, Germany. This museum preserves old houses by relocating them onto the museum grounds. Over the years, it has created several small „villages“, which represent different time periods from the early medieval period up to the 19th century. I visited this museum more times than I can count as a child, when my parents were rebuilding their old timbre frame house with as much historical accuracy as possible. The museum provides a wealth of knowledge on how people used to live, with beautiful houses filled with period accurate antique furniture. It’s quite honestly the best museum of its kind that I’ve come across, so I want people to know about it and visit when they are in the area. Cheers❤

[DebraCarmona]

Love the message of this video. I guess I have been on my path towards this very end living a simple quiet life in the country enjoying doing my crafts. My life has been rich, raised six kids whom are grown with families of their own now. I yearn for slower days and quiet times just at home by myself doing creative things. This spring I will be building my crafting cottage in the woods because my home has been overrun with all my creative pursuits. It will be my quiet retreat to craft away the days. I didn't realize that the very things I hope to achieve are actually cottage core life style. I watched this video in hopes to understand what "cottage core" decor is all about as I ponder decorating my crafting cottage. I have always loved vintage things and consider myself an old fashioned woman because I am more of a traditionalist. I enjoyed this video with a cup of tea in my PJs for a slow start to my morning.

[hellothere]

As a guy, this is amazing! There is this famous ancient saying: "it is not wealthy who has the most, but who needs the least"

[elsastrydom]

You were talking about feeling lonely and lost in the present, and that is so true!!

[Firedove]

Everything you said about marrying the old with the new made so much sense and I agree with everything. I would also say this lifestyle brings a sense of accomplishment. I started a garden and started foraging this year. Of course I can buy food at the market, but when I can grow it or forage it myself, I feel so competent and not dependent on anyone for my own sustenance. What a great feeling! I just subscribed to your channel and look forward to seeing more videos. Happy new year to you! ☕️🏡

[MaryMartinez-fozw]

Beautiful..inside my soul I have always heard the Lord say..enjoy everything I have created for you and learn, and bring together the good aspects of every world. So I try to do that.
I love embroidery, hand sewing, cooking from scratch. Herbs and growing and grandma's old fashioned healing recipes...lace, ribbons etc. A rocking chair outside..and many more things. But I benefit from computers, electric stoves, beautiful fabrics, cell phones and many other modern things.. yes it's good to be able to see. . Both or all Worlds and compare the changes. I like crowds, but also my quiet reading and writing times, a tea cup etc . I could go on and on. Thank you for your beautiful video. Am a 75yr old loving life

[janecollette]

My Grandmother taught me many simple frugal ways that I have lived by all my life and these things make me happy. Making quilts and rugs out of old clothes . Crocheting different things. Bread making is an ancient art that has been handed down in my family for hundreds of years and I enjoy the art of it, grinding the wheat fresh and making it by hand and eating it with a simple stew. I also love growing a garden every year and enjoying being outside, again, my father and grandparents taught this toe and I love it very much.

[sherelynwhite]

Your message is a good one lovely lady.💫 The more that we strive to create communities that are sustainable and lifestyles that are in tune with Nature's rhythms the better we will be and Mother Earth will be as well. May I point out that this may be a popular trend right now, and of course I hope that more young people will move their lives in this direction, however when I was in my twenties some 50 years ago we were doing the same thing... going back to the land, living a simple life, growing our own food, living as self sufficiently as possible. The world may not have known about this movement because back then we did not have the internet or even cell phones. You had to have been a part of this to know about it. Many blessings to all that choose to slow down and step into Mother Nature's rhythms while honoring Her as best we can through our conscious lifestyles.💫🕯🌺

[RedMapleCanada]

What a beautiful video! I loved the winter scenes around the road you travelled. Your cottage is beautiful, I too love a quiet lifestyle and being surrounded by serene nature. Wishing you a safe and cozy Christmas.

[CharlotteUnser]

Hello Liz....I just came upon your lovely video and explanation of cottage-core! What a delightful view....truth is found in simplicity....Although I do not live in a cottage and perhaps never will I do enjoy the concept of cottage core and simplicity, finding a peacefulness, an appreciation for the simple beauty in nature and everyday life. I will look forward to more of your beautiful videos in the New Year. Now time for my cup of tea. Thank you...Char in Pa.

[fatimashaikjee]

Has Anne of Green Gables feel to it. Love it!

[America.Sarabia]

Yes I’ve definitely implemented cottage core into my home and my life style as well as my fashion sense and i absolutely love it 🥰

[fatimashaikjee]

So enjoying your videos! Serene and beautiful

[irisstormo]

🎄 I have always lived a cottage core style of life. I love the comfort and ease of not being in the overly busy world. I loved your video. Happy Holidays from Arkansas, USA🎄