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Sunday Cottage Escape

come along on this journey

Sunday Cottage Escape

Comfortable Tiny Houses

Escape into your own cozy pastel retreat. Each cottage is unique, thoughtfully designed, and filled with charm and calm — your peaceful stay awaits.

Amazing beautiful garden

Bloom where you're planted. Wander through our garden paths with blooming flowers, fluttering butterflies, and shaded nooks for journaling, reading, or daydreaming.

restful & tranquil stay

No rush. No noise. Just a quiet place to reconnect — with yourself, your loved ones, or the hum of nature around you.

Comfortable Tiny Houses

Escape into your own cozy pastel retreat. Each cottage is unique, thoughtfully designed, and filled with charm and calm — your peaceful stay awaits.

Amazing beautiful garden

Bloom where you're planted. Wander through our garden paths with blooming flowers, fluttering butterflies, and shaded nooks for journaling, reading, or daydreaming.

restful & tranquil stay

No rush. No noise. Just a quiet place to reconnect — with yourself, your loved ones, or the hum of nature around you.

Let Your Soul Rest Here.

Sunday Cottage Escape is more than just a getaway — it’s a place to slow down, sip tea under the stars, and be surrounded by the small, beautiful things that feed your spirit.

Whether you're watching hummingbirds dance or gathering around the fire with a good book, you'll find peace tucked into every corner.

Let Your Soul Rest Here.

Sunday Cottage Escape is more than just a getaway — it’s a place to slow down, sip tea under the stars, and be surrounded by the small, beautiful things that feed your spirit. Whether you're watching hummingbirds dance or gathering around the fire with a good book, you'll find peace tucked into every corner.

Blog

This blog shares the journey of bringing a dream to life — one pastel sketch, garden plan, and cozy corner at a time.

Here, you’ll find the steps (and stumbles) of designing Sunday Cottage Escape, with inspiration, updates, and little glimpses into the heart behind it all.

I’m sharing my real-time journey of creating Sunday Cottage Escape, so one day, you can escape here too. 🌸

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Hotels Are Built for Occupancy – Sunday Cottage Escape Is Built for Belonging

November 02, 20252 min read

If you’ve ever stayed at a hotel and left feeling exactly the same as when you arrived—maybe a little rested, a little lighter in your wallet, but not really changed—you already understand the difference between lodging and retreat. Hotels are designed to give you a place to stay. A room, a keycard, amenities that look nice in brochures, and a check-out time. But Sunday Cottage Escape was never created to simply provide a place to stay. It was created to provide a place to feel.

A clean but impersonal hotel room with plain décor and sterile lighting, symbolizing the lack of warmth and connection in traditional hotels.

When you walk into a hotel, you check in under a number. You go through the motions—baggage cart, elevator, identical doorways. You close the door behind you and you’re in a space built for efficiency. But when you arrive at Sunday Cottage Escape, you are welcomed into a peaceful experience from the moment you enter the property. You’re not processed. You’re greeted. You’re seen.

Hotels are built for occupancy. Our cottages are built for belonging. Every cottage is its own sanctuary—carefully designed so that when you walk in, you can exhale and feel instantly at ease. These cottages don’t just hold you for the night—they wrap around you like a deep breath you’ve needed for far too long.

Yes, hotels offer amenities, but they are standard and predictable. A pool, a gym, a breakfast area. At Sunday Cottage Escape, everything is crafted with intention—from the garden pathways that encourage peaceful strolling, to the lavender fields that sway in the breeze, to the soft lighting and thoughtful details that remind you what it’s like to truly be present. This is a place where hummingbirds become part of your morning and stillness becomes part of your healing.

A clean but impersonal hotel room with plain décor and sterile lighting, symbolizing the lack of warmth and connection in traditional hotels.

Hotels help you rest. Our retreat helps you renew. There is a difference. One serves your basic needs. The other speaks to your soul.

When you leave a hotel, you check out and go on with your life. When you leave Sunday Cottage Escape, you carry something with you—peace, clarity, and a softer pace that stays in your heart long after you’ve returned to daily life.

Hotels are for travelers. Sunday Cottage Escape is for those seeking peace.

And that is the difference.

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Rosanna Fraker

Tiny home dreamer & founder of Sunday Cottage Escape, sharing the journey from vision to reality—one cozy step at a time.

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