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Good Housekeeping
French Country Living Room

Country Living for home and gardens; cottage style decorating ideas and decor, country decorating ideas; cottage garden design, country craft ideas, recipes and country style decor. You don't have to live in the country to have a country kitchen, own country style furniture or even participate in country life.
At some point in January I always like to share the posts that were your favorites from the previous year here on Town and Country Living. Sometimes I’m surprised at the list, sometimes I’m not. Without further ado, here are the posts you visited most from 2020. Number One: Coming it at the number one.
The advantages of country living have been repeatedly stressed through the Spirit of prophecy counsels. Through the years thousands of Seventh-day Adventists have been guided in the choice of home environments and in their relationships to organizations of the world by the widely published testimony counsels on these vital points.

Country Living was first published in 1946. Its counsels and warnings have challenged many Seventh-day Adventists to examine carefully the effects of urban living on their lives and to reevaluate where they choose to live. It has highlighted the dangers of involvement with labor unions and other sources of party strife in the cities. At the same time, it has helped those with a burden for city evangelism to consider how best to be in the world but not of the world.CL 3.1

Building a new home on land that you've chosen, and with the style and features you've always wanted, can be a very gratifying experience. After all - building a home just the way you'd like it - is a major expression of you.

With the end of time approaching, this instruction is more relevant than ever. A new generation of believers will find these counsels opening horizons to them that they had not envisioned.CL 3.2

The writings of Ellen G. White repeatedly urge the advantages of country living. As conditions in our world build toward the final events, Seventh-day Adventists recall the Lord's instruction about leaving the cities, with their congestion, corruption, and conflicts. The cities do not provide a wholesome environment for Christian families.CL 3.3

Yet the counsels in this booklet also warn against acting rashly. Each person or family should study the instruction, think and pray about it, identify and evaluate the options, and ask God to make His leading clear.CL 3.4

God's people “Desire a better country, that is, an heavenly” (Hebrews 11:16). No place on earth can equal that home that God is preparing for us. Yet we may bring something of the heavenly country's atmosphere into our homes here, especially in rural settings. Thus, we believe that the inspired counsels set forth in this small volume will be appreciated by every Seventh-day Adventist.CL 3.5

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*Country Living*
Editor	Rachel Hardage Barrett
Frequency	Monthly
Publisher	Hearst Magazines
Total circulation (2012)	1,641,000^[1]
Year founded	1978; 43 years ago
Company	Hearst Magazines
Country	United States
Based in	Birmingham, Alabama
Language	English
Website	www.countryliving.com
ISSN	0732-2569

Country Living is an American lifestyle and home magazine published by the Hearst Corporation since 1978.^[2] The monthly magazine focuses on food, home renovation, home decor, DIY and lifestyle. The magazine hosts four Country Living Fairs a year in Rhinebeck, NY, Nashville, TN, Columbus, OH and Atlanta, GA.

In 2014, the magazine relocated its editorial offices from New York City's Hearst Tower (Manhattan) to Birmingham, Alabama. The current editor-in-chief is Rachel Hardage Barrett.^[3]

The magazine initially was conceptualized by John Mack Carter. From 1978 to 1998, the editor-in-chief was Rachel Newman (editor). The magazine was the first dedicated to the country look, and the focus was originally on Early American and period homes. In addition to country homes, regular features included home plans, inns, real estate listings, kitchens, cooking and folk remedies. During its early years, it was the fastest growing publication in the Hearst Corporation's history.

UK edition[edit]

The UK edition of the magazine was launched in the summer of 1985.^[4] Since 1995 the editor-in-chief has been Susy Smith.^[5]

References[edit]

^'eCirc for Consumer Magazines'. Audit Bureau of Circulations. June 30, 2011. Archived from the original on July 24, 2012. Retrieved December 1, 2011.
^'Top 100 U.S. Magazines by Circulation'(PDF). PSA Research Center. Archived from the original(PDF) on November 15, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
^Diel, Stan (April 2, 2014) The current associate publisher is Michelle Balaz. 'Country Living magazine completes move from New York to Birmingham.' Birmingham News - Retrieved April 2, 2014
^Linda (10 May 2010). The First Issue of Country Living Magazine. Vintage Heart Blog.
^Stewart, Linda (January 6, 2020). Why I want to write about the Troubles, by Northern Ireland's veteran editor of Country Living. Belfast Telegraph.

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