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How to Dress “French Country” Fashion
Ladies, French Country decor is laid back beauty of expensive toile curtains combined with rustic dirty wood floors. A little rustic and a little polish. Fashion is no different. You can combine the practical and comfortable with the pretty. I like pairing my dusty cowgirl boots with my flowy floral dresses. The French use nice things daily. They do not save their nice things for special occasions only. All clothes will get ruined eventually, just wear your nice things. I think it’s sad to make nice things occasional. It is also sad that a simple day dress has been viewed as fancy in modern culture. Women use to wear pretty…
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Shopping for Your Homestead 10 Tips to Buying Land
This article will cover the most vital ten items to question about potential properties. If you are purchasing an existing house check out Top 10 Tips for buying a Country House click here. 1. Road access. You drove up to the property listing. Is the road to access to the property maintained by the buyer, the county, a neighbor? Is it level or steep? Is it narrow or wide? Will this road be dangerous in the winter? Consider the vehicles and the size of any loads you will need to drive down the road to the property and make sure it suits those needs. I caution to not get involved…
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10 Tips for buying a House in the Country
These are the ten most important questions to ask when buying a house in the country. To see the 10 Tips for Buying Land click here. 1. Water. Is it well or city water? What is the age and condition of the well equipment? What is the well water pressure like? 2. Test your water. Test for bacteria, chemicals, minerals, etc. 3. Septic system. Where is the drain field on the property? This would be an area that you cannot plant or build anything. Or park on. How close to the water well is the drain field? What type of plumbing pipes were used? Ceramic, metal, pvc? 4. Zoning. Can…
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Why I Love Country Life & Why You Might too! A Dreamy Home Retreat
In the morning, I get dressed on my way out of bed and I head outdoors with a hot coffee. The scenery is full of the news of my surroundings and the headlines are joyful: “Sunlight peers through the trees”, “Fog blankets dew kissed pasture”, While the world rushes by distracted…. “The birds sing”. The moments of the morning suspend in the very air I inhale. Droplets of mist and pollen glisten as they ballet dance in the sun rays. Out here the land seems to exist with no time, it just is. The pastel soft colors awaken slowly into day light. Every morning a gift, each morning unique. There…
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How Country Living Changed My Style
When you are accustom to city/suburb living, it may not be apparent to you just how much the manicured environment allows you to wear certain items easily. In the country, unless you have a lot of paved areas around your house, expansive gravel pathways or wooden deck space, there is a lot more dirt and grass surface to walk on and not a lot of hard clear surfaces. This makes for a very different experience wearing certain items, one of them being long length skirts and dresses. Sweeping hemlines are beautiful but in the countryside it does not go well with moisture, taller grasses, ticks, and dirt. While I love…
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Fall Fashion Essentials for the Country Woman Wardrobe
Country living means different fashion essentials! Ladies, if you live in the country I hope this helps you create a wardrobe specifically suited to your rural lifestyle. Over the years of living in the country as a girl who enjoys fashion, I couldn’t help but notice how different my fashion essentials are for country living than the typical touted “fashion essentials”! That doesn’t mean a country woman’s wardrobe has nothing in common with a city wardrobe, we all need sweaters and boots for cold weather! However, there are differences in what kinds of boots and sweaters work better for the country lifestyle. Buy the right kind of boots My cowgirl…
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Stylish & Practical Homestead Fashion Essentials
Country living, especially for homesteading, requires certain fashion essentials. Country women just need different wardrobe basics than suburban/city women. Our clothing must be durable and comfortable without sacrificing our feminine and stylish senses. PocketsIf you put something on, make sure it has pockets because you will need them. You can even enjoy your dresses out on your property because more are now being made with pockets due to customer demand. Finding blouses with pockets is almost non existent, so my fashion secret is buying short dresses with pockets and wearing them as my long blouse! Sometimes I hem them if they’re just a bit too long to be a blouse…