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Guiding you into a life beautifully and creatively lived — through immersive retreats, art, and gathering.
Workshops
Our hands-on art workshops are for artists, makers, and those simply longing to step into, grow, and delight in creativity. Each one is designed to slow the pace and invite you back to making—working with paper and pigment, textiles and mixed media, around a shared table. Two days of creating together that are thoughtfully guided, yet unhurried, offering time to learn, experiment, and connect with others who value creativity as a way of life.
Intimate creative workshops at our Eastern North Carolina cottage—rooted in art, home, and gathering—designed to slow the pace, nurture connection, and inspire a creatively lived life.
Retreats
Come away with us on an immersive lifestyle respite—where beauty and the art of gathering meet in meaningful places around the world, inviting you to slow down, savor deeply, and return home forever changed.
Our retreats are an invitation to come away and gather beautifully—cultivating beauty and community in meaningful places around the world. From gentle rhythms to quiet elegance, each retreat is designed to help you slow down and truly be present. You are not a tourist, but a guest—welcomed into local hospitality, shared tables, and the everyday beauty of life as it is fully lived.
Welcome
to The Cottage Table Experience!
We are Keith and Daune, former professional ballet dancers.
From our cottage in North Carolina, we chase beauty and gather people into a creatively lived life through workshops, courses, and retreats.
Creative Courses
Join us online for thoughtfully curated creative courses centered on art, home, gathering, and a creatively lived life—designed to inspire your daily life and soul. With lifetime access, self-paced learning, beautifully produced video lessons, downloadable resources, and companion guidebooks, each course invites you to slow down, learn deeply, and create in a way that feels meaningful and lasting.
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