Best 10 Country Living Decorating Books on Sale

Hearst’s Decorating with Baskets is one of those older Country Living references that tells you which weave and shape goes where. It runs through living room, kitchen, mudroom, and bath, and it leans heavy on photo examples instead of fluffy text. At this discount it’s the single biggest markdown in the pool, and it’s a fair price for anyone trying to fix up a covered porch or entryway.

Country Color Combinations is a paint-and-pairing book more than a strict decor manual. It’s organized by primary palettes with rooms photographed in each one, which beats the swatch-card approach if you’re standing in front of a paint wall trying to choose. The pictures do skew early 2000s, so expect a fair bit of toile and ticking stripe.

The Vintage Style book is the one I’d hand to anyone who haunts the Hurricane antique mall or works the flea markets up around Bridgeport. It covers pairing flea market pieces with softer fabrics without making your house look like a chain store version of country. This is the lowest sales rank of the Country Living lot, which usually means it’s the title people keep buying.

750 Great Ideas for Decorating on a Budget reads more like a tip jar than a coffee-table book, which is the point. Each idea gets a paragraph and a small photo, and the index makes it easy to dip in for a bookshelf fix or a window treatment idea without committing to a full chapter. The discount is modest here, so this is more about whether you want the format than the price.

Country Decorating is the foundational Hearst title, the one most of the others reference. It’s broader and a little less specific than the themed books in this list, which makes it a fine first pick if you don’t already own one. Markdown is light, and older edition years can vary between sellers, so check the publication info before you commit.

Decorating with White is exactly what it says it is, a tour through white-on-white country interiors with notes on texture, fabric, and wood tone to keep rooms from feeling cold. If you’ve ever tried to do an all white guest room in a 1920s farmhouse and watched it go gray within a season, this book has a chapter for you. The discount is the smallest of the Country Living group.

Cozy White Cottage runs 100 styling ideas paired with project shots and seasonal vignettes. The binding is heavier than the older paperback Country Living titles in this list, and it photographs well enough to sit on a coffee table when company comes. This is the one I’d hand to a mom who decorates rather than only collecting decorating books.

Fox Chapel’s Ultimate Book of Modern Farmhouse Plans is built for someone in the planning phase of a build or a serious renovation. It includes 350 illustrated plans with elevations and square footage, plus notes on outdoor living and kitchen layouts. Its bestseller rank in the top 50 for the category tells you it sells consistently, which is why the discount stays small.

Provence Style from Simon and Schuster is the heaviest, prettiest book in this list, and the half-off price puts it back in gift territory. It’s a coffee-table photography book first, with French country interiors photographed in actual French houses rather than American interpretations. If your decorating taste skews toward limewash walls and faded blue shutters, this is the one.

Country Living Christmas at Home covers holiday decorating and simple seasonal crafts, with a recipe section that’s smaller than a real cookbook but bigger than an afterthought. The discount is small and the timing is off in May, so this is only worth grabbing now if you actually use the holiday section as a year-round planning reference. Otherwise watch it again in September.