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3 days ago | 
countryliving.com | Jennifer Kopf
Step aside pretty handmade quilts, painted furniture, and heirloom silver, in today’s collecting market, it’s the much less decorating-friendly entertainment items that are ruling the auction market.
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5 days ago | 
yahoo.com | Jennifer Kopf
"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links."While first thoughts may have you thinking fire pits are only for cool, crisp evenings paired with warm, cozy blankets...think again! What day at the lake isn’t even better when it ends with an evening of swapping stories around the fire? And what’s a camping trip without campfire s’mores? Well, you don’t have to wait for a special occasion or family getaway to enjoy either.
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4 weeks ago | 
countryliving.com | Jennifer Kopf
The storied PBS show Antiques Roadshow is currently on tour taping for its 30th season to air in early 2026. The show’s Executive Producer, Marsha Bemko, is a Country Living contributor, and their many appraisers are regularly featured in our antiques appraisals column, ‘What is It?
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1 month 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.
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1 month 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.
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2 months 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.
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Mar 13, 2025 | 
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.
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Mar 11, 2025 | 
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.
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Feb 20, 2025 | 
countryliving.com | Jennifer Kopf
Even if you haven’t said it recently, you’ve probably said it at one point or another, “I wish my kitchen....” We’re with you! In fact, remodeling the kitchen is at the top of many a home improvement wish list, no matter if the house is old or new or how long the homeowners have lived there. But, good news, we’re here to help you make 2025 the year you finally get the kitchen of your dreams. For most, two factors keep homeowners from pulling the trigger on a kitchen makeover.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
msn.com | Jennifer Kopf
