Country Sampler

Countryside Casual

UP & AWAY

Define an outdoor work area with a wide handpainted sign bearing a garden-related word.

“A little dirt don't hurt,”

insists Jenn Choate on her imaginative blog, Down Shiloh Road. That's especially true in the spring, when the hands-on homeowner and self-proclaimed “crazy chicken lady” is more than happy to get her hands dirty, whether working in her garden or on one of the many DIY projects she tackles with her husband, Josh. “I'm a big gardener, and I like fresh flowers and lots of plants,” Jenn says. She craves nature, as well as garden and farmhouse antiques, to add warm-weather appeal

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