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| highlandviewpantry |
Posted - Oct 16 2010 : 06:05:08 AM
My husband and I looked for an old farmhouse to renovate for years; however, real estate in our area is inflated. So, we decided to build a new "old" farmhouse. Help me brainstorm decorating ideas to add old charm to a new house. The construction is almost done and it is getting close to the fun part. The house is all white with white lineal trim around the windows. The roof is slate gray and we hope to add a big porch soon. I need ideas for curtains, front door colors, wide plank wood floors, lighting fixtures, etc. I also need accessories like dishes, glassware, silverware, artwork, etc. Any ideas would be helpful and so would website links. Thanks!
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| DyaLynn53 |
Posted - Nov 11 2010 : 12:29:25 PM
Isn't it just too much FUN? We have just moved in the new house we built and I'm going for the grand-lodge/cabin style myself. It's really just a big rectangle all one story because we're in our 50's and don't want to deal with stairs as we age; the most is 5 steps up from the ground level. We drew the floor plans ourselves and have done most of the work. The living dining kitchen areas are all open with a vaulted ceiling, big windows on the south side for solar gain. I'm going for the grand lodge/cabin style myself. I even have a couple of big peeled tree trunks just inside my entry. Check out decorating books from your local library and magazines like Country Home, Country Living, Cottage Style and American Bungalow. I've done that for years; still am really, you can find it all at the library.
Farmgirl Sister #682
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| debtea2 |
Posted - Nov 04 2010 : 4:25:48 PM
congrats and good luck
sounds wonderful.
as for decorating go with what you love
i added shutters and window boxes
it really makes my home look finished
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jersey farmgirl
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| mgary |
Posted - Nov 02 2010 : 09:38:54 AM
I used old aprons that I found in thrift stores and antique stores as curtains in my kitchen. I use a common color but the patterns do not have to match. I also use old house windows as picture frames. They will fit 8X10 pictures nicely and you can use laminating sheets to secure the pictures. I then add eyelets and wire to the back to secure it to the wall. Happy decorating! |
| Ann2144 |
Posted - Nov 01 2010 : 12:31:03 PM
Hi! and congratulations on your own FARMHOUSE! try www.shopgoodwill.com....lots of vintage stuff, cheap, and most likely in your city too!
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| child in harmony |
Posted - Oct 31 2010 : 2:05:19 PM
We live in a log home and I decorate with what I love. . bold colors, old furniture that's been *revitalized*, and anything that "speaks" to me...quilts, plants, nature, artwork.
Just go with what you LOVE... We need to make our house *beautiful* for ourselves first :)
~marcia
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and the arts .. for the child and the child within" |
| highlandviewpantry |
Posted - Oct 18 2010 : 09:09:51 AM
I'm definitely going with what we love. My main challenge is finding products that aren't cookie cutter ideas. I bought a vintage Swiss chocolate poster on e-bay this week that I am going to frame for the kitchen. It has a pretty dairy cow as the focal point. What I really need are ideas for sources. E-bay is fun but time consuming.
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| gypsy goat |
Posted - Oct 18 2010 : 08:59:16 AM
you could also look for a local place that sells things that have been taken out of old houses before they are tore down-like a second hand shop for houses or try the local antique store for fixtures or even just to get ideas. but i agree you should put in your house wahtever you like and is a reflection of you and your husband-not somebody else
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| levisgrammy |
Posted - Oct 17 2010 : 04:50:45 AM
White walls with anything that you like says farm. We live in an old farmhouse, built in 1897. Builders came in 1999-2000 and updated. we purchased our home in 2000 and mostly it looks like a farmhouse. We just re did the kitchen and it looks more like a farmhouse. Unfortunately the outside of the original house looks like a colonial but we put on an addition and it doesn't match the front. Oh well, we like it and hopefully someday we will get the 2 to match. If not, we are just as happy with it this way.
I pulled wallpaper off the walls in the kitchen and painted it all a cream white color. We were putting in a bigger kitchen window and so I took the opportunity to do something different in there. I put wood trim around the windows and the cabinets are all oak colored. I love it! That is the key, do what you love. That way you won't be disappointed and you are the one who lives there so be sure you decorate with things you want to see everyday. Make it your own farmhouse style. 
farmgirl sister#43
O, a trouble's a ton or a trouble's an ounce,
Or a trouble is what you make it!
And it isn't the fact that you're hurt that counts,
But only--how did you take it?
--Edmund C. Vance.
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| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - Oct 16 2010 : 10:07:43 AM
gOOGLE--- "A Primitive Place" Lots of sites come up, great pictures and ideas.
www.Nancy-Jo.blogspot.com |
| solilly |
Posted - Oct 16 2010 : 09:29:53 AM
Just go with what you like or you will not be happy with what you do. You do not want to redo it because you do not like it. As you start it will come to you and go with it you will see. Good lock and happy hunting. Just because you want the look does not mean you must rebuy to make it so. Lilly 
learning the life I always wanted. |
| Alee |
Posted - Oct 16 2010 : 08:46:01 AM
I like bright front doors- Like bright cherry red or a rich cobalt blue. I think lots of white or cream washed furniture with "distress" has a great country charm- as does wrought iron furniture. I would take a look at the displays on MaryJanes part of the website (webstore) for linens and such. Not only would you get great ideas but her products are awesome! I have her Grange set for our bedroom and I adore it!
Alee
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