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Blending Styles: Farmhouse Meets Industrial
Design Your Own Mashup of Warm Wood and Modern Metal
I am an architectural design writer who often focuses on how environment can affect behavior. Before consulting privately, I received my MA in writing and ran a design boutique in Los Angeles.
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Whether you are merging your design style with another's, or just can't decide how to blend several looks you love, there is hope. Gone are the days of choosing one style or one wood finish throughout your home, or going with a perfectly matched bedroom set.
Today's design freedom allows you to merge a little of this and a little of that. You can create a space that represents exactly who you are and what you love. And it IS possible to merge two seemingly unrelated styles. In this mini-series of ideabooks, we'll mesh two styles and explore what makes them work so well together.
Today's design freedom allows you to merge a little of this and a little of that. You can create a space that represents exactly who you are and what you love. And it IS possible to merge two seemingly unrelated styles. In this mini-series of ideabooks, we'll mesh two styles and explore what makes them work so well together.
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by Birdseye Design
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| Merging farmhouse with a more modern industrial style is entirely possible. Take a look at this exterior addition. The porch covering bridge the two looks together. |
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by Birdseye Design
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| In this additional view, we can see how modern design flows into the original little farmhouse, smoothly flowing with the help of a monochromatic exterior and details. |
| Here is another stark addition that takes a farmhouse into the 21st century without making the addition seem from outer space. Here the addition matches the farmhouse's height. |
| This puts together two such obviously mixed styles that it becomes a third thing altogether, and architectural art. |
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| This farmhouse kitchen and its wood get a sleek industrial touch with details such as the metal stools and the lighting fixtures. |
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| Another kitchen with lots of farmhouse wood has an industrial touch from the light fixtures and materials in the exterior window and hall. |
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by RTA Studio
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| Another great example of the details making a difference. Sometimes the subtle and deliberate attention to the small things makes the largest difference in style. |
| The steel and sleek windows help balance this traditional kitchen. The beautiful countertops in return balance the steel with warmth. |
Don't you adore this open modern space? The ceiling is inspired by tall farmhouses and even parish vaulted ceilings, and the open room retains a continuity that includes quaint and warmer farmhouse detailing, such as warmer wood finishes and this wooden table.
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| The metal chairs and lamps provide a balance to the heavier wood. Windows are wisely kept sleek and uncovered. |
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Small details can infuse a traditional setting with modernity and personality. Details like these hands sophisticatedly support the notion that design should be fun.
Do you have two styles that you'd like to see merged? Let me know below!
Next: Browse more eclectic home designs
Do you have two styles that you'd like to see merged? Let me know below!
Next: Browse more eclectic home designs
Ideabook published on Feb. 12, 2011.
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I think those farmhouse kitchens were great examples of mixing the two styles. I think the one with the green table missed the mark. Another example of just throwing something into the mix without thinking how it would be made to relate to the rest of the space.
llhberry, I think your lamp goes in either space.
I think the exterior houses/barns look ridiculous. So when one sees an exterior like this are they to assume they'll enter a tradtional foyer, then end up in a modern living room, then a country bedroom? Too jarring and not pleasing to the eye.