I’m not sure whether this photo is intended to convey cozy quaintness — or that the home is enveloped in low-lying fog.
Either way, I don’t think the “fuzzy fringes” effect is especially helpful.
While it can connote a sense of nostalgia (“it’s Grandma’s house!”), my (Realtor’s) association is with a dated home that may or may not be functionally obsolete.