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 Spring in the Country!

Country Living

Simple Country Pleasures

Porch Swings • With its slow, creaking rhythm, this suspended seating beckons even the busiest to sit and stay a while.

A Light, Bright & Layered Kitchen • In the rolling hills of North Georgia, designer Monica Stewart breathes new life into an 1800s farmhouse with a blend of airy and grounded elements.

Room to Grow • For an Arkansas gardener, what started out as a simple shed turns into a well-appointed backyard retreat.

A Home With Room to Roam • With barns, assorted outbuildings, and dreamy gardens to boot, these picturesque farmhouses deliver the full country kit and caboodle.

Objects of Confection • Serve up your own slice of history with a cake-themed collection.

What Is It? What Is It Worth? • Our team of antiques experts weighs in on your treasured finds.

Taking Root • Synonymous with spring, sweet, crisp carrots add plucked-from-the-garden fresh flavor and vibrant color to everything from dips to drinks.

the COUNTRY HOUSE Cookbook • Tried-and-True Recipes You’ll Use and Love Forever

Honey Cheesecake

From the Ground Up • Author Annabel Monaghan goes from gardening novice to accidental green thumb with the help of a single bulb.

Country Living • April-May 2026

Midwestern Reunion • A Houston-based shop owner returns to her small-town roots in rural Ohio. This time she’s got her family of five in tow, as they pack friends and extended family into their renovated ranch house brimming with cottage coziness.

American Idyll • On her family’s multigenerational ranch in LaGrange, Wyoming, a designer has carved out room for friends and family…and 1,000 cows.

SO YOU WANT TO quit your job AND sell antiques? • Maybe it’s time you turned that vintage-shopping habit into a selling one! Here, seasoned dealers share how to make the leap if you’re ready to embrace the world of “recommerce” in ways beyond yard sales and Facebook Marketplace.

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

Pretty Up Your Porch

From the Archives: May 1995