Featured Artist - Derek McCrea

For all of you who love country decor, we are featuring a new artist - Derek McCrea. We think his work is wonderful and we know you will too.

Right now we are carrying limited edition prints of his colorful watercolors.

Derek has a fabulous collection of colorful country florals featuring daisies, sunflowers and coneflowers.

His new tabletop still lifes are some of our favorites - although we currently have only one available as a print - but others will be out soon.

We will be adding more of his work over time so be sure to stop back often for more artwork from Derek McCrea.

For all your country, cottage-style, shabby chic and country Christmas home decor needs visit The Weathered Gate.

Country Decor with Pizzazz!

If you like farm-inspired country decor and want to opt for a more upscale and colorful look, try decorating around a stunning black area rug featuring a bright rooster design.

For a gorgeous area rug that will get you off on the right track, our Roosters Black Area Rug by Safavieh featuring brightly colored chickens and hens on a black background is a wonderful choice. Adding country red or black painted furniture will really set your color scheme in motion. Adding colorful candleholders like these glass candleholders with a wire frame along with other colorful tabletop and wall decor items in farm-inspired designs will complete this stunning look!

New Line for the Holidays - Woodland Birds

For all you folks that love country decor (and who doesn't?) we came across a gorgeous new line of holiday kitchen accessories and tableware that will dress your home up for the holidays while keeping with your country motif.

Woodland Birds features pine branches and cones with chickadees, cardinals and the like, dressed up with swirls and berries and dark red and green trim.

Add just a touch of these beautiful accessories with a small surface saver and decorative kitchen towels, or go all out and add glass canisters, a utensil crock and trivets.

The melamine dinner and salad plates are great for holiday gatherings.

You'll also want to stock up on the melamine appetizer plates along with a Woodland Birds melamine chip-n-dip.

For a more formal affair, the ceramic dinner and salad plates will help you create a stunning holiday table.

Bring the Garden Indoors!

Whether you're redecorating your dining area, a large country kitchen or just want to add something new to spice up your room, try bringing the garden indoors. No, not the flower garden - the vegetable garden!

Try decorating around a beautiful veggie garden-inspired area rug featuring luscious richly colored peas, pumpkins, carrots and the like! For a gorgeous veggie design area rug that will get you off on the right track, our Beige Vegetables area rug featuring a variety of colorful veggies on a cream background is a wonderful choice. Adding rich wood furniture will really set your color scheme in motion.

Complement your room with a veggie wreath to set off the colorful accents. Our 16" Vegetable Soup wreath is the perfect choice!

For a final touch you might want to consider our decorative veggie throw pillows. What a fabulous look whether you add just the peapod throw pillow or the whole garden - carrots, asparagus, beets.....

Put it all together and you'll have a beautiful and unique garden-inspired room you're sure to love!