Country Living

Rooms that invite you to linger. Vintage collectibles displayed with love. A colorful easy-care garden. A porch that says "Come sit!" All yours in the pages of Country Living!

Welcome to Summer in the Country!

Country Living

Simple Country Pleasures • Color Edition!

Cheerful Front Doors • Nothing sets the tone for a home quite like a warm and colorful welcome.

A Joyful, Jovial Kitchen • Thanks to paint and patina, a designer’s multicolored cooking space is as happy and lighthearted as it is hardworking.

A Grassy Green Charmer • Whether you gravitate toward softer shades or crisp colors, these lushly hued listings are just waiting to help you turn over a new leaf.

Pastel Sinks • A pretty porcelain basin is dopamine decorating at its finest.

Step Right Up • From signage to souvenirs, these prized country-fair collectibles conjure nostalgia for the midways of yesteryear.

What Is It? What Is It Worth? • Our team of antiques experts weighs in on your treasured finds.

Summer Squash • Whether tossed in your market tote or grown in the garden, yellow squash is late summer’s go-to for everything from salad to lasagna.

Easy as Pie • When you’re feeling all burgered out, swap the patties for pizzas on the grill and infuse your next backyard gathering with la dolce vita. (Accordions optional but encouraged.)

Salted Caramel Pretzel Cookies

Business Is Blooming • A second-generation farmer masters the art of dried floral arrangements in California’s Capay Valley.

Lockhart, Texas • Forty minutes south of Austin, a new wave of community-minded entrepreneurs is doubling down on this onetime railroad shipping center with a fresh batch of eateries, art galleries, and antiques emporiums.

No Screens Allowed • Designer Emily Henderson turns a backyard barn into an artsy neighborhood enclave to encourage wonder without Wi-Fi.

So Long, Farewell • Author J. Ryan Stradal learns the power of goodbyes from a wild and weather-worn farm cat.

Better than fat shot injections? LOSE 9 POUNDS in 30 days naturally

Stitch It Yourself!

The Lake Effect • Piles of patterns in colorways that draw from the landscape bring a 100-year-old family lake cabin into the here and now.

california scheming • Channeling their longtime family connections to the Wild West, a design-savvy couple revives a midcentury California ranch that now takes its color cues from vintage trading blankets and the surrounding citrus grove.

DOWN TO EARTH • A dark and dated North Carolina fishing cabin gets cast a new line courtesy of a color scheme in keeping with its surroundings and a tackle box of charming accents.

ALMANAC • A SEASONAL COMPENDIUM OF EVERYDAY KNOW-HOW

PRIZE RECIPES • WINNING FARE TO MAKE AND SHARE

RESOURCES • YOUR GO-TO GUIDE FOR REPLICATING THE LOOKS IN THIS ISSUE

From the Archives: September 1996