Welcome to September in the Country.
If you ask a dozen people to describe how the ideal country house should be decorated, you’ll get as many different answers. For every person who prefers a period home with primitives, there’s another who favors a farmhouse with flea market finds and a third who craves a cottage with kitschy collectibles. But if you ask the same people how the ideal country house should make you feel, the answers are far more universal. Because that’s what it really all comes down to, isn’t it? A kick-up-your-feet, linger-a-little-longer sort of feeling. At Country Living, we often talk about whether a home passes the “no-coaster test.” In other words, do you feel like you could put a drink down on the coffee table without scrambling to locate a coaster? Ideally, the…