Country Sampler

FALLING FOR Follies

When Lisa Lucas joins her husband, Mark, on an autumn drive, she is on a rescue mission. Mark navigates his truck by white-steepled villages, covered bridges and forests ablaze with color, while Lisa scouts for furnishings orphaned by the roadside, eager to resuscitate castaway pieces for their Bakersfield, Vermont, home. These finds are soon paired with thrifted treasures, as the math teacher combs yard sales, secondhand shops and online markets with gusto to unearth tables, chairs, hutches and primitives priced

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