Country Sampler

Crafted Countryside

Featured Framework

Transform an entryway by propping a hall tree with seasonal fare. Assemble round objects like pumpkins and stoneware containers to contrast rectangular signs, shelves and boxes. Hang a feed-sack dress from one of the hall tree's pegs, pad the bench with a neutral quilt section, and bring in soft figures featuring muted colors.

WOOD WORKS

Back a display with an old-fashioned ironing board topped with a pumpkin-head doll.

Lisa Hofmeister at her Butler, Pennsylvania, home, you'll likely catch her wandering about with embellishments in her hands as she hunts for the perfect vignette to tuck them into. “I'll pick something up from one room and move it to another, and then suddenly I'm moving things all over the place,” she laughs. For Lisa, this habit has

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