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A Farm of My Own:  do you 'decorate' your farm in 'farm style'?  |
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therusticcottage
True Blue Farmgirl
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Kay
Vancouver
WA
USA
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junebug
True Blue Farmgirl
2421 Posts
Sue
West Plains,
Mo.
USA
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 Posted - Jan 14 2006 : 07:36:27 AM
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Jenny, I love your high ceiling, you can so much with it, and a new counter top is on my wish too, where did you find the 40's speckled green? Your kitchen looks big, very farmgirlish, love it! Thanks for sharing, I love to see pics of people's houses, esp. farmgirls, so many neat ideas to steal!
" Aspire to Inspire before you Expire"
www.herbalfarmstead.blogspot.com
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junebug
True Blue Farmgirl
2421 Posts
Sue
West Plains,
Mo.
USA
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farmgrlchick
True Blue Farmgirl
439 Posts
Theresa
Columbus
Montana
USA
439 Posts |
Posted - Jan 14 2006 : 08:09:07 AM
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So Merry and Bright!
Theresa |
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jenny louise
True Blue Farmgirl
166 Posts
jennifer
cass city
MI
USA
166 Posts |
Posted - Jan 15 2006 : 06:03:49 AM
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Oh, I love the pics. Sue, your wooden work table is wonderful. That is what i need, something functional, yet small enough to fit!
Jenny, I can't wait to see your new countertop! Sounds marvelous.
Thanks guys for the pictures!
Jenny in MI,(I decided to throw that on too, jenny, so everyone can tell the difference )
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junebug
True Blue Farmgirl
2421 Posts
Sue
West Plains,
Mo.
USA
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farmgrlchick
True Blue Farmgirl
439 Posts
Theresa
Columbus
Montana
USA
439 Posts |
Posted - Jan 16 2006 : 2:25:45 PM
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Wish my place was a real farm. But I thought I would add some pictures to this post of some treasures I have from 'Aunt' Thelma. First a little history. BK (before kids) I was a homehealth nursing assistant. Driving all around,sometimes 100 miles a day. It really was what I loved doing. Then the kiddos arrived.
My sister in the meantime marries a childhood friend, who's mother was my Mom's best friend.
Mom's best friend Donna, has a mother named Thelma. I have had the most wonderful opportunity to have 'Aunt'Thelma come stay weekends with us. FIrst time Jesse (my second) was in my womb. It helped relieve Donna , an only child.
I have found that caring for people is what I am made for. I love it, not as a job more as a gift , to reach out to those in need.
'aunt' Thelma and I have bonded. She is a classy lady 87 years young! A true woman of grace and charm.
Donna, felt that I deserved some 'treasures' from Thelma. So I was gifted. I love and treasure everone. Two things that I am sharing with you today .
1) It's a homemade, hand embroidered children's hanger. Embroidered with a "t" for Thelma. This little goody was made by one of Thelmas Aunts when she was born.
2) This little beauty, a dress, handmade for Thelma. It was worn by her and her younger siblings.
They adorn my computer amoir. They both make me stop and take a deep breath. I hope you enjoy.
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junebug
True Blue Farmgirl
2421 Posts
Sue
West Plains,
Mo.
USA
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cajungal
True Blue Farmgirl
2349 Posts
Catherine Farmgirl Sister #76
Houston Area
Texas
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Posted - Jan 19 2006 : 06:30:10 AM
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This has been a fun thread....great ideas and pics.
Junebug, your kitchen is awesome. I mentioned on another thread that I think all us farmgals seem to like to see our things....we're all visual. I did away with my uppercabinets, too. All open shelves....lots of jars and everything just a reach away.
Theresa, my mom made a similar dress in her home ec class in high school. It was all handstitched and a wonderful soft cotton. She dressed my sister and me in the dress when we were born. My daughters have worn it and now it hangs in the formal dining room with other family items.
Horseyrider made a good point about the style of home dictating the style of decorating. Although style is all individual. I know that if I had to live in the city I would still decorate in a down home style.
I'm quite eclectic like a lot of you. I grew up in south Louisiana and have quite a bit of Cajun French decor.....my kitchen is all Tabasco stuff....lots of quilts and afghans in the living room.....Texas decor....nature on the inside....and my girls' bedrooms are funky, cool colors and fuzzy pillows, etc... Our home is a brick farmstyle built in 1970. We have front and back porches and dormer windows up top. The kitchen has a huge floor to ceiling bay window that overlooks a butterfly and humingbird garden. There are also other feeders and a bird bath. We are big birders and see quite many species migrating back and forth during the seasons....right there while eating breakfast.
It took me years to figure out my style...contemporary, oriental, western, southwest,... I tried them all. I finally stopped trying so hard and surrounded myself with things that make me feel warm and fuzzy. Consequently, when guests visit, they comment on how warm and welcoming our home is. That Blesses me. I used to make excuses for what I thought looked bad or messy. I don't anymore....I have nothing to be sorry for, except to keep friends that are downers!
Blessings
Catherine
One of the best compliments from one of my daughters: "Moma, you smell good...like dirt." |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Jan 19 2006 : 06:35:49 AM
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Tabasco stuff..what a cute idea for the kitchen. My whole house (well, the downstairs part) has high ceilings and I love that! It is a real old house and that is one of my favorite things about it. My living room tends to be sort of "cabiny" and I had a gal who came over to visit last week tell me it was "charming". I am not sure if she meant that in a good way, but I choose to think she did..hhaha. That is one room that I put all my favorite things in..my favorite room besides the kitchen of course. Actually I guess the woman really does do most of the deciding about style and all. I think if I let my husband decide we would have big screen tv's and lawn chairs with tv trays in each room. I don't think so!! Catherine..I think when YOU are comfortable in your surroundings it IS cozy and people feel it.
Jenny in Utah
It's astonishing how short a time it takes for very wonderful things to happen...Frances Burnette
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
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junebug
True Blue Farmgirl
2421 Posts
Sue
West Plains,
Mo.
USA
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MullersLaneFarm
True Blue Farmgirl
596 Posts
Rock Falls
IL
596 Posts |
Posted - Jan 30 2006 : 12:55:53 PM
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We built on to our old (125+ year) farm house. Two adults and 3 teens in 800 sq ft (only 2 closets in the whole house) was a bit cramped! The old kitchen we tore down was built on about 1903.
It is not so much decorated in 'farm style' as it is 19th century with open pantries, etc. The majority of items on the pantry shelves are used daily or weekly.
http://www.mullerslanefarm.com/kitchen
My husband built a good amount of our furniture
http://www.mullerslanefarm.com/furniture
We plan on adding a primitive 'summer kitchen'. It will be attached to the main kitchen instead of being a separate building like they used to be. In the new summer kitchen, there will be NO electricity, NO modern heat, NO modern water. It will be well stocked with all the modern conveniences of the mid-1800's with oil lamps, a wood cook stove and a pitcher pump at the sink.
It will house my spinning wheels and looms, as well as being a store front for the farm. It may take years before it is built, but that's the plan!
Ol 'MacDonald has nothing on us!
http://www.mullerslanefarm.com |
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junebug
True Blue Farmgirl
2421 Posts
Sue
West Plains,
Mo.
USA
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Jan 31 2006 : 07:05:21 AM
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I love your place..thanks for posting the pictures..how fun!! I especially adore that rocking chair!! It is exactly the style I am looking for..and not easy to find!
Jenny in Utah
It's astonishing how short a time it takes for very wonderful things to happen...Frances Burnette
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
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garliclady
True Blue Farmgirl
274 Posts
Reidsville
NC
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Posted - Feb 01 2006 : 09:28:31 AM
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We live on a farm but our house is a brick ranch style built in the early 1970's. The first year we got married we "got the 70's style out of most of the house" by painting and changing the floor. But it is far from what most would think of as a farm house. After the first year we got busy with the farm and now the house gets negleted. I am right in the middle of spring cleaning because in the spring we are too busy outside. I am trying to declutter and down size the amount of stuff we have . I want to simplyfy our lives but decorating is not on the top of my priorty list.
It is funny , when I was living the single life in the big city I lived in a small 100 year cabin. I decorated it for every season and loved to enterain in it. It was like a big play house with lots of old stuff.
Now that I live the counrty life I have a city house and no time or resources to think about decorating it. It is ok though, I like farming and it does come with some sacrifices.
The garlic lady
Cornerstone Garlic Farm http://www.localharvest.org/listing.jsp?id=6792
My Recipes http://recipecircus.com/recipes/garliclady/ |
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