Take the Modern Farmhouse Décor Route

There’s a rural, comfy, shabby chic home design that has been swarming Instagram and Pinterest feeds lately – Modern farmhouse decor!

 

Modern farmhouse is about clean lines of modern design combined with the coziness of a farmhouse. Having these two concepts merged, an exclusively fresh modern country living inspired style is created. Farmhouse style is famous for its warmth and minimalism, characterized by natural textiles and materials such as steel and wood, materials that you would normally find in a real farm house.  Now, let’s get nitty-gritty about key features of a Modern farmhouse.

 

1.     White exteriors

 

Most of the farmhouses have their exteriors in white, and you may sporadically find some wood touches, giving it this rustic feel. The front door, the shutters, and the garage doors for example would be in natural wood. Some history would be good here though. So, why are their exteriors white anyway? Because it all began with lime paint, what we call now whitewash, used during the colonial eras to prevent mold from forming on the inside and outside of houses! So, you actually can paint it other than white, but for the sake of history and tradition, you may keep it white as well. @catalysdev shows us below a typical white farmhouse for you to check.

 

2.     Windows and lots of them

 

Modern farmhouses are known for their many big windows that let as much sunlight in as possible. Open floor plans are being adopted in modern farmhouse architecture too to enhance this openness and spacious feel around the house. Large windows are also there to ventilate the place more easily. Moreover, these large windows are also loved in modern farmhouses as they provide panoramic views of beaches, pools, or mountains, or whatever that is surrounding the house. As you can see, this farmhouse from @whitehallbuildingandcompany, a construction company, has a lot of windows from all sides of the house.

 

 

3.     Porch lights

 

Porch lights have always been a signature of farmhouses and part of modern farmhouse decorating items. In addition to being essential for the setting, they are very useful and practical too, as they guide you through the entrance of your house at night and keep thieves away, giving the signal that the house is occupied even when it’s not. You can see an example in the below house from the Lighting Store @destination_lighting.

 

 

 

4.     Huge Covered Porches

 

Porches are essential and crucial in modern farmhouses. They can be small or big but need to be there. Farmhouse owners usually add rocking chairs on their porches with comfortable pillows and throw blankets and cushions, making the whole setting even more cozy! You can also set a swing, or couches, or a small table with chairs. @homeathand interior design studio has perfectly decorated this wonderful porch with Heirloom pumpkins in vintage metal crates, lanterns, and lots of textiles. A real gem this one!

 

 

 

5.     Garage doors

 

Garage doors are another hallmark of Modern Farmhouse architecture. They typically have curved windows and diagonal pieces of wood creating an X. These carriage-style garage doors known to some as barn-style garage doors as well, date back to the epoch of the carriage house, meaning, where horses’ carriages were stored. Since no carriages are used anymore in the contemporary time, these garage doors are used now for decoration purposes. Check this one out from @barndoorplusmore, all woody and beautiful!