Bl6—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 10,1982
American Country
BY DEBBIE KOONTZ
LANCASTER American
Country is the hottest look in
decorating these days and you
don’t have to spend a fortune to get
it.
In fact, if you’re living in a
“typical” old farm house, you have
the greatest potential toward
achieving this look due to the
house’s often exposed wooden
beams, old fire places, extra-wide
window seals, and capacity use of
wallpaper.
American Country looks ex
pensive, but doesn’t have to be. Not
only is it the look on the local scene
a look you probably have taken
for granted and have been trying to
change for years once you get
“enough money” but it’s all the
rage in large metropolitan areas.
Flip through any decorating
magazine. People are paying
exorbitant prices for the look you
now have or can have so easily in
most rural areas. ‘Extras,’ such as
old rockers, chests, wooden
anything from old barn forks to
sleighs creating an American
Country atmosphere wrought
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Wye Angus sale
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Bidders from 13 states brought an
auction total of more than $lOO,OOO
last week to the Wye Angus-
Uruversity of Maryland Foun
dation’s fourth annual sale of
yearling bull breeding stock.
The high bid at the sale was
$16,500 for the near half-ton bull
Leonid of Wye, and the average
price per animal was just over
$3,100 according to W. Lamar
Harris, director of the University’s
Agricultural Experiment Station
whose Wye Research Center was
the site for the March 29 sale.
“We’re very pleased with the
interest cattle breeders are
showing m the Wye herd,” Harris
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found at numerous garage sales
and auctions.
What’s the reason for such an
upswing in the country look?
According to A 1 Soles, mer
chandise manager from Ethan
Allen Galleries in Lancaster, the
reason is the economy and
necessity.
“This look reflects the change
going on in lifestyles in America
now. People out of necessity are
coming back to the home and want
it to look good. The ‘Bos look very
good for the furniture industry
because baby boom children are
now buying and realizing home is
where they want and have to spend
their time. So they put their money
into the home,” he said.
“The country look happens to be
one of the most comfortable looks
available. If you look at the
economy you will see a trend that
happens in our industry. When the
economy is bad, people go back to
early American looks.”
But he denies that the look will
be just a passing trend, so if you’re
thinking of investing m a few
‘country’ things, your purchase
said.
“Although we’re m the midst of a
recessionary economy, a suc
cessful sale such as this affirms
our belief that'cattle breeders have
confidence m our mission of
quality animal research here at
the Wye Research Center,” he
added.
From 1938 the year of the Wye
Angus herd’s establishment to
1981 the last full year for which
herd statistics are available
nearly 6,000 calves valued for their
superior fertility, weight gam and
genetic purity have come out of a
herd that started with wily 18
heifers, according to Hams.
A peep into decorating your home
graces rural and urban homes
The American juntry look, whether pur
posely achieved or still in its original form, is
gracing the homes of many rural and urban
neighbors. Several of the items pictured above
will be sound.
“It won’t disappear because
people bve very easily with it.
Traditional furnishings really
don’t change much,” he explained.
So how can you achieve this
comfortable and lasting look?
Armstrong Industries, a world
leader in decorating, suggests
shopping second hand stores and
be willing to do a lot of the work
yourself.
Color often sets the mood of your
room and today’s country-look
favorites are wheat and blue, and
the earth tones: rust, beige, brown,
cream and gold.
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accent pieces such as jugs, sleighs, forks, and
old kettles.
Accessories often include old
chests that are functional twofold:
they can be used as a side table to
place things on, or as a trunk to
hide or hold magazines, blankets,
dishes, etc.
Old tea kettles, hurricane lamps,
wood stoves, jugs, shaker rocking
chairs, trestle tables, and
reupholstered high-backed wing
chairs also will help you get the
look you want.
Another benefit of the country
look is the minimum use of car
peting. Covering your floors wall to
wall with carpet can be very ex
pensive, so instead try a heavy no-
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wax linoleum floor with a few
accent rugs or carpet remnants;
both can be washed easily.
Looking at the picture, you will
see how this look can be so easily
accomplished. Notice the extras
which accent the room such as the
glass-topped sleigh, the cream
colored quilt, the basket of yarn,
the old hay fork, and the brass tea
kettle.
The room appears to be a
pleasing facsimile of authentic
Americana: comfortable, func
tional, and warm. Why not see
what you can do with your home to
radiate this same warmth?
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