Country Living 2019-11-01

Ɔs COUNTRYLIVING.COM / NOVEMBER 2019

Pull Out the

Heirlooms

“It’s important to use

what you have—don’t be

afraid of it,” says Nancy.

“I try to keep my dishware

true to the period of

the house. In addition to

farmhouse staples like

crocks and rolling pins,

I have a lot of delft-inspired

blue and white because

the stone portion of the

house is Dutch.”

Stick to the Script

Handwriting has a soulfulness

about it, whether it’s menu cards

(above) or a linen table runner

(below), both featuring family

members’ penmanship. For the

runner, family members wrote their

names on a vintage runner with

a disappearing-ink fabric marker.

Embroiderer Tamara Harper

(thesmallwoods.etsy.com) back-

stitched over the names to

create a one-of-a-kind keepsake.

HA

ND

• L

ET

TE

RI

NG

BY

AB

BY

BO

W

LIN

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