Combining the best of the old with the finest of the new this book shows how to create the country look in your home by providing practical know-how on how to make printed furniture, handmade quilts, stencilled floors, and preserves in the larder to evoke the comfort of a country home. It also has information on country handicrafts and country collections giving ideas for what to look for and how to display and care for collectables from quilts and coverlets to Shaker boxes and dried flowers.