09.14.2010 | by: Meghan Homes to Stay  Stay: Kucica  Luka,
Croatia  This adorable little cottage (spotted on Design Sponge
earlier this year) was in pretty rough shape when owners Iva and
Vanja discovered it, but they couldn’t resist its simple charm
and pristine country location. They spent a couple years fixing
up and furnishing the 100-year-old house they named “Kucica”
(which means “small house” in Croatian), situated in a
particularly picturesque and hilly part of Croatia just 15 miles
from the capital Zagreb. There’s an orchard with apple, peach
and oak trees, and they planted an organic garden full of
tomatoes, onions, peppers, peas, strawberries and herbs, which
they use to cook big weekend feasts with friends. Inside, the
simple, rustic furniture, which was either found there or bought
at yard sales and flea markets, adds some color and personality
to the intentionally humble space. “We tried to use simple,
basic colors to emphasize the simplicity of peasant life and our
determination to take this jo