Jennifer Kopf

1 week ago | countryliving.com | Jennifer Kopf

There’s just something about a beach house that brings an instant exhale and has us kicking off our shoes and feeling just a little bit lighter and more relaxed. Sure, part of that has to do with the smell of the salty, sea air and the soothing sounds of the waves, but more so, it’s the easy, breezy feeling of the house itself.

2 weeks ago | countryliving.com | Jennifer Kopf

Since its introduction in 1984, our antiques appraisals column “What Is It? What Is It Worth?” has been a favorite of Country Living readers. With the help of our panel of antiques experts, Antiques Roadshow Executive Producer Marsha Bemko, Helaine Fendelman, Marsha Dixey of Heritage Auctions, and Bene Raia of Raia Auctioneers, we’ve assessed the value of nearly 2,000 items, ranging from those discovered hiding in the floorboards to treasured family heirlooms. The most popular item? Chairs.

3 weeks ago | countryliving.com | Jennifer Kopf

Sometimes getting away from it all requires a simple sojourn to your own backyard. That’s certainly the case for interior designer and stylist Linda Dannvin, who frequently takes a pilgrimage on a gravel path from her Swedish farmhouse to her Victorian-style garden/guest house. Commute time: 30 seconds. The “summer house,” as she calls it, is a 300-square-foot board-and-batten structure attached to a 100 year-old barn.

2 months ago | countryliving.com | Jennifer Kopf

Green paint colors remain a top color choice of designers for 2025 and we couldn’t agree more. Whether a pastoral green used in a farmhouse, a soft sage in a cottage, or a bright forest green used in a traditional Tudor, there is a shade of green that is right for any style house, in any location. Green cabinetry is trending for kitchens, but the color looks equally at home in a bedroom or bathroom, as you’ll see in our favorite green-hued rooms featured below.

2 months ago | countryliving.com | Joshua Lyon |Jennifer Kopf

Generically known as fruit jars or canning jars, these humble glass pieces were designed for putting up fruits and vegetables in the days before refrigeration. They get their now more commonly used name—Mason jar—from their creator, John L. Mason, who patented his fruit-canning jar invention in 1858 (when he was just 26!). Atlantic Glass Works in believed to have produced the first Mason jars, which were embossed with the marking “Mason’s Patent Nov. 30th.