Country Living 2019-11-01

Ɓƃ COUNTRYLIVING.COM / NOVEMBER 2019

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TIPS, TRICKS, AND TACTICS FOR NOVEMBER IN THE NOT-SO-WILD

IDENTIFICATION KEY

Vintage China

You’ll likely spot

one of these favorite

fall patterns at a

place setting near you.

PERFECT SPECIMEN

A Sentimental Color Scheme

Mr. Boddington’s Studio, beloved purveyor of playful

paper goods, now lets you create a (highly giftable!) personalized

print of colors that vividly conveys your family’s story.

$70/unframed; mrboddington.com

MERIT BADGE

Interviewing

a Relative

As part of its Great

Thanksgiving Listen

campaign, the folks at

StoryCorps want you to

sit down with loved ones

during the holiday season

to preserve priceless

pieces of history: stories.

(They’ve logged 100,000

so far!) The StoryCorps

app, which allows you to

capture not just the story

but the way it’s told,

serves up open-ended

questions that help you

dig deeper—for example:

“What did your kitchen

smell like when you were

growing up?” You can

download a question-fi lled

placemat (for the kids’

table, perhaps?) at

storycorps.com, or head

to countryliving.com/

familyinterview for

conversation cards.

Sentimental Shades

Brainstorm a list of

12 family traditions or

beloved memories

(think “Mom’s Nubby

Linen Apron” or

“Wobbly Antique

Sideboard”).

Hand-Painted

Pedigree

Each color swatch is

painted in gouache

on an 8-by-10-inch

piece of card stock.

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written by NATALIE SCHUMANN