Guest Picks: 20 Pieces Full of Farmhouse Charm
A little bit rustic, a little bit industrial and a whole lot of lovely! A farmhouse table with a zinc top is the perfect marriage of styles.
These nesting crates offer so many possibilities for adding a touch of farmhouse anywhere in your home. Hang a trio in different sizes on the wall for visual interest, but don't forget to make them functional too by using them to hold plates, papers or maybe even herbs.
Keeping time and up-to-date activities all at once? As busy moms, this sounds perfect to us. Now we'll know just how late we are running for school each day.
We might not live in farmhouses, but we would feel like we did if our milk were served in these vintage milk bottles. And with that darling carrier, we could just pretend we milked the cows that morning.
This gorgeous French farmhouse mantel would definitely be a statement piece in any home — and the statement it's making is, "I'm gorgeous and I know it!"
If we had farmhouses, we would have clotheslines. It's just that simple. We can only imagine how wonderful the sheets would smell after being dried by the breeze blowing through the cornfield. (Although if we were dairy farmers, we're sure we would rather not have that added aroma in our bedding.)
We do not enjoy baiting hooks, but we absolutely love this lantern made out of a vintage bait bucket! We're always looking for the silver lining.
A simple grain-sack fabric basket is an easy way to add that touch of farmhouse style to your home even if you live in the suburbs.
In our minds, this pot rack has beautiful aged copper pots hanging from it, along with a few dried herbs here and there. This could be added to any kitchen for instant character.
We can picture it now: creaking hardwood floors, shuttered windows, crisp linens and this beautiful raw silk bed skirt — the makings of a perfect farmhouse bedroom.
Perfect for a craft room or the kitchen, this cast iron combination twine holder and scissors could give a city dwelling a hint of farmhouse style.
The simple beauty of a wooden dough bowl belies how multipurpose it can really be. We haven't been making a lot of dough these days, but we would absolutely fill this with dried hydrangeas, pine cones or even glass ornaments for the holidays.
Once again, form meets function in this beautiful vintage-inspired fan with a clock insert. Just don't try and change the time while it's turned on!
We imagine that if this trunk-turned-coffee-table were actually in a farmhouse, it would be filled with beautiful handmade quilts. We are also certain that it would creak when opened.
Any rug that graces the floor of a farmhouse better be durable, but that doesn't mean it can't also be beautiful. Adding this one to your home would bring durability and classic style all in one.
If we were attempting to add farmhouse touches to our homes, we would absolutely use layers of crisp white linens in the bedrooms. But it might take a lot of convincing for our husbands to let us have that many pillows on the bed.
Every farmhouse table must have a farmhouse bench, even if only on one side. Kids getting along? Perfect. Have them sit together! Kids not getting along? Perfect. Still have them sit together as a form of creative discipline.
Whether you use it to store magazines or mittens, a woven basket is an absolute farmhouse essential. And those chalkboard tags make organization a cinch.
I can see it now: rows and rows of Mason jars being filled with strawberry preserves. And I can't think of a better way to get more work space than by adding a beautiful island to your kitchen.Next: How to create your own modern farmhouse look
Farmhouses and Mason jars go together like a warm summer night and fireflies. We think this Mason jar pendant is the next best thing to capturing lightening bugs in a jar, and it would always remind us of one of our favorite childhood pastimes.
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