Enhanced by a helpful resources section, an indispensable handbook for urban and suburban dwellers seeking a more rural lifestyle offers suggestions on how to select the right location, building or renovating a home, home farming, essential tools and supplies, and how to cope with such issues as schools, weather, and utilities. Original.

Combining helpful advice with inspirational full-color photographs, a complete guide to creating the perfect kitchen explains how to accomplish a balance of efficiency, comfort, and beauty, regardless of style, covering such essential topics as design, ventilation, countertops, cabinets, walls, floor, appliances, food storage, and other remodeling essentials. Reprint.

A unique guide to home decorating shows readers the art of using candles to maximum effect, outlining dozens of ideas, each designed to set various moods with the sparkling light of real candlelight. Reprint.

A richly illustrated guide to cottage style decorating provides both traditional and fresh new twists on the popular style, featuring an array of inspirational designs and ideas, ranging from a California bungalow furnished in flea market finds to a rural English retreat in a New York apartment, along with tips on how use color, work with wallpaper patterns, and display collections. Reprint.

Offers household hints and practical solutions to everyday problems, covering such diverse topics as clutter control, gardening, baking, and cleaning.

The editors of "Country Living" present more than 300 enchanting ideas for celebrating the Christmas season, including fabulous tree-toppers and exceptional ornaments.

Country Living is about a young gir l who moves to Texas from Arkansas and finds her future husband after being mistreated by her ex-boyfriends. After her dad dies, her mother starts neglecting her and dating every country boy that lives in that town. With the help of some friends, can she put her no good mother in jail? Should she?

A Cal to Leave the Cities. Avoiding Labor Conflicts. An Appeal to Parents. Occupations in Rural Locations. Preparing for the Sunday Law Crisis. Colonizing at Institutional Centers. Guided by god's Providences. Our Institutional Centers to be Away from Congested Areas. Emergency Flight in Closing Conflict

Celebrating the best in American country cookery, a tempting cookbook brings together nearly 250 delicious and healthful recipes inspired by a variety of fresh produce, including such favorites as Rosemary Garlic Chicken, Grilled Pork Tenderloin, Honey Grilled Salmon, Cold Avocado Soup. Sautéed Summer Squash with Pistachio Pesto, and many others. Reprint.

Explains how to transform small but awkward spaces into appealing, cozy corners, offering dozens of ingenious decorating approaches and design ideas in such sections as Themes and Collections, Forgotten Spaces, Crafting Corners for Pets, and more, along with advice on creating storage and seating, theme decorating, color choices, and do-it-yourself projects. Homestyle Book Club.