Indianapolis Monthly

pretty in primitives

The quiet acres around the Snelling house stretch so far and flat, it’s as if they’ve been shaped with a rolling pin. Only a speck of one other house is within sight. Anyone not familiar with rural settings might mistake the location for the middle of nowhere. But inside the Snellings’ bewreathed pale-blue front door, proof of the Hoosier life is rampant.

Baskets, bowling pins, chipped signs, carpenter aprons. Benches, crates, simple suitcases. Assembled on a sideboard. Arranged in an open cabinet.

Dolls, rakes, thread spools, stamps. Pottery, buttons, blueprints,

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