Any home anywhere can achieve that cozy cottage feel. Just look at these color photos, brimming with surprising and inspiring ideas, and you'll see the possibilities. This magnificent guide to cottage style salutes both traditional takes and fresh twists on this enduring look, and highlights those elements that truly make a room cottage style. The sheer number of variations on this laid-back approach is simply amazing, ranging from a California bungalow furnished in flea market finds to a New York apartment that seems straight out of the English countryside. Flip through the pages of images. Then use them as blueprints to copy precisely or as an idea manual of clever ways to apply unique colors, work with wallpaper patterns, or display collections. “Lavishly illustrated with full-color photographs throughout.”--Publishers Weekly.
Today’s country cooking is more than just meat, potatoes, and apple pie. Inspired by local growers and farmer’s markets with their superb variety of fresh produce, American country cooking is lighter, healthier, and more flavorful than ever before. Country Living, America’s largest shelter magazine, gathers 240 luscious and lushly photographed recipes for everything from soups to seafood to sides. Try these selections from their tempting menu: tasty Rosemary Garlic Chicken, delicious Grilled Pork Tenderloin, succulent Honey Grilled Salmon, and mouthwatering Sage Corn on the Cob. You’ll find that country cooking tastes better than ever, with the meat often grilled, the potatoes roasted with herbs, and the pies made with delectable and unusual types of fruit. If Cold Avocado Soup, Saut�ed Summer Squash with Pistachio Pesto, and Quail with Golden Cherry BBQ Sauce don’t say "country” to you now, this unique cookbook will change your mind forever.
Have yourself a merry little Country Living Christmas with this gorgeous guide to decorating, cooking, and celebrating the best holiday ever! Country Living knows how to make Christmas memorable, and that’s why this spectacular book will become your new go-to resource every year. It’s filled with more than 200 beautiful decorating ideas, recipes, and crafts, plus tips galore. Stunning photos show festive table settings; splendidly decorated trees; fun and easy Christmas projects, from wreaths to no-sew stockings; gifts from the kitchen; and gourmet-worthy recipes like Turkey Roulade with Sausage-Cornbread Filling, Brown Butter Mashed Potatoes, Slow-Cooker Apple Cider, and sweet treats like Red Velvet Snowballs and Chocolate & Cranberry Fudge.
Presents a range of hearty, wholesome breakfast foods for treats ranging from Vermont maple-syrup-topped pancakes and Southern country ham with biscuits to homemade jams, jellies, and breads.
When it’s time for a quick change, these 250 mini-makeovers for your home are fun and easy! No major remodeling necessary! Sometimes, all it takes are a few small changes to refresh your home and make you happy. These micro-decorating ideas from Country Living add beauty to every room, whether you’re swapping your old coffee table for an antique bench, creating an eye-catching display in a passageway, or energizing your bedroom by playing with different patterns. You’ll discover new possibilities for things to do, make, buy, and repurpose, and every chapter shows how to revive any space, from living and dining rooms to entryways, mudrooms, home offices, and porches. These fun mini-decorating moves can be as simple as selecting a dark wall color to cozy up a bedroom, showcasing vintage mirrors in the bathroom, or covering stair risers with whimsical floral wallpaper. You’ll also find projects like decoupaging a dresser or tricking out a plain kitchen screen door—and most of them can be done in just one weekend. Pack a punch with simple switches for any space! Transform any room—one easy, inspirational idea at a time.
Get white right! Country Living offers a fresh new view on classic white, with its many variations and ability to transform any room. White is the ultimate color in country-style decorating—so of course Country Living has the ultimate take on white! Organized by design style (rustic, traditional, antique, and modern), the book’s inviting images help you choose the right shade of white for any room—from delicate dove greys to tints with a pearly sheen and more. Whether you’re on the hunt for just the right shade for your décor, a sturdy shade that can stand up to a busy family, a new way to warm up a blank wall, or a white that holds its own in classic color combos like red and white, blue and white, and black and white, Country Living provides the inspiration you need. “Bright Idea” tips throughout showcase design elements like beadboard cabinets, stone sinks, and even pops of color, and explain how each works to drive the overall neutral décor. Plus, do-it-yourself tips like “Paint it!” “Collect it!” and “Craft it!” encourage readers to add homespun charm to their homes with easy mini makeovers or weekend projects. Chapters include: Why White, Getting White Right, Rustic White, Traditional White, Antique White, Modern White, Country Combos, The Bucket List: 25 No-Fail Paint Colors
This charming gift volume is filled with fascinating tidbits of cat lore and dozens of amusing feline facts as well as descriptions of the most popular breeds in America. Slipcased. 40 color photographs.
Have yourself a merry little Country Living Christmas with this gorgeous guide to decorating, cooking, and celebrating the best holiday ever! Country Living knows how to make Christmas memorable, and that’s why this spectacular book will become your new go-to resource every year. It’s filled with more than 200 beautiful decorating ideas, recipes, and crafts, plus tips galore. Stunning photos show festive table settings; splendidly decorated trees; fun and easy Christmas projects, from wreaths to no-sew stockings; gifts from the kitchen; and gourmet-worthy recipes like Turkey Roulade with Sausage-Cornbread Filling, Brown Butter Mashed Potatoes, Slow-Cooker Apple Cider, and sweet treats like Red Velvet Snowballs and Chocolate & Cranberry Fudge.
Who hasn't been comforted by a well-worn, much-adored teddy bear? Here is practical advice on collecting, dressing, displaying, and caring for bears, together with quotes from famous bear lovers. Also includes an extensive resource section listing artisans, magazines, books, and annual fairs and contests for these huggable companions. Photographs and illustrations.
Features 26 of the year's best country homes in America from the 1992 pages of Country Home magazine. The homes are showcased with inspiring full-color photographs of furnishings, antiques, collectibles, and architecture bound in a beautiful coffee table volume.
Discover how smaller can be smarter with this look inside more than twenty-five tiny homes that maximize function and style. Bigger isn’t always better, which is why downsizing has become a growing trend. In this illustrated volume, Country Living showcases a coast-to-coast collection of sustainable dwellings, all ranging from 100 to 1,500 square feet. Take an inside tour of these impressive little abodes, like a converted 1840s schoolhouse in New York; a 22- x 24-foot kit barn in California wine country; a 1914 New Hampshire coastal row home; and a renovated 1950s Alabama lake house. With inspiring photographs, hundreds of decorating tips, smart finds, and storage solutions, Country Living Tiny Homes will help you implement minimalistic living no matter the size of your abode. These charming cottages, delightful she-sheds, functional farmhouses, and transformative trailers feature a clever use of space and prove that going small can be simple and fulfilling.
Reminiscent in both spirit and design of the beloved Whole Earth Catalog, Country Wisdom & Know-How is an unprecedented collection of information on nearly 200 individual topics of country and self-sustained living. Compiled from the information in Storey Publishing's landmark series of "Country Wisdom Bulletins," this book is the most thorough and reliable volume of its kind. Organized by general topic including animals, cooking, crafts, gardening, health and well-being, and home, it is further broken down to cover dozens of specifics from "Building Chicken Coops" to "Making Cheese, Butter, and Yogurt" to "Improving Your Soil" to "Restoring Hardwood Floors." Nearly 1,000 black-and-white illustrations and photographs run throughout and fascinating projects and trusted advice crowd every page.
Tossed casually on a couch, arranged artfully on a bed, softening a garden bench, or strewn about a room for a weary body to sink down into - pillows belong anywhere in the home. They are the perfect accent, an easy way to add color adn style or to tie together different design elements in a room. Their fabrics, textures and colors can be simple or rich, complementary or contrasting, vintage or modern. They can be almost any shape or any size. And they can easily be made by hand.
One hundred twenty-six of the most romantic inns in the country--great for honeymooners, celebrants of anniversaries, promotions, Valentine's Day, and those simply seeking a great getaway. From a handsome 1756 Colonial in Connecticut to an inn high up on the bluffs above a rocky coast in California, all the inns have been selected and presented with the same high standards as the rest of the Recommended Country Inns series.
The most romantic of the very best--these wonderful inns are culled from the incomparable Recommended Country Inns collection. This guide offering irresistible profiles of idyllic getaways for couples is a popular title for a nationwide audience. 7 maps. 140 illustrations.
Country cooking, updated, illustrated, and delicious. Two hundred and forty luscious and lushly photographed recipes for everything from soups to seafood to vegetables prove that contemporary country cooking is more than just meat, potatoes, and apple pie. Try these recipes from Country Living’s tempting menu: tasty Rosemary Garlic Chicken, delicious Grilled Pork Tenderloin, succulent Honey Grilled Salmon, and mouthwatering Sage Corn on the Cob. These dishes represent all the new trends in American country cooking, inspired by farmer’s markets with their superb variety of fresh produce. Everything tastes better than ever, with the meat often grilled, the potatoes roasted with herbs, and the pies made with delectable and unusual types of fruit. If Cold Avocado Soup, Saut�ed Summer Squash with Pistachio Pesto, and Quail with Golden Cherry BBQ Sauce don’t say “country” to you now, this unique cookbook will change that forever. • Advertising in Country Living Magazine
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