Country style evokes memories of a casual, friendly, simpler life of yesteryear on a Midwestern or Appalachian farm in the United States. Country style is clearly not urban or suburban. It represents an idealized vision of rural life in America. One can almost see the quilts on the beds, smell the cornbread in the kitchen, and taste the homemade apple pie.

Furniture is rural and rustic. Colors are muted with significant use of earth tones and milk-paint finishes. Colors and surfaces often suggest the wear of time. Fabrics have a vintage flavor featuring floral, checked, striped patterns on calico fabric. Accessories tend to a handmade, homespun look. Potpourri, straw, woven baskets, wooden spoons, pottery, old tin canisters, towels, soaps and quilts, make natural country accents.