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Primitive & Colonial Inspired Home & Garden Magazine
A Primitive Place Magazine
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  • 100 pages of inspiration
  • 5 Primitive & Colonial
  Spring Home Tours
  (never seen before homes)
  • Now Featuring Full Garden Tours!
  • Lots of Garden Photos, Garden Sheds, Garden Art, and more!
  • Simple Craft Projects & recipes to share with family & friends.
  • Trash to Treasure makeovers & much, much more!

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Cover Photo by Circa 1892 Homestead Primitives by Margo

Prims from Around the WorldPrims from Around the WorldPrims from Around the WorldPrims from Around the WorldAlong the Garden Path

Take a stroll down the path of this exquisite garden paradise.

Garden of Donna & Ken Glidden


Along the Garden Path

Take a stroll down the path of this exquisite garden paradise.

Garden of Donna & Ken GliddenAlong the Garden Path

Take a stroll down the path of this exquisite garden paradise.

Garden of Donna & Ken GliddenGarden Sheds

Nestle your shed into your landscape and create 

a charming backyard garden retreat.
NEW Porches & Patios Feature

A three season room or screened in porch is an extension of your home. 

Decorate this space with the same gusto and creativeness 

that you would when decorating any other room of your house.

Implementing Garden Art

Sticking to a budget can be difficult when your yard 

seems so big and you have so little money. 

Decorating your yard does not have to cost a fortune. 

This homeowner shares her tips for backyard beauty on a shoestring budget.

KinderGarden

“Lucy & Lucinda”

Submitted by Karen Larsen, Elliotsburg, PA

From Our Readers

Teresa Miller, of Newburg, PA, captured a photo of a tiger swallowtail butterfly at the home of her mother, Ruth Loht, of McClure, PA.
It's Thyme to Think Spring!
A Primitive Place Magazine Spring 2011 Issue
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The Summer 2011 issue includes:

  • 100 pages of inspiration
  • "Prims from Around the World"
  Tour 5 Homes from Across
         the Globe!
  • Crocks - "If You Can't Stand the Heat, Stay Out of the Kitchen"
  • Amazing Full Garden Tour - "Along the Garden Path"
  • Summer Garden Features include: Garden Sheds, Implementing Garden Art, Decorating Tips for Your 3 Season Porch or Patio, How to Make a Summer Garden Bench
  • Simple Craft Projects & recipes to share with family & friends.
  • Trash to Treasure makeovers & much, much more!


Cover Photo by Circa 1892 Homestead Primitives
by Margo Montrond Gracia

Get ready to take a summer vacation with APP! Pack your bags and travel with us around the world and tour 5 perfectly decorated homes!
A Primitive Place Magazine Summer 2011
Vol. 2, No. 2, to be released May 1, 2011
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SUMMER 2011 SNEAK PEEKS
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The FALL 2011 issue includes:

  • 116 pages full of inspiration
  • Tour 5 Festive Fall Homes
  • Special Feature: Ghoultide Gathering - "A Halloween Artist Spectacular"
  • Fall Garden Tour - "From the Ground Up"
  • Plus: other Garden Features include: Fall Garden Sheds, Garden Art, Porches & Patios and more!
  • NEW Homesteading section includes canning & stocking your pantry, the history of the butter churn, a fun project for the kids: "Making your own butter," harvesting & freezing apples, cost cutting coupons and more!
  • Simple Craft Projects & savory fall recipes to share with family & friends.
  • Trash to Treasure makeovers & much, much more!


Cover Photo by Linda Rudman

A Primitive Place Magazine FALL 2011
Vol. 2, No. 3, to be released August, 2011
FALL 2011 SNEAK PEEKS
Cover photo from the home of Loretta Spiak. "Its a WonderFall Life" written by Dan Weaver. Photography by Linda Rudman.Home of Maria Cardillo and John Nealon. "A Cornucopia of Primitives" Written by Dan Weaver. Photography by Linda Rudman.Home of Loretta Spiak "It's a WonderFall Life" Written by Dan Weaver. Photography by Linda Rudman.Home of David & Lana Testa "Falling for Primitives" Written by Dan Weaver. Photography by Linda Rudman.Home of Cathy Liddell "The Power of a Pioneering Spirit" Written by Jeremy A. Doss. Photography by Linda Rudman.Home of Karen Gerhart "A Colonial Transformation" Written by Dan Weaver. Photography by Karen Gerhart.Garden Feature "From the Ground Up" Written by Jeremy A. Doss. Photography by Linda Rudman.Fall Garden ShedsIn our KinderGarden Section: Luke Miller, grandson of Roxanne Smith, Newcomertown, Ohio, is photographed playing outside in the freshly raked leaves.NEW "Homesteading - A Guide to Living the Simple Life"
Offering practical advice on gardening, food, health, saving money and overall, ways to achieve a simpler way of life,
 for both the urban and country lifestyle. 
A little something for the men out there. In this issue of The Homesteader's Journal, "River Cats: Reeling on the Red River."Simple Craft Projects & Savory Fall Recipes to share with family and friends!
With this issue, we commemorate the one year anniversary of A Primitive Place magazine!
To celebrate, we have incorporated some exciting new changes!  The first change that you may have noticed already is the addition of Country Journal to our name. We are very excited about the new name, the new look and the additional content. A Primitive Place & Country Journal will be what A Primitive Place was plus more!
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Meet Our Staff
Kristine Berg Doss
Owner/Publisher/Editor
kristinedoss@wtc-mail.net
Dan Weaver
Senior Writer
dc11272@hotmail.com
Kris Thomas
Prim Project Coordinator
Jeremy A. Doss
Assistant Editor
Contributing Writer
jeremyadoss@yahoo.com
Kimberlee
Stylist
Contributing Writer
Linda Rudman
Contributing Writer
Lead Photographer
Home Features Manager
appmaghomes@yahoo.com
Audrey Hanna
Marketing/Advertising
appadvertising@yahoo.com
David T. Smith
Contributing Writer

Pam & Frank Hendrix
Contributing Writers
Photographers
Donna Dixon
Trash to Treasures