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 Fall in the Country!

Country Living

Simple Country Pleasures

Reading Nooks • As far as luxuries go, not much can rival having an hour to spare in a cozy corner.

A Bistro-Inspired Kitchen • Old World meets New World in this hardworking family kitchen created by boutique kitchen designer Sarah Robertson.

A Rustic Retreat • With features from fieldstone fireplaces to knotty pine walls, these cozy get-off-the-grid cabins feel worlds away from the day-to-day.

Tyrolean Chairs • Also known as the Swiss Mountain chair, this centuries-old seating style blends on-trend folksiness and primitive charm.

Cabin Fever • From Adirondack-style frames to folksy instruments, these mountain-life mainstays will add rustic charm at any altitude.

What Is It? What Is It Worth?

Root Awakening • Whether served in a salad or blended into a custard, versatile sweet potatoes pair well with plenty more than marshmallows.

Slice of Life • At her popular pie-making workshops in Saratoga Springs, New York, Darien Rozell pays tribute to her great-grandmother’s love of baking one lattice crust at a time.

Honey-Glazed Pumpkin Donuts

Salt of the Earth • A West Virginian revives her family’s seven-generation artisanal salt business with brine sourced from an ancient ocean buried within the Appalachian Mountains.

Carroll County, New Hampshire • Nestled between the scenic White Mountain National Forest and the shores of Lake Winnipesaukee, this rural region of the Granite State is rich in history and offers sweeping autumnal views.

Better With Age • Author Jeff Zentner welcomes home his first-ever pet at a more seasoned stage of life.

Stitch It Yourself!

Home Field ADVANTAGE • For an Alabama family in a football-loving neighborhood, there’s no better way to kick off the season than with cozied-up communal spaces and a few pumpkins in your team’s palette.

Call of the Cabin • A sleepy retreat on a storied lake gets a wake-up call with unexpected combinations of colors, patterns, and vintage finds.

HOMEY HODGEPODGE • Long inspired by old fishing villages, hunting lodges, and the American West, British designer Tom Cox settles into a cozy and collected 325-year-old farmhouse deep in the English countryside.

ALL SET for the SEASON • From casual harvest parties to more formal Thanksgiving feasts, there’s no shortage of excuses to twirl up a table at this time of year.

Rethink the Runner • As much as we love a showy centerpiece (see pg. 76), a bountiful “runner” of natural elements such as chinaberries, blood oranges, thistle, and pine cones encourages across-the-table conversation.

Take a Stand • Consider this cake-stand twist on the classic horn-shaped cornucopia. To achieve peak “Vermeer painting” vibes, tuck in herbs and lettuces for texture and height.

Sit Pretty • Think of this swag-like gathering of Mexican sage, chinaberries, and magnolia leaves as a corsage for a seat. (Giant mums are not required, but always welcome.)

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: October 1994