Miranda Lambert is the first ever celebrity to cover Country Living magazine. I actually love these types of home-decorating magazines. I don’t like the super-fancy ones, where it’s like “I combined three massive Manhattan apartments because I just didn’t have enough space for my wine and cigar collection.” Those magazines make me feel like a class warrior. But the home decorating magazines that are like “I bought a terrible little cottage and I redid the kitchen and just painted everything else”? I love those. Miranda actually guest-edited this issue of Country Living, and she did the cover interview (obvs). Most of the quotes are blah, blah, I’m a country girl, blah. But she talks about trying to incorporate enough space in her home for her 15 RESCUE ANIMALS. Some highlights:

How Country is “in her blood”: “I grew up in Lindale, Texas, where the town motto is Good Country Living (really!), so you could say country life has been in my blood since birth. Even now, my husband Blake [Shelton] and I live in Tishomingo, Oklahoma, which is roughly two hours from any major city. There’s just a peace that comes with country life.”

On her summer plans to make jam with Blake: “My dad taught me to live off the land. I now have my own garden, but Blake is really the gardener. This year, we’re planting tomatoes and strawberries to make jam. I have a little downtime this summer, so I’m looking forward to this task.”

On her beloved pick-up truck, Tammy: “I’ve had Tammy, my candy apple red ’55 Chevy stepside, since I was 17. It’s named after Tammy Wynette, because that was the cassette tape in the player when I got it. Blake and I had it on display at our wedding, although I still won’t let him drive it!”

Miranda’s love for her pets and obsession with Pinterest: “We’re building a new house, and I’ve been saving inspiration on Pinterest. A friend of mine recently said, ‘I can see your Pinterest boards, and all you have on there are dog rooms.’ My husband [singer Blake Shelton] and I have 15 rescue animals, and I spend way too much time planning our pets’ spaces. I’m like, okay, I probably need Miranda Lambert, to move on to the laundry room!”

[From Country Living]

I have just one dog and let me tell you… he makes every room his own space. My bedroom is HIS room. The living room his play area. My office is his nap space. The foyer is his other nap space. The hallway is his thinking space. The bathroom is his drinking hole (I’ve grown to accept that he will always drink from the toilet). But I can understand how Miranda might need to create special areas and spaces just for her animals, since there are 15 of them. Good God. Does she have a full-time staff member just to take care of the dogs?

Oh, and the idea of Blake Shelton as a gardener? Interesting. I keep getting a weird vibe from their marriage though, so I kind of think he’s spending time in another woman’s garden.

Photos courtesy of WENN, cover courtesy of Country Living.