Design Hints

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Honor History

Learn how to include authentic details when aging a contemporary kitchen to match timeworn preferences.

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Focus on Fireplaces

Rework a lackluster fireplace surround to align it with traditional country-style preferences.

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Take Your Places

Get tips on how to assemble and stack fall mainstays into living room arrangements that showcase individual collectibles while making a strong statement as a whole.

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Turn Contemporary into Country

Learn how to overcome style differences when implementing a primitive look in a newer home that was built with a more modern design.

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Vanity Fair

Soften modern-era bathroom fixtures by working in primitive details that allow country style preferences to shine.

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Porch Panache

Set the scene at your home with a welcoming front porch that matches the country style of your interiors.

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Have a Hearth

Winter is the perfect season to bestow your home with a fireplace. Nina and Larry Hurt, who live in Hazard, Kentucky, collaborated on their living room makeover, which features a striking accent wall where textiles and antique furniture flank a faux fireplace with an evolved-over-time effect. Here are their tips for making a masonry-free hearth:

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Going Green

When you live near one of Maine’s iconic forests, fresh-cut greenery is a prerequisite for seasonal decorating. Artificial branches can’t truly replicate the natural beauty of emerald green balsam fir, richly textured cedar and heavenly white pine. Daniel Higgins and his partner, Sean Weber, adorn every room in their Orrington, Maine, home with a live Christmas tree, wreaths, sprays, and garlands made with fresh greens, berries and pinecones, a technique exemplified in their living room. To keep real greenery looking its best for the entire season, Daniel recommends these simple steps, starting in late October:

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Table of Plenty

Celebrate the close of summer and prepare to give thanks for nature’s bounty. Intermix French country with timeworn traditional that has a vintage vibe, as Trisha and Aaron Hiatt did in their dining room in Ocala, Florida. Entertain these ideas to help blend furnishings and accessories that encompass different styles.

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Secret Weapon: Wallpaper

Karen Skiver patiently peeled off old Victorian wallpaper until she had a blank slate for her more primitive decorating style in the Greenville, Ohio, house she and her husband, Neil, have renovated. Once that hard work was complete, she re-papered walls in prim colors and patterns throughout the house—including her mudroom. “Wallpaper covers a lot,” she says. “It can really dress up your home.” She offers the following key points to consider when deciding between wallpaper and paint:

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