I love old stuff. Last summer, my nephew (tag sale partner) and I picked up so many vintage items which fit in perfectly for the farmhouse style.
White painted wooden walls are gorgeous.
Builder Online |
This farmhouse kitchen is so charming. I love the skirted bottoms.
The Cottage Market |
The Cottage Market |
Maria Killam |
What you can do in your kitchen ...
*Buy an old kettle and put it on the stove.
*A wooden chopping block can add the warm wood color of an old farmhouse table, also.
*Pictures of farm animals or farms like my paint-by-number painting.. (below)
*Mason jars on the shelf filled with pickles or jam. Or fresh flowers in a Mason jar.
*Folded cotton towels
*Porcelain pots
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The farmhouse bathroom has an old footed bathtub. I wanted one of these a few years ago but my bathrooms aren't big enough. Sniff.
House plans Southern Living |
What you can do to your bathroom for the farmhouse style.
I mean... if you don't have room for a footed bathtub you could...
*Add a porcelain sink - I have porcelain sinks in both my bathrooms. I think they wear better and are looking old even though they are new.
*Add a chipped up chair
*Make a farmhouse Mason jar light
*Add a wooden stool or a basket (if the basket if painted and chipped that's all the better)
*What about a white chipped up ladder to hold towels? Funky Junk Donna has a great picture. In fact, the whole bathroom is gorgeous farmhouse style.
*Mason jar soap dispenser (below -click over to tutorial).
Interior Design |
Mason Jar Bathroom Lights |
Iron beds are the quintessential farmhouse bed. Last summer I bought an old iron twin headboard. It's roughed up a little and dirty - the kind of dirt that doesn't really come off. I wanted to put it above my fireplace but it doesn't fit and I'm thinking of hanging it on the wall somewhere.
Here's a barrel used as an end table. But, uh, I think the chamber pot is going too far. :) My mother remembers having to empty the chamber pot each morning. (Is this an indelicate subject?)
Add Farmhouse style to your bedroom in these ways...
*White walls
*Burlap pillows or burlap anything
*Old quilts
*Old birdcages are pretty cool (see below)
*Old boxes - Coke boxes, dairy boxes, wooden toolboxes. Wooden boxes of any kind with some age on them.
*Old frames - painted white and chipped
*Wooden architectural elements of any kind
Urban Farmgirl |
*Wooden signs that are old or made to look old add farmhouse touches....
*Any signs that say "Farm" or "Eggs" or "Produce" would fit right in. Aged wood is better.
*Old windows and doors
Down to Earth Style |
How else can you add touches to your home to suggest farmhouse style decor?
Best wishes, Linda
These Chocolate Cherry Cupcakes were very easy to make.
all the quick crafts and sewing tips I have coming up... or
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These are all lovely. I love the farmhouse look, I grew up in one. Thanks for sharing at Wake Up Wednesday Linky Party.
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Fun ideas! Thanks for sharing the beautiful pictures.
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Patti
lovely inspirations for farm house sweetness. I invite you to share at my hop today Hugs!
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