country living

Here's a look at some little details that show how our family's love of cattle, farm life and country living has influenced our style choices for home decor and fashion accessories. I like to surround myself, in and around the home, with items that inspire and reflect this country lifestyle.

Vintage cow creamer on shelf near kitchen sink {Day to Day Co. sale}

Vintage-style framed Shorthorn cow herd art {Pickleweed Hill, Willamette District, West Linn, OR}

On the couch for now, sits a burlap bag 'feed sack' {Simply Sandy's, Joseph, OR} for holding whatever inevitably ends up left on the couch.



Coffee table reading stored in a vintage-style wooden tool box {Day to Day Co sale}. The current contents include a well-rounded collection: the Bible, children's books, devotionals, Shepherding a Child's Heart, The Husband Project-21 Days to Loving Your Man on Purpose and with a Plan, Storey's Guide to Raising Beef Cattle, and the recent issue of Shorthorn Country.




It might say something about us, that Shorthorn Country is the only magazine we currently subscribe to.



Above the sofa in the living room hang black-and-white livestock prints, which are pages from an early American dictionary bought at a garage sale for 25 cents. 



The pages are antique drawings representing different breeds of cattle, horses, sheep, swine, and poultry. Each drawing is numbered and the names of the breeds listed at the bottom of the page.

Garden pail {Simply Sandy's, Joseph, OR} for bringing in fresh vegetables to wash up at the island sink. Last night, this pail was filled with green onions, yellow zucchini, romaine and red leaf lettuce, and red, yellow and white swiss chard.

Above the kitchen cabinets are country/vintage-inspired pottery, baskets, star, clock, roosters and pail.

While shopping on our recent vacation in cattle country, I found this western-style cowprint leather handbag {Mad Mary & Company, Joseph, OR} and knew right away that it belonged with me. Yes, I know what you're thinking...shopping, vacation and cattle country aren't words that typically go together in a sentence, but that is what I love about our trips to Wallowa county; many of the things I love all in one place.